B. DEVINGTON RAYAN
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (IT)
14+ years’ rich experience in delivering optimal results & business value in high-growth environments in the areas of Project Management, Software Architecture, Design and Development
Dynamic and versatile project manager with cross-functional experience and comprehensive business/technical skill set for handling large scale delivery assignments in various platforms and technologies.
Microsoft Certified Professional with rich understanding of the software development processes in line with the industry standard; seasoned professional with a unique blend of managerial, technical, functional and qualitative skills. Software Design experience using UML based Object Oriented Designing, Design Patterns.
Have strong analytical, troubleshooting and technical acumen with solid leadership, project management and team-building skills to consistently deliver productive technological solutions. Have Exceptional dedication towards growth with cutting-edge technologies and seeking to achieve beyond expectation in every endeavour.
Have In-depth knowledge of all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with concentration on design, development & implementation of various applications.
PROFESSIONAL VALUE OFFERED
Software Development Requirement Analysis Project Management Programme Analysis
Product Development Stakeholder Management Software Architecture Coding/Testing
Reporting & Documentation Performance Management Training & Development Analytical Skills
End- to- End Solutions Knowledge Transfer
CAREER PROGRESSION
Delivery Manager, William Hare India Ltd. Since Jan 2014
Travelled onsite to understand William Hare's business process and William Hare's internal systems.
Extensively worked in Requirement Gathering, Analysis phase of William Hare Group’s Dynamics AX Implementation.
Pro-actively involved in Requirement Gathering, System study of William Hare's internal systems. Proposed SharePoint Intranet Portal for WHIL which included SharePoint Features List, Recommendations, Hosting, and Scoping & Capacity Planning.
Owns the overall accountability for the end to end delivery of projects.
Perform the project reviews on a consistent basis to ensure project delivery is on time and on budget.
Interact with Project Leads to make sure onsite/offshore workflow and communications are optimized.
Proposed Coding standards/guidelines to the teams making sure that the deliverables met with quality.
Good working knowledge of C#.Net 4.0/4.5, WCF, Web service, Design Patterns, OOA and OOD Concepts,
ASP.NET, MVC, JQuery, JSON, JQuery frameworks, SQL Server 2008
Good Understanding of JQuery frameworks and libraries like Infragistics Ignite Ui, AngularJS, ORM Tools
Migration of existing .NET based web applications into JQuery based frameworks like Infragistics Ignite UI libraries
Improving Performance and scalability issues in the Web applications.
Development Manager, HOV Services Limited, since 2011
Accountable for initiation, planning, execution, control and closure of multiple projects within agreed scope, time and cost and savings commitments.
Manage client expectations and demands proactively while maintaining good client relationships, to ensure effective application delivery within the required project timescales and budget.
Develop governance reports and project performance metrics on project health status, milestone charts, risks and mitigation plans, issues and resolutions, change requests.
Structure project proposals complete with details of activities, time frame, and required mix of resources. Made business presentations before the clients to generate value proposition and secure financial commitments
Build & nurture relations with clients and developed the systems as per their requirement on various platforms/environment from requirements gathering phase to Go-Live phase
Collaborate with major stakeholders and updated the progress of the projects and health status on a weekly basis
Assure both quality and customer service while leading and driving advanced/complex development tasks and projects to successful completion
Meticulously document all major activities for effective reference and use
Identify, resolve/isolate areas of obstructions to catalyze project delivery within defined time & cost parameters.
Organize various training sessions for the team to enhance their performance
Deftly prepare documentation for the design plan, review specifications for modifications, integrating components and testing
Key Achievements
Recognized for successfully rolling out projects - IBM MEA phase II within the set timeline
Distinction of using RUP methodologies similar to Agile and process improvements within the projects
Pioneer in managing accounts for clients like IBM, Daimler, Mercedes in addition to project management
Accomplish responsibility to travel onsite for knowledge acquisition of Software Products.
Lead Consultant, CSC India Limited, 2008 to 2011
Gain invaluable experience in analyzing business and functional requirements, and translate business requirements into technical design specifications and documentation for robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well within the overall system architecture
Independently handled POC and provided technical guidance to the team
Devised effective strategies in database development in MS SQL SERVER and ORACLE
Established a quality assurance framework as a foundation for software development processes for achieving excellence through qualitative project management
Closely monitored entire product life cycle activity
Implemented a process oriented culture across the organization to create a baseline for achieving standard certifications / accreditations
Keenly participated in preparing approach document, estimation and planning for new projects
Key Achievements
Pro-actively involved in technical solutioning team in devising technical design artifacts for Lorenzo healthcare solution team.
Played pivotal role in handling projects for Healthcare, BFSI domain
Technical Lead, Wipro Technologies, 2007 to 2008
Providing solutions to technical issues, responsible for meeting development schedules and ensuring the delivered solution meets the technical specifications and design requirements.
Complete ownership of the assigned modules of the project under development
Mentoring team members with the assistance of PM/Architect
Flexible in working under changing and different work settings.
Promptly escalate issues, which affect product delivery and quality that are beyond scope of influence and report same to reporting
Pay high attention to detail in all work.
Quality, on time delivery of agreed deliverables.
Key Achievements
Titled as an “Incident Controller” to respond to the crises within the shortest possible time and guide the staff to handle the crises in safe and effective manner
Introduced several Dashboard/MIS reports
Senior Software Engineer, Barry Weh-miller International Resources Private Limited, 2006 to 2007
Studied existing systems and processes and conducted gap analysis to recommend befitting solutions within available budgetary resources
Deftly reviewed & prepared the design documents, business use case documents
provided technical support to ensure seamless delivery of the project
Senior Software Engineer, Cal Soft I Limited, 2005 to 2006
Software Engineer, Ebots Software Private Limited, 2000 to 2004
Details of major projects executed are placed at Annexure-'A'
EDUCATION
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, 2002
HDSE, Aptech Computer Education, 1999
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Loyola College, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, 1994
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Prince2 certified
PMI Member
Microsoft Certification in VB and Sql Server
UML certified
I.T. SKILLS
Operating Systems: MS-Windows XP, Win Vista
Programming Languages & IDE: ASP.NET, VB.net, C#, PL – SQL, XML, XSL, Visual Studio 2005, VS 2010, Flex Framework, Adobe Flash Builder 4.0
Database: Oracle, Sql Server 2005/2008, Access
Reporting Tools: Reporting Services - SSRS, Crystal Reports
UML Tools & Processes: MS-Visio, IBM Enterprise Architect, MS-Project
BI Tools: WCF, WWF, WPF
Additional Skills: Share Point Designer 2007, BizTalk Server 2003, Commerce Server 2007
Architectural Frameworks: MVC, Design Patterns, Cairngorm, NHibernate
Client based technologies: JQuery, Infragistics Ignite UI
References and verifying documentation furnished upon request
ANNEXURE - A
PROJECTS HANDLED
Project Name
EPMS
Client
William Hare India Ltd, Chennai – India
Team Size
10
Duration
Jan 2014 till date
Role
Delivery Manager
Project Description
EPMS is a complete steel fabrication information system that harnesses the information flow and work process through the steelwork contract between departments, suppliers and clients. Some of the key benefits include Enquiries, Estimation, Document management which includes automated workflow, contract management, QS analysis and production and project management.
Responsibilities
Provided end-to-end management of project from conceptualization, visualization to technology mapping and final execution of projects
Accountable for initiation, planning, execution, control and closure of the project within agreed scope, time and cost and savings commitments.
Spearheaded development and implementation of project plans covering Configuration Management, Risk Management, Issue Management, and Communication plans.
Managing/mentoring teams, guiding and providing solutions
Mitigates issues/risks in a timely manner and ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
Conducted review meetings to monitor progress of the project as per schedule, and ensured timely completion and delivery of the project to the client
Reviewing components and taking complete ownership and delivery of the modules in the Product to the Client.
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, WCF, Infragistics Ignite UI libraries, Sql Server 2008 as backend
MS – Visual Studio 2012, Tortoise SVN
MS Project 2007
Project # 2
Project Name
Aquila AP Processing system
Client
HOV Services Ltd, Chennai – India
Team Size
10
Duration
Jan 2012 to Dec 2013
Role
Development Manager
Project Description
Aquila workflow management system allows public and private organizations to automate document intensive, approval-based processes across departments and systems. The system incorporates configurable workflows and helps you achieve efficient document transaction and collaboration, thus making sure uploading, indexing, archiving, search-ability, sharing, Collaborating and global accessibility of every type of documents. Some of the salient features of this include LDAP/AD plug-in, Enterprise Dashboards, Single sign-on, PKI certified digital signature, multi-tenancy and enterprise data driven search.
Responsibilities
Provided end-to-end management of project from conceptualization, visualization to technology mapping and final execution of projects
Accountable for initiation, planning, execution, control and closure of the project within agreed scope, time and cost and savings commitments.
Spearheaded development and implementation of project plans covering Configuration Management, Risk Management, Issue Management, and Communication plans.
Interacting with the Business CRM in getting business requirements and articulating technical design documents.
Managing/mentoring teams, guiding and providing solutions
Mitigates issues/risks in a timely manner and ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
Conducted review meetings to monitor progress of the project as per schedule, and ensured timely completion and delivery of the project to the client
Reviewing components and taking complete ownership and delivery of the modules in the Product to the Client.
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, WCF, Telerik components, Sql Server 2008 as backend
MS – Visual Studio 2010, Tortoise SVN
MS Project 2007
Project # 3
Project Name
PCG – Healthcare Member portal
Client
HOV Services Ltd, Chennai – India
Team Size
10
Duration
May 2011 to Dec 2011
Role
Development Manager
Project Description
The PCG or the member portal is a complete end to end Healthcare suite where in the member will access his benefits offered by the employee, sign up for new plans and benefits and monitor his payment schedules. He will also have access to historical data. The PCG portal accommodates interactions with other entities like Employer, Provider and Payer. The employer will have access to employee or member details like background verification, education, salary information and his behavior with old companies. The provider will monitor candidate’s medical history details while creating a treatment plan for the candidate. This will help in settling candidate claims. The member will schedule/cancel his healthcare appointments
Responsibilities
Accountable for initiation, planning, execution, control and closure of the project within agreed scope, time and cost and savings commitments.
Interacting with the CRM in getting business requirements and providing functional knowledge to team members.
Preparing Technical Specification Document, Interface Document, High Level Design Document, Detailed Design Document.
Team Management, monitoring the project status on a daily basis.
Reviewing components and taking complete ownership and delivery of the modules in the Product to the Client.
Code review and component development
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, WCF, Telerik components, Sql Server 2008 as backend
MS – Visual Studio 2010
Tortoise SVN, Designing using Enterprise Architect
Project # 4
Project Name
HCD – Homecare and LTAC
Client
Thomson Reuters HealthCare, Chennai – India
Team Size
10
Duration
Mar 2010 to Apr 2010
Role
Technical Consultant
Project Description
Homecare helps HHA and other agencies to submit oasis data, assess the home care patient and measure the patient outcome. LTAC helps the facilities to submit patient demographics and episode data, validate, commit, calculate monthly aggregate data and generate the quarterly ORYX reports. High Level Reports like Data Summary, Data Drill-down, Data-At A Glance, Quality Dashboard, and ORYX Quarterly and Annual Reports are generated.
Responsibilities
Preparing Technical Specification Document, Interface Document, High Level Design Document, Detailed Design Document.
Providing functional knowledge to team members.
Reviewing components and taking complete ownership and delivery of the Product to the Client.
Interacting with the client and the onsite coordinator for issues and queries in the project.
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, Adobe Flash Builder and Sql Server 2008 as backend
MS – Visual Studio 2008
Tortoise SVN
Project # 5
Project Name
NHS – Lorenzo
Client
NHS, Chennai – India
Team Size
10
Duration
Sep 2008 to Mar 2010
Role
Technical Designer
Project Description
NHS is an arm of the UK govt which is responsible for providing health care to the residents of UK. NHS envisions to have a more modern, efficient, patient-centric health service and to give patients more choice and control over their own health and care. The key benefits (amongst others) of the program is to:
Record patient data for both outpatient and inpatient episodes, encounters and events
Give healthcare professionals of various health organizations [HO],access to patient information safely, securely and easily through Care records service
Make it easier for HOs to choose and book hospital appointments for patients
Provide a system for the electronic transmission of prescriptions
Responsibilities
Collate and analyze technical and functional requirements provided from internal and external stakeholders to generate requirements for component/s.
Ensure completeness of requirements, clarity of documentation and manage change requests/scoping to ensure requirement stability
Interacting with various stakeholders in evolving high level design of the assigned components.
Disseminate and transfer the proposed technical design to the Blue Print development teams. Interface with other internal stakeholders in order to clarify and communicate the technical design details and architectural components. Provide support to the development team regarding technical design clarifications.
Prepared Sequence, Activity, Use Case and object modeling diagrams
Worked extensively on Data Modeling using ORM
Participating in FD handovers in deriving requirements for components.
Analyze issues arising during the development phases to identify patterns, and design modifications that may be required.
Reviewing code and formulating test cases.
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, IBM Rational tools Enterprise Architect for design and Sql Server 2008 as backend
MS – Visual Studio 2005
Telelogic DOORS, Change Synergy
Project # 6
Project Name
TPA – FAST Application
Client
Zurich North America, Chennai – India
Team Size
2
Duration
2007 to Mar 2008
Role
Technical Lead
Project Description
The Claims Finance group is sponsoring this project.
The project is being proposed to reduce the time and increase the accuracy of the Third Party claim Administrator (TPA) funding process especially for the Company Funded claims by establishing an electronic process to calculate, reconcile, post and send funds to TPAs. The funding process is currently manual which leads to inaccuracy and inefficiency.
The Claims Finance Management group will manage the project, create new workflows and provide input to new processes. Zurich IT will provide input to system design. The Claims Automation area will be responsible for leading the project from a business analyst perspective
Responsibilities
Involved in Software UML Design using IBM's Rational Enterprise Architect Suite.
Extensively Involved in software Development using MS technologies viz., ASP.NET, VB.NET.
Developed Threshold and Workflow modules.
Environment
.NET Framework using C#, Rational tools for design and IBM DB2 as backend
Project # 7
Project Name
Fashion Fabrics Club
Client
BWIR for FFC
Team Size
5
Duration
Sep 2007 to Nov 2007
Role
Technical Lead
Project Description
Fashion Fabric Club (FFC), is an online e-commerce website which deals with selling fabrics and clothes. The website, www.fashionfabricsclub.com used by FFC has been developed by BWIR which is an ASP.NET application.
Responsibilities
Requirements Analysis, Design and Development. Lot of interaction with the client was involved
Understanding the Business requirement and Involved in Database Design.
Prepare the Weekly status reports
Environment
ASP.NET, Sql Server, Ms-Visual Studio 2003
Project # 7
Project Name
Occupational Safety and Health Management System
Client
BWIR, Chennai - India
Team Size
5
Duration
Oct 2006 to Aug 2007
Role
Technical Lead
Project Description
This application will allow an identified Divisional HR Admin or the Corporate HR Admin the ability to enter in an OSHA 300 work related injury or illness. The application will know which divisional location to log this injury log entry under by identifying the logged-in user. The application will allow the Corporate HR. Administrator the ability to change information about any one of the divisional locations used for the HR Safety website.
Responsibilities
Requirements Analysis, Design and Development. Lot of interaction with the client was involved
Understanding the Business requirement and Involved in Database Design.
Server side coding for the Admin module
Developed Reports using Reporting Services
Prepare the Weekly status reports
Environment
. NET Framework using VB.NET 2005, Reporting Services and SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 8
Project Name
Directory Distributing Associates – DirecTrac
Client
BWIR, Chennai - India
Team Size
5
Duration
Jul 2006 to Sep 2006
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
This is a robust Delivery Management System that assists the management in daily hiring, managing and paying of delivery routes. It handles the management and assessment of inventory, delivery personnel and all delivery costs and to provide accurate, real-time reporting of both daily and cumulative delivery activity. Safety website.
Responsibilities
Preparation and review of Low Level Design documents for Route Module.
Screen design for Delivery Route module
Integrated the Delivery Route module and Master module
Designed and Developed Reports using Reporting Services
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2005, Reporting Services and SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 9
Project Name
Online Bunkering Information System (OBIS)
Client
Calsoft, Chennai – India
Team Size
5
Duration
Dec 2005 to May 2006
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
This is an end-to-end bunkering ERP solution used to streamline all bunker related business process. The system includes Sales, Purchase, Claims, Inventory, Logistics and Risk Management modules. It helps ship owners in procuring Bunker Fuel and also facilitates Bunker Operations management for suppliers, brokers and traders.
Responsibilities
Implemented the Sales order processing and Claims module.
Implemented the Cargo module
Planning and organizing unit testing, load testing and performance tuning.
Collaborating with the clients to identify the changes needed in the system, fixing the technical issues and updating the system.
Managing the post-live support by having teleconference with clients.
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2005, Reporting Services and SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 10
Project Name
eTendering
Client
BSNL India for California Software India, Chennai – India
Duration
Aug 2005 to Dec 2005
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
ETendering is a procurement system that enables electronic management of the tender process. The public sector organizations and private contractors can utilize this technology to conduct an efficient tendering process. These organizations can post tender documents and Notices Inviting Tenders (NIT) online. Suppliers can respond online and these responses are made available to the buying organization. The system is PKI enabled and can be used in conjunction with a third-party digital certificate
Responsibilities
Handled a 3 member team in this project
Implemented the multiple phase bid evaluation module – The module takes of online bid submission where the suppliers can prepare the tender response and upload it. From the buyer side, the technical and financial evaluation of bid is done.
Involved in DB design
Prepared the design document.
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2003, SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 10
Project Name
Online Trading Management System
Client
Intellicomp for California Software India
Duration
Aug 2005 to Jun 2005
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
The system is implemented using ASP.NET to work with SQL SERVER in WINDOWS 2000. It is an online marketplace where buyers and sellers come together and trade almost on anything. The seller chooses to accept bids for the item or to offer the Buy It now option. And the buyer can opt to participate in an auction or get the item through fixed price listing.
Responsibilities
Implemented the complete bidding process for this system.
Implemented the credit card payment gateway process used digital signatures and public/private key encryption algorithm.
Written generic user controls
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2003, SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 11
Project Name
Demand Driven Scheduling System
Client
Ebots Software Ltd India for Ebots Inc USA, Chennai – India
Duration
Oct 2004 to Dec 2004
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
The system is implemented using ASP.NET, C# to work with SQL SERVER in WINDOWS 2000. This system is used to schedule customer order(s) for production directly at the production cell without going through MRP or batch oriented process. Supervisors have visual control to manage and change schedules based on the shop floor and customer needs. The production schedule is assigned to these items is assigned to these items based on set of parameters.
Responsibilities
Implementation of Work Cell and Shift Monitor Modules.
Developed user controls and custom controls.
Developed Web Components using/b ASP.NET, C#
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2005, SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 12
Project Name
Customer eKanban System
Client
Ebots Software Ltd India for Ebots Inc USA, Chennai – India
Duration
Feb 2004 to Sep 2004
Role
Senior Software Engineer
Project Description
The system is implemented using ASP.NET, C# to work with SQL SERVER in WINDOWS 2000. Customer Kanban system is a powerful System that is used to integrate customers with their plants and help customers to accomplish Higher Inventory turns, Shorter customer delivery cycle, Real time tracking of the demand signals, facilitate suppliers with pipeline visibility of periodic forecasts. It is used in nearly 50 Manufacturing Plants in USA.
Responsibilities
Implementation of Work Cell and Shift Monitor Modules.
Developed user controls and custom controls.
Developed Web Components using ASP.NET, C#
Environment
.NET Framework using VB.NET 2003, SQL SERVER 2005 as backend
Project # 13
Project Name
VB MMC SnapIn Interface for eKanban System
Client
Ebots Software Ltd India for Ebots Inc USA, Chennai – India
Duration
Oct 2003 to Jan 2004
Role
Software Product Development Engineer
Project Description
The system is built using the middleware eBizBots. It is implemented using ASP; JAVA SCRIPT to work with SQLSERVER in WINDOWS NT. EBizKanban is a very powerful electronic Kanban system available in the market. It enables the plant to send a replenishment signals to suppliers using Internet. EBizKanban would alert the supplier that there were some signals waiting so, supplier user(s) would login and accept the card and then ship the goods etc. eBizKanban. EAI will provide a solution so that suppliers can configure the EAI information to integrate plant signals to their ERP system.
Responsibilities
Implementation of Work Cell and Shift Monitor Modules.
Developed user controls and custom controls.
Developed Web Components using ASP.NET, C#