Jcl, Cobol, Pli, DB2, Ims, Tso, Ispf, Basic Insurance Certified
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Kalpana Pothany
Cary *****,
North Carolina, USA
E-mail: -**************@*****.***
Mobile: +1-919-***-****
Profile
5.8 Years of Software development experience in Mainframe technologies.
Joined HCL as a campus recruit from Vivekanand Institute of Technology (VESIT), Mumbai in September 2006.
Excellent knowledge in design, coding and testing.
Excellent oral and verbal communication skill.
Quick to use new concepts, tools, and platforms to solve complex high-pressure problems.
Good functional & technical experience in Insurance Domain in various areas like Property & casualty Insurance. Holder of Insurance Certificate (INS 21).
A trusted team member, independent worker, and mentor.
Excellent analytical capabilities, self-motivated, quick learner, capability to work under pressure, good team player.
Skill sets
Languages/Tools : COBOL, PLI, JCL, CICS, EZYTRIEVE, SQL
SAS, ASSEMBLER, File Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Change Man, SCM, Jobtrac .
Operating Systems : OS/390, MVS, Windows 95/98
Database : IMS DB & DB2
Certifications completed : INS 21 ( Insurance Domain Certification )
DB2 700 Exam (Technical Certification)
Educational Credentials
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electronics & Telecommunications from Vivekanand Institute of technology ( Mumbai University ), Passed in 2006 with FIRST class.
HSC from Ruia College, Mumbai (2001-2001) with 83.4% marks (PCM- 96%)
SSC from Andhra Education Society’s High School, Mumbai with 76 % marks.
Professional Experience
HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai, India : September 2006 - Till Nov 2009
SYNTEL LTD, Mumbai, India : Nov 2009 – Till June 2010
Tata Consultancy LTD, Mumbai, India : July 2010 – Till June 2011
UNISOFT Private LTD, Singapore : Dec 2011 – Till Dec 2012
December 2011 – Till Dec 2012 UNISOFT Private LTD, Singapore
CPF
Client : CPF, Singapore
Team Size : 4
Responsibilities : System Analyst
Location : Singapore
Roles & Responsibilities
Analysis of the functional requirement and transform them into technical specification.
Customization of the existing application as per requirement
Mentoring junior associates and review of the task accomplished by them.
July 2010 – June 2011 Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai
AVIS
Development of Avis Car Reservation & Rental Domain
Client : AVIS, US
Team Size : 4
Responsibilities : Team Lead
Duration : 12 Months
Location : Mumbai.
Roles & Responsibilities
Analysis of the functional requirement and transform them into technical specification.
Customization of the existing application as per requirement
Handing the team & leading it.
Mentoring junior associates and review of the task accomplished by them.
Dec 2009 – June 2010 Syntel LTD, Mumbai
American Express (AMEX)
Development of Account Payable Collection and Distribution for the Credit Card Domain
Client : American Express (AMEX), US
Team Size : 7
Responsibilities : Senior Developer
Duration : 7 Months
Location : Mumbai.
Roles & Responsibilities
Analysis of the functional requirement and transform them into technical specification.
Customization of the existing application as per requirement
Working as a BACKUP to Project Lead in the current job profile.
Mentoring junior associates and review of the task accomplished by them.
January 2009 – Till Nov 2009 HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai
UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA) with a working strength of 20,000 plus is one of the leading Property and Casualty Insurance Company serving the US Defense Personnel and their dependants in the US and abroad, and is a leading provider of Life Insurance, Financial and Banking service. The Company is in the process of doing regulatory and non -regulatory business changes to its existing system due to changes in law specific to the states in US. On addition to that they have regular maintenance and enhancement support activity going on regular basis
HO & Fire ITV Re-Evaluation
Client : United Services Automobile Association (USAA), US
Team Size : 5
Responsibilities : Senior Developer
Duration : 11 Months
Location : Chennai.
Project description:
USAA is a leading insurance and financial services company involved in Property and Casualty Insurance. Currently over 45% of the homes insured by USAA have an ITV assessment which is out of date. Due to this most of the members are underinsured. This project identifies the policies which have an outdated ITV assessment and calculates the new ITV values by either ordering an Inspection or Tele-survey.
Roles & Responsibilities
Working as a Senior developer.
Preparation of As-Is documents
Preparation of Analysis Documents
Mentoring Juniors
Coding
Testing
October 2008 – December 2008 HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai
Apply Eligibility Rules For Former Military and Dependents.
Client : United Services Automobile Association (USAA), US
Team Size : 3
Responsibilities : Team Lead
Duration : 3 Months
Location : Chennai.
Project description:
USAA is a leading insurance and financial services company involved in Property and Casualty Insurance. Current Eligibility rules unfairly favor Associates & Family members by providing unrestricted eligibility. In addition USAA has to recognize 18 year old individuals as adults & seek to acquire a commercial relationship with them. Improve identification of Dependent child members aged between 18 to 20, by modifying their current eligibility practices that govern when children establish associate membership as well as establish eligibility rules related to Associates & Family Member eligibility.
Roles & Responsibilities
Worked as a Team Lead
Preparation of test cases
and Various phases of Testing such as unit testing, Integration Testing & System Testing
May 2008 – September 2008 HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai
Dual Facing & Automate Inspections
Client : United Services Automobile Association (USAA), US
Team Size : 4
Responsibilities : Onsite Coordinator.
Duration : 5 Months
Location : San Antonio, TX, USA.
Project description:
Dual Facing is a simplified HOMOWNER quote/issue application for MSR.
Roles & Responsibilities
Worked as a developer
Coordinated with offshore team.
Analysis Of Requirements
Involved in Coding
Preparation of test cases
and Various phases of Testing such as unit testing, Integration Testing & System Testing
May 2007 – April 2008 HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai
VPP Purchase & Adjust on .com
Client : United Services Automobile Association (USAA), US
Team Size : 12
Role : Team Member
Duration : 12 Months
Location : Chennai.
Project description:
This project is to replace the existing older Valuable Personal Property System which was entirely in Assembler into PL/I due to more flexibility of this Programming language, & the data in VSAM files was entirely reconstructed in IMS DB. The new system is developed using mainframe which provides the Customer to Quote, Purchase & Adjust the VPP policies on .com . This helps the customers to easily get the required VPP policies.
Roles & Responsibilities
Worked as a developer
Analysis Of Requirements
Involved in Coding
Preparation of test cases
and Various phases of Testing such as unit testing, Integration Testing & System Testing
Production Support.
September 2006 - April 2007 HCL Technologies Limited, Chennai
Basic HOM Purchase on .com
Client : United Services Automobile Association (USAA), US
Team Size : 8
Responsibilities : Developer
Duration : 8 Months
Location : Chennai.
Project description:
This project is to make the Homeowner policy easily available on .com for customers. IT enables the USAA Customers to buy the HOM Policy on .com & they can also do adjustment on their policies on .com
Roles and responsibilities:
Analysis Of Requirements
Coding
Preparing Unit test Plan
Unit testing
Personal Info
Date of Birth : 19th December 1984
Sex : Female
Nationality : Indian
Hobbies &Other Interests: Dancing, Listening Music, Traveling.
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Telugu and Marathi
Marital Status : Married
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