Sridhar (Sri) Rangaswamy

407-***-****

ax8o9y@r.postjobfree.com

US Citizen with Secret clearance

Professional Summary

Sridhar has over 21 years experience in the areas Fusion Middleware -> SOA Management, BPEL, B2B Integration workshops, Presentations, DBA Lead, DBA Manager, Architecture, Capacity Planning, Practice Management, Project Management, Schedule Management, Oracle ERP, Oracle Collaboration Suite, Database Migration, OMWB, Oracle R12 Financials/ASCP/HRMS/APS, R11i applications (EBS, CRM and HRMS), PeopleSoft Applications (8.9 HCM), Retek Application, OLAP, Internet Application Server architecture and supporting installation, configuration and administration activities. Sridhar has been a Functional Lead on different Oracle EBS implementation and support on Versions Release 11i and 12.0 version. Sridhar is a Level2 Certified PMP from Oracle Corporation.

Sridhar is also founding Member for Release 12 COE (Center of excellence)created internally to help multiple customers for Oracle corporation.

Sridhar has also taught in PeopleSoft/Oracle University for Release 11i System Administration, PeopleSoft Basics/Workflow Products.

Has rich and varied experience in managing activities involving both on-shore and offshore resources. Has worked in a wide spectrum of Industries, including Auto Manufacturing, Food Service Manufacturing, Publishing, Petroleum, Electric Motors Manufacturing, DOD Military, Consumer Goods, and Manufacturing.

Experience in managing large-scale ERP configuration in Global ERP implementation projects through Oracle Corporation.

Working in Department of Defense , US Marine corps at Quantico Base, VA (Present to till date )

Managed multiple projects and multiple reportees at the same time.

Highly Experienced in Functional Specs, Design Specs, Workflow, in EBS financial areas especially in project costing and project accounting modules.

In-depth experience in managing software development life cycle projects.

Provided on-site management and quality control to ensure that, projects met time and budget requirements and were built in accordance with contractual agreements and client satisfaction.

Engage in Business development, Defined, Provided detailed project scope, providing business solutions and project estimation & costing for business proposals during the pre-sales cycle for the SALES consulting Team/Field Sales Support Team.

Worked closely with developers, architects and SMEs in reviewing and managing technical design and functional specifications.

Extensive experience in scheduling, conducting project meetings and User presentations.

Experience in resource allocations, cost control, payroll etc.

Owned and managed daily / weekly progress reports of all phases of project life cycles.

Managed and Developed different Methodologies like/similar to Waterfall/Agile and been part of Oracle AIM Methodology team to develop templates for the user expectations and deliverables using project management for Oracle EBS Applications Modules. Have worked on Capability Maturity Model for SEI Level in Motorola as well.. Part of ISO 9001 Team in Grafische informatik in Germany to develop the process and policies in place.

Performed GAP analysis of business and system process flows, user administration and functional requirements.

Developed use case with UML for new product functionality.

Strong technical and functional implementation experience in Oracle Applications Suite.

In-depth knowledge of Rational Unified Process (RUP), risk engineering, data modeling, mapping, and design using UML and MS Visio.

Extensive experience in writing backend code on the Oracle server-side using PL/SQL, including packaged procedures, functions and database triggers.

Expertise in customizing Global Oracle Financials with AR, GL, AP and Oracle Workflow.

Working knowledge of HR Module, including HRMS, Organization Charts, Benefits and Pension.

Excellent knowledge in Data Modeling and Database Development,

Excellent oral and written communication and problem solving skills.

Highly self-motivated, leadership skills, strategist, highly initiative and ability to perform multiple tasks under deadline with focus on customer satisfaction.

Effective at multitasking and working under pressure to accomplish overall objectives.

Experience

ORACLE Corporation 1997 – Present

Role: Project Manager / Technical Architect

Led and prioritized requirements through meticulous analysis and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, and concise.

Liaised with business and functional owner during risk engineering and high-level review sessions to derive and execute action plans, meeting deadlines and standards.

Escalated project management effort on Project planning upgrade from 11.5.10.0 to Release 12.0.4

Ensured all artifacts complied with corporate SDLC Policies and guidelines.

Prioritized outstanding system issues and problems and ensured project deadlines were met with accuracy.

Owned and managed system change requests, versions, and functional specification.

Developed use cases, workflow, screen mock-ups, and conversion requirements.

Conducted risk engineering to derive and execute action plans on time.

Managed risk analysis, mitigation plans and maintained status reports

Prepared business process models, defined milestone deliverables, and established critical success factors

Prepared client presentations;

Acted as Service Delivery Manager for Upgrade and migration to Linux 64 Itanium

Developed models, Technology and Methodology for System Maintenance and Procedures.

Managed onsite production support for implemented applications 12.0.4

Owned and managed Integration testing, User acceptance testing and sign-off

Hertz Corporation, OK –

Human Capital Management: Global Implementation

Technical Project Lead

Responsible for the rollout and support of Oracle 12.0.4 eBusiness Suite with multi-org enabled

Reviewed and approved process configuration, process integration, and training material and business process documentation, business, organizational and process design decisions.

Ensured that Oracle system configuration is as close as possible to Oracle Model

Managed and supported the Oracle Financials , especially on Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Fixed assets, as part of the routine process required for the customer.

Coordinate project and accountability ensuring business project deliverables are achieved

Prepared high level functional specifications for new reports and interfaces

Managed running the test scripts to validate if Global Schema is installed successfully.

Resolved work orders collaboratively with the IS team and the business.

On global implementation phase, coordinated the performances of comparative study and review including Sanity Check on Legislative rules in 30 different countries throughout the World.

Ensured that, process designs are in line with business requirements.

Using Oracle Diagnostic Scripts evaluated and System Health check throughout E-business Suite11i and maintained data integrity.

Worked with user group to identify realistic and focused test scenarios.

Managed the support resources on required technical development.

Train and support process owners, and end users as required, on the Supply Chain Applications / Solutions

Environment: Oracle Applications Release 12.0.4, Oracle 10G RAC, Red Hat Linux 4.0 Linux

United Space Alliance (USA)

Technical Project Manager.

Project Manager for the Release 12 : Project Manager for Implementation of R12 Fresh installation HP_UX Itanium server. Diagnosed and Worked with Oracle

Development to resolve few bugs for the customers as well as Providing insight for Future bugs and how we can avoid it.

Environment :Oracle Applications 12.0, Oracle 10GRAC(R2), Red Hat Linux

Oracle Corporation APPS IT (California)

Co-founder/Center of Excellence Release 12 COE Team.

Part of Internal Team for GO LIVE in Release 12 on Web Expenses, OTL, isupport and Teleservices.

Project Lead on Release 12 performng on Fit/Gap Analysis integration of R12

Accounts Payable to Fixed Assets.

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Technical Project Manager

Coordinating and managing various projects with emphasis on the implementation, customization and support of Oracle eBusiness Applications.

Managed the Continuous Improvement (CI) process of enhancing the existing Human Capital solutions by understanding business needs and adjusting the application to meet business requirements, implementing new functionality to expand the current solution as required.

Coordinated systems support and development efforts

Go-Live Support from Peoplesoft 8.3 to 8.9 Human Capital Management, Benefits, Payroll etc.

Acted as a system specialist for defined applications. In this role I also provided support to other architects in other departments to research or educate on the related systems

Coordinated efforts with BEA Web logic and IBM web sphere for APPServer related issues.

Worked on interface and integrate PSFT Applications with Mohime resume applications

Involved in review functional and technical design documents and participated in several technical design documents for interfaces and reports.

Extensively performed code reviews and sign off.

Participated in evaluation of vendor software and to provide alternatives solutions.

Established Development Standards, Development Internet Architecture and Custom Development Library.

Managed weekly status meetings and follow-up on action items to allow for timely and smooth progress of the project.

Environment: PSFT 8.9, Oracle 8i client, MS Windows 2003 Server

Staples Corporation, Framingham, MA

Benchmarking/Performance Review for the Production instance using Oracle Applications:

Managed performance of development team and provide effective guidance and direction.

Led sub-sets of high profile technical projects and experience managing client-facing projects

Performed Oracle set-ups, define and document the procedures for the use of the new functionality

Performed technical analysis, evaluating the following components of the PROD Oracle Applications environment.

o Oracle Database Servers: Citroen-Primay, Deshvu-Secondary

o Oracle Application Servers: App1, App2, App3, App4

o The Oracle e-Business Suite application software configuration

o Operating procedures (e.g. monitoring, backups, restores, disaster recovery etc.)

o Network configuration

Managed the system projects including patch application, testing, upgrades, rollout and system enhancement

Environment: Oracle 11.5.10.2. Red hat Linux 2.6.9-42EL smp, Oracle ias Version 1.0.2.2

Cruise one, Miami, Fl

Technical Review of 10G RAC. (Oracle RAC 10.2.0.2. 5 databases are managed on the PRODUCTION cluster. ASM)

Architect, Troubleshooting and Testing the environment for Go Live

Total Go-live support for few weeks on 10G RAC Cluster system.

Upgraded all environments to 10.2.0.3 (CRS, RDBMS, ASM)

Upgraded all Grid Control Agents to 10.2.0.3

Knowledge transfer on best practices re: RAC management, ASM design and implementation, RMAN backups, spfile usage, online parameter management, etc…

Validating of backup strategy before going live

High Availability of the cluster environment should be tested: expectations and results should be matched against different types of incidents. (Node failure, instance failure, loss of the interconnect, loss of public network, HBA failure, etc

Environment: 3 Sun V490 4 CPU’s 16G of RAM. Oracle RAC 10.2.0.2. 5 databases are managed on the

PRODUCTION cluster. ASM

Office Depot, Delray Beach, FL

Service Delivery Manager

Service Delivery Manager for Peoplesoft, Siebel and Retek Products

Coordinate activities between Development, Infrastructure between eBusiness Suite and Peoplesoft/Retek community.

Coordinate and Lead the Team on UA Testing, Quality Assurance etc..,

Provided Lectures in Peoplesoft University on Basics and Peoplesoft Workflows

Managed Technical Infrastructure, Design Phase, Functional Phase-entire SDLC.

Responsible in preparing Functional Specs and Technical Specs.

Responsible for analysis, design, development, work assignment and tracking, estimation, bug fixing, testing, review, documentation and internal tool development.

Leading and managing the project from offshore, work allocation to the team members. Maintaining project plans and adhering to quality’s standards.(in certain areas of eBusiness Suite 11i and Project Management –GBD PMSOP)

Responsible for quality deliverables on time.

Involved in improving the performance of the applications

Knowledge sharing and project coordination.

Environment: Peoplesoft 8.3,8.9, Retek, Retek integration with eBusiness Suite 11i, SOA Architecture integration with eBusiness Suite-JDeveloper

Grafische Informatik, Germany

Enameled Cable Manufacturing Pte ltd, Singapore

Nucleus Software (CITI Bank, NA)

Project Manager (February/1993-97)

System & User documentation, migrating changes from test to production.

Program Manager –System Administration Group for Disk, Backup & Recovery.

Co-ordinate activities between Development, Infrastructure and Users community.

Responsible to keep track of project progress.

Performance Tuning Activity on Database, Applications and OS.

Managed Technical Infrastructure, Design Phase, Functional Phase-entire SDLC.

Responsible in preparing technical documents and functional documents.

Responsible for analysis, design, development, work assignment and tracking, estimation, bug fixing, testing, review, documentation and internal tool development.

Leading and managing the project from offshore, work allocation to the team members. Maintaining project plans and adhering to quality’s standards.

Responsible for quality deliverables on time.

Involved in improving the performance of the applications

Knowledge sharing and project coordination.

Environment: Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, Oracle 7.0, PL/SQL

Education

Colorado Technical University, M.S. Information Security with Project Management as one of the core subjects.

Madras University, Bachelor of English Literature

Training

Project Life Cycle

Negotiating Skills, Crucial Conversions

Master Negotiator

Oracle Financial Applications Technical Foundation

Develop Data Models and Design Database

Difficult People in the Workplace

ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES

UTILIZING THE SIX STEPS TO SIX SIGMA

10G RAC Training

ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE – FINANCIALS MODULES AP, AR, GL

Certifications

Oracle 11i DBA Patching (OCP)

Oracle PM Level 2 Certification

PMI Level Credit- 4 hours (PMI Institute)

Advanced Diploma in RDBMS (Oracle 7.0)

Oracle Certification on Windows , Linux Environments

PG Diploma in Public Relations and Advertising

GBD PMSOP Certification

PM Certified by Oracle Corporation.

Skills Summary

Application Modules Release 12 Center of Excellence Team leader within our Organization.Oracle Financials Applications GL ,AR, AP, FA and AOL, Oracle Manafacturing Modules-OM, INV, BOM, WIP , APS, CRM-Install Base, Mobile Field Service, Discrete Manafacturing, ASP etc..

Development Tools Forms, Reports, Oracle Discoverer, JDeveloper, Workflow, PowerBuilder, Crystal Reports, Rice , Smart DB.

Languages(Software) SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JSP, Perl, Unix Shell Scripting, C, HTML, XML, JavaScript

Database Products Oracle 8.x/9i,10g, RAC SQL Server, Microsoft Access

Database Tools OEM, SQL*Loader, Dataload, SQL*Plus, Toad, SQL Navigator

Operating Systems Unix, AIX, Red Hat Linux, Windows XP/2000, Sun Solaris, HP etc…

Other MS Project, Visio

Industry Experience US Government, US Commercial Sector, Retail, Corporate, Manufacturing, Insurance, Health Care, Chemical, Newspapers, Media,Advertising, Media

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