Kofax Consultant/architect Resume
Memphis, TN
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
- Working as lead Kofax consultant at Confidential World Technology Center in Collierville, Tennessee, USA.
- Over 13 years of IT experience including 8 years in Documentum 5x/6x and Kofax7.5, 8, 9 and 10.
- Experience in leading a team of Documentum developers and designing and architecting Enterprise contentcentric applications for both government and private clients.
- Expertise in Enterprise image capture software Kofax 7, 8, 9 and 10.
- Expertise in distributed installation and configuration of Kofax, setting up central/remote servers, workstations, scan stations, scan profiles, creating batch classes, release scripts (export connectors), bar coded separator sheets, OCR, OMR, Kofax Capture Network Server (KCNS) configuration, Kofax Import Connector (KIC), Kofax Transformation Modules (KTM), Load Balancing and High availability, Backup licensing servers for disaster recovery etc.
- Worked extensively in upgrading Kofax from 7.5 to 10. This involved installing/configuring new servers, importing batch classes, export connectors, remote/central profiles, user/group authentication etc.
- Excellent working knowledge on high speed document scanners from Fujistu,Kodak, Canon, Bell & Howell, Kodak etc.
- Expertise in Documentum tools like Documentum Administrator, Composer, DAR Installer, Workflow Manager, WebTop, XCP, BPS, DFS, WDK, DFC, DQL and API.
- Expertise in creating DARs, Docapp applications using Composer, Documentum ApplicationBuilder/ Documentum Developer Studio and Business Process Manager.
- Expertise in using IAPI and IDQL tools for managing user groups, sessions and content on a daily basis.
- Expertise in customization/configuration of browser based applications like WebTop and exposing Documentumfunctionality using WDK5.X/6.X, DFS6.0 and DFC 5.X/6.X.
- Worked on Business Object Framework (BOF 1.0 and 2.0) in creating Service BasedObjects (SBOs) and Type Based Objects (TBOs).
- Used DFC to create custom DocumentumDQL/API scripts for different business requirements.
- Involved in creating users, groups, access control lists/permission sets, using automated DQL Scripts and running them using IDQL/ IAPI utilities.
- Involved in Installation, Configuration, Migration and Maintenance of Documentum eContent Server and client components. These configurations include Development, QA, UAT/Test and Production servers.
- Experience in J2EE, JSP, Java Beans, JBoss, Tomcat, XML, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript.
- Good working knowledge with Application Servers like Oracle Weblogic, JBoss.
- Development experience with IDEs like Eclipse and EMC Composer.
- Certified Software Systems Analyst from National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), New Delhi, India.
- Certified "Enterprise Content Management Specialist" from Association of Image and Information Management (AIIM), USA.
- Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA+) from CompTIA
- Certified Kofax Technical Solutions Specialist in Kofax Capture 10
- Certified Kofax Technical Solutions Specialist in Kofax Capture Network Server (KCNS) 10
- Attended Alfresco developer training at Alfresco USA headquarters in Atlanta, GA, USA.
Technical Skills:
Documentum Suite: EMC eContent Server 4i/5.3 SP5/6.5 SP1, 6.6, Documentum Administrator, Documentum Application Builder (DAB), Documentum Composer, DAR installer, Documentum xCP platform, WebTop, Developer Studio, WDK, DFC, DFS, BPM, BPS, Site Caching Services, Content Services for BEA Portal, DQL, API, methods and jobs using Java method Server and managing them using DA. Good understanding of new D2 product.
Enterprise Image Capture: Ascent Capture 7.5, 8, Kofax Capture 9, 10. KIC, KCN, KTM, OCR, OMR, 1D and 2D BarCode Reading, Validation, Verification, Recognition, Intelligent Image Processing, VRS, VRS Elite etc.
Other CMS: Alfresco
Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Redhat LINUX
Web Development/Framework: Java, J2EE, Struts, Spring
Database: Oracle, MS - SQL, MSAccess
Scripting Languages: JavaScript, VBScript, JQuery
App Servers: Weblogic, JBoss
Web Servers: Tomcat, MS IIS
IDE Tools: EMC Composer, NetBeans, Eclipse
Document Viewers: VirtualViewer from Snowbound.com
Source Control: CVS and Tortoise client for CVS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Project #6 Duration:
Role: Sr. Kofax Consultant/Architect
Client: Confidential, Memphis, TN
Name: BackOffice Imaging (BOI) and Automation of Employee Expense Reports (HR/Finance)
The objective of BOI project is to define requirements for process flow of invoices converted to images, routed as needed, recorded and approved. Automating all the queues required for image flow options for both pre-voucher and post-voucher approval workflow, incorporating standardization where possible, but creating a flexible system that will support process changes and rule changes as they occur. Primarily, US invoice processing requirements are considered to the point that the system requires flexibility to readily in corporate future defined requirements of other Confidential regions and operating companies like Confidential Express, Confidential Ground, Confidential Freight etc.
Responsibilities:
- Involved in design and development of business requirement documents, requirement specification documents, technical design documents etc
- Worked closely with Kofax professional support team in designing and developing a scalable architecture that supports distributed capture and processing of images.
- Did an elaborate POC on possibility of using XML-LINQ export connector in conjunction with DB and TEXT releases.
- Created and configured master batch classes for FCOE, ECOE regions
- Created and configured XML, DB and TEXT export connectors for these batch classes
- Configured Kofax Import Connector (KIC) to automatically import Fax documents from 80 different BISCOM Fax server queues
- Installed and Configured Kofax 10 in Development and Test environments and assisted business users with their UAT requirements
- Installed and configured Kofax in Production environment. This went live in October 2012, for FCOE.
- Working on ECOE install/configuration (approx. 60 scan stations)
- Future scope includes using Kofax Transformation Modules (KTM) to automate several Kofax workflows
- Worked in the design and development of legacy document migration from LiveLink/BPEL to Documentum and PeopleSoft. This is a multiphase project and I was involved in first few phases.
- Built several documentum jobs in DFC which uses DFS webservices to search and index migration data into Documentum repository from LiveLink/BlueBird/BPEL/Peoplesoft.
Environment: Kofax 7.5, Kofax 10 SP1, KCNS, VRS, Documentum 6.6 (Composer, DAR installer, DFC, DFS), Content Server, Documentum Administrator, WebTop, IDQL, IAPI, Oracle, Windows.
Project #5 Duration:Role: Sr. Documentum and Kofax Consultant
Client: Confidential, Oakland, CA, USA / Phoenix, AZ, USA
Name: Integrated Document Management (IDM) System
Integrated Document Management (IDM) is the technologies, tools, and methods used to capture, manage, store, preserve, and deliver content across the Matson enterprise. This project aims at streamlining the process of creating and managing the mission critical documents in an end to end business process.
Responsibilities:
- Involved in day-to-day support activities of the live production system. First responder for a documentum user base of 600+ users with 7 different webtops, custom app integrations and Kofax issues. These users were located at different Matson locations across America, Hawaii, China and Micronesia.
- Involved in Admin activities like creating/removing/disabling users, assigning permissions, maintaining methods/jobs/reports, archive/purge activities, patch updates from EMC etc.
- Direct contact for EMC and other 3rd party plugin providers. Logging EMC support tickets, gather the data they require, applying patches for other 3rd party plug-ins etc.
- In the process of upgrading from FAST index server to EMC Xplore server and upgrading entire system from 6.5 SP1 to 6.6.
- Built some new IDM extensions as part of IDM 2.0 CER. Part of this was 4 mini projects by names "IT Vendor Contracts", "Online CER", "MIL 2.0" and "Carrier Contracts".
- Built a custom DFC based Purge & Archive process for IDM to replace Retention Policy Services product.
- Built a custom DFC based publishing solution to replace Site Caching Services product.
- Successfully upgraded IDM system from 5.3SP5 to 6.5SP1. Involved in all activities of upgrade.
- Installed and maintained the eContent server, WebTop, docbroker, docbase, DocApp, Documentum Application Builder (DAB), Composer and user/group/acl creation/updation scripts.
- Extensively worked on creating the batch classes, document classes, form classes and separator sheets for Kofax (scanning software). Maintained central, remote sites and scan stations.
- Configured Documentum release scripts for Kofax to release scanned documents to Documentum.
- Customized VBA portion of a bulk document loader tool called "DocLoader" from McLaren.
- Responsible for creating the ITOPs documents for various platforms like DEV, QA, Pre-Prod and Production.
- Worked on configuring and customizing Documentum Site Caching Services (SCS) and CS4BEA.
- Worked on configuring and customizing methods and jobs using Java Method Server.
- Heavily customized webtop using WDK to cater the needs of department users. These customizations include creating merge fields, UI customizations, menus, writing new component classes for weekly report generation etc.
Environment: Documentum 6.5SP1 (Composer, DAR installer, DFC, WDK), Content Server, Documentum Administrator, Documentum Application Builder, BPM, Site Caching Services, Weblogic portal server, WebTop, IDQL, IAPI, Oracle 9i/10g, Weblogic Workshop, Kofax 8.5 / 9 SP1, KCNS, VRS, DocLoader, Snowbound VirtualViewer, Windows/Unix Servers.
Project #4 Duration:
Role: Team Lead, Documentum (Singapore and China teams)
Client: Confidential, Singapore
Name: Insolvency and Public Trustees Office's Business Integration (IPTOBis) - Portal
NCS is the #1 solution provider for the government clients in Singapore and Asia pacific region. It handles more than 800 projects annually with a very high success rate. Ministry of Law, Singapore handles all the legal matters in Singapore. Currently the ministry has a legacy system to manage these cases and they wanted to use the latest technology to keep in pace with the changing requirements of the business. The project aims at building a Web portal based on Weblogic Portal and uses Documentum as the content management software for backend claims document storage.
Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of 2 documentum resources in NCS.
- Installed and maintained the eContent server, WebTop, docbroker, docbase, DocApp, Documentum Application Builder (DAB) and user/group creation/updating scripts on Unix environment.
- Responsible for the architecture of the Documentum portion of the project and preparation of Detailed Design Specification, Functional Requirements Specification and Analysis of user community (contributors and consumers), anticipated volumes and growth rates.
- Responsible in liaising between the development team in China and project managers in Singapore.
- Had meetings with client managers and gathered requirements pertaining to DCTM module. Also gave some presentations on Webtop, DA and Weblogic Portal.
- Created a set of reusable templates to capture workflow, audit and taxonomy requirements from other modules. Also created an extensive collection of workflow templates covering end-to-end business requirements. Recommended the software for OCR reader and bulk scanning the documents and authored the requirements capture document. Built a stand-alone client using Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 and ABBYY Scanning software, which connects to the scanner and auto indexes the documents to application specific folders in Repository.
- Recommended the software for Fax automation and built a stand alone client using Microsoft Visual Basic and Castelle FaxPress APIs. This client connects to FaxPress Server, collects all the incoming faxes as soft copies, converts them as PDF and auto indexes them to user's folder in Repository.
- Recommended best practices for Software Change Control Management, to move new releases from development through to production and general recommendations in light of the data collection and analysis. Authored Validation Roadmap, Validation Plan and Master Test Plan.
- Developed a TBO based on DFC 5.3 to maintain a unique application ID with each document that is created in repository. This TBO makes sure that this ID is present for each document irrespective of the client that is used to create the document.
- Responsible for releasing the workflow and EDMS API to other modules. Worked closely with other team leads, module leads and project managers.
- Responsible for creating the release documents for various platforms like DEVT, SIT, UAT and Production. Created and managed an intranet website to cater the deliverables to team members in Singapore and China. For any information regarding the DCTM module, team members can simply refer to this website.
Environment: Documentum 5.3 suite comprising of Content Server 5.3, Documentum Administrator 5.3, Documentum Application Builder 5.3, BPM, Web logic portal server 8.1, WebTop 5.3, DQL, API, WDK 5.3, Oracle 9i/10g, Unix/Solaris, Web logic Workshop 8.1, ABBYY scanning/OCR software, Fax Press API, Visual Basic 6.0.
Project #3 Duration:
Role: Sr. Software Engineer, Documentum, Accenture Global Consulting Services, Bangalore, India
Client: Confidential, UK
Name: MHRA Sentinel
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the UK Department of Health. MHRA ensures public health and patient safety by enforcing standards and assessing quality and performance. It is trusted with protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance, effectiveness and are also used safely. The Sentinel Programme is a strategic partnership between the MHRA and Accenture to re-engineer the Agency's core business processes, develop new cross-Agency IT systems and pursue new business opportunities.
Responsibilities:
- Part of the core team, that built a reusable document management framework (component) called Case Folder to allow the storage and retrieval of electronic documents. Had numerous video conferences and discussions with team in UK in making this framework extensible.
- This framework delivers the document management functionality for use with SOPs, Journals and Changes to Legislation, New Regulatory Requirements, Public Health Information, WHO Guidelines and other Paper Inputs. The other deployment projects delivered the remaining document management capabilities based on the design developed in this framework.
- Developed a set of Documentum services (API) using DFC to be used by other business applications. This API covers all the basic operations that are needed for any typical business application and is delivered as part of Common Application Architecture.
- Created a web front-end using Apache struts and JSP to enable users' access to documents. This web front-end is again a reusable component and other business applications can easily extend this component to meet their specific requirements.
- Worked extensively in creating and managing DQL/API scripts for user, group, ACL and taxonomy creations for various departments in MHRA. Followed a reusable script creation approach using MSAccess and simple java programs.
- Worked as part of the Application Maintenance team that maintained the application from UAT till production and later. Also addressed some enhancement requests from client.
Environment: Documentum 5.2 (Web top, DFC, WDK 5.2, Developer Studio, App builder), OC4j, Oracle 9iAS, Apache Struts 1.1, JDK 1.3.1, J2EE 1.2 (EJB, XML), Eclipse, MS Access.
Project #2 Duration:
Role: Sr. Systems Analyst/ Team Lead, SaktiGroup Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India
Client: Confidential, USA
Name(s): Bankruptcy Clearing House, Verifications
This is a web based B2B and B2C application developed for Superior Information Services, USA. Using this application, customers can verify the court and bankruptcy case information online. Customers are registered and allotted a username/password. They can submit the queries for which the system gets the clarifications and responds back online. They will be charged on their credit card. Administrators can add/remove users/groups from admin tools provided with the system. The field collectors collect information from courts and upload the information to a central server on a periodic basis. This data is synchronized on a daily basis with the production database and an automated job fetches the data requested by end customers and sends them emails.
Responsibilities:
- Primary contact with client and collected all project requirements
- Understood the client's business model and suggested tools to automate most of the process.
- Carried POC to analyze possibilities of different requirements using available Out-of-the-box software.
- Liaising between administration team in SIS, NY in releasing deliverables to UAT server.
- Configuring development Weblogic server for release management and VSS for source management.
- Helping management in estimating the resource needs, project timelines etc.
Environment: Weblogic 6.1, JSP, EJB, Java, JavaScript, Oracle, WL Portal 4.0, XML, Web Services, VB 6.0 (For standalone editor).
Project #1 Duration:
Location: International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics, HQ, Hyderabad, India
Role: Web Developer/ Consultant
Client: Confidential
Name: Transport Online
ICRISAT HQ has a 3000 acre campus located in Hyderabad, India doing agricultural research. Transport Online aimed at automating the transportation needs of scientists, visitors, employees and vendors working at this huge campus. This is deployed on local intranet to cater the needs of users across the ICRISAT campus. Users can send requests for vehicles online and they will be allotted a request number. They can know the status of their requests; can modify/cancel their requests. They can also know the details of different transport needs like Licensing fee, Bus and Shuttle timings, vehicle utilization charges etc. These details are modified whenever there is a need by Transport Unit and the same will be effective throughout the campus from the point of change. Audit reports for accounting purposes as well as daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports are generated using MS Data Reports. Both standalone and web interfaces were provided.
Responsibilities:
- The project was developed in-house and deployed on local intranet (>800 systems, connected by intranet spanning around 3000 acres of land doing agricultural research).
- Identified client's business needs and built the product per their day-to-day needs.
- Built a standalone client in Visual Basic 6.0, which has more than 15 menus with 40 menu items catering various business needs of ICRISAT fleet of vehicles. This standalone application was used by Transport department (In-house) to retrieve the online requests, assign trips, assign drivers, allot vehicles, print financial reports etc.
- Built an intranet application using MS Active Server Pages (ASP) and Java Script to cater the needs of Online-Transport request form. This application also served as a one-stop shop for all the transport needs like vehicle availability, per hour/day/monthly costs of various vehicles, request status, cancellation of requests, contacting transport department etc.
- The intranet application also served as an online request retrieval system where in users can retrieve their old requests and see their billing for entire year etc.
- Provided end user training.
Environment: Microsoft IIS, VB, ASP, ASP-Email, Java Script, MS Image Composer 1.5 and SQL Server
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