SUMMARY

• Having 9 years of professional work experience in Software industry on Analysis, Design, Business Logic Development, Deployment and Testing.
• Worked in multiple domains such as Banking & Finance, Stock Exchange & Insurance with about 5 years in Insurance domain
• Strong experience in ILOG JRules 6.x & IBM Websphere JRules 7.0
• Strong experience in both IT & Business roles of BRMS (ILOG JRules)
• BRMS Analyst in developing BRMS competency initiative in TSG, L & T Infotech
• JRules Project Lead forEnterprise & PI framework in PI, Travelers
• JRules Consultant & Analyst in Business Tech. Ops team of PI, Travelers
• JRules Architect for implementation in Corporate System & PI, Travelers
• Strong experience as J2EE Architect in web/SOA/intranet technologies
• Excellent skills in Analysis, Design & Development of J2EE applications and built on MVC architecture
• Knowledge on Integration technologies such as ESB, SOA, BAM, BPM,Cloud computing, Java CAPS
• Exposure to standard messaging protocols such as SWIFT, FIX (Banking & Finance) & ACCORD (Insurance)
• Currently working as JRulesTech. Architect forAuto Project Strategy (APS) in Personal Insurance, Travelers, USA

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems

Windows(9x to XP), HP TANDEM (Non Stop System - S series)

Technology

Core Java, J2EE, Swings, JUnit, JMS,CI (Cruise control)

Web Technologies

JXPF, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, SOA (XML, XSLT, JDOM/SAX, WSDL,Web-services, SOAP)

App/Web Servers

IBM Websphere, Red Hat JBOSS, Oracle Weblogic, Sun ONE Webserver, Apache Tomcat & HP TANDEM (Non Stop System - S series)

Methodologies

Waterfall,RUP,Iterative,Agile

IDE

IBM RAD 6, JBOSS Dev Studio, Eclipse 2.0.1/3.0, NetBeans, IBM WS App Developer

Rule Engines

ILOG JRules 6.1, IBM WS JRules 7.1, Pega Rules, Fair Issac Blaze Advisor, Yasutech Quick Rules

EXPERIENCE

J2EE Technical Architect (BRMS)

Project: Auto Product Strategy Derivations

Type: POC & Implementation

Client: Confidential, Hartford, USA

LOB/Area: Personal Insurance

Role: BRMS Architect (ILOG JRules)

Team size: 6

Objectives:

• To create an optimized solution for moving complex core auto product derivation rules from Host policy issuance system & externalize it in BRMS (ILOG JRules framework)
• Explore different options for using ILOG JRules with or without using existing PI framework
• To further trim down BRMS turn around time (in ms) for implementing multiple BRMS calls from host

Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements for 7 identified derivations to business rules
• Create supporting rule artifacts such as rule project, BOM, XOM, ruleflow using rule studio & sync with RTS
• Create Rule design & business rules, decision tables using Rule team server
• Design & code execution support components using existing PI ILOG JRules Framework
• Optimize the rule execution to trim down round trip time
• Integrate & test rule service with Host system
• Create recommended approach & POC learning documents

Environment: J2EE Technology: Java/J2EE,SOA (Web Services, XML,SOAP)

Application Server: JBoss 5

Methodologies: Semi-Agile/RUP

Rule Engine: ILOG JRules 6.7.3 (Travelers PI Framework), IBM Websphere JRules 7.1

Database: MS SQL 2005

Others: SVN

Project: Records Retention Rules Service

Type: POC & Implementation

Client: Confidential, Hartford, USA

LOB/Area: Corporate System

Role: BRMS Architect (ILOG JRules)

Team size: 5

Objectives:

• To create an automated service that LOB applications can use for electronic records disposition
• To create a solution for "defensible destruction" after analyzing retention, legal and tax holds
• Explore ILOG JRules to create rule based decision framework for electronic record disposition

Responsibilities:

• Validate the ability to automate the records management process including retention schedules, broad holds, account level holds, and tax holds
• Define and validate the interface data requirements for input and output from the target applications to the rules service
• Customize ILOG JRules enterprise framework components, rule execution & communication layers
• Develop reference framework using ILOG JRules enterprise framework for records retention which can be extended during production implementation
• Create supporting rule artifacts such as rule project, BOM, XOM, ruleflow using rule studio & sync with RTS for each LOB
• Create Rule design & business rules, decision tables for PI, BI & Claims using Rule team server
• Tested record retention framework for one application each from PI, BI & Claims
• Created technical & business process guidelines, best practices for production implementation

Environment: J2EE Technology: Java/J2EE, JMS, Web Services, XML

Application Server: JBoss 4.3

Rule Engine: ILOG JRules 6.7.3 (Travelers Enterprise Framework)

Database: MS SQL 2005

Others: SVN

Project: PI-BTO BRMS:

Type: Implementation

Client: Confidential, Hartford, USA

Area: Personal Insurance

Role: Business Analyst, BRMS Consultant

Team size: 12

This team has an amalgamation of business & technical knowledge of ILOG JRules acting as an interface between the Countrywide/State Business owners & BRMS IT team.

Objectives:

• To ensure that the best practices and processes are utilized in order to adapt business changes efficiently
• Swift implementation of state/countrywide product changes that impact profit and growth
• Leverage technologies and seek new technologies to keep pace and/or lead the marketplace
• Business control of smaller and frequent changes & reduce dependency on IT
• Providing consulting services to various line of business

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business requirement from Auto & Property state/countrywide product owners
• Design, creation & testing of Business rules & decision tables for country wide & state specific products
• Design,code & test business rules for Auto & Property products
• Issue Resolution with business customers & SMEs
• Analysis, design & resolution of real time issues raised by users through customer service desk
• Handling real time catastrophic restrictions issued from Disaster Management team
• Mapping of Auto & Home business guidelines with respective business rules for all the states
• Country wide/ State specific analysis reports based on real time fired rules for various LOB & products for National / state product owners
• Develop excel VBA tools for business users for handling a range of business problems
• RCM (Resource capacity & Metrics tool) - A sleek UI for automated resource planning, monitoring & reporting for BTO & National teams
• XACT (XML Analysis, Compare & Transformation) - Excel plug-in for XML analysis, transformation & compare capabilities for business users
• CAT table utility - Excel plug-in for business analysts to automate mainframe data updates, significantly reducing the turn around time for Catastrophe table updates.

Environment: Rule Engine: ILOG JRules 6.7.3 (Travelers PI framework)

Others: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint VBA, XML

Project: PI ILOG JRules Upgrade 6X

Type: Implementation

Client: Confidential, Hartford, USA

LOB/Area: Personal Insurance

Role: BRMS Team Lead (ILOG JRules)

Team size: 17

Objectives:

• Create enterprise wide framework based on ILOG JRules for a scalable, flexible Business Rules Management System
• Provide additional functionality, not included in ILOG JRules product which increases business agility by placing the rule lifecycle completely into the hands of the business & reducing the IT dependency
• Provide readily adoptable and customizable blueprint which can be used by any LOB rules
• Create Rule based automated underwriting system for Personal Insurance

Responsibilities:

• Follow SDLC, quality processes & resolve issues with Client SME in weekly status meeting
• Arranging /Imparting KT for critical modules/functionalities to developers
• Project documentation for internal & external audits
• Consulting BRE related solutions to other teams/LOB (Onsite/Offshore)
• Part of onsite A & D team for developing BRMS enterprise framework in Phase I
• Initiative to create reference library for critical functionalities & reusable components
• Designed & created performance critical modules like rule execution framework in phase I
• Part of performance optimization team for Enterprise & PI frameworks
• Designed & developed detailed analysis reports of regression results for rule debugging.

Significant achievement

• This project achieved 100% quality compliance in internal audit & was selected for ISO & SAS 70 audit.
• I developed a RAD based plug-in UI for debugging issues in business rules / methods or BOM. It curtailed the manual process of debugging a rule set having approx. 2000+ rules from 4 days to 3 Hrs per person
• I wrote an approach paper on legacy modernization road map using BRMS approach

Environment: Rule Engine: ILOG JRules

J2EE Technology: Core Java, J2EE, JMS, ILOG JRules API, Struts, JSF, XML

Application Server: WAS V 6.0

Methodologies: RUP

Database: MS SQL Server 2005

IDE: RAD V6.0

Others: MKS, Test Director

Project: BRMS capability building

Type: Research based Initiative

Role: BRMSresearch analyst

Team size: 6

Objectives:

• Understanding BRE concepts, market trends, compare rule engine features, create business plan & BRMS implementation roadmap
• BRE Capability building by arranging discussions & presentations to understand need & to create awareness of BRE in delivery groups within organization
• Implementing POC using live projects
• BRE Capability Presentations to Clients

Responsibilities:

• Accumulate & process BRMS related information available via websites, forums, blogs, Foresters & Gartner research papers
• Compare products features & design recommendation strategy using questionnaires
• Develop BRMS implementation strategy organizational roadmap
• Implement POC using various BRE & comparing their usability
• Prepare documents/presentation on BRE capability building
• POC implementation using live projects in various business lines
• Implementing BRE in existing architecture of system

Environment: Rule Engines: ILOG JRules, Fair Issac Blaze Advisor, Yasutech Quick Rules, Pega Rules

J2EE Tools: IBM RAD, Eclipse, JMS, XML, and Web Services

Application Server: WAS, Weblogic

Database: MS SQL

Project: Framework Migrator

Type: Research based Initiative

Client: Confidential

Role: Sr. Software Developer, Team Leader

Team size: 6

Objectives:

• Develop an Eclipse Plug-in which helps in the migration of a Web based application from Struts framework to a spring or vice versa.
• Easy to use UI through which user can select the source project, target framework & source file types to be converted etc.
• Should significantly reduce the coding efforts of a developer in the migration process

Responsibilities:

• Conceptualize,design & build the plug-in
• Prepared Technical specification documents
• Provided mentoring & knowledge sessions to the team
• Code performance critical search functionality for complex modules

Significant achievement

• Achieved over 90% efficiency in converting complex functionalities of struts to springs
• Over 400% efficiency in conversion of a simple struts application to equivalent spring application as compared to the manual process.
• I presented my research paper about the plugin in L & T Infotech - Research paper contest 2006 in Mumbai & also in IBM Global - Rational Software Development Conference 2006 in Bangalore 2006 - L & T Infotech Excellence award for Struts to Spring migration RAD plug-in & BRMS Initiative

Environment: Technology: Java 1.4.1, Swings, Struts 1.1, Spring

IDE: RAD v6, Eclipse 3.0, Eclipse PDE, Net beans 5.1

Confidential, Mumbai, India

IT Engineer

Project: Kuwait Stock Exchange:

Type: Implementation

Client: Confidential

Role: Sr. Software Developer, Module Leader

Team size: 45(ITS), 15 (ORG)

Responsibilities:

• Internet Transaction System (ITS): Struts based web application for online trading. It also includes a mobile app interface for mobile users. It involves trading in various markets like Regular, Parallel, Odd-Lot, Bonds, ETF, Future Forwards along with transaction regulating & monitoring.
• Order Routing Gateway (ORG): ORG acts as a gateway for the external broker firm websites which interacts with the system. It acts as an Interface b/w internal servers such as Tandem communication server, Ticker plant of KSE and external clients such as websites & electronic & publishing media

Environment: Technology: Java 1.3, JSP, MVC, Struts, JSP, Swings

App Server: Com Server (Tandem)

Methodologies: Waterfall

Database: Tandem SQl, Oracle 8i

Confidential, Mumbai, India

Sr. Software Developer

Project: UWB

Client: Confidential, India

Role: Sr. Software Developer, Module Leader

Team size: 7

Objectives:

This is a web-based application for online banking of UW Bank. Users can view the details of his accounts, transfer funds, update details etc.

Environment: Programming S/w: Java1.4.1, JSP, MVC, Struts, JXPF

Database: Oracle

Project:ArcPay

Client: Confidential, US

Role: Sr. Software Developer, Module Leader

Team Size: 6

Objectives:

This is a web-based application. It deals with the online transaction of cheques according to the NACHA rules. Users can scan batch of cheques using a check scanner which reads MICR details & are sent to the ACH for further processing.

Environment: Programming S/w: Java1.4.1, JSP, MVC

Database: Oracle

Confidential, Bhilai, India.

Software Developer

Project: RPAP

Client: Confidential, India

Role: Software Developer

Team Size: 4

Objectives:

A web based application for connecting company branches for accessing data, updating records, In house maintenance and general book keeping.

Environment: Programming S/w: Java1.4.1,Applets

Database: SQL

Project: Price-Mate

Client: Confidential, UK

Role: Software Developer

Team Size: 4

Objectives:

A web based application for uploading & updating product information based on bar codes for an online retail site.

Project: C.C.T Automation System

Client: Confidential, Bhilai, India

Role: Software Developer

Team Size: 6

Objectives:

A web & Intranet based solution for connecting departments, accessing information & in-house activities for a company.

Confidential, Bhilai, India

Lecturer, Computer Sc. & Engg. Dept.

I was lecturer in computer sc. Dept. of the institute. My responsibilities include taking theory classes & conducting practical on Java & web technologies.