Human Resources Manager, HR Generalist
Resume:
Simi Sivanbabu Anthia aka “Simi”
E-mail: *********@*****.***, Cell: 551-***-****
Location: Frisco, TX. Legal Status: US Citizen
Aspiration:
To be associated with a progressive organization that gives me scope to apply my knowledge and skills in the areas of Human Resources, Payroll, Procurement, Administration and Operations Profile Summary:
• Overall experience of 12+ years in the IT industry with around 6 years of experience in the field of Human Resources, Payroll, Administration, Operations and Procurement & 6+ years of prior experience as a QA professional
• Work closely with C-Suite of organizations located globally (US, India, Canada, France and Israel) as a backup to them to run the entire day-to-day activities including Operations and People Management as HR and managing Vendor Relationship
• Able to support the IT organization with Vendor Relationship and RFP (Request for Proposal) / RFQ
(Request for Quote) process
• Possess excellent people management skills as HR including Onboarding, Offboarding, Immigration and Legal co-ordination, Benefits administration & Procurement
• Good team player and have ability to work independently and possess excellent communication skills along with verbal, written and presentation skills
• Possess good professional and analytical skills coupled with interpersonal, communication and self-organizing skills
• Quick learner and process oriented to gear up taking additional responsibilities and perform in a fast and efficient manner without compromising quality as per process guidelines
• Have over 6+ years of diversified experience in the field of software testing and Quality Assurance Education:
• Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM), Chennai, INDIA
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Literature, Chennai, INDIA Human Resource Trainings:
• Human Resource Management Introduction
• Employment Laws Compliance
• Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Certification training completed and targeting SHRM – CP certification by 2025
Software Trainings:
• Professional Data Analyst Training for Tableau / PowerBI at LearnITTools.com TX USA
• Professional Oracle database SQL Training at LearnITTools.com TX USA
• Professional Selenium Automation Training with Java at H2K Technologies TX USA
• Professional QA training at Brisk Technologies, CA USA
• Professional Diploma in Web Engineering, Chennai, INDIA
• Trainings for Java and WAP, Chennai, INDIA
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HR and Technical Skills:
HR and Admin Tools : Quickbooks Online, SAP Fieldglass, Clockify, Zoho People, Zoho Expenses, Employez, ADP Payroll, Workday, Netchex, SAP Ariba, Taulia, Coupa, JIRA, OORWIN, MS Office Suite - Word, Excel & PowerPoint Testing Tools : Win Runner 6.0/6.5/7.0/7.5, Load Runner 6.5/7.5, Quick Test Professional 8.0, Test Director 8.0
Operating system : Windows 95/98, 2000 and XP, Windows NT 4.0 RDBMS : Oracle, MS SQL Server 2000, MS Access
Languages : C, C++, C#, Java, SQL, Visual Basic 6.0 and VB.NET Internet Technologies : VB Script, Java Script, HTML, ASP.NET Web Servers : MS IIS, Apache Tomcat
Application Servers : BEA Weblogic Server 8.1, IBM Websphere Application Server 5x Professional Experience:
Triwave Solutions Inc, MD Mar’22 – Till date
HR Manager (W2)
Triwave Solutions Inc provides a reliable, client focused IT Staffing company helping client’s talent needs. They partner with multiple clients and help them achieve their goals and grow their business. Responsibilities:
• Managing the organization located globally (US and India) actively working with the President & as a backup to him to run the entire day-to-day activities and people management as HR Manager
• Handling corporate recruiting process including Onboarding, Background Verification, Off boarding, HR Policies & Procedures - Induction and Orientation. Implemented HRM Tool EmployEz and using this HRM management tool for all HR activities.
• Involved in providing the requirements, designing wireframes and functionality of CCMS HR tool (in house product).
• Prepare company policy documents, templates like Employee Handbook, Offer letter templates etc
• SAP Fieldglass – For recruitment and profile submissions via SAP Fieldglass, scheduling interview and onboarding
• Benefits Management - Provide benefits management for all employees including Medical / Vision / Dental / Life Insurance, COBRA and 401(k)K including 401(k) plan setup from scratch
• Procurement, Project and Account Management – Manage the SOW and MSA for various clients. Teaming Agreement for the teaming partners with GSA, 8A
• GSA enhancement like adding labor category, SIN
• Support IT organization and leaders for coordinating with the RFP and RFQ process for federal and state
• Quickbooks for accounting & Tax. Handling all the Tax notices and compliances
• Setup ADP completely from scratch for payroll processing and 401K
• Knowledge of Workday for HR and Planning
• Legal - Involve with legal process including H1B New, Extension and Amendments, Green Card processing and co-ordination with corporate attorneys
• Accounting – Involved on Finance Management and Reporting for the overall org with all expenses, invoices and payments
• Certifications – ISO 9000, ISO 20000-1, MBE certification for multiple states.
• Involve with day-to-day admin activities and handling social media page updates Page 3 of 6
Environment: QuickBooks Online, SAP Fieldglass, QuickBooks Payroll, SAP Ariba, ADP Payroll, Workday, Taulia, Coupa, OORWIN, Ceipal, MS Office Suite - Word, Excel & PowerPoint, Federal and State clients Cloudiyan Inc and Dminds Solutions Inc, TX Nov’20 – Jan’22 HR Manager (Admin / Operations / Procurement) (W2) Cloudiyan Inc and Dminds Solutions Inc are a global leader in bringing together world-class expertise into niche skills set areas such as Big Data, Cloud and Mobile Apps to help clients succeed. Delivery of end-to-end solutions is the key to leveraging skills in an immense variety of technologies. Responsibilities:
• Managed 2 organizations (Cloudiyan Inc and Dminds Solutions Inc) located globally (US and India) closely working with the CEO & as a backup to him to run the entire day-to-day activities of both org and people management as HR
• Handled corporate recruiting process including Onboarding, Background Verification, Off boarding, HR Policies & Procedures - Induction and Orientation. Used JIRA tool for all tracking. Prepare company policy documents, templates etc
• SAP Fieldglass – For client recruitment and profile submissions via SAP Fieldglass, scheduling interview and client onboarding
• Clockify – Tool for employee time management
• Zoho People Tool - Use Zoho people as HR management tool for onboarding, leave tracker, time tracker, projects & tasks creation, performance module and exit procedure
• Benefits Management - Provide benefits management for all employees including Medical / Vision / Dental / Life Insurance, COBRA and 401(K)
• ADP Payroll Tool - Perform Payroll processing using ADP Payroll tool
• Zoho Expense Tool - Manage and process the T&E for all employees using Zoho Expenses tool
• Procurement, Project and Account Management – Manage the SOW and MSA for various clients
• Support IT organization and leaders for coordinating with the RFP and RFQ process
• QuickBooks for Bookkeeping – Using QuickBooks Online as a tool for day-to-day bookkeeping. Including Purchase Order, Invoice Tracking, Account Receivables (AR) and Account Payables (AP). Familiar with multiple payment portals including SAP Ariba, Taulia, Coupa, Airline Portals and Individual client-based portals
• Accounting – Involved on Finance Management and Reporting for the overall org with all expenses, invoices and payments
• Legal - Involved with legal process including H1B New, Extension and Amendments, Green Card processing and co-ordination with corporate attorneys
• Involved with day-to-day admin activities and handling social media page updates Environment: Quickbooks Online, SAP Fieldglass, Clockify, Zoho People, Zoho Expenses, ADP Payroll, SAP Ariba, Taulia, Coupa, JIRA, MS Office Suite - Word, Excel & PowerPoint Excers Inc and Apty Inc, TX Apr’19 – Oct’20
HR / Admin / Operations / Procurement (1099 Contractor) Excers Inc provides professional and development services that maximize the use of some of today’s leading technology solutions in the areas of Project Portfolio Management. Apty Inc began as letzNav. The primary focus of letzNav was digital engagement - helping users navigate software to complete their tasks. A few years later, with digital adoption platform, realized there is so much more to help clients get most of the software and was re-designed to help optimize software utilization and increase productivity.
Responsibilities:
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• Managed 2 organizations (Excers Inc and Apty Inc) located globally (US, India, Canada, France and Israel) closely working with the CEO and CFO & as a backup to them to run the entire day-to-day activities of both org
• Handled recruiting process including Onboarding, Background Verification, Off boarding, HR Policies
& Procedures - Induction and Orientation. Used JIRA tool for all tracking.
• Zoho People Tool - Used Zoho people as HR management tool for onboarding, leave tracker, time tracker, projects & tasks creation, performance module and exit procedure
• Benefits Management - Provided benefits management for all employees including Medical / Vision / Dental / Life Insurance, COBRA and 401(K)
• Netchex Tool - Performed Payroll processing using Netchex tool
• Zoho Expense Tool - Managed and processed the T&E for all employees using Zoho Expenses tool
• Procurement, Project and Account Management – Manage the SOW and MSA for various clients
• Support IT organization and leaders for coordinating with the RFP and RFQ process
• QuickBooks for Bookkeeping – Using QuickBooks Online as a tool for day-to-day bookkeeping. Including Purchase Order, Invoice Tracking, Account Receivables (AR) and Account Payables (AP). Familiar with multiple payment portals including SAP Ariba, Taulia, Coupa, Airline Portals and Individual client-based portals
• Accounting – Involved on Finance Management and Reporting for the overall org with all expenses, invoices and payments
• Legal - Involved with legal process including H1B New, Extension and Amendments, Green Card processing and co-ordination with corporate attorneys
• Involved with day-to-day admin activities
Environment: Quick books Online, Zoho People, Zoho Expenses, Netchex, SAP Ariba, Taulia, Coupa, JIRA, MS Office Suite - Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Gap in Employment 2009 - 2019
I worked in the US from 2006 to 2009 with L2 EAD while my Spouse was in L1. In 2009, our L1/L2 visa was denied and so I had to resign from Apria Healthcare and move out of the US. Later my Spouse returned to US in H1, and I came in H4, but I couldn’t work as I had NO legal work authorization. After I got my Green Card, I explored opportunities with HR/Admin since my primary core strength was HR and Admin based on my master’s degree, I got the opportunity to restart my career as HR, Admin, Procurement and Operations professional.
Apria Healthcare, CA Aug’08 - Mar’09
QA Analyst (Full-time)
Apria Healthcare is America's leading provider of integrated home healthcare products and services. As a QA Analyst, I worked as a functionality tester to test the client-based application that dealt with the customer purchasing health products, customer's Payers, Doctors Prescription and Diagnosis. Extensively involved in Functional Testing & also in System, Regression Testing. The application was in IBM Mainframe and AS400 as front end. Worked on the time management system & doc imaging system that was in AS400 environment. Responsibilities:
• Worked on Client based Application ACIS (Apria Customer Information System), Time Management System and Document Imaging
• Analyzed the overall functionality of the project according to Business Requirements
• Developed Test Cases for Manual testing from the Functional Specifications and did GUI testing
• Executed test scripts and participated actively in system testing and regression testing
• Used the Quality Center as a repository for all of the testing efforts and reporting bugs
• Developed test scripts for the System Change Requests (SCR) and Program Change Requests (PCR)
• Attended standup calls & weekly status meetings to verify that project milestones were met Page 5 of 6
Environment: Quality center, Quick Test Pro 8.2, MS SQL Server, IBM Mainframes, CICS, Terminal Emulators, VBScript
JetBlue International, NY Mar’08 - Jul’08
QA Engineer (Contractor)
JetBlue International is a leading airline company that thrives in better customer experience. As a QA Analyst, I worked as a functionality tester to test the main functionalities of airline reservation system and the payment gateways. Extensively involved in Functional Testing and also in Database Testing. Worked on various request types using ASP.NET as front end and MS SQL Server as Back End. Responsibilities:
• Worked on the ‘Flight Search Process’ along with hotel and rental car searches
• Analyzed and prepared Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scripts as per the specifications
• Involved in database testing for matching results per specifications
• Extensively involved in Performance testing by changing number of users & on various load
• Conducted cross browser testing for with IE5 and Mozilla Fire Fox
• Attended walkthroughs and weekly status meetings to verify that project milestones were met
• Managing and tracking defects using Mercury Test Director Environment: Test Director 8.0, Quick Test Pro 8.2, MS SQL Server, PL SQL, C#, Java J2EE, VBScript Sears, CA Mar’07 - Dec’07
Cashier (Contractor)
Worked as Cashier at Sears Stores
Responsibilities:
• Managed the cosmetics and perfume section
• Managed cash handling and worked as cashier for all products sold at cosmetics and perfume section Farmers Insurance, CA Aug’06 - Jan’07
QA Tester (Contractor)
Farmers Insurance is one of the leading insurance companies providing auto and home insurance. I worked as a QA Tester on a web-based application, which was developed to meet the on-line insurance requirements for automobile owners.
Responsibilities:
• Involved in Design and development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs
• Implemented Mercury Testing tools at client place & configured tools for testing environment
• Executed tests and participated actively in system testing and regression testing
• Used the Test Director as a repository for all testing efforts like defect reporting and tracking
• Worked with the SQL statements to extract data from SQL tables and verify the output on browser
• Participated in weekly review meetings conducted for developers and testers
• Developed test metrics on a weekly basis for senior management Environment: Quick Test Pro, Test Director 6.0, Windows NT/XP, MS SQL Server 2000 DataCore Consulting, INDIA Feb’06 - Jun’06
QA Analyst (Full-time)
DataCore Consulting is a premier provider in delivering innovative technology and services to the life science industries. Its product, Material, is the most advanced clinical electronic data capture (EDC) system. Developed in VB.Net and ASP.Net/ SQL Server, it allows both online / offline data entry so that users can continue the work even if their internet connection is lost. A powerful synchronization engine ensures the data at the local site is synchronized with central database automatically as soon as net connection is re-established. Page 6 of 6
Responsibilities:
• Involved in Design & development of test plans based on high-level and detailed designs
• Analyzed user business requirements, functional specs & writing the test plan
• Used Test Director for Test Management and Maintained Test Cases & Test Scripts
• Administered Test Director by using Admin utility, created users / user groups
• Generated MS Word reports and Crystal reports in Load runner for analyzing the performance of web application
• Used SQL and verified the Oracle database for the purpose of data verification
• Conducted Cross browser testing with IE5, IK5-5, NS4.7 and NS6 Environment: Win NT4.0, HTML, ASP.NET, VB.NET, MS Visual Studio, Oracle 8.0, Test Director 6.0 Vetri Software Solutions, INDIA May’04 - Dec’05
QA Tester (Full-time)
Team member for a 10-member QA team involved in testing Integrated Information Services for Internet / Intranet users. Involved in creating test plans and developing manual test cases to verify the functionality and GUI. The project involved converting existing information from in various databases into web pages & exports to browser. Performed Black Box, White Box, Functional testing and Integration testing. Responsibilities:
• Involved in Web Designing of forms and reports, Functional and Integration testing
• Performed GUI, Functionality and Regression Testing
• Created the backend database tables and views based on the database document
• Identified Defects were reported using Test Director Environment: Windows, VB 6.0, HTML, ASP, MS Visual Interdev, MS SQL Server 7.0, Test Director 6.0
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