BHUSHAN VIJAY KULKARNI
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Software Development with reputed Banking & Insurance industry
Impressive, fast track career driven by challenges and a desire to be successful in all endeavours
PROFILE SNAPSHOT
IT professional offering 13 years of experience in IT Industry
Insightful knowledge of modern concepts of end-to-end project implementation from scope management to activity sequencing, effort estimation, quality management in adherence with international guidelines and norms
Resourceful in managing all aspects of the SDLC inclusive of requirement study & analysis, suggesting technology-based solutions, design, development, testing, deployment and implementation of business solutions
Well versed with enterprise content management (ECM) IBM products like DataCap and FileNet.
Technical proficiency in C#, ASP.Net MVC, Web Services & WCF, AJAX, JavaScript, SQL Server, SSRS & SSIS and SDLC\Scrum process
Proficiency in Scrum/Agile Methodology
A strategist cum implementer with domain expertise in Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking, Financial Markets & Mutual Funds, Mortgage, Insurance and public sector
Problem solver with a passion for technology; skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, implementing solutions & partnering closely with business leaders & stakeholders
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Organization
Designation (Role)
From
To
Candelalabs, Bengaluru
Project Lead
February
2017
Till Date
Deloitte India, Mumbai
Senior Consultant
May
2015
January
2017
BA Continuum India Pvt Ltd (Bank of America), Mumbai
Senior Analyst
December
2006
April
2015
Akshay Software Technologies Ltd, Mumbai
Software Engineer
May
2006
December
2006
Domain System, Pune
Software Engineer
May
2005
April
2006
Key Result Areas:
Design and Implementation of Enterprise content management (ECM) solutions using IBM FIleNet and standard/custom capture solutions using DataCap (8.0 and 9.0).
.Net based enterprise solution with hybrid technology applications and complex architecture that uses several third party interfaces
Executing software development systems in the organization and involved in the design & development of various projects
Participating in complete range of project activities, starting from conceptualization, development, testing and post production support
Capturing and managing functional/non-functional requirements by using industry best practices and also creating design specifications
Reviewing design documents, code changes & project plans and ensuring compliance with client’s requirements
Spearheading application designing, review, estimation, onsite and offsite coordination, code review and technical documentation
Managing expectations of the product and conducting system analysis and design, building functionalities & features in coordination with the client
Mapping business requirements for process enhancements & translating these requirements into functional specifications and transferring same to technical team.
Setting up quality standards for the projects and ensuring their stringent adherence
Interfacing with team members and ensuring all applications are designed within stipulated time frame
Building and maintaining healthy business relations with clients, ensuring high customer satisfaction matrices by achieving delivery & service quality norms
Highlights:
Designed and implemented document management system in insurance and US public sector domain.
Experienced in Datacap distributed environment setup, High Availability and DR setups
Experienced in Datacap Production Support and maintenance.
Sound knowledge of capture solution requirement gathering, Datacap components, Action Library, Rules, Ruleset, Document Life Cycle, Tasks, Task Profiles, Web Services, Custom panels, Fingerprint service, reporting.
Essayed a key role in overcoming higher defect rate challenges during the execution of projects
Initiated an incident management process for pre-screening incidents that was adopted as a departmental practice, resulting in improved incident resolution times
Secured new projects such as application server migration through delivering ahead of deadlines
Improved application efficiency by debugging / revamping front end & Backend code for performance improvement
Managed release of server migration project within an extremely short timeline, delivering it for testing ahead of schedule
Attributed systems expertise for each team member across Viper applications and built a supporting training series to address knowledge gaps
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
ECM Products
.Net Languages
.Net Technologies
Web Technologies
Process Knowledge
Server Tools
Automated Testing Tools
Databases
Reporting Tools
IBM DataCap, IBM Content Navigator, FileNet, Kofax
C#, VB.Net
WCF, WPF, Web services, Win Services, SharePoint etc.
ASP.Net MVC, Ajax, HTML 5, Java Script, JQUERY
SDLC - Agile/Scrum, Waterfall. DevOps Practice
TFS, GIT, VSS
QTP 11, VSTS
DB2, SQL Server, MS Access
SSIS, SSRS, Crystal Report
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
IBM Datacap on Cloud - Datacap Essentials – 2017 (Badge)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) & Certified Scrum developer (CSD)
Wholesale Banking & Wealth Management (Certification from bank of America)
NSE Certification in Financial markets & Mutual Funds
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2010 PG Diploma in Managing E-Business from ICFAI
2005 B.E. (Production) from Dr. J. J. Magdum College of Engineering, Maharashtra, Shivaji University with distinction
2000 DME from Dr. J. J. Magdum Polytechnic, Maharashtra, BTE, Mumbai with 1st Division
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 13 November
Res. Address 808, Prabhat Building, Gawand Baug, Pokhran Road 2, Thane (W) - 400610, Mumbai
Languages Known: English, Hindi and Marathi
Preferred Location: Mumbai, Pune & Bangalore
*Please refer to Annexure for Projects
ANNEXURE
Industry: Insurance New Business
Title: Transcend - Document Management System for Edelweiss Life Insurance
Duration: 15 months
Team Size: 10
Environment: DataCap (9.0.1), IBM FIlenet, Content Navigator, DB2
Description: Edelweiss is a diversified financial services firm offering various financial and insurance products and services to its clients. We have implemented DMS system to meet the following benefits:
•Better customer service & improved compliance
•Next generation DMS system which can be integrated with other front-end system to create an on-line ecosystem
•Digitize paper documents to feed into internal business processes as early as possible. This objective allows sharing and optimizes the processing of documents downstream, while meeting the scalability and deployment requirements that are typical of large organizations
•Limit errors, reduce delays and unnecessary steps, optimize processes and reduce labor
•Reduce or eliminate the external paper cycle as much as possible by limiting or removing the need to print, copy, store, and manipulate paper, and, ultimately, reduce cost.
Key Deliverables:
Interaction with the functional leads to understand New Business requirements and prepare design documents.
Develop solution to capture structured and unstructured documents, classify, index, data extraction (OCR/ICR) and store in fileNet
Color Photo and Signature Extraction, integration with downstream system like BPM and employee Portal
Prepare user manuals and Training documents for capture system
UAT and Post go live production support.
Industry: Public Sector Service Area: Technology
Title: Retirement System of Alabama (US)
Duration: 5 months
Team Size: 10
Environment/Tools: DataCap (9.0), IBM FileNet, VB.Net, Asp.Net, Sql Server, SSRS
Description: The RSA is a Public Employee Retirement System that is established under statutes adopted by the state of Alabama, USA. It administers pension system for employees of local governments and schools and Judiciary. We have implemented new ECM solution to capture all the business documents through IBM datacap application and file in FileNet repository which further launch business workflows.
Key Deliverables:
Interaction with the functional leads to understand the ECM requirements and prepared requirement document
Work with the functional leads to design the process
Develop ECM solution to migrate paper document to electronic documents by Indexing, Prepping, Verification, Rules Validation, ICR\OCR
DataCap Environment setup- installation, Configuration and Migration
Implementation and configuration for Datacap and Rulerunner Server, Fingerprint Service, TMWeb, RV2, Datacap Desktop and Datacap Studio
Developing business workflows, content management system and establishing the processes like two pass and double blind indexing that are expected in the system
Title: Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (US)
Duration: 1.4 Years
Team Size: 5
Environment/Tools: IBM FileNet, DataCap, VB.Net, Asp.Net, Sql Server, SSIS, Java
Description: The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) is a Public Employee Retirement System that is established under statutes adopted by the Illinois General Assembly, USA. It administers pension system for employees of local governments and school districts in Illinois (except City of Chicago and Cook County). We replaced IMRF’s current operational software with a comprehensive, scalable, browser-based solution supported by an RDBMS called DPAS.
Key Deliverables:
Interacting with the functional leads to understand the ECM requirements
Worked with the functional leads to design the process
Develop ECM solution to migrate paper document to electronic documents by Indexing, Prepping, Verification, Rules Validation
DataCap installation, Configuration and Migration
Implementation and configuration for Datacap Server, Rulerunner Server, Fingerprint Service, TMWeb, RV2, Datacap Desktop, and Datacap Studio
Developing business workflows, content management system and establishing the processes that are expected in the system
Industry: Financial Services: Technology
Title: CLRO
Duration: 1.5 Years
Team Size: 6
Environment: C#, Asp.Net MVC, Sql Server, SSIS
Description: A web application designed in ASP.net and JQuery. CLRO is Mortgage Application which assisted in home loan modification program for existing mortgage loans based on Bank’s guidelines. It helps bank to check eligibility and qualification for the mortgage loan modification. This application is used by organization’s front office & Middle office team. Front end was designed in ASP.net and back end in SQL Server.
Key Deliverables:
Evaluated client's business requirements and accordingly designed plan and estimates
Conducted daily meeting with QA, SA and Dev. Teams
Participated in coding, reviews, build and release activities
Title: Viper (Third Party Integration - Clarity, Quality Center, TFS, VSS, HR System)
Duration: 3.5 years
Team Size: 3
Environment: C#.net, Asp.Net, Web Services, Sql Server, Crystal Reports
Description: Viper is a desktop application designed to support SDLC activities. It is used to capture all the information which is part of SDLC like Planning, Requirement specification, estimation, development work orders, impact analysis, builds & capacity planning etc
Key Deliverables:
Ensured delivery of working software as per organization's standards
Planned detailed approach based on client's requirements and communicated it to Onsite Coordinator
Participated in requirement gathering, coding, testing, build and release activities
Title: MACE – Loan Servicing
Duration: 1.5 Years
Team Size: 6
Environment: WCF, Asp.net, Remoting, Web Services, SQL Server, AS 400
Description: MACE (Mortgage Account Customer Exchange), a Home Loan servicing platform for bank, provided detailed customer and loan information. Loan history was incorporated which acted as a middle tier for front end applications. Loan history service provided details of requested home loan from various databases mainly AS 400 and SQl Server. Mace also had web application like LoanMart and Custmart which worked as a front end tools.
Key Deliverables
Handled designing, participated in coding business logics and reviewed the same
Converted existing web service to WCF based service model
Title: Remedy and Reverse Mortgage SSRS Reports
Duration: 6 Months
Team Size: 6
Environment: SSRS reporting, Crystal Reporting, Asp.Net
Description: Reverse Mortgage Reports and Remedy MIS Reports were developed for Countrywide Financial Bank (US) and these reports were integrated with ASP.NET application.
Key Deliverables:
Designed reports as per specifications received from the client
Suggested initiatives in order to enhance overall efficiency
Deployed reports and subscribed it on the reporting server
Title: ITSAP Web Portal
Duration: 2 Years
Team Size: 3
Environment: Asp.Net, MS Access
Description: IT Strategic Planning, Architecture, and Preproduction (ITSAP) web portal provided a single portal interface to the areas that supported IT OOA processes. This included strategic planning processes wherein business requirements were mapped to technology roadmaps which were further governed by the Architecture Team which provided timely requests to IT standards to oversee the product certification processes necessary to confirm the products work within the enterprise environment. This process enabled orderly innovation and adoption of technologies with reduced risk within CFC.
Key Deliverables:
Conducted detailed analysis of technical specifications provided by the client
Designed mock screen for web pages & Created HTML pages
Allocated job responsibilities amongst team members and ensured all activities were completed within designated time frame
Conducted daily meeting with client and submitted reports to facilitate critical decision making
Title: Finance Management System (FMS)
Duration: 6 Months
Team Size: 3
Description: Finance Management System for ICDS department; a web-based solution was developed in ASP.NET and C# and Crystal Reports was used as a reporting tool.
Key Deliverables:
Requirement gathering, documentation, coding, testing & deployment
Deploy web site on public domain
Provided post production support and ensured strict adherence to preset parameters