SURESH CHAKILAM

908-***-****(C)

ac7s30@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Release/Configuration Manager with 18 years of IT experience

Release/Build management to Production & Non-production environments and automation

Change/Configuration Management tools design, deployment and management

Development and implementation of Change/SCM policies and procedures

Experience in Windows, UNIX (Solaris, AIX and HP-UX).Linux environments

Experience with Healthcare, Financial, Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Config/Release Management Team Foundation Server (TFS 2015), Repliweb, Nolio, PVCS Version Manager, TeamTrack, Serena Business Mashups, PVCS Tracker, PVCS Mover, Surround SCM, Subversion, JIRA, VSS,SCCS, RCS & Beyond Compare, Win Merge, Code Compare, Web Deployment Tool, Robo copy, Power Shell, SCM, SDLC, SAP, Klocwork and CMM

Testing Tools Test Partner and Test Director (QC)

Languages C, SQL and PL/SQL

Scripting Languages Java & VB scripts

Web ASP, HTML, DHTML, IIS and Apache.

Interface development Tools Visual Basic, Interdev, Developer 2000, FrontPage and Lotus Notes

Reports Crystal Reports.

Databases Oracle, SQL Server, Lotus Notes and MS Access.

Others MS Office, MS Project, Visio, ViewNow, Reflection, Peregrine, Track-It, Vault, PEM, 21 CFR Part 11 and Validations

Operating Systems Windows, UNIX (Solaris, AIX, HP), Linux and MS DOS

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science

Post Graduate Diploma in CADD & Structural Eng.

TRAINING

Scrum Master training

PVCS Version Manager User Training (Serena)

PVCS Version Manager Administrator Training (Serena)

Test Partner User Training (Compuware)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Software Configuration Manager

Siemens Healthineers, NJ, US July 2013 to present

Release management, Software Configuration Management/Source code Change Management and Change management processes, Governance of SDLC, Software builds and deployments including physical instruments, Cloud and Emulators/Simulators. Release coordination. QA & Business sign-off coordination and communication.

Environment: Team Foundation Server (TFS 2012, 2015 and 2018), Visual Studio Team System, MTM, TFS Release Management, Team City, Cloud, Klocwork, SCM, SDLC, Agile, Beyond Compare, WIX, WinPE, Acronis, SAP, SharePoint PVCS Version Manager, PVCS, Tracker, VersionOne and MS Office toolset.

Release and Build Management: Release Process Management, Development and management of software builds & build scripts using TFS build and Installation packages. Continuous integration using TFS and Release/Deploy Management to production and non-production environments. Release coordination with PM, V&V, DQE, Service & Manufacturing teams and Post-release reviews.

Software Configuration Management/Source code Change Management: Facilitating source code change control environment, policies, procedures, standards, user training, branching & baseline methodology and guidance. Setting up the projects in TFS, user access, work-item templates, Application issue/Bug (work item) management and tracking using TFS Scrum teams setup and management.

Change Management: Change control process coordination, Change preparation, Design reviews, Change approvals, Release process, Service and manufacturing procedures review and approval.

Senior Release Manager

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, NY, US March 2012 to June 2013

Software Configuration Management/Source code Change Management, Release management and Change management processes, Governance of SDLC, Application builds and deployments including automation to production and non-production environments. Release coordination. QA & Business sign-off coordination and communication.

Environment: Team Foundation Server (TFS 2008 & 2010), Visual Studio Team System, Repliweb, Continuous integration, SCM, SCCM, SDLC, Windows 2008, Unix and Linux, Win Merge, IIS, Apache, SQL Server, Terminal services, SharePoint, Putty, Maximo and MS Office tools.

Release/Deployment and Build Management: Development and management of application builds & build scripts using TFS build and Deployment automation using Repliweb for a variety of applications. Continuous integration using TFS and Repliweb. Repliweb environment facilitation, Deploy jobs setup and management, Release coordination with Development, DBA, QA, PM, APS and Business teams for code promotion/migration to Production and Non-production environments

Software Configuration Management/Source code Change Management: Facilitating source code change control environment, policies, procedures, standards, user training, branching & baseline methodology and guidance. Setting up the projects in TFS, user access, work-item templates, Application issue/Bug (work item) management and tracking using TFS. SDLC process management and governance.

Change Management: Change control process coordination, Change preparation, Punch lists’ preparation, Punchlists’ meeting schedules & coordination, Backout plans, Release execution, QA/APS sign off, post-release review meetings, lessons learned, action items’ follow up and process improvements.

Configuration and Release Manager

Gain Capital, NJ, US July 2009 to Feb’2012

Development and Management of Source code change control, Build, Release/Deploy and Configuration management processes using Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) and MS Build. Enterprise IT Change management process management and coordination.

Environment: Team Foundation Server (TFS 2008 & 2010), Microsoft Technologies, Visual Studio Team System, SCM, SCCM, SDLC, Windows 2003 and 2008, Win Merge, Code Compare, Robo copy, Power Shell, MS Project, Visio, IIS, SQL Server, Terminal services, ITSM, SharePoint and MS Office tools.

Release/Deployment and Build Management: Development and management of application builds (Trading and supporting) and build scripts for Windows applications, Web applications, Webservices, Meta applications, Click Once applications and Windows services. Coordination with Development, QA, PM, DBA and Business teams for code promotion/ migration to QA, Staging, Demo and Live (production) environments.

Facilitating environments and setting up web servers, websites, applications and application configurations on servers.

Source Code Change Management: Facilitating source code change control environment, policies, procedures, standards, user training, branching & baseline methodology and guidance. Setting up the projects in TFS, user access, work-item templates, Application issue/Bug (work item) management and tracking using TFS.

IT Change Management: Enterprise IT Change control process management and coordination with technical and business teams. Process development, policies and procedures for IT Change management and weekly Change management (CAB) meetings and coordination. Change approval process management, tracking and reports.

Release Manager

MultiPlan Inc., NY, US Feb’ 2008 to June 2009

Managed Source code change control, release/deploy and Change management process using PVCS/Serena, Surround SCM, Subversion and JIRA toolsets.

Environment: PVCS Version Manager, Surround SCM, Subversion, JIRA, TFS, SCM, SCCM, SDLC, Windows 2003, MS Project, Visio, IIS, Apache, Cold Fusion, Java, VB, ASP, Oracle, SQL server, Terminal services, SharePoint and MS Office tools.

Release/Deployment Management: Applications’ release coordination, release management procedures, standards and audits. Web applications, Webservices, XML Schema deployments/releases to web servers in QA, UAT, EDI Test and Production environments. Release builds and release reports to the management. Run books & deployment documents, release coordination with DBA, development, PM, QA, UAT and EDI test teams. Issue/Bug tracking management and reporting.

IT Change Management: IT Change management (application development & Infrastructure changes), coordination, policies& procedures, system design, development including workflows and Implementation using Jira tool. change control process management, weekly CAB meetings, coordination, system administration, user training, change approval process management, change status email notifications, reports design, generation, publication and user management.

Source code Change Management: Version control policies, procedures and standards, technical assistance, troubleshooting, user education & training, facilitating the version control environment including project databases/mainlines creation, configuration and administration, source code promotion and migration via PVCS, Surround SCM & Subversion. PVCS and Subversion web interfaces configuration using IIS web and Apache web servers. Source code control tools integrations with Eclipse and other IDEs.

Release Coordinator

AEGIS Insurance Services, Inc., NJ, US May 2005 to Jan’ 2008

Managed Source code change control & deployment and Change management process using PVCS/Serena toolset.

Environment: PVCS Version Manager, Serena Business mashups, TeamTrack, PVCS Tracker, VSS, SCM, SCCM, SDLC, Crystal Reports, Windows NT/2000, MS Project, Visio, IIS, Oracle, SQL server, Eclipse, Terminal services, Track-It, IVE, PEM and MS Office tools.

Source code Change Management: Version control policies, procedures and standards, technical assistance, troubleshooting, user education & training, facilitating version control environment including project databases’ creation, configuration and administration, Code promotion and migration via PVCS, PVCS Web interface configuration using IIS web servers. PVCS integrations with Visual Studio, Eclipse and Teamtrack & Tracker. License server management. On call support

IT Change Management: Change and Patch management, process management, coordination and administration, policies& procedures, application design, development and Implementation using TeamTrack & PVCS Tracker and user guides and training. Change and Patch approval process management, Weekly CAB meetings and coordination, reports design, generation & publication and user communication. IT audits and assistance.

Release Management: Deployment of source code by Serena Mover. Facilitating the Mover environment, Database server, projects, packages creation, deployment schedule setup and user assistance. Deployment documents and run books.

TeamTrack Support: Tracker projects’ migration to TeamTrack, Design and development of TeamTrack’s solutions and projects. Web interface configuration and management using IIS web server. Customization of projects, creation of workflows, building of the queries, and reports. Technical assistance, troubleshooting and requirements management. TeamTrack upgrade to Serena Business Mashups.

Tracker Support: Technical assistance, troubleshooting, requirements management, Tracker projects’ enhancements, new projects’ creation, and customization, customization of style sheets and reports. Web interface configuration and management using IIS web server, Tracker projects’ upgrades. On call support.

Training and Documentation: User education and training for Version Manager, TeamTrack Tracker and Mover. User guides preparation for Version Manager, Tracker, TeamTrack, Volt, PEM, IVE and Security control, Security guidelines and Helpdesk procedures.

Configuration Management Analyst

Pfizer, NJ, US Apr’ 2002 to Apr’ 2005

Managed Source code change control and Change management process using PVCS toolset in FDA regulated environment (21 CFR Part 11).

Environment: PVCS Version Manager, VM I-Net, PVCS Tracker, I-Net, VSS, SCM, SCCM, SDLC, Crystal Reports, Windows NT/2000, Solaris, HP-UX, Reflection, FTP, MS Project, Visio, NFS, IIS, Apache, Oracle, PC Anywhere / Terminal services, Peregrine and MS Office tools.

Source code Change Management using PVCS Version Manager: Version management facilitation and management, Technical assistance, troubleshooting, user education, project databases’ administration, code promotion/migration to staging and production environments. Web interface setup using IIS and Apache web servers, new version control environment setups on NT, Solaris and HP-UX servers.

Change Management: IT Change Management policies, procedures, application design, development and implementation using PVCS Tracker. Change management process administration, facilitating the bi-weekly LCAB and GCAB meetings, change approval process management, change reports design & communication. End user training and user guides.

Issue/Request Management for Development groups: Application design and implementation based on requirements, system administration, enhancements and support.

PVCS Tracker Support: Technical assistance, troubleshooting, Tracker projects’ enhancements, new projects’ creation, customization of projects, style sheets and reports. Web interface setup using IIS web server. Tracker upgrades, reports design, generation and Publication using Tracker and Crystal Reports. Metrics and PVCS Notify management.

Policies and Procedures: Development and implementation of source code change control polices and procedures across the development teams including standardization and enforcement of code promotion model and version labeling.

Documentation: Preparation of SOPs for the processes, User guides for Change Management and Milestone (Project management) applications. Preparation of Best practices, Helpdesk guides and procedures.

Training: In-house User and administrator training for PVCS Version Manager and Tracker including preparation of User training manuals.

Testing: Development and execution of detailed test plans, cases, and scripts for Milestone/ Project management and Change management applications.

Data Center operations: Data center power capacity management, emergency contact database management. Applications/server decommissions Event Management mailbox administration and publication of the event schedules to website.

PVCS Enterprise Administrator

First USA Bank/Bank One, DE, US Apr’ 2000 to Mar’ 2002

Managed 100+ applications and 600+ user base in the Change management environment.

Environment: PVCS Version Manager, VM I-net, Tracker, Visual Source Safe (VSS), SCCS, Configuration Builder, SCM, Windows/NT, Windows 2000, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, View Now, FTP, PERL, Shell script, MS Project, NFS, IIS, dBase, Oracle, PC Anywhere and MS Office tools.

Source Code Change Management: Development and implementation of version control management policies and procedures across IT Divisions including standardization and enforcement of code promotion model. Conversion of Visual Source Safe archives to PVCS.

Enterprise Change Management: As a member of Enterprise Change Management team, involved in Change management process administration, change updates, bi-weekly meetings and compliance monitoring.

Compliance: Procedures for Version control compliance monitoring per audit recommendations and its implementation across different organizations in the bank.

User Training & Documentation: In-house User and Administrator training. User and Administrators’ guides, best practices, procedures and other documentation.

PVCS Version Manager Support: Technical assistance, troubleshooting, user education, project databases’ administration, code promotion, web interface setup using IIS web server, new project databases’ creation & configuration, new version control environment setups on NT, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers, Version Manager Upgrades, cross-platform setup. PVCS security using NT groups and UNIX groups, PVCS privilege sets, User groups. Conversion of VSS projects and SCCS to PVCS.

PVCS Archive servers: Administration and management of centralized servers for source code archives on NT and UNIX platforms. PVCS security including PVCS NT Global Access groups’ maintenance in the domain and PVCS Unix groups’ maintenance on UNIX platform.

PVCS Tracker/Issue Management: Facilitating the application issue management using PVCS Tracker. Creating projects, forms, fields, users, user groups, and users’ privileges. Including users’ notifications, custom queries, reports, style sheets and PVCS Metrics.

Assistant Executive Engineer

Central Designs Organization, India. Apr’ 95 to Dec’ 99

Banquet booking for C.S. Software Enterprise Ltd:

Environment: ASP, VB, FrontPage, Adobe, SQL server, Visual Interdev, VSS, VB script, Java script, HTML and DHTML

Web pages using Visual Interdev, IIS web server, FrontPage and database by SQL server.

Server side and client side validations in VB Script and Java Script.

Use of HTML and DHTML for formatting and interface development.

Project Information System (PIS):

Environment: VB, MS Access, Crystal reports, ODBC, DB Grid control and Data control.

Visual Basic 5.0 and MS Access.

Tree view for schemes based on type and DB Grid control for displaying the project details.

Employee Information System (EIS):

Environment: Lotus Notes, Formula Language, Lotus script, Navigators and Agents.

Lotus Notes application.

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