Development Manager
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Software Engineering
Software Delivery
Tools and frameworks
Code Quality and Security
Software Architecture
Coach and Mentor
Vendor Management
Production Support
Interests
Hiking
Gardening
Ronald Thangaraj
Technology leader with 23+ years’ experience in transforming and growing engineering teams to deliver solutions for software products.
Experience
FIS - Financial and Risk Management – Development Manager May 2017 – Current
Modernization of Prime AML Product with latest technology and integrate with AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Language). UI has been completely rewritten with Angular/RUF and REST API Calls.
●Responsible for Product Development, Quality Assurance, Security Compliance and Managing delivery of various products (Prime Compliance Suite, Prime Databank and Prime Datahub)
●Providing strategic and technical leadership for the Financial and Risk Management
●Manage the ongoing delivery of multiple teams and provide technical direction to all engineering team leads and engineers
●Coach and mentor, the engineering teams with technology
●Resource management responsibility of engineering team members
●Mentor and guide talent development of direct reports and assist in hiring talent
●Coordinate with Business, Product and Application Support teams in addressing client issues
●Monitor and manage financial budgets for software engineering teams
●Establish goals and promote the culture accountability and ownership in the team
●Provide strategy to optimize team throughput and ensure effective delivery of customer focused solutions.
●Partnership with all key stakeholders involved in solution and acceptance, deliver the products on time
●Collaborate with all scrum teams to drive opportunities to improve quality and reduce cycle time delivery
●Identify and present potential risks and business impact to all stakeholders
●Collaborate across teams, decision making, conflict resolution and relationship building
●Review and refine tools, technologies, and processes
●Collaborate with team to mature Code quality management, automated testing, test data and environment management practices to deliver incremental customer value
●Develop and promote best practices for continuous improvement and delivery
●Responsible for hiring talents according to Diversity and inclusion
●Regular sync up with Vendors on providing feedback and hiring requirements
FIS - Financial and Risk Management –Senior Architect Feb 2014 – Apr 2017
Supported new version of Prime Compliance Suite version which is an enhanced product using the latest .NET framework and additional features to meet the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and USA PATRIOT Act regulatory compliance needs, Dow Jones and World Check data integration for OFAC.
●Collaborate with Business and Product to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications
●Use tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of desired product
●Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility
●Define all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards
●Communicate successfully all concepts and guidelines to development team
●Oversee progress of development team to ensure consistency with initial design
●Provide technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers
●Ensure software meets all requirements of quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
●Approve final product before launch
FIS - Financial and Risk Management – Senior Technical Lead Oct 2011 – Jan 2014
Supported various versions of Prime Compliance Suite which is an integrated set of regulatory compliance products designed to meet the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and USA PATRIOT Act regulatory compliance needs of the financial services industry.
It supports the existing BSA/AML program through the review of criteria employed throughout the compliance process, such as: performing requisite OFAC checking when opening customer accounts, selecting data for compliance information, retaining and storing data, and the ongoing analysis of normal and expected customer behavior patterns against historical and/or peer behavior.
It enables the detection of suspicious activity and the automation of electronic file creation for regulatory reporting purposes.
●Led the application development teams in implementing product enhancements based on client’s issues and product recommendations
●Managed and led the development team for supporting various versions of Prime product
●Supported for Application Support, Implementation Teams
●Support for both Licensed and Hosted Clients
●Implemented several process improvements within the team, including ones for efficient release management and defect prioritization
●Managed other functional areas such as Devops, security and performance testing teams
FIS - Prepaid Card Authorization and Settlement – Technical Lead Jul 2006 – Sep 2011
Supported for authorization and settlement processes for American Express, Master and Visa Prepaid Cards.
●Led the team of 18 members: Responsible for Development, Devops Build management and Release management
●Continuous coordination and communication with leadership on product development updates
Ramco Systems – Analyst Programmer Nov 2005 – Jun 2006
Supported Imprest and Budget Monitoring System for various clients from multiple countries.
●Technical lead responsible for developing and supporting Imprest and Budget Monitoring System. Interacting with client support and vendors, assisting, and guiding offshore/onshore teams on various projects
HMA Starware – Sr. Software Engineer May 1998 – Oct 2005
Supported for various reconciliation process for Visa and Master Cards transactions.
●Analysis, Design, Coding, Review, Interact with Product / Client, Implementation, Provide Demo to Client and Support
Certifications:
●TOGAF Certified Solution Architect
●Certified Scrum Master (Internal)
●Solution Architect (Internal)
Tools and Technologies
●.NET Core, Web API, Angular, RUF, REST API, Java, Java script, NodeJS, ReactJS, Azure, AWS (Dynamo DB, S3), SQL Server, Oracle, ASP.NET, C#.NET, VB.NET, ADO.NET, WCF, Web Services, ADO, ASP, VB 6.0, C, C++ and T-SQL & PL/SQL, JSON, XML, XSL, XSLT, XPath, XPointer, SOAP, WSDL, GIT, Bitbucket, Crystal Reports
●Visual Studio 2022, InstallShield 2019, MS Visio, Visual SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server
●SQL Server 2022, Oracle
●Rally, TFS
Education
St. Joseph’s College, Bharathidasan University
Master’s in Computer Applications - 1998
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