Kalpana Baskaran

8727 Fredericksburg Road, Apt #1101

San Antonio, Texas - 78240

(210)-462-7157

kalpanabaskar89@gmail.com

SUMMARY:

• Experience in IT Industry with proficiency in Design and Development of J2EE Projects. Complete understanding of Object Oriented design and development of Web-based and client/server-based systems on multiple platforms.
• Experience in requirement analysis, system design, development and testing of various applications.
• Expertise in Core Java and J2EE technologies such as JSP, Servlets and JDBC.
• Expertise in Web Front End technologies, Tag Libraries, Java Script, HTML, CSS, DHTML, XML.
• Hands on experience in Apache Tomcat.
• Working Experience in Spring, Struts and Hibernate ORM Framework.
• Hands on Experience in RESTful web services.
• Experience in Waterfall and AGILE/SCRUM methodologies such as iterative development (sprints), Story pointing, Stand-up, Retrospective and Pair Programming.
• Testing expertise includes functional testing, unit testing, integration testing, regression testing and system testing.
• Very Good Experience in using Java IDE tools such as Eclipse and IBM-Rational Software Architect.
• Hands on experience to develop JUnit test-cases.
• Used SubVersion (SVN) as versioning software tool.
• Worked on wide variety of platforms like Unix and Windows operating systems
• Working experience in Quality Center as Defect Reporting Tool
• Working experience in Production, Development and QA environments.
• Strong Analytical and Problem solving skills.
• Exceptionally well organized, strong work ethics and willingness to work smart and hard to achieve project/team objective.
• Quick learner, good team player and proven track record for effective project execution.
• Exhibited excellent Communication skills, Leadership skills.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:

Languages

Java, SQL

Web/App Server

Apache Tomcat 7

Web Technology

J2EE- Servlets, JSP, XML, JDBC, Junit, HTML, CSS

Database

MySQL

IDE

Eclipse, IBM – Rational Software Architect

Framework

Struts, Hibernate

Scripting language

Java Script, UNIX Commands

Review Tool

Smart bear – code collaborator

Version Control

Apache SVN

Project Methodologies

Waterfall, Agile –Scrum

Operating System

WIN 2000/XP/NT/Vista/7

Special Software

JEdit, Beyond Compare, SQL Developer, HP Quality Center tool, Ebao Tool

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

COURSE

SPECIALIZATION

NAME OF INSTITUTION/

UNIVERSITY

YEAR

OF

PASSING

Bachelor of Engineering

Computer Science and Engineering

Vel Tech Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

2011

EXPERIENCE:

COMPANY

YEAR OF EXPERIENCE

HCL Technologies Pvt. Ltd. India.

5 Years (2011 - 2016)

IBLESOFT INC.

2017 – Present

(LEGAL STATUS – H1B)

BUSINESS DOMAIN :

• Insurance – General Insurance
• Product Enhancements : Introducing new features and endorsement to the policy.
• Product Bundling : Implementing multi-product acquisition and servicing transaction.
• Application Redesign : Improving Member experience in Insurance quote, acquisition and servicing transactions in all channels

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Employer: HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Client: State Bank of India – General Insurance (SBI), Mumbai, India

Java/J2EE Developer / Technical Lead

Project: Travel Features : With this project, the unique features like Emergency Medical Evacuation and Travel support coverages were added to the product. The scope of this project is to improve the insurance experience during an overseas travel by providing new features in the product.

Project: Improved deepening & Digital Experience : This project aims to enhance the current motor two wheeler product and to make it more competitive in market place by improving member experience. Scope of this project is to increase online quote rate. The project was implemented across all channels of sale – internet, sales representatives and mobile.

Project: Retrieve Saved Quote: With this project, SBI introduced a unique feature to retrieve the saved quotes and compare the quote premium features for member and representative. The project was implemented across all channels of sale – internet, sales representatives and mobile.

Project: Additional Coverages : With this project, SBI Car Insurance introduces and enhances more additional coverages such as Loss of personal belongings, Key replacement, Roadside assistance etc.., that will enable member to purchase a car insurance policy. The project enhances the current car insurance product, making it more competitive in market place, increasing member satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

• Understood requirements from the client.
• Analyzed and implemented the application based on functional documents.
• Prepared High Level and Low Level Design document implementing applicable Design Patterns with UML diagrams to depict components, class level details.
• Developed the application using Java, JSP, Struts, Hibernate, and XML etc.
• Used JSP Tags to generate the necessary pages.
• Hibernate is used for object relational mapping and a persistence management solution.
• Used JavaScript to perform some preliminary validations and certain client side actions that needed to perform.
• Developed necessary DAO’s with Hibernate as the persistence framework.
• Performed code review using smart bear to achieve quality code.
• Followed coding standards, code versioning techniques and quality process to reduce rework from reviews.
• Involved in test-cases using Junit, debugging Implementation and deployment activities
• Used Quality Center tool for defect tracking.
• Followed agile software development practice paired programming and scrum status meetings.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Servlets, JSP, Eclipse, XML, UML, JUnit, HTML, JavaScript, Unix, Hibernate.