Mainframe resume

Brijesh Nataraja Pillai Ashokkumar q83gen@r.postjobfree.com

Floor 2, 5630, Beacon Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Phone: 412-***-****

SUMMARY

• Results-oriented mainframe specialist and seasoned professional with four years experience in IT industry

• Carnegie Mellon University certified business intelligence specialist

• Demonstrated exceptional client handling skills while working at the client office (AMEX, Phoenix)

• Experienced database application developer with particular expertise in DB2 and Oracle

• Innovative problem solver, able to see the business and technical sides of a problem

EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University Master of Information Systems Management May 2009 GPA: 3.6

Bharathiyar University, India Bachelor of Engineering May 2004 First Class

GRE Score: 1500/1600

Relevant Coursework: Data Mining, IT for Decision Support, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Advanced Database Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

John Deere India Ltd, Pune, India System Analyst Sep 2007 – May 2008

• Led a team of 5 members and implemented a data warehouse for an inventory management project on time and on budget

• Initiated the automation of testing process which improved the resource productivity at the client site by 35% and handled SQL optimization projects with good cost savings to the employer

• Improved the performance of database by 24% using server side tuning

Syntel India Ltd, Mumbai, India

American Express, Arizona, US Technical Lead Aug 2005 – Aug 2007

• Interacted with business side of the clientele for implementation of a new healthcare card

• Solved critical performance issue, improved the efficiency of a system from 90 CPU time to 23 CPU time

• Led a team of 15 members from onshore and implemented one of the biggest project for AMEX including huge databases

• Involved in the ERD design and implementation of a million dollar project

• Gathered business requirements and converted them into technical requirements

American Express, Mumbai, India Programmer Analyst Jun 2004 – Aug 2005

• Worked in projects involving a full SDLC cycle

• Performed the development work in a team of 40 and successfully implemented the project

• Solved critical performance issues of a database application by query tuning and thereby improving the performance by 20%

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

CTBTO Data Mining Capstone Project, Carnegie Mellon University Jan 2009 - May 2009

• Lower the threshold on what size explosion can CTBTO detect using various data mining techniques and tools

• Create software artifacts to explore new scientific opportunities in improving efficiency of the current CTBTO system

Data Warehousing Project, Carnegie Mellon University Mar 2009 - May 2009

• Designed and developed a data warehouse, OLAP cubes and reports for Airport Authority using Microsoft SQL server 2005

SKILLS

Programming COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, MVS, JAVA, SAS, Easytrieve, Stored Procedures, SAS, JAVA, PL/SQL, MQ

Databases Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB2, RDBMS, IDMS, VSAM, MS Access, IMSDB, IMSDC

Tools QMF, ISPF, File Aid, SSIS, SSAS, OLAP, OLTP, ETL, SAS, Mat Lab, Eclipse, Toad, MS Office, Visio, Minitab

LEADERSHIP/AWARD ACTIVITIES

• Awarded the “Most Valuable Performer” by the Executive Vice President of American Express

• Awarded Dean’s Scholarship of $ 9000 tuition expenses granted to only top candidates

• Coordinator for Students Activities Committee at the Heinz School, June 2008 - Present

• Communication Officer at the Heinz Consulting Club, June 2008 - Present

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