SUMMARY:

• Serving as Project Manager for of Baan IV C4 Functional Customizations Projects at CATERPILLAR Inc. and Co-coordinating for SAP Migration of BaaN IV Data extraction.
• Served as Project Lead/Coordinator for Baan IV Functional Customizations Projects at Greif Inc.
• Served as Project lead for Integrating BaaN ERP and WebMethods Implementation at Greif Inc.
• Lead for implementing EAI WebMethods for Transactions between Baan and OTM Application.
• Project lead for Data warehousing in Stratum(Windows Platform) with Baan IV creating Sales Data, Purchase Data,
• Developed Transactions Maps and Specifications of WebMethods for all Transactions
• Analyzed Functional need for Performance Improvement of BaaN Programs for Optimization.
• Prepared Functional Specifications for Integrations between BaaN ERP Systems and WebMethods.
• Analyzed and Developed Interface modules for Oracle Transportation Management to Plan Loads and Integrate with BaaN ERP actual freight amounts.
• Managed Functional Design Documents, Development, Testing, Quality assurance and promoting changes to Production Environments.
• Analyzed and Developed Interface with Customer To Cash Tool and BaaN ERP,
• Production Data, Rebates Data and Inventory Data extracts for Data Warehousing.
• Served at BaaN Aerospace & Defense Development Center for 21 Months in Developing Baan Standard A&D Software Versions Work Around for Lockheed Martin and Boeing,
• Served in Visteon Climate Control Systems from Aug 1999 as Support/Developer/Project Lead for Baan IV c4 and EDI.
• Served with Timeplex Project on Service Module. Developed Software for Service Contracts, Contract Invoices, and Billing.
• Served in Snap-On Tools for 1 year Implementing SE's Customizations, Integration and Optimization in Manufacturing, Distribution and Finance Modules,
• Served with BaaN Rapiditas for Performance Improvement of Customized Snap-On Baan Sessions.
• Served 11 Years in After Sales, Service and Marketing/EDP Division of M/s BEML, India

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical), Confidential, Bangalore,
• PGDBA, Administration, Confidential, Madras
• PGDMM, Materials Management, Confidential, Mumbai

CERTIFICATION:

• Baan IV Basic, Baan IV Enterprise Tools, Baan IV Enterprise Logistics, APICS Basic Supply Chain Management, APICS MRP and APICS Master Production Scheduling.

TRAININGS:

• SAP-ABAP, SAP BI/BW, Oracle Transportation Management, WebMethods Integration Workshop, WebMethods Advanced Integration Workshop, Flat file EDI X12 Transactions Creations, Stratum Data Warehouse Management.

SKILLS:

• Hardware Used: AIX, Windows Server2000, Intel based platforms, HP-9000, HP-6000
• Operating Systems: UNIX, WindowsXP, WinNT 4.0, Win98, HP-UX
• Applications: Baan IV, and SSALN ,WebMethods 6.5, OTM 5.0,
• Development Tools: Baan IV Tools. WebMethods Developer 6.1,
• Databases Used: IBM, Oracle, Tbase, Informix, UNIFY

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential. Bangalore, March 2008 to till Date
Confidential. OH, USA, Jul'04 to Feb'08
Confidential, OH, USA Nov'03 to June'04
Confidential, NY, USA May '02 to Oct'03
Confidential, Stamford, CT, USA Dec '96 to Apr'02
Confidential, Bangalore June'84 to Nov'96

PROJECTS:

Projects at ThoughtFocus:
Client: Confidential, Milwaukee, WI, USA. From (Mar 2008 - Till Date)
Team: Development & Support Team: 4
Platform: HP-UX and Windows 2003 Servers

Description:
BaaN IV Customizations of Manufacturing and Distribution Modules, BaaN Module for Integrations with eMatrix Application, Gap Analysis and Data Mapping of BaaN to Cognos Application.

Responsibilities:

• Lead for BaaN Customizations of Manufacturing and Distribution Module.
• Visited Client Site for resolving important Customizations Activities on Subcontract Matching Receipts and Key Customizations in Manufacturing and Distribution Modules.
• Involved in Designing and Application Process Flow of Quotation Automation Process and Code review and Testing process.
• To highlight Items availability across all Bucyrus Warehouses, while Purchase Orders are being created.
• Visited Client Site for BaaN Gap Analysis and BaaN Data Mapping for Cognos Applications.
• Lead Role in BaaN ERP applications process for SOX Compliance.
• Working on SAP Implementation process and creating Sessions for Data migration from BaaN IV C4 to SAP Master Tables, Transactions Tables.

Key Projects Handled at ThoughtFocus

Project: Baan to SAP Migration
Client: Confidential, USA
Role: Coordinator/Project Lead (Oct 2009 - Till date)
Team Size: 3

Descrip:
As part of migration from Baan to SAP, following Transaction tables like Production Orders, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Service Orders, Replenishment Orders, Work Centers and Routings were migrated from Baan to SAP. Extraction programs were developed based on the Mapping Analysis done between Baan and SAP.

Project: Baan Subcontract Matched Receipts
Client: Confidential, USA
Role: Project Lead/Coordinator (May 2008 - Dec 2008)
Team Size: 3

Description:
The Baan IV standard application was enhanced to Match Received Items from Sub-contractors of Bucyrus Purchase Orders, which were created for Production Orders.
This project required a team set up as it involved development team from Production , purchase and Sub-contracting Orders. It involved managing the off-shore team and at the same time coordinating with the team in US.

Project at Greif:
Client : Confidential, Delaware, OH, USA. From (Nov 2003 - Feb 2008)
Team : Development & Support Team: 4
Platform : HP-UX, AIX and Windows 2003 Servers

Description:
BaaN IV Customizations, BaaN Module for Integrations with OTM using WebMethods 6.1, BaaN EDI Integration with Elemica, BaaN module for Integration Data for SRATUM Data warehousing. Analyzing BaaN programs and sessions for Performance Improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead for BaaN Integration with OTM, Functional Specifications and Developed Load Planning Session for planning Loads from Sales Orders, Purchase Orders and Replenishment Orders Data mapping into Oracle Transportation Management Application Using WebMethods as Middleware. This is the current Project, which I was working on from 2007 march till last week.
• Lead for Production Orders, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders and Inventory Data extract form BaaN across 68 Greif plants on a daily basis, Data mapping and uploaded into Stratum Data warehousing Application,
• Analyzed and Developed a Module and Sessions for Pocket Margin Calculations, which will show the net amount of profit on every Sales Order. Developed Sessions to Calculate Cost Price Margin on Production Vs Purchase and Estimates for Grief's Multiwall Bags on Sales Quotation. In CPR module..
• Analyzed and Developed Session to extract BaaN Sales and Open Transactions for Customer to Cash Dispute Resolving Tool. Project Lead for Fuel Surcharge Program in BaaN to recover Freight Charges to Greif. Developed Module for BOMs for the Production Items sold and defining the Actual Production Cost for Sold Items to find Pocket Margin.
• Analysis, Functional Specifications, Documentation and Developed Sales Analysis Reports and Integration for Rebates. Administered code changes,
• Testing, Quality Assurance and Moving developed Software components into Production Environment. Coordinated between legacy system and BaaN ERP application.
• Mapping Documents and Development of BaaN programs for Integrating WebMethods data between BaaN and OTM.
• Analyzed and Development of BaaN programs for Integrating WebMethods data between BaaN and Elemica. Developed WebMethods Mappings for Integrating between BaaN, SSALN, BPCS System, Elemica EDI Orders and sending EDI Messages to Greif Customers.
• A strong Knowledge for User support in BaaN, WebMethods, Oracle Transportation Management Application and Customer 2 Cash Application.
• Analyzed and created X12 EDI maps for sending and receiving EDI messages. Developed EDI Message Interface between Elemica, WebMethods and BaaN. Managing OTM and WebMethods Servers Administration. Sole person for Administration of OTM and WebMethods Applications.
  

Project: Development, Customizations, New EDI Messages, Support and
Client: Confidential, Buffalo, NY, USA. (Nov 1999 - Oct 2003)
Team: Development & Support Team: 3
Platform: HP-UX.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and Developed New EDI Messages 940, 943 and 945 in Baan IV Version c4. Customization of Sales/Purchase Module sessions and Support of all EDI Messages & New Exchange Schemes.
• Standardization of VCCS's Logistics Process and Delivery Documents across all delivery Locations. Created DEM Model and User Roles for Visteon Users.
• Implemented Part Number Conversion from 5 Digits to 8 Digits and Alternate Items.
• Trained Company's Key Users, EDI coordinators and IT Staff in EDI Master Set-up, Conversion Setup and Trouble Shooting of all EDI Messages.

Project: Development, Customizations and Training using BaaN Tools.
Client: Confidential, FL, USA. From (June 1999 - Nov 1999)
Team: Development Team: 3
Platform: Sun Solarix.

Responsibilities:

• Developed Software to Suit their Service Contracts and Consolidating Invoices based on TimePlex Contract and Billing. Passing AR Entries to Finance and Integration Tables. The Modules are COM, SLS, SMA, SMT and GLD.
• Train Company's IT users in Tools and Exchange.
  

Project: Developed Standard Baan IV software for Aerospace & Defense functionality.
Client: Confidential, WA, US(Aug 1997 - May 1999)
Team: Development Team: 5
Platform: Baan NT and Informix.

Responsibilities:

• Development of Standard Baan Aerospace & Defense Packages, I was the Project Lead for Work around Version for Lockheed Martin. Other Developed Versions were 2.0, 2.0 Plus and 2.2. (ii) Worked in Baan A & D Support Center at Bellevue, WA and Grand Rapids, MI to Support A & D Customers (36 Customers Approx.) on GO-LIVE Basis and Support for 10 months.

Project: Performance Improvement with BaaN Rapiditas.
Client: Confidential, WI, USA. (June 1997 - July1997)
Team: Development Team: 3
Platform: Baan NT.

Responsibilities:

• Identified 34 Sessions for Performance Improvement and modified the scripts to execute and complete the job in less time. The was around 35 to 40 % Improvement on total time.

Project: Customizations and Modifications using BaaN Tools.
Client: Confidential., WI, USA (Dec 1996 - May 1997)
Team: Development Team: 20
Platform: Baan NT.

Responsibilities:

• Served on Sales and Purchase Statistics Reports and worked on Selective Inventory Control Methods like ABC, VED Analysis. Did Customization and Optimization on various sessions.
• Served on Sales Invoice Output to added additional Cost Items, which were billed as Cost Items in Snap-On Tools.

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