Support Analyst
Resume:
KANDASWAMY RAMESH SATHKUNANANTHAN
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Designation Lead / Technical Consultant - IBM i (AS/400) System/21 ERP Application Support Consultant
Address
Date of Birth
**/* */*, Mayura Place, Havelock Road, Colombo 6, Sri Lanka 28h July 1972
Sex/ Martial Status Male / Married
Contact Number +94-77-30-520-**
Email/Skype
adcjex@r.postjobfree.com / Ramesh.sathkunananthan lwww.linkedin.com/in/rameshsathkunananthan
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 20 years of experience in information technology industry. Capabilities include:
Extremely competent IBM-i (AS/400) System Analyst / Analyst Programmer with excellent Business Application Development and Business Systems experience
Heavy Proficiency in AS400, RPGLE (Free format), SQLRPGLE, RPG, SQLRPG, CLP, CLLE, RPG36/ OCL36. (RPG-II / OCL S36 Mode) Environment
Strong background with INFOR (JBA) Aurora System21 (ERP) Finance, Distribution and Manufacturing modules, which includes full cycle (SDLC) Implementations and Customization
Extensive experience providing leadership and technical expertise for the implementation and enhancement of complex information systems
Strengths include results oriented nature; strong belief in the importance of being a team player; willing to do what it takes to get the job done resourcefully and successfully
Creation of Functional Specification, Technical Specifications, User and Training documents.
Testing, debugging, diagnosing and correcting errors and faults in an applications programming language within established testing protocols, guidelines and quality standards to ensure programs and applications perform to specification
EDUCATION – ACADAMIC
Bachelor of Information Technology Degree - University of Colombo
Chartered Information Technology Professional (MBCS, CITP) - British Computer Society (BCS)
Diploma in Computer Studies - Australian Computer Society (ACS) EDUCATION – PROFESSIONAL
Certified to ITIL V3 Foundation
Certified to Prince 2 Practitioner - Project Management
Applied Project Management - Teknikutbildarna Learning Center, Sweden EMPLOYMENT DETAILS
Melstasoft Pvt Ltd. Sri Lanka June 2015 – to date
Lead/ Senior Consultant
o Application development RPG (IV/ILE Free), CL, DDS, DDL, SQL, iSeries Query o Infor Aurora System 21 ERP – Finance and Distribution modules support o Incident / Change management and Software defeat resolution, 3rd Level System/21 ERP support. o Leading AS/400 Application & ERP Support Teams, Support with application functionality developments & enhancements.
o Involving in .NET and Classic ASP Application Development Support and Postgresql DR onfiguration. 2 of 2
TGS Solutions Private Limited, Sri Lanka Nov 2014 – May 2015 Lead / Project Manager - INFOR System/21 Aurora
o Lead TGS Colombo iSeries Development and ERP Application Support & Technical Support Team o Level 3 Application and Technical support to cater smooth BAU function o iSeries programming development using RPG/400, RPG III, RPG IV, CL400 and SQL Major Projects :
1. Uplift to Infor System/21 Aurora V3 at SiongBee - Malaysia. 2. Development of part of the Customization for GST at Panasonic – Malaysia 3. Code modernization for Frontier Communications, USA Toolsets: Hawkeye. Source Control: Turnover, Aldon, Arcade, Databases: DB2/400 Sandvik IT Global Shared Services, India Sept 2008 – Oct 2014 Global Solution Services Lead – Sandvik Global IT System21/M3 Shared Services o iSeries programming development using RPG/400, ILE, CL400 and SQL o Expert level IBM-i Technical support and System/21 Aurora ERP Application Support o Incident / Change management (CA Service Desk, JIRA, ALDON etc) o Business Requirement Study
o Solution Design, Development of In house applications o Involved in Full Cycle System21 ERP implementation in India & Malaysia. Worked on-site on short term assignments in Sweden, Austria, Netherlands and Singapore Smarts Shirts Limited, Sri Lanka Nov 2004 – Sep 2008 Application and Technical Specialist – JBA System/21 Style ERP
System21/Style ERP Application (Production and Distribution Modules) Support and other In-house developed application systems used by Smart Shirts group in the region (which includes Hong Kong Singapore Philippines & China) to allow business continuity and to meet the business requirements
System21 Style RPG Analysis, Design, Software development and deployment
Programming in RPG/400, RPGLE, CL/400 and SQL/400
Involved in DOS/400 interface development using RPG ILE, Synon for Kellwood, USA Toolsets: Hawkeye. Source Control: Turnover, Aldon, Arcade, Databases: DB2/400 Language/Framework: RPG (IV/ILE Free), CL, DDS, DDL, SQL, iSeries Query iOM Development Pvt. Ltd., Sri Lanka Feb 1999 – Nov 2004 Senior Application Consultant for System/21 Lead - International Support Desk (ISC)
Service Desk Management – System/21 Finance/Distribution, Style and Warehousing modules.
System development / enhancements to cope with clients business needs
Provide extensive technical and consultative support including thorough analysis, programming, testing and bug fixing on INFOR System21 system.
The Golden key Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Sri Lanka Jan 1998 – Feb 1999 Analyst Programmer for IMAS/400 ERP
Involved in Seylan Merchant Bank – Margin trading and Treasury System design, development and testing. Using RPG/400, CL/400 and Query/400
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Lanka Ltd. Apr 1995 – Dec 1997 Senior Programmer for JBA System/21 ERP
IBM System/36 Application support for Glaxo Wellcome Lanka System21 Business Application support using RPGIII, RPG400, CLP, SDA, DDS and Query400. Involved in Associated Motorways System Development Computer Systems Limited (The Capital Maharaja Organization) Sep 1993 – Apr 1995 Programmer/ Analyst programmer for BPCS ERP
Involved in RPGII development for ICL Marketing, AF Jones and ANCL on IBM System/32 Also involved in RPGII to AS400 program conversion project for AF Jones tea system and Group Payroll system.
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