Sowmini Ramana
Email: *******@*****.**.***
Phone: 513-***-****
M A N A G E M E N T E X E C U T I V E – Personnel Management, Project Management and Software
Development
Top-performing, IT Software Development Manager credited with more than a decade of application development, process
improvement, and project management. Leads IT strategic planning efforts, working closely with division executives to
ensure successful projects and to ensure IT services meet the service levels for the business.
AREAS EXPERTISE
OF
Project Management Team Management SDLC Methodologies
Release Management
Budgeting & Cost Control Business Process Analysis
Process Improvement
Software Innovation & Development Vendor Management
KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT
• 15+ years Of software industry experience with 10+ years of managing large size application development
teams.
• 8+ years of leading agile software development methodology.
• 6+ years of developing critical web applications using various .NET technologies.
• 6+ years of managing and building application using test driven methodology
• Technical Skills: CSS, HTML5, Javascript, Ajax, Visual Studio, C#, .NET, Webservices, WSDL, REST,
JSON, Spring MVC, Java, EJB, hibernate, Hudson, junit
• Webmethods, Weblogic, IIS, Oracle, Sybase, SQL server, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project
• Content Management Systems: Stellent, sharepoint
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cintas corporation 2007 - present
It software development MANAGER - Established software development practice with focus on innovation and strategic
vision for key lines of business. Identified as a leader in the organization based on unique mix of personnel management
and strong technical skills. Direct report responsibilities for a team of 20 cross-functional software development and
infrastructure team including managing resources remotely.
Dedicated to employee growth, currently managing a team of 15 direct reports consisting of software engineers, business
analyst and Quality engineer. Mentor and guide team members thru inspiration to reach their highest potential. Document
and conduct employee performance reviews and career development goals.
Currently manage, control and deliver mobile applications with large user base amounting to 10,000 Cintas employees.
Oversee design and development of mobile applications using Microsoft technologies. Mobile apps consumed C#
webservices created with Visual Studio 2010/2012. Team Foundation Server was used as source control.
Oversaw development of windows .NET application that acts as a service manager for the mobile applications to upload
and download data to/from the backend master data systems. The windows service application exposed webservices, was
added to Windows event scheduler to upload/download at a certain scheduled time.
Oversaw team of developers who were responsible for creating reports using Business Objects for the Cintas Marketing
business division to perform data analytics. Reports were created from backed Oracle data warehouse modules. Reports
were automated and scheduled for delivery. Worked very closely with the team to identify slow performing reports and
developed plans for tuning.
Designed, developed and deployed custom web application to maintain customer and contract details for Cintas.
Application was developed using ASP.NET and used SQL Server 2012 as master database. Designed and documented
normalized database table structure (ERD diagrams) for optimum efficiency.
senior Software engineer (java/.net) – lead consultant, procter & gamble 2001 - 2007
• Java: Developed Web applications using technologies like, Spring MVC, hibernate, EJB, Oracle Stored
procedures, jUnit, hudson
• .NET: applications Developed applications using .NET technologies like Visual Studio, C#, NHibernate, NUnit
tests, Sql Server, Cruise control
AWARDS & D ISTINCTIONS EDUCATION
2013 – Certified ITIL Foundation Course 1997 – Master of Information Systems – University of
Chennai
2012 – Leadership Development Program by Stellar teams
2009 – Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
1995 – Bachelor of Science – University of Chennai
2006 – Microsoft/Sun Certified programmer
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