PRASHANT AKERKAR

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Looking for challenging assignments in Product Management/ Project Management / Business Analysis with technology oriented organization.

SUMMARY

An Electronics Engineer, experienced and impactful Business Analyst/Project Manager with more than 20 years of experience working with a wide variety of platforms and clients.

Last association was with CRG Solutions as a Sr Technical consultant.

Experienced in delivering cost effective and high performance technology solutions.

Worked with clients on multiple projects with varying management and operational settings.

Possess strong analysis and problem solving abilities having provided solutions to the business problems.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Domain Knowledge: Healthcare, Robotic Process Automation, Self Storage, BFSI, Ecommerce (B2C,B2B), Manufacturing, eLearning, CRM, Real Estate, Job Portals, Document Management System, Knowledge Management System, Healthcare Insurance, Simulation and Hospitality.

Skills

*ProjectManagement *Product Management

*Requirements Gathering & Analysis *People Management

*Risk Management *Application Development and Testing

*Compliance and Audit *Team Training

AFFILIATIONS

Member of Computer Society of India

Member of Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)

Member of International Webmaster Association, California, USA.

Member of International Association of Software Architects, Texas, USA

Member of IEEE, New York, USA

TECHNICAL SKILS

Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003/ 2008/2012/2016, Linux, Ubuntu

Languages: .NET Framework 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0/4.5,MVC,ASP.Net, ADO.Net, C#, Visual Basic, XML, MVC, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, C,C++, Java, VBA, HTML5, CSS3,JQuery

Databases: MS Access 2007, SQL Server 2012, Oracle 9i/10g/11g, MySQL

Software Development Tools: Visual Studio .NET/2003/2005/2008/2010/2013, MS Visio, Android Studio

RPA Tools: Automation Anywhere, Workfusion, UIpath, Blueprism

Software Configuration Management Tools: GIT SourceTree, Git GUI, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Bitbucket

Content Management Systems: Modx, Umbraco, Wordpress, Dotnetnuke

Wireless Technologies: Wireless Application protocol (Wap), Wireless Markup Language

Application Servers: Internet Information Server(IIS),Microsoft Transaction Server, JBoss

Case Tools: Rational Rose, Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Project Management Tools:Asana, Atlassian- Jira Software, Jira Core, Jira Service Desk, Confluence, Jira Plugins/Add ons, MS Project Professional 2010, Waterfall, Iterative, Agile Scrum,DevOps.

Data Science Tools: Big Data, Hadoop, Internet of Things (IOT)

Machine Learning: Python, Artificial Intelligence

Quality Assurance Systems: ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, 20000, CMMI, PCMM

Platforms: IBM, Apple, DEC, HP, Sun, Dell, Compaq

Web Conferencing Software: WebEx, Skype, Zoom, Google meet.

Others:FreshService cloud, Google Docs, Tmetric, Blockchain, SharePoint, Bizagi, HP Application lifecycle management, Dropbox etc.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

CheckUP Health Services UK Sr Business Analyst Dec'2020 - Till Date.

Handled the CheckUP Health Remote consultation product for Requirements gathering, Development, Testing, Compliance & Audit meeting the DFOCVC Framework Accelerated Onboarding requirements

Requirements gathering and Business Analysis for General Practices IT Framework Capability Standards Model to meet Online Consultation and Video Consultation capabilities standards.

Effective communication and interaction with CheckUP Health Product Stakeholders viz Flame Lily Healthcare, NHS Digital, HMMBiz & Geeks of Digital to meet there expectations.

Identification of Epics in Online Consultation and Video Consultation capabilities for guiding videos creation to technical team as part of capabilities requirements.

Successful Traceability Matrices (TM)submission for Service Management, Commercial, Information Governance, Hosting & Infrastructure and Clinical Safety standards to NHS Digital for there assessment.

Managing CheckUp Health Platform project documents repository in SharePoint Online portal cloud software.

Corporate Renaissance Group Atlassian Tools Technical Consultant Feb'2019 - Dec'2019

Handled the Internal projects for Prestigious Private Indian Banks for Effective Project Management

and delivery using Jira Server software, Jira Service Desk and Agile Scrum methodology.

Effective Projects and Bug Tracking using Jira Features viz Configuration of Users, Projects,

Project Roles, Look & Feel, Workflows, Project Schemes, Scrum boards, LDAP, SMTP, SSL

installation, Test management, Security implementation etc.

Successful installation, customisation, implementation of Atlassian products and Third party

Jira plugins for prestigious CRG clients catering to BFSI, Manufacturing, Logistics, Telecom,

Information technology service providers, Travel, Hospitality etc.

Interaction with clients using Onsite & Offshore - Zoom, WebEx business model.

Co-ordinated with Pre sales team, Prospects & Customers to capture Business requirements &

Functional requirements specifications to translate into Technical specifications document,

Software architecture etc

Hexaware Technologies Sr. Lead Business Analyst Oct’2016 – Mar’2018

Handled the project for Global Banking client in North America and Dublin for Robotic Process Automation of Global Billing System & Worldlink payment investigations processes.

Looked after the project activities as a Project Management Officer; key role involved maintenance of the project dashboard, risks & issues, project plans, defects, etc. on SharePoint site.

Created Business Requirements documents and Technical Solution design documents for capturing As-Is and To-Be flow respectively for automating Business Processes.

Interacted with clients through WebEx, Lync and email.

Co-ordinated with internal departments - Pre Sales & Marketing, Transitions, Quality, Business Process operations team for understanding business needs specific to Automation potential.

eSolutions Group (ESG) Business Analyst Nov’2013 – Jul’2016

As a Business Analyst, key responsibility was to assist the team members in various SDLC phases viz. Analysis, Designing, Coding, Unit, Integration and System Testing, Documentation for Projects Development & Maintenance.

Successfully worked on -

oStoreSmart Product, developed for Self Storage Industry based in Europe

oDevelopment and maintenance of job portals based in United Kingdom

oReal Estate Domain - Sale and Lettings property websites for Estate Agents and Property developers in United Kingdom (UK)

oIn-house application maintenance viz Corporate Sites, Helpdesk System, Estate CRM, Candidate Management System, etc.

IT Consultant Aug’2010 – Oct’2013

Worked as Techno-Functional Consultant for Manufacturing and Construction Sector Organizations -

oCybernetik Technologies, Pune

oStructwel Designers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Destar Technologies Team/ Project Leader Jan’2010 – Jul’2010

Accountable for understating and analyzing the system features for Tajbuzz.com, Web Based Corporate Portal Development and Maintenance viz. Blogs, Surveys, Polls, Project Management, Articles, Registration, Ultra Video Gallery, Ultra Photo Gallery, Elearning, MIS Reports, etc.

Looked after the implementation of the application at Taj Group of Hotels, Data Centre, Mumbai; provided support to the team with Tajbuzz Maintenance Support by receiving change requests in form of System Upgradations, Bugs/Defects etc from IHC Client.

NDS InfoServ Sr Software Engineer Mar’2008 – May’2009

Designed and developed Web based Denial Management System for a US based healthcare service and billing provider.

Understood the business requirements like Claims Denials, Worklist review, claims correction & resubmission; created analytical reports on Top 20 Denial codes, Procedure code, Payer Volumes, etc.

Utilized Document Management System capabilities viz Searching, Storage and Workflow.

Infrasoft Technologies Sr Software Engineer May’2005 – Jan’2008

Took care of the entire project starting from planning to tracking to quality.

Developed the database design for Training and Purchase automation module after analyzing and understanding employee training needs such as self-nomination training, training grouping, training calendar, etc.

Successfully migrated the application to the .NET framework

Undertook the project of website enhancement for Abbey International Bank in Cheque Transfer, Direct Debits, Standing Order, Security, Transaction Tracking System & Online Application forms.

Coddo Net Technologies Sr Software Engineer Feb’2004 – Apr’2005

Developed and maintained several Websites using Microsoft & Lamp Technologies

Monitored the testing cycle and inspected the deliverables for ensuring the application adheres to quality standards; drafted release notes and installation manual.

PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS

Oxygen Healthcare Communication IT Consultant Apr’2003 – Jan’2004

Key role in developing websites like Goodhealthnyou.com, doctornyou.com, oxygenhealthcom.com, drmalpani.com using open source technology.

Cybernetik Technologies IT Consultant Mar’2002 – Mar’2003

Developed Inventory and Payroll Mgmt System using VB& Access; resolved issues occurred due to bugs.

Aptech Ltd Sr. Software Engineer Sep’1999 – Aug’2000

Developed several aspects of knowledge management system such as Knowledge Definition, Capture, Sharing, and Retrieval using ASP, XML and Java Script.

Tri-angle Simulation Systems Engineer Jan’1998 – Aug’1999

Designed & developed simulators for Power (MSEB) and Refinery (HPCL) plant Operations (Technology used: VC++, MS ACCESS)

Hardware and Networking Engineer Dec’1992 – Dec’1997

Organisations worked for: Savex, Zenith Computers and Ashtech Systems

EDUCATION: B.E (Electronics) from University Of Bombay

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced Computing Diploma (ACD) - Software Exports from Boston Computer Institute covering modules viz. Unix, Advanced Unix, 'C', 'C Visual C++ 4.0, PowerBuilder 4.0, Oracle 7.0.

PMP Certificate Workshop from M & B InfoTech, Pune.

MBA - Information Technology from Ural federal university, Russia

CERTIFICATIONS

Brainbench, Virginia, USA

http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/transcript/public/viewtranscript.xml?pid=5930416

ExpertRating Solutions, New York, USA

http://www.expertrating.com/transcript.asp?transcriptid=2359505

National Computer Science Academy, Whitesboro, Texas, USA

http://www.ncsacademy.com/profileview.cfm?profile=2347411

ODesk Certifications, California, USA

http://www.odesk.com/users/~~0af09237812a2981

PERSONAL DETAILS

Address : A 102, Chamunda Vihar, Mhatrewadi, Above Silverline Hospital, Dahisar (W), Mumbai-400068, Maharashtra,India.

Date of Birth: 12th July 1970

Passport No: K9241998

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