Suresh Gopal

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Mobile: 704-***-**** E-mail:acdyay@r.postjobfree.com

Profile Summary

Mr. Gopal has fourteen years of experience in the IT industry delivering

quality Java/JEE based solutions.

Suresh is proficient in design and development of enterprise Java solutions

and has performed various roles such as Developer, designer, tech lead,

build facilitator and operations support coordinator. He has contributed

in various projects as back end developer writing SQL queries, PL/SQL and

has experience with designing table structures in Oracle.

He has delivered projects efficiently in different SDLC models such as

Waterfall, Agile methodologies and has good hands on coding experience

developing applications using Java technologies.

Skills and Competencies

Java/J2EE

Java 1.2 thru 1.7, JSP 1.2, Servlet, JSF 1.2, EJB 3.0, JPA 2.0, Java Message

Service.

Frameworks/Libraries:

Spring MVC 2.5, Struts 1.1, Stripes, Hibernate, Rich Faces, JUnit 4.0

Web Technologies

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax, JQuery, XML, XSLT, WSDL, SOAP, Web services.

IDE

Rational Software Architect 7.0, Rational Application Developer 7.0, Rational

Team Concert 4.0, BEA Workshop for Weblogic 10.1, IBM Web sphere Studio

Application Developer 5.1, Eclipse 3.1 thru 4.3.

Code/Build/Perf. Tools

PMD, Check style, Code Collaborator, Ant, Sonar, Jenkins/Hudson, Nexus,

JProfiler, TPTP.

Web/Application Server

Web Sphere 8.0, Web Logic 10, JBoss 4.0, Tomcat 4.1

Other Utilities

SVN, CVS, Star Team, VSS, Clear Case; Serena Agile Planner, Bugzilla, JTrac,

JIRA, HP Service Desk, Quality Center; SoapUI; TOAD; Visio Technical 4.0, UML Studio

6.2, Rational Rose 2000; Microsoft Project.

Databases

Oracle9i, DB2 UDB 8.2

Software Development Methodology

Waterfall Model, Agile Methodology, Iterative

Domain Knowledge

HIPAA 5010 EDI HealthCare Standards -270/271 Eligibility Benefit

Inquiry/Response (Both X12 5010 and KS Proprietary); Health Care Domain

Concepts, Managed Healthcare.

Education

Suresh Gopal holds a Master's degree (M.S.) in Software and Systems (2001-2003)

from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), India and a Bachelors

degree (B.E) in Electronics & Communication Engineering (1994 -1998) from

University of Madras, India.

Roles and Responsibilities

October 2013 to Present - Java Developer

EBT /ECC - Xerox ACS State & Local Solutions, Riata Trace Parkway, Austin

TX

JDK 1.7, Stripes, JMesa, Oracle, Rational Team Concert (RTC), Code

Collaborator, JTrac.

. Currently working as a Java Developer for Electronic Child Care (ECC)

and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Programs for Xerox ACS Local &

State Solutions. Involved primarily in the development (including

requirement analysis, design, coding and delivery to QA) of Change

Control items and L3 Dev work items.

. Generate ad hoc SQL queries in Oracle by joining complex tables and

export them to spreadsheet for the State users to view per business

needs.

Apr 2012 to September 2013 - Lead Developer

SWIFT EDI 270/271 Provider Inquiry - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas,

Topeka KS

Java 1.6, EJB 3.1, JPA 2.0, JMS, Websphere 8.0, RSA 7.0, Agile Serena

Project Description: The focus for the SWIFT project is preparing the

systems to support individual business and small group, followed by

subsequent releases for larger groups 51+ sizes. 270/271 Provider

Eligibility of EDI Operations is being executed using agile methodology and

focuses on rewriting existing Mainframe process in Java by building the

Eligibility Benefit Inquiry Response System (SX 10) which interacts with

EDI Broker, Membership Eligibility, Benefits and Claims Systems. The client

BCBSKS is a financially secure, billion dollar company and surpasses $2

billion in annual claims payments to health care providers and members.

. Hands on coding and development activities every day and have

developed major workflows for 270/271 rewrite using

Java/JPA/EJB/MQ/JSP technologies.

. Developed the EDI Switchy Service, developed code to interface with

OTIS System which is used for auditing purposes.

. Has good expertise knowledge in 270/271 Provider Eligibility of EDI

Operations. Knowledgeable in HIPAA X12 5010 standards including

various Message Layouts (NM1, 2100C/D, 2120C/D, EB1, MSG.)

. Developed the EDI Tester facility which enables display of 5010

Transactions & Prop. Messages.

. Did coding to create Message Driven Beans (EdiMessagingMdb) and

consume SX10 MQ Messages.

. Used JMS API for asynchronous communication to put the messages in the

Message queue.

. Responsible for high level design of EDI Services which interacts with

Provider Inquiry EDI Broker, Availity and IVR subsystem.

. Performed Unit testing thru JUnit classes for

EdiBusinessAccessService.

. Involved in round trip MIR Transaction testing thru Availaity with

SWIFT.

. Uses and enforces coding standards of development team thru tools such

as PMD, RAD Code Analyzer and monitors SONAR reports periodically.

May 2011 to March 2012 - Tech Lead

CATools Thin Client Conversion - Wells Fargo East, Charlotte NC

Spring MVC, Hibernate, JSP, JavaScript, Oracle 9, Websphere6.1

. Performed the role of managing the CATools Application development

project (> 1.4 million), leading an onsite team of 5 (3 developers, 1

tester and 1 performance tester).

. Able to successfully communicate with different stalk holders such as

end business users, business analysts, engineering services team, QA

group, performance engg. Team and offshore developers.

. Was involved in development of some screens of Risk Management, Credit

File Navigator including CATSOAP web services changes (utilizing

wsdl2java stub classes).

. Regularly organized daily status calls and did effective management by

resolving queries, conflicts and issues between onsite and offshore

teams.

. Prepare Statement of Work, use case estimations, project planning and

maintain Profitability sheet.

. Developed Credit File Navigator by consuming the CATSOAP changes.

Utilized SOAP UI tool and used WSDL, SOAP for Web Services

implementation.

. Generated Hibernate Mapping files &created the data model using

mapping files for RM, Polar modules.

. Took initiative to incorporate relevant Code coverage tools (SONAR) in

CATools project and consistently monitored to help team to sustain and

maintain code quality standards thru tools such as PMD, Check style

and FindBugs.

. Did profiling of application (thru JProfiler), identified hotspots and

tracked them to closure.

March 2010 to April 2011 - Project Manager/Team Lead

Credit Ad-Planning, IR, KMM/PA - Kohl's Corporation, CTS Offshore Center,

Chennai India

JDK JSF 1.2, JSP, JavaScript, JQuery, Hibernate, Swing, Oracle 9, Weblogic

and XiNet.

. Performed client facing techno managerial role for offshore team size of

25.

. Facilitate and coordinate regular client meetings from offshore towards

show and tell sessions, requirement analysis and design understanding

clarification(s).

. Prepare and Maintain Project Plan - task tracking, deliverables tracking

and did estimation (Use case) and resource loading for MA and Snapshot

modules.

. As a developer, was responsible for configuring and using Hibernate

Criteria queries in marketing allocation module of Credit Ad planning.

. Has been involved in T&M billing activities such as ESA approval, PAS

submission. Also participated in other account level initiatives such as

resource induction and monthly award nominations.

. Participated in requirement analysis and assisted in the design of UI

components and QA support phase of Marketing Allocation module.

. Developed & successfully completed Manage Projections enhancements in

KMM. Deployed DEV, QA builds for different applications into Weblogic

server.

May 2008 to February 2010 - Midrange Designer/Developer

Financial Adjustment, Automate Claims Reprocessing - Express Scripts Inc,

Bloomington MN

Spring 2.5, JSF 1.1, Rich Faces, Ajax, SOAPUI, JSP, JavaScript, HSQLDB,

DB2, SOAP Web Services

. Performed role of onsite Project Lead for FAD (Financial Adjustment is an

automated process to adjust TED claims), participating in requirement

analysis & design.

. Created design document (LLD) with UML class diagrams and sequence

diagrams.

. Based on business need, rewrote some of SQL queries from HSQLDB to DB2

compatible queries to adhere to standards and for performance

improvement.

. Developed automated process of TED Claims adjustment using Web services.

. Build deployment activities for DEV, provided QA support & assisted in

deploying to production.

. Involved in the complete development of Selection and Reject Management

Tools of ACR.

. Developed the UI pages (thru JSF Rich Faces) for Mass Approval for T-

Pharm FAD Phase II.

Jan 2008 to Apr 2008 - ADM Developer

Member Portal - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Eagan MN

J2EE/Websphere Portal (Portlets)

. Prepared Maintenance Process Handbook & initiated KT of Online

Consumer Activation project.

. Did operations support & prepared daily/weekly defect status reports.

Nov 2006 to Dec 2007 - Team Lead/Onsite coordinator/Developer

DETECTS, Subrotrack - Ingenix (OptumInsight), Eden Prairie MN

Java 1.4, JSP, Hibernate, JBoss, XSLT, Oracle8i

. As a team lead, did analysis and consolidated client requirements for

DETECS, Subrotrack and other AFRS projects.

. Was a part of DETECTS II development team developing Anti Fraud Recovery

software which includes analyzing medical records, sending letters for

members and providers. Involved in the Group 1 and Group 2 task

activities including estimation, task allocation, and development

management till delivery of the 5.1 release.

. Was instrumental in developing Java interface using Hibernate which was

used for communication between the front end and back end (Oracle8

database).

June 2004 to October 2006 - Service Coordinator-Operations/Developer

Producer Database, BASICS - United Health Group, Hartford CT

Java, Struts1.1, J2EE, Oracle 9i, Jasper

. Day- to day completion of business activities (IT and Business) &

emergency service tickets.

. PrDB Release 2.0 development and deployment facilitator.

. Designed and developed the architecture for UI Reports module 1.0.

. Was responsible for developing Jasper Reports to display calculated

scores to producers and brokers.

. Played an important role in unit testing of the Test scenarios for Rerun

scenarios.

. Conducted daily batch runs, monitoring and support.

. Developed the View Customer Contract Module as per design specifications.

. Prepared the Unit Test Plan documents, JUnit test code & provided Quality

Support to Drop 1.

. Regularly communicate to the onsite coordinator for requirement

clarifications.

Dec 2002 to May 2004 - Team Leader/ Developer Consultant

Formulary Management - Walgreens Health Initiatives (WHI), Deerfield IL

Java 2, JSP1.2, Servlet, Oracle 8.1.7

. Was involved in the development of Formulary Management web based

application using Walgreens authenticator framework. As a team lead,

participated in the discussion of use case documents and business

rules from client. Was instrumental in developing Market Basket and

Pharma Contract modules.

. Developed crucial components such as pagination, stored procedure

integration in rebate calculations.

. Used JDBC to access Oracle database and implemented connection

pooling.

. Did use cases thru UML Studio for E-Job Posting application which

deals with HR dept web automation.

. In charge of Packaging WAR, deploying in development and UAT instance.

Sep 2000 to Nov 2002 - Developer

Pac Advantage Core Administrative, SkyBiz - Mascon Global Offshore Center,

Chennai India

Java, JSP, Servlet, DB2 UDB Version 7.x, SQL Server 7.0, JavaScript1.2,

Applets, Swing.

. Involved in design, development of Enrollment with sub modules (New

Business, ROE&OE).

. Worked in Manual ROE and ROE process generation.

. Worked in development and deployment of new business screens.

. Developed exceptional handling and data caching programs in the web

wizard module.

. Worked in Swing based Gold Builder and Express Builder application

Development.

. Migrated all the programs developed for e-commerce module from Web

Logic 4.5 to 5.1.

. Involved in signing of Applets in both (IE 4.0 & NE 4.03) browsers

thro' object tag.

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