Mainframe,Project Management

GAURANG SHAH

Shah Gaurang Jasvantlal, E*/**, Prem Park, Masulkar colony, Ajmera, Pimpri,

Pune 411018

Contact: +91-996*******; Email: *****.********@*****.***

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IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT (DESIGNER/ARCHITECT) - MAINFRAME TECHNOLOGIES

Seeking challenging and rewarding assignments as Project Lead/Team

Lead/Designer/Architect across the industry [pic]

PROFILE

V Competent & diligent professional offering 10+ years' rich experience in

designing and implementing IT solution delivery, maintenance and support

for diverse solutions using Mainframe Technology including 6 months of

Onsite experience, USA

V Tremendous understanding of end-to-end development of software products

from requirement analysis to system study, designing, coding, testing, de-

bugging, documentation and implementation.

V Deft in Mainframe technologies COBOL, PL/1, CICS, JCL, IMS, DB2, VSAM &

Focus Report writer with domain experience on Insurance, Finance, Banking

& Security brokerage.

V Demonstrated professional excellence in understanding the customer's

business needs and translate them into targeted and effective solutions

that improve processes, increase productivity & reduce costs.

V Suave and pragmatic with excellent interpersonal and communication

skills; competent to work in highly diverse environments with people from

varied backgrounds; popular team worker with leadership traits.

Core Competencies

Strategic Planning ( Operations Management ( Project Planning & Execution (

Relationship Management ( Technical Consulting ( Architecture & Development

( Team Leadership ( Systems Design/Implementation ( Training & Development

( Analytical Skills

Technical Skills

V Mainframe

o Database-DB2,IMS, VSAM, Focus

o Language & Tools-JCL/Proc, COBOL, CICS, PL/1, Xpeditor, Focus, File

aid, Changeman

V GUI

o Database: Oracle 7.3, SQL Base

o Language & Tools: Centura SQL Windows, VB (5.0),VFP & Clipper

V Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows NT, MVS(Mainframe)

V Others: MS Office, Project Tracking & Monitoring tool: MS-Project & Ecube

V Domain: Finance, Insurance & Security brokerage

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CAREER CONTOUR

Consultant ( FULCRUM LOGIC ( Nov'11-May'13

V Spearheaded the efforts as Technical Lead and handling engagement with

Business to develop high-level project scoping.

V Produced a high-level solution design and delivery approach; report

client on KPIs.

V Involved in preparation of Testing strategy, Testing plan and its

execution; interacting with business user on their requirement and

solving problems in accordance with KPIs.

V Conducted interaction with Business user and other stake holder on

complete understanding of Business Requirement and then creating the

Functional specification & the Technical Design document.

V Mentored and guided the Team members and getting the Maintenance and

development activities done by them; work planning with Client, and

weekly reporting on work progress.

V Managed the complete life cycle of development/support projects including

analysis of the client requirements, translating new ideas into clients

solutions, requirements development, delivery, support, analysis and

documentation.

V Devised effective strategies for implementing and delivering the project

as per scheduled deadlines.

V Handled Delivery & engagement framework involving key stakeholders and

leading processes to manage scope of the project lifecycle.

V Effectively designed, scheduled, monitored, debugged & troubleshooting

workflows and designing various types of tasks.

Project & Technical Lead ( WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES ( Jul'03-Oct'11

V Led the entire project management initiatives right from

conceptualization, feasibility studies, strategic planning and

operational analysis.

V Conducted analysis, development, and implementation of strategic business

plans & policies, ensured organizational growth, targeting maximum

profitability & cost effectiveness.

V Designed the solution around the product and delivered it to the client

as per the business requirements.

V Instrumental in defining the framework for the transformation of data

into information from the source systems to information used by the

business users.

Consultant ( CAPGEMINI (FORMERLY KANBAY) ( Oct'02-Jul'03

V Created all the user interfaces, generated business level and data layer

classes and functions.

V Worked as a responsible team member to identify the bugs & issues;

translated Design document into coding.

V Handled requirements gathering from the client and preparing the

requirement specifications documents of the module assigned.

V Created detailed design documents and unit test case documents of the

module assigned.

V Carried out the understanding & analyses of client requirement; designed

Concept Document of requirement.

V Managed construction & quality assurance, support & all client

communication including unit testing and defect fixing.

V Managed translation of design document into coding, preparation of unit

Test cases, bug fixing and bug verification.

Software Engineer ( CGI (FORMERLY IMR GLOBAL) ( May'01-Sep'02

V Interpreted written business requirements and technical specification

documents.

V Converted project specifications and procedures, logical flow charts into

coding computer language through analytical skills and meticulous

attention to detail.

V Managed writing and coding individual programmes from specific

requirements.

V Handled investigation, analysis and documented reported defects; handled

software products testing of systems and applications.

V Performed maintenance programming and correction of identified defects.

V Carried out reviews, analyzes, designs, programs, modifies, develops and

implements software-programming applications.

Software Engineer ( PCS ( Apr'00-Apr'01

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SCHOLASTIC PORTFOLIO

Diploma in Computer Science ; 1992

Datamatics Corporation, Bombay

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounts & Economics; 1991

Bombay University

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References: Available on Request

Note: Please refer to Project Annexure for complete Project details

ANNEXURE - A

Key Projects Accomplished:

Project PFE(Fulcrum)

Title

Synopsis C&F is General Insurance provider. As part of platform migration,

involved in enhancement & support activity for existing system.

Environmen Cobol, CICS, VSAM, Db2, IMS

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Client C&F

Project Biab(Wipro)

Title

Synopsis BIAB is a training region mostly using by Citi Management to train his

employees. During this BIAB refreshment activity we upgrade BIAB region

with upgraded version from UAT region by refreshing Host, Midrange and

Frontend Technology Track.

Environmen Cobol, CICS, VSAM, Db2

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Client Citi

Project eFeap (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis FEAP is a single tier application based on tightly coupled

architecture, developed using MFCOBOL on RHEL and based on ISAM file

system. The UIs are developed in MF COBOL are part of the integrated

code (Screen, Business Logic and I/O logic). Wipro had developed code

which splits UI layer in Java and BL layer to be retained in Cobol

removing presentation layer. Apart from these, Data from ISAM file are

migrated to MYSQL database.

Environmen MF Cobol, MySQL, Linux, MicroFocus Server express, SOAP UI

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Client LIC India

Project Technical Decommission Factory for Life (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis To decommission Redundant systems Identified by UK Client. Scope of the

work Includes Identifying components of systems to be Decommissioned.

Carrying out Impact analysis of components to be decommissioned. Create

list of components to be decommissioned and coordinate with Client

teams for Physical decommission of components.

Environmen Mainframe z/OS, DB2, IMS, Cobol, CICS, Insurance domain

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Client Aviva NUL-UK

Project J2EE Rewrites (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis Northwestern Mutual has about 100+ Visual Basic (VB) applications that

are currently in either VB5 or VB6. Microsoft has already announced the

release of Windows Vista and adds to the problem as the current

applications may not work with Vista. So these applications need to be

migrated to current, supported versions of technology in order to

ensure continued and uninterrupted use both internally and externally.

As a result of VB to Java conversion, Communication between Front end

and M/F will be changed. Now Java will communicate to M/F using MQ

Series and M/F will receive and respond through MQ Series.

Environmen IBM/MVS, DB2,PL/1, Insurance domain

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Client Northwestern Mutual-USA

Project Illustrations 2001 CSO Portfolio SE (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis The 2001 CSO Portfolio project will deliver a competitive set of

traditional portfolio life insurance products that are on the 2001 CSO

table. In addition to complying with the legal requirements of

incorporating the 2001 CSO table, the new set of products are intended

to improve competitive position and simplify product offerings for NM.

The products are scheduled to be released in June 2008, close to the

mandated date, 1 Jan 2009 date. The scope of the project, involves

around 15 mainframe application areas and 1 PC based areas. (For

details, please refer to section Application Scope).

Environmen IBM/MVS, DB2,PL/1, Insurance domain

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Client Northwestern Mutual-USA

Project Pension Simplifications (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis Pensions Simplification is the introduction of a single set of Revenue

tax rules covering all types of existing pensions. The new rules come

into force on 6th April 2006 (A-day). In preparation for A-day we will

start cutting over changes from October 2005.

Environmen IBM/MVS, PL/1, IMS,DB2, DB2,IMS,File Manager, PL/1

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Client Friends Provident-UK

Project CIF++ VSAM to DB2 Conversion (Wipro)

Title

Synopsis J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is a leading global financial services firm

with operations in more than 50 countries. Customer Information FILE

(CIF) is the central repository of all JPMChase customers. CIF system

uses VSAM files for storing customer data. CIF++ project is a

conversion project to change existing CIF system from VSAM to DB2

which includes migrating the data from VSAM to DB2 and changing

application programs to access DB2 instead of VSAM.

Environment CICS, COBOL, VSAM,DB2, JCL/Proc, Banking domain

Client JP Morgan Chase-USA

Project Loan Pricing (Kanbay)

Title

Synopsis Household is a finance company, which markets its various types of

loans to eligible customer. The scope of The project is to maintain &

develop all applications running in mainframe (IBM 3090) with MVS as

the operating system. Loan Pricing was dealing with credit eligibility

of customer (DIR ratio), Interest rate to be charged, and Risk factors

& Payoff requirements.

Environment MVS(OS),CICS, Cobol 370, VSAM, Db2, IMS, File-AID, JCL/Proc,

Xpeditor, Changeman

Client Household-USA

Project Mail Order Company via Catalog (CGI)

Title

Synopsis Fingerhut is a mail order company, which markets its product directly

to the actual consumer. The scope of the project is to maintain all

their applications running in mainframe (IBM 3090) with MVS as the

operating system. This involves correction of faults, improve

performance, preventive maintenance and adapt to changes in

environment and business. There are 120 applications running and they

are logically grouped into 8 Business Units.

Environment IBM-MVS, CICS,Cobol,VSAM,DB2,IMS,File-AID, JCL/Proc, Xpeditor

Client Fingerhut-USA

Project Improve Materials Productivity to Achieve Cost Targets

Title

Synopsis Impact is an Online Purchase system for GEAE. It revolves round the

concept of 'PURCHASING' and dedicated to take care of the purchasing

requirements for GEAE. There are various steps involved in purchasing.

Steps needs to be performed before, during and after acquiring the

item. During this stage of acquiring items It passes through various

entities like Planner, Buyer, CA, Suppliers, Custom broker, Receiving

clerks, Systems, Material Administration.

Environment IBM-MVS VS-COBOL II, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL/Proc, File-AID, Focus

Client GEAE-USA

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