RAGHAVENDRA “RAGHU” NAGARAJACHAR
CANDIDATE HIGHLIGHTS
18+ Years of implementing Clarity PPM Solutions
25+ years of software development experience using Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML, XSLT, Servlets, JDBC, SQL
Strong knowledge of Enterprise Application Integrations
Technical project management experience, managed on-shore, and off-shore technical and functional consultant/developer resources
Involved in full software development lifecycle from requirements, design, development, testing, deployment and product enhancements
Client Relationship Management throughout project life cycles
Exceptional debugging and problem resolution skills leveraging use-case expertise and technical skills
Unix environment (3 yrs)
Gel scripts, XOG and NSQL (8+ yrs)
Java (5 yrs)
Business Objects (4 yrs)
Recent CA Clarity PPM Projects:
Broadcom Inc: Worked on Production Support, interacted with India Support team
Kaiser Permanente: CA Clarity PPM Support Project – Helped team to address Service Now tickets. Updated Rate Matrix records
GILEAD Sciences: CA Clarity PPM Implementation Project – As a Part of PMO team which was implementing Clarity PPM for their IT Department. Along with Implementing, help Client to upgrade Clarity to 15.3 and Provided Application Support.
CISCO Systems: CA Clarity PPM Upgrade Project – Was Part of team which Upgrade Clarity to 13.2 and Provided Production Support.
IPC Subway: CA Clarity PPM Upgrade Project – Clarity v12.0 to v13.2.
Global Foundries: CA Clarity v13.2 Process Development Project. Designed and Developed Process for calculating Planned Cost and Depreciation.
Intertek: Process and Report Development: Developed Task Level Process and Financial Reports.
In-House Clarity Support: Technical Team Lead responsible for managing Digital Celerity’s internal Clarity PPM support organization. This includes managing the team, installing, upgrading, applying patches and maintaining Clarity on numerous servers. DC’s Clarity environment is leveraged to run our Professional Services Organization, Clarity & CA Service Desk Demo’s, New Product Development, Implementation support and Testing.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 25 years of experience in software design, development and implementation including 18 + years of Clarity (leading project & portfolio management solution) technical design, report development, system administration complimented by technical consulting in Integration using Java Technologies, ONYX (Customer Relation Management), BaaN (Enterprise Resource Planning Package) technical development, integration and data migration, Database Development (Oracle and SQL Server)
TOOLS / SKILLS
Hardware Used: Intel based Platforms, HP-9000
Operating System: Windows XP, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 UNIX, Linux
Applications: Clarity v 15.3, 14.3, 13.2. 13.1, 12.1, r12.0, 8.1, 8.0, 7.5.2, 7.0.3, Niku 6.15,Niku 6.0.10, Onyx CRM 5.0, BaaN ERP, BaaN IV, Oracle Projects, Niku Portfolio Manager 5.21, Orion App Server, Clarity Workbench & Portfolio Management (SRM).
Languages: Java 2, Fortran, COBOL, Basic, C, C++
Development tools: BaaN IV Tools, BaaN ERP Tools, SQL* Forms, SQL*Reporter, PowerBuilder, HTML, DHTML, ASP, Java Beans, XML, JDBC, Java Scripts, VB Scripts, Java Servlets, MQSeries, JSP, PL/SQL, JBuilder, IBM Rational Rose
Reporting tools: Crystal Reports X11, WEBI, Actuate 5,6,7,8 BaaN Tools (Reporting).
Database: Oracle 7, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11i & MS SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008
NIKU/CLARITY: Clarity 7.0.2, 7.5.1, 7.5.3, 8.0, 8.1. r12.0,r12.1,13.0,13.1 Clarity Portfolio Management (NPM 5.2), Niku 6.0.09, 6.0.10, 6.0.12, 6.0.13, 6.14, Clarity XOG, Clarity System Administration & Clarity Reports. Worked Extensively on Niku Integration between NPM and Oracle Projects. Worked on setting up Clarity Environment and System Administration Activities. Worked as Clarity Report Developer and Portlet Developer
BaaN (ERP): BaaN IV & V tools, 3 & 4 GL script, exchange, user maintenance, VRC control, customization administration, Analysis & Design, technical and functional documents, data migration, customization & new development. Worked with DLL, Functions. Worked in Logistics, manufacturing and finance module
Siebel (CRM): Actuate Report development with Siebel 7.5.2
Onyx (CRM): Customizing the Product, Migrated the Product from OEP 4.0 to OEP 5.0
Project Planning: Microsoft Project & Clarity Open Workbench (NPM 5.2, Niku 6, Clarity 7.0.2,7.5.3,8.00,8.1,r12)
Worked with: Java, JSP and HTML
Certification:
CA Clarity PPM v13 Differences
CA Clarity PPM v12 Differences
BaaN IV Tools Certification from BaaN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Contractor Deegtit Inc
Broadcom Services
Nov 2019- Dec 2019
Worked on Clarity Production Support.
Co-ordinate with India Support team
TATA Consultancy Services
Mar 2015 –Sep 2019
Worked as Support Analyst for Kaiser Permanente.
Solved Service now tickets from user
Worked as Tech Lead in implementing CA-Clarity at Gilead Sciences
Developed Reports on Jaspersoft
Worked as Architect and designed Solutions
Designed and Developed Cost Plan Budget Process
Developed Dashboard showing various Expectation required for PMO
Developed Integration between GEAR and Clarity to bring Approved Ideas
Designed Process to convert Ideas and Change Request Process.
Assisted in upgrading Clarity to 14.3 & 15.3
Designed and Developed Idea & Project Change request process
SRS Consultancy LLC
Oct 2014 – Nov 2014
Designed and Developed Checkpoint Clarity Requirements for CISCO.
Developed Process to Milestone Review and Completion.
Developed Process to get approval for Change Requests.
Developed Program Level Dashboard Portlet
Developed Process to Update Cost Plan based on Change Request Approval.
Independent Clarity PPM Contractor
Aug 2014 – Oct 2014.
Designed and Developed Process to Update Financial Information for New Balance Apparel.
Developed Reports and Portlets for Anixer Inc
Developed Project Storyboard Report
. Developed Idea Action Items Display Portlet
Developed Project Relates Reports for Fujitsu
Developed Process and Portlet for Global Foundries.
Developed Process to check timesheets hours does not exceed 10 hour for German Employees.
Developed Timesheet Review Portlet to display only previous period timesheets submitted by Resource
Manager
Digital Celerity LLC, San Francisco, CA
Senior Clarity Consultant
November 2009 to July 2014
Referenced by all clients to-date including: CISCO Systems, Global Foundries, Intertek, PayPal, DirecTV, Navteq, Fox, Paramount, Williams Sonoma, Thomson Reuters, Wal-Mart and numerous other fortune 1000 companies
Developed and Implemented various Business Workflow Processes using GEL
Developed Process to Convert Resource ETC to Actual to avoid using Timesheets
Developed and Implemented Custom Reports in Business Objects Crystal, WEBI and Xcelcius to support Project Management needs
Designed Custom BO Universes
Developed Interface between Estimate Repository and Clarity PPM using XML and SQL
Developed Reports to Support Budget Planning and Financial needs
Projects:
Global Foundaries: Developed GEL Scripts to Modify Cost Plan Details.
CISCO Systems: For CISCO Connected IT Global Foundries, Upgraded Clarity from 13.0 to 13.2. Part of Production Support which uploaded close to 800 projects into Production using ITROI Solutions.
Global Foundaries
PAYPAL: Clarity Development Project. This Project was done on site for PayPal, San Jose, CA. I was involved in developing and implementing finance related process which Convert Resource ETC to Actuals, Process to Plan Program TQP (Technology Quarterly Planning), and Process to Plan Project TQP, Process to convert Idea to Programs or Process. Developed Action Item Status Portlet for TQP Programs & Projects.
Developed Stored Procedure to clean up Team History data and modified Global Operation Reports using WEBI
Clarity-Agile Interface: As part of Digital Celerity’s In-house CA Clarity PPM Product Development Team, participated as senior developer for transformative interface between VerisonOne Agile & CA Clarity PPM v13.2.
Clarity Process Development Project: For Global Foundries, Developed Process to calculate Planned Cost and Depreciation.
Clarity Process and Report Development Project: For Intertek, Developed Task Level Process and Financial Reports.
KAISER Migration Project: At Kaiser, I studied their exiting migrations and its dependencies
IPC Subway: Clarity Migration Project. Upgraded Clarity from 12.0 to 13.0
DIRECTV: Clarity Development Project. This Project was done off site for DIRECTV, Los Angeles, CA. I was involved in developing portlets and configuring Clarity. My Role also involved to analyze customizations work done by earlier consultants and replace with out of box functionality
Satmetrix: KTR Development Project. This Project was done on-site for Satmetrix, San Mateo, CA. I was involved in developing Pentaho KTR Files to upload Customer CSV or XML Files into Xperience Net Promoter Product. My Role is to train and Lead a KTR Development group and supporting Satmetrix Clients like HP and eBay
Thomson Reuters: Clarity Integration Project. This Project was done off site for Thomson Reuters, Chicago Office. I was involved in developing interface between Clarity with Other systems on Clarity r12 and Oracle Database. Out bound Interfaces developed to send Cost Plan Information & Hierarchy Information
Intact: Clarity Report Development. This Project was done off site for Intact, Canada. I was involved in developing and implementing Project Transactions inquiry Report, Resource Capacity Planning Report, Portfolio Report using Crystal Report X11 on Clarity r12 and Oracle Database
Navteq: Clarity Report Development. This Project was done off site for Navteq, Chicago, IL. I was involved in developing and implementing Non-Work Hours Compliance Review Report and Capacity Variance Cause Report using Crystal Report X11 on Clarity r12 and Oracle Database
In-House Clarity Support: I’m part of Digital Celerity In-house Clarity Support Team. My Role is to lead group of Technical People who will Install and maintain clarity on different servers used for Sales Demo. Role involves lot of Clarity Installation, upgradation and maintaining them
Mention Corporation, Oakland, CA USA
Technical Lead
February 2005 to October 2009
Federal Reserve Bank: Clarity Development & Integration Project. This Project was done off site for Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA. I was involved in developing Clarity-Hyperion interface, Clarity-Lawson Interface using Java Program and Clarity XOG. Designed WSB Snapshot Interface and Wrote Store Procedure to automate Post to WIP Job.
Intermountain Healthcare Systems: Clarity Report Development Project. This Project was done off site for Intermountain Healthcare Systems, Salt Lake City, UT. I was involved in designing, creating universes and also developed reports related to patient complaints.
American Honda: Clarity Development Project. This Project was done on site for American Honda, Torrance, CA. I was involved in fixing and developing Integration Issues Related to Project Costing, ICAP Interface, CIR Interfaces. Clarity 8.1 was installed on MS SQL Server 2005 and Tomcat Application Server. Also involved in moving the configuration from Development Server to Production Server.
Rona Inc. Clarity Installation Project. This Project was done on site for Rona Inc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I was involved in Installing Clarity 8.1 version with PMO Accelerator Pack on Oracle 10g and Tomcat Application Server and moving the configuration Changes done in Development Server to Production Server
Williams Sonoma: Clarity Migration Project. This Project was done on site for Williams Sonoma, San Francisco, CA. I was involved in Upgrading Clarity 7.5 version to Clarity 8.1 on Tomcat and Oracle 10g. Involved in developing Forecast Vs Actual Monthly & Yearly Reports, Manpower Report and Other Payroll Report. I was also involved in Production Support solving Technical & Functional Issues.
Catholic Health Services: Clarity Install Project. This Project was being done for Catholic Health Services, Denver, CO Clarity 8.0 Was Installed on Tomcat and Oracle 10g.
YRC Worldwide: Clarity Process & GEL Scripts Project. This Project was being done for YRC Worldwide, Overland Park, KS This Project was done on Clarity 8.0 with Oracle 10g. I was involved in Designing and Creating Custom Process & Gel Scripts in Clarity. Process Created are Copy IT Project Manager, Architect to other Custom Field, Enterprise Project Team, Creating IT Analysis & Construction Sub-Projects.
Paramount Pictures: Clarity Portlets & Reports Development Project. This Project was being done for Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, CA. This Project was done on Clarity 7.5.3 with Oracle 10g. I was involved in Designing and Creating Custom Portlets & Reports using Clarity & Actuate. Portlets developed during Project are IT Project Value / Risk Comparison, Value Risk Quadrant Summary, Forecast by Department, IT Projects by Type, IT Project Annual Portfolio Process, and IT Projects Forecasted Cost by Role. Reports Developed during Project are Total Project Cost, Fiscal Year Cost, Project Status Summary & Detail Reports
LDS Church: Support Project. This Project was being done for LDS Church, Salt Lake City, UT. This Project was done on Clarity 8 with Oracle. I was Involved in Supporting Clarity before they went Live. Solved most of their go-live Problems
Safeco: Interface Project. This Project was being done for Safeco, Seattle. This Project was done on Clarity 8 with SQL Server 2003. I was involved in Designing and Creating Interface to bring Projects, Resources from Legacy System to Clarity. Projects are brought into Clarity through XOG.
Wal-Mart: Integration & Portlets Development Project. This Project was being done for Wal-mart, Bentonville, AK. This Project was done on Clarity 7.5.2 with SQL Server. I was involved in Designing and Creating Interface between a) Clarity-ACRE System. Projects created in Clarity are been transferred to Legacy System ACRE using Java classes b) Clarity-JD Edwards. Jobs which are created in Clarity Projects are transferred to JD Edwards for further processing c) HR Interface. Employees from HR Data warehouse are been bought to clarity through XOG and java classes d) Contractor are loaded into clarity from EXCEL file through XOG. Portlets which are developed during project are Interior Signage Status, Late Construction Milestones, Task Date Variance from User Defined Baseline, Milestone Level Variance from user defined Variance, Project Level # of Milestones moved.
MTV Networks: Portlet Development Project: This Project was done off Site for MTV Networks. I was involved in development of Portlet on Clarity 7.5 with Oracle database. Portlet developed by me are a) to display number of Allocation days by Allocation Type. b) number of Allocation Type by Resource Type and number of Allocation days by Allocation Type/ Resource Type
Nationwide: Report Development/ Customization Project: This Project was done on site for Nationwide, Columbus, OH. Project was as Report Development Project on Niku 6.1.5 with Oracle Database. I was involved in developing reports a) Unfilled Resource Report which displays soft booked resources on Projects/Program/Mega programs by months and displayed in FTE units b) Project Workload Report which displays Actuals, Estimate in Months by Project Disburment Code and Category
Williams Sonoma: Niku Migration Project. This Project was done on site for Williams Sonoma, San Francisco, CA. I was involved in migrating previous Year projects to New Year. As Year-end Process, Williams Sonoma Closes Old Projects and creates new projects for new Financial Year. I was there to XOG out old projects and XOG in New Projects after modifying the XML. XOG was extensively used to read and update clarity database.
HCA HealthCare System: Niku Report Development Project. This Project was done on site and Off site for HCA Healthcare Systems, Nashville, TN. I was involved in creating reports on Clarity 7.02 and Oracle Database. Reports developed are a) to display Projects Actuals Time v/s Planned Time for all resources working under a project, b) to display Project Capacity Planning which displays resource capacity by Project/Resources and displayed in FTE/Days/Hours units, c) to display Resource Capacity Planning which displays resource capacity by Resource/Projects and displayed in FTE/Days/Hours units
TIAA: Report Development Project. This Project was done off site for TIAA, New York. I was involved in Developing Reports for TIAA on Clarity 7.5 with SQL Server as database. Report Created by me for TIAA were a) Program Status Report which Displays Issues, Risks, Change Controls, Releases, Schedule of all Projects under a Program, b) Project Status Report which displays Weekly Status, Milestones, Statement of Status for Project Selected, c) Project Dashboard Report which displays Phases, Milestones Planned, Milestones missed for a Project Selected d) Change Control Summary Report which displays Change Control information by Change Type e) Issue Detail Report which gives detail of each issue for all projects in the Program Selected f) Program Schedule Snapshot Report which displays Schedule, Executive Summary, Change Controls, Risks, Issues for the Program Selected.
Vanguard: Portlet Development Project: This Project was done on Site for Vanguard, Philadelphia, PA. I was involved in Development of Portlet on Clarity 7.02 and Oracle Database. Portlet developed are a) Baseline Variance by Role which displays variance between baseline hours and planned hours on each project by Resources Role b) Capacity Planning Dashboard which display Resource Capacity Planning in FTEs c) Customer Operating Budget. It displays Operating Budget by Projects d) FTE by Roles which displays month wise Allocation versus Capacity displayed in FTE by Roles e) My Projects Portlet was modified to display additional Fields required for vanguard f) Project Allocation by Year which displays Allocation done for a given year and project
Se-Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA
Systems Analyst
May 1997 to January 2005
Supported Interface between Niku (CA Clarity) Portfolio Manager and Oracle Projects which was developed using Java 2
Developed Reports using Baan Tools and Actuate
Implemented and Developed Customized Solutions on Baan ERP
Developed Adapters between Baan ERP and Agile Software - PLM
Se Technologies (India) Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
Software Engineer
April 1996 to May 1997
Developed and Implemented Statistics and Documentation Systems Using Oracle Development Tools
International Instruments Ltd, Bangalore, India
Programmer
February 1994 to March 1996
Developed and Implemented Production Planning & Control System, Customer Order Processing System using Oracle Development Tools
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Bangalore University, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Majors: Computer Programming, Communication Theory, Electronic devices & circuits and Application
Programming, Control Systems
BaaN tools IV and V, BaaN DEM, Java, ASP, HTML, Actuate Reports. Crystal Reports X1, WEBI
Onyx (5.0) Administration and Configuration Training
CA Clarity PPM v12 Differences 200 Training
CA Clarity PPM v13 Differences Training
Raghu Nagarajachar
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