SUMMARY

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration, 2010

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Certificate in Project Management Program PMP
Certificate in Six Sigma Green Belt,
Certificate in Global Supply Chain Management,

BUSINESS SKILLS:

IT:

Visual Studio 2008/2003, VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, MVC, WPF, WCF, LinQ to SQL, Silverlight, HTML5, Crystal Reports, Windows Services, Web Services, JavaScript, JQuery, LINQ, SSIS packages, Active directory, LDAP, Java, J2EE, Java Servlets, JSP, RAD, Visual Basic 6.0, C, C++, ColdFusion, Python, XML, XAML, DAML, Crystal Reports, UML, Object Oriented Programming, MS Visio, Excel, MS Access, Power Point, FTP protocols and Share point server.
IIS, Web Sphere, Toad, SQL Navigator, Visual Source Safe, Serena Dimensions
Oracle 9i to 11g, PL/SQL programming, MS SQL Server 2000/2005, MS Access
Windows 2003, XP, Unix
Special tools: IVR boards, Autonomy Search engine API, IDOL server, HTTPFetch, Web crawler, EDI 834, 835 and 837 file formats, HIPPA, SEP Stage gates, and SharePoint.
Functional knowledge of information flow in SAP

Project Management:

Full lifecycle project management experience from inception to closing of IT projects. Hands on experience in using various available tools recommended by PMP PMI in various phases of project life cycle.

Six Sigma and Operations:

Various Six sigma tools for process improvement such as 5S program, Kanban method, TPM, Kaizen strategies, TOC, DFSS Roadmaps, Design of Experiments, QFD and FMEA Analysis etc…, DMAIC approach, Methodologies for distribution network system design (CPM/PERT), Inventory management, Centralized and decentralized distribution systems, Continuous and periodic inventory reviews, Revenue management in supply chain, Strategic outsourcing, Increasing speed, efficiency and accuracy of speed in determining product levels in supply chain, Push and Pull demand driven strategies in supply chain, Designing sustainable supply chains and Risk management in supply chain, Operations Management techniques such as Linear, Non-Linear decision Programming using Excel solver, Crystal Ball Simulation, Game theory, and Analysis of queuing systems.

Statistical tools:

Probability distribution, Discrete and Continuous random variables, one and two sample hypotheses test and inferences, Categorical data analysis, Statistical process control methods, Analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression and Time series methods, Control charts, Pareto analysis, scatter diagrams, Binomial, Poisson, Normal, Chi-square, T and F distributions, Proficient in using Excel, Statgraphics and Crystal ball.

Finance:

Valuation of investment projects using DCF analysis, Valuation of bonds and stocks, Discount rate estimation using CAPM, Modern Portfolio theory (Risk & Return), Capital Structure and Options valuation

Financial derivatives such as Forwards, Futures and options trade, All types of spreads, Straddles and Strangles, Arbitrage strategies, Pricing methods for forwards and futures, Risk management using hedging strategies, Binomial Option Pricing Model, Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, Real Options valuation and PV Decision trees

Short term financial management, Financial statements analysis, Cash Management and forecasting, Working capital management, Budgeting and forecasting, Foreign Exchange rate risk management

Commercial Banking framework and its functions, Methods of capital flow between providers and users, Risk management in commercial bank facilitated capital flows, Securitization, Fed’s role in banking, Regulators policies (Basel I, II & III Framework), Corporate Loan types, Key loans and security provisions, Credit scoring and RAROC Models, Capital structure assessment, Interest rate risk models such as Re-pricing, Maturity and Duration models, Book and Market equity valuation and Loan sales, Swaps and variations and FDIC insurance policies

Capital raising approaches via Angle and Venture Investors, Economic purpose of Investment Banks, VCs role and business considerations, Assessing opportunities, Risk analysis and Exit strategies employed by Angles and VCs, Post-Money, Pre-Money Valuations, Multi-round investment valuations, IPOs and M&As Theory.

Strategic:

Company analysis using Porter Five Forces competition framework analysis and SWOT analysis, Techniques for obtaining and sustaining competitive advantage, Industry and Product life cycle, Vertical Integration, Diamond theory, Diversification and Balanced Score Card Framework for budgeting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

15 years of extensive national and international experience in professional business environments in various organizations mainly in Information Technology.

Domain knowledge includes PBM health care, Finance, Supply Chain, Logistics and Communications industries.

PROJECTS

Confidential,Chicago, IL

Project: Sentry – PBM File processing system Oct 2005 – Present

Sentry is an intranet based application that allows the Membership Management Business group to map incoming eligibility files to the appropriate format for loading eligibility information to the appropriate platform such as Rx Claim, QL, Recap or other AS400 systems. Sentry is very flexible tool for custom mapping as it has integrated technical Visual Basic coding concepts inside the website. Sentry is a very user friendly web environment in which users directly involve mapping client fields with Rx fields by writing technical code.

• Senior Architect and Project Leader
• Architecture and design of web UI and backend services components of sentry
• Core programmer in developing web UI and backend services
• Integral part in database design and stored procedure packages design, coding and development
• Involved in gathering requirements from users for Sentry project development and subsequent enhancements
• Involved in 24*7 production support and maintenance of Sentry application health
• Involved in migrating Sentry application to new VM servers to support company strategic initiations
• Involved in and out Sentry application quality testing
• Involved in upgrading Sentry application to newer .NET Frameworks
• Involved in giving various presentations on Sentry application and enhancements to users
• Involved in implementing six sigma DMAIC approaches, Kaizen strategies and lean concepts at various processes of Sentry application to constantly improve the quality and throughput
• Involved in necessary data mining, data regression analysis to analyze the existing process throughput and to suggest recommendations in order to improve the weak processes
• Followed PMP methodology from inception to project closing
• Worked towards supporting company strategic initiations such as CEM (CVS Enterprise methodology), SEP (Software Engineering Process) stage gates implementation
• Worked on creating project management plan, WBS, activity list, network diagram, Earned value analysis reports and managing resources.
• As a project leaded, continuously involved in monitoring the project status and forecast the effects of risks and mitigation plans

Tools Used: Visual Studio .NET 2008/2010, MVC architecture, Silverlight, HTML5, LinQ to SQL, Web services, Framework 4.0, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, JavaScript, JQuery, Windows Services, Crystal Reports, XML, Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL 2008, SSIS packages, Visual Source Safe 6.0, UML documentation

Other company policies and methodologies: HIPPA, SEP Stage gates, PMP methodology, SharePoint server, Six sigma tools, data mining and regression analysis

Confidential,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Project: GENCO – Reverse Logistics Process Improvement Jan 2010 – Apr 2010

This is MBA field project in order to implement six sigma DMAIC approach and lean concepts in OHIO GENCO reverse logistics facility. The main idea was to improve the throughput of the unit by downsizing the number of labour working at different stages of the process in the facility.

• Worked as a project leader in a group of 6 members
• Point of contact for information exchange between GENCO and the team
• Played an important role in analyzing data using statistical regression analysis for determining the sigma levels
• Independently handled Analyze, Design phases in the DMAIC approach in order to analyze the before throughput and for improving the layout design and package label designs
• Contacted vendors for getting the estimation of custom thermal label printers
• Played a lead role in the final presentation and for getting the approval

Tools Used: Six Sigma statistical tools for measuring and improving process control, DMAIC approach, Pareto analysis

Confidential,
Project: One Bill Mar 2005 – Oct 2005

• “One Bill” project is a Verizon’s retail market strategic initiative that enables customers to view Verizon Wireless charges on their Verizon Communications landline bill.
• Worked as a Software consultant
• Actively involved in gathering the requirements from different departments such as tele communications, wireless communications, marketing department as the project demanding collaborative effors among the teams.
• Involved in project meetings with the management for finalizing the requirements
• Involved with database management team to come up with the database schema
• Involved in analysis and design of requirements, coding web site pages, nightly schedule jobs to extract data from different servers into the application database.
• Worked with QA team to developing/validating UAT testcases.
• Worked on creating BRD documentation on the various project tasks

Tools Used: Visual Studio.NET 2003, Framework 1.1, ASP.NET, VB.NET, JavaScript, Crystal reports, C# and Oracle PL/SQL, UML, Visual Source Safe 6.0

Confidential,Singapore

Project: Singapore Government Metadata Search Engine Jun 2004 – Dec 2004

Singapore Government Metadata Search Engine is a propritory search engine for Singapore government agencies. This project gives the search results of any search phrase by fetching all the Singapore government web content.The project aimed to enable the public sector employees to perform effective and efficient searches and to enhance retrieval of the Government Internet and Intranet content efficiently.

• Worked as a lead developer
• Involved in prototype design and conducted alpha, beta workshops to gather more requirements
• Involved in complete SDLC process
• Used UML methodologies for design and coding specifications
• Involved in contacting vendors (Autonomy) for search engine APIs
• Worked on programming using VB.NET, C# , Web services and database schema

Tools Used: Visual Studio 2003, Framework 1.1, ASP.NET, VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2000, ADO.NET, Web Services, Autonomy Search engine API, HttpFetch web fetching tool, and UML, Visual Source Safe 6.0

Project: Electronics Order processing system (EOP)

EOP is a web based online order processing system for HP channel partners. This project includes various modules for placing different types of HP orders and involves many calculations based on the chosen order. EOP is an integrated system that stores and retrieves data from many different systems as a part of order processing.

• Worked as a software developer
• Worked on understanding of the HP supply chain concepts to formulate them for efficient order processing
• Worked on coding different modules and windows services
• Developed user interface using ASP.NET,VB.NET and application services using C#
• Involved in the development of database schema and stored procedures in MS SQL Server 2000
• Actively involved in giving suggestions to team manager for an efficient process flow
• Involved in development of QA test cases, and conducted unit testing, integrated system testing
• Worked on documenting the project requirements, analysis and design using UML concepts

Tools Used: Visual Studio 2003, Framework 1.1, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB.NET, MS SQL Server 2000, JavaScript and UML, Visual Source Safe 6.0

Confidential,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Project: Dealernet Portal and Incentive programs Feb 2002 – Sep 2003

Dealernet is a web portal developed to facilitate the Maxis dealers for the registration of their new customers. It facilitates useful features to dealers with day to day news about new products and services, incentive programs and promotions.

• Worked as a software consultant and involved in complete SDLC
• Developed architecture and design using UML methodologies
• Worked closely with dealers to gather requirements to satisfy their business needs
• Involved many meetings DBA team for making them to understand business requirements for creating and developing database schema
• Worked closely with business to gather requirements for ongoing promotions and to integrate them in the portal
• Worked in developing various application modules using ASP.NET, VB.NET, MS SQL 2000 and Python test scripts

Tools Used: Visual Studio 6.0, ASP, VB6.0, Python, MS SQL Server 2000

Confidential,Hyderabad, India

Project: eBizmailer Oct 2001 – Jan 2002

eBizmailer product is a CRM black box designed to send emails, notifications and surveys to bulk customers in easy, fast and cost efficient way. It includes many modules such as administrative dash board, customized survey preparation tool, customized email notification module, management reports for the analysis of survey results etc…

• Worked as a project lead in a team of 6 developers
• Involved in the project architecture and design using UML methodologies
• Worked with US team to gather requirements and acted as a bridge for all the requirement clarifications
• Worked as a point of contact for the management for status report and development progress
• Worked in forecasting project timelines and resources.
• Worked in assigning responsibilities to team members and tracking the status
• Developed some of application GUI and services modules using VB, C++, Javascript, and Oracle database
• Worked with QA team for performing testing and getting approval

Tools Used: Visual Studio 6.0, ASP, Visual Basic 6.0, JavaScript, C++, and Oracle PL/SQL

Project: Confidential, Dec 2000 – Sep 2001

Zoom server, is OSI Technologies’ project development and management system that integrated the essence of project development methodologies on web. It plays a vital role in maintaining the project plan, user day-to-day activities and bug management during the project life cycle. It acts as the ever-present guide to a project leader for the optimum utilization of resources. It also provides web access to know the project status online.

• Worked as a senior software engineer and mainly involved in coding and testing
• Involved in the design of various modules based on the given specifications
• Involved in database schema design in Oracle database
• Worked in designing and coding main modules such as project plan algorithm implementation, timesheets and bug management system using ASP, VB Script, Javascript and Oracle database

Tools Used: ASP, Visual Basic Script, JavaScript and Oracle PL/SQL

Project: Component Architecture Based Object Oriented Methodology (CABOOM) Mar 1999 – Nov 2000

CABOOM is a UML case tool through which a user can draw UML diagrams (Use case, Class, State Chart and Activity etc.,) and can generate components code in Java and also create database schema in Oracle and SQL Server. This tool is developed based on the UML meta-model.

• Worked as senior software engineer and mainly involved in coding and testing
• Worked closely with US team for requirements analysis and design
• Worked as a developer of core modules GUI, Code generator, Database schema generator module using VB, C++ and Oracle databases.
• Worked in performing unit testing and integrated testing for all the releases

Tools Used: Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Basic 6.0, C++, and Oracle PL/SQL

Confidential,Hyderabad, India

Project: Tele-banking System for Confidential, Jan 1998 – Feb 1999

Tele-banking is an Interactive Voice Response system implemented first time in India in all the branches of Indian Bank and Andhra Bank. This system retrieves customer’s data and their transaction details from mainframe system and transforms into voice messages and delivers to customers via telephone.

• Worked as a core developer and involved in researching the technology and vendors
• Contacted vendors Rhetorex and Dialogic companies for the hardware supply and support
• Involved in all aspects of the development such as API analysis, system design, coding in C++ language, recording voice messages.
• Involved in giving project demos to main branches of Indian Bank and Andhra Bank
• Travelled throughout India and installed the project in many branches

Tools Used: C++, API of Voice and Fax cords from Rhetorex and Dialogic companies, COBOL

Other projects: Interactive voice response system for Indian Railways, Super markets and Police departments.