SUMMARY:

• Diligent project manager with 12+ years of professional experience and a proven record of successfully leading all phases of diverse technology led projects.
• PMP, SSM and CSM certification, computer programming and insurance industry experience.
• Strong functional knowledge on Insurance industry and modules Commercial/Personal lines, Life insurance, Claims processing, Billing, Payments, Sales and Marketing
• Led diverse team of 10 to 15 technical team members
• Expertise in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes in AGILE and SCRUM methodoligies in a large enterprise environment and familiar with industry standard best practices.
• Involved in continuous process improvements in the organization - Improve Knowledge Repository by documenting, domain and technical expertise, best practices and lessons learnt.
• Excellent understanding of Product backlog (PBI), sprint backlogs, sprint planning, Daily stand up, sprint demonstration and sprint retrospective meetings
• Extensie expertise in Estimation, Scheduling, Budget tracking and verification towards satisfaction of customer requierments.
• Extensive experience in creating and executing - Work Break Down structures, Project Dashboards, RTM Management, Defect Management, Risk management and Process Management.
• Expertise in Risk Management with Mitigation measures, PM Metrics for evaluation and assessments, a proven track record of on time, in budget deliveries of IT Projects
• Extensive knowledge and experience in design, development and testing of - COBOL, DB2, JCL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, Quikjob, Endevor, ETL Process, PL1, Confidential DB2 Command Center, Confidential Data Studio, MVS, VSAM, QMF, XML, File Aid, SyncSort, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, MQ Series, REXX.
• Executed highly complex project on data management and data conversion (ETL processes) using DB2 v9, SQL, PL/SQL and Stored Procedures.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Cobol, JCL, PL1, SQL/PL, VB6.0.

Databases: DB2 v9, IMS DB, ETL, MS-Access 2007

Operating Systems: MVS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Unix.

Job Functions: Project Management, Architect, Defect Management, Team Building, Quality Assurance, Requirement Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing

Project Management Tools: Microsoft Office, JIRA, Confluence, Lotus Notes, Primavera, VISIO, ALIPRO

Web Development: HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript

Tools: & Technologies: RUMBA Confidential Mainframes, ETL, Confidential Optim, Confidential DB2 Command Center, Confidential Data Studio, Revision Management System (RMS), FILE-AID, Xpeditor, SyncSort, DB2-Expert, QMF, Panvalet, ISPF-Editor, SPUFI, VSAM, ISPF/PDF, JCL PATTERNIZER, AUTOFLOW, MQSeries, .Net.

Industry Knowledge: Insurance, Manufacturing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall delivery and management of all the project functions: strategy, effort estimation, scheduling, planning, development, test execution and project status reporting.
• Create, Execute, Track Work Break Down structures and Communication Plan for the Project Development and testing. Handle Multiple assignments simultaneously and Multi - tasking during various Releases.
• Led various projects to deliver solutions by utilizing strong communication, planning and interpersonal skills combined with analytical expertise.
• Direct and monitor offshore Technical team of 15-20 team members in all activities from Project initiation to Test closure for the projects and the break fixes that comprise of Requirement Analysis, Development, Testing, RTM Management, Defect Management, Risk management and Process Management.
• Escalate impediments, RED flags and make sure the progress is visible to the team and the manager.
• Work with multiple teams and manage cross-team dependencies and facilitate open communication.
• Ensure that all required project deliverables are created and kept up to date to track milestones.
• Defect Management, prioritize defect fixes and work with the Business user representatives to identify the criticality of the problem.
• Analyze the data and proactively produce the Daily /monthly/weekly /Quarterly status reports and metrics by using MS tools like Project, Visio, MS Excel, power point and word.
• Manage & lead team effectively for work prioritization, allocation, execution in high pressure environment. Working on projects from various functional areas like Personal and Commercial lines, Life, Claims, Accounting & Billing, Marketing.

Confidential

Mainframe Architect / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead for design and development of Confidential Mainframes components.
• Interacting with the Business Analysts and End users to gather business requirements.
• Prepare and help team to prepare the design. Conduct peer reviews and provide feedback. Remove Technical Impediments.
• Coordinate and manage offshore team to get development and testing done.
• Update the current status of project and discuss RED flags and solutions on regular basis with the project manager. Perform team management and technical management.
• Assist Project manager in project coordination/management, annual and mid-appraisal process.
• Constructing software based on the design in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, XML,, MQ Series, etc.
• Testing of the services using Xpeditor, Abend-Aid, DB2 Command Center, validating Data Integrity, preparing and managing test files using File Aid.
• Accommodating requirement and design changes for the constructed and tested software.
• Optimizing the code and improving the performance of the software

Confidential

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead for Requirement gathering, design and development of Confidential Mainframes components. Assigning and monitoring the development progress among Developers in the team.
• Analyzing the current FTZ system for the exisitng issues and Enhancements. Prepare Requirement document, High and Low level design documents and get them approved.
• Monitor development progress and unit testing among development team and provide 24x7 application support for existing system.
• Constructing software based on the design in COBOL, PL1, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Endevor, MQ Series, XML, IMS DB/DC. Perform Reviews and Code Optimization.

Confidential

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Identify interfaces between mainframe and other components like informatica, HP servers.
• Design Architectural map showing interaction of all components and get it approved from management.
• Technical Lead for design and development of Confidential Mainframes components and coordinate development among developers in team.
• Interacting with the client on various forums to discuss the status of the project, clarify any functional and technical queries.
• Constructing software based on the design in COBOL, ETL Process, DB2, SQL/PL Stored Procedures, JCL, VSAM, MQ Series, IMS DB/DC, XML.
• Testing of the services using Xpeditor, Abend-Aid, File Aid, DB2 Command Center. Validating Data Integrity. Preparing and testing SQL’s using Confidential Data Studio and QMF.
• Accommodating requirement and design changes, Defect Fixing for the constructed and tested software. Optimizing the code and improving the performance of the software
• Creating scripts for Conversion Testing team using OPS/MVS, REXX.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with the client on various forums to discuss the status of the project, clarify any functional and technical queries.
• Perform Low-level designing and documentation from input high level design documents for improved and new components.Preparation of Unit test cases for the designed components/services.
• Coding of the services/methods and screens in COBOL, PL1, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, MQ Series, IMS DB/DC, REXX. Job scheduling on JES2/JES3.
• Single point of contact in the Data Triage team for claim management and System testing related issues. Resolving the data related issues for the external interfaces and ECS.
• Test data mining with the use of various tools like File-Aid, Confidential Data studio for various levels of test executions, like: Unit testing, Functional Integration Testing, Product Version
• This application linked with various external data bases, so need to understand the data model of those data bases and the relationship of the fields in one data base with others.
• Preparing Autoflows, Patternized Confidential .Creating scripts for Testing team using OPS/MVS, REXX.
• Leading the test data team. This needs estimating the deadlines, attending status update meetings with Client PM. Taking the overall responsibility of delivering the expected output before the deadline.
• Onsite Coordinator ( Confidential ) for Confidential Mainframes development work done at offshore.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with the client on various forums to discuss the status of the project
• Low-level designing and documentation from input high level design documents for improved and new components. Preparation of Unit test cases for the designed components/services.
• Coding of the services/methods and screens in COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM and Javascript.
• Testing of the services using Xpeditor, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Confidential DB2 Command Center.
• Production support of developed system

Confidential

Intern

Responsibilities:

• Discuss with the End users to understand their issues and requirements on the system.
• Low-level and High-level designing and documentation from input high level design documents for improved and new components for Embedded systems and Data management.
• Preparation of Unit test cases for the designed components/services.
• Coding of the services/methods and screens in 8085/86 Assembly language, Testing of the services using Embedded systems.