S Ramakrishnan
119/3, R.K.Mutt road (2nd floor)
R.A.Puram, Chennai 600028
Phone: (44) 24615415 or 24616802
938 269 6457 (mobile)
email –
To,
The Manager HR
Sir/Madam,
I have 14 years of IT experience, am currently with Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai as Principal Consultant – PeopleSoft practice and was previously Project Manager and Functional Consultant at Hexaware Technologies Ltd. Chennai.
My areas of expertise are PeopleSoft HRMS - Recruitment, Workforce Administration, Training and Payroll. Before moving to ERP, I worked primarily on Microsoft technologies, client server and web areas using Visual Basic and ASP.
I am a Project Management Professional (PMP certified), have a certification in Quality Management from UC Berkeley and am looking forward to challenging senior management roles.
I consulted in the US at Visa USA - the Credit Card Company and Pacific Bell - a telecommunications giant in the San FranciscoBay area for six years. I have had an independent role during this period performing several tasks for software projects including proposal making and requirements gathering to testing, delivery and gaining user acceptance.
Prior to consulting in the US, I was in UK and India and worked for several international clients including Financial times, UK and Citibank, Singapore. I was with DSQ Software in India and have followed ISO and SEI-CMM quality practices.
Please find below my resume for your reference. You could contact me on my email id or call me on my cell at (44) 938 269 6457. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks and Regards
Ramakrishnan
S.RAMAKRISHNAN
Date of Birth: 26th May, 1967
SUMMARY:
Over fourteen years of experience in managing, designing and developing client server and web applications and the last 3 years in managing PeopleSoft HRMS customization and PeopleSoft Global Payroll implementation projects. Handled projects independently for several prestigious clients including VISA, Pacific Bell, UPS, Intel, Unilever PLC, PeopleSoft, Standard Chartered Bank and Merck. Have been responsible for Project Management, Project delivery, Technical Architecture and Development.
OBJECTIVES:
Effectively utilize my experience to manage and develop robust applications for my customers.
EDUCATION:
MCA,College Of Engineering, Trivandrum, India, 1990, First class with distinction (77%)
B.Sc. Mathematics, MahatmaGandhiUniversity, Kerala, India, 1987, First class (77%)
PUC (XIIth std) - University of Kerala, 1984, First class (61%)
SSLC (Xth std) - Kerala State Board, 1982, First class (66%)
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
HARDWARE: IBM PC, HP-UX
SOFTWARE: Windows 2000/ NT 4.0, UNIX, Novell NetWare
Primary skills: 8 years of Visual BASIC, SQL Server, MS Access, Crystal Reports.
3 years of ASP, IIS, VBScript, Javascript, HTML, Visual Interdev, ADO.
MS-Project for project monitoring, PVCS and Visual Source safe for configuration management, project specific defect tracking and testing tools, Project management activities using quality standards and project documentation,
3 years of PeopleCode, SQR, PS Query
Other Skills used: XML, Oracle 7.2 C, C++, C-ISAM
Domain Knowledge: PeopleSoft HRMS – Recruitment and Training modules
PeopleSoft Global Payroll 8.8
CERTIFICATION: Project management professional (PMP), Quality management from UC Berkeley, CA, USA
Other information: US Green Card holder
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Employment Summary:
Jan 05
/Current
/Principal Consultant, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
Jan 03
/Dec 04
/Sr. Technical Architect, Hexaware Technologies Ltd, Chennai
Jan. 97
/Sept 02
/Senior Consultant, Hall Kinion Inc., CA, USA
Apr 95
/Dec 96
/Senior Systems Anayst, Square D Software Ltd., Madras, India
Jun 94
/Feb 95
/Senior Software Engineer, ITTI Ltd., Bangalore, India
Apr 91
/May 94
/Programmer Analyst, Magus Software Services Ltd., Madras, India
Jan 05 – Current Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai Chiefly responsible for proposal making, client presentations, and PeopleSoft practice building activities including recruitment, training, and preparing approach papers
Presented 2 major proposals won by Cognizant
PeopleSoft NA Payroll and Time & Labor Implementation for Merck & Co Inc.:– Cognizant was awarded the Design ( Functional & Technical) and Development of the PeopleSoft NA Payroll and Time & Labor modules that were being implemented. There were about 350 gaps that were identified of which Cognizant was assigned about 190 of them which included online customization, interfaces (both inbound and outbound) and custom reports. It involved requirement gathering, writing detailed Functional and Technical Design Document, Coding and Unit Testing.
Responsibilities included:
- Due diligence, estimation, project planning and proposal making
- Project kickoff - Spent 3 months at the client’s site for the project initiation and design phases.
- Signoffs and reviews – Client and stakeholder presentations for reviews and signoffs
- Offshore transition – Transitioned to the offshore team for the development and testing phases
- Project management
Team size: 25
Other offshore projects managed at Cognizant include Marks and Spencer’s, and Staples –both Application maintenance engagements. The average team size of the maintenance engagements are about 10.
Jan 03 – Dec 04 Hexaware Technologies Ltd, Chennai – Was responsible for PeopleSoft – HRMS customization projects for Fortune 500 companies and was part of the transition team for the Hexaware – PeopleSoft ISC setup. Managed 3 projects of varied sizes. Offshore Project management, Client interaction and On-site / offshore coordination were my primary responsibilities.
PeopleSoft – HRMS Upgrade & Global Payroll Implementation for Hexaware: –Led a team of technical resources in the Upgrade of HRMS 8.3 to HRMS 8.8, customization of HRMS and implementing Global Payroll – India Country Extension for Hexaware. Various Interfaces like GL, Banking were also developed. In addition to various statutory reports delivered by PeopleSoft, about 20 custom reports were also prepared. A custom emailing of Payslip was also developed as part of the GP implementation.
Team Size: 6
PeopleSoft – Global Payroll – Country Extension Implementation for Standard Chartered Bank:– Implement Global Payroll – Zimbabwe Country Extension for Standard Chartered Bank. As PeopleSoft does not provide a country extension for Zimbabwe, the payroll elements have to be defined from scratch. Various Interfaces like GL, Banking, Tax Authority, and Social Security Department were also developed.
Team Size: 8
Role – Functional Team Lead /Project lead
Responsibilities in the 2 projects included:
- Project Monitoring
- Preparing Functional Specifications
- Client reviews and meetings
- Configuring Global Payroll
- Unit Testing & Client System Test Support
PeopleSoft – HRMS customization for Unilever PLC – Customize PeopleSoft HRMS – 8.3 Training Administrator module, and Recruit Workforce module. Seamless integration of the Applicant self service to the job search web page, ability to send Job Requisition data to external job boards (which required specific data formats). Custom Training Administrator Security was also done as part of the customization. Additional reports using Crystal and SQR were also developed
Role – Project Manager
Team Size: 8
Responsibilities Included:
- Project Management
- Client reviews and meetings
- Senior Management reviews
- Quality Audits
- Writing Functional and Technical design
PeopleSoft – HRMS Upgrade and Customization Project for Intel Corp – Was part of the Customization of Maintain Workforce and Compensate Employees module of PeopleSoft HRMS – 8.8 Upgrade and customization project. The customizations include modifications in all PeopleSoft Components - SQR, PeopleCode, and App Engine programs. Some rewrite of Unix shell scripts to NT batch programs was also done.
Role – Module Leader
Team Size: 16
Responsibilities Included:
- Project Management
- Off-shore / On Site coordination
- Senior Management reviews
Aug 99 – Sept 02 Visa USA, Foster City, CA USA - Working with VISA for the last 3 years in the Financial Segment -Corporate Risk management group as the main technology specialist. Was responsible for several projects, development of ad-hoc applications and reports as specified by the business analysts in the group and in coordination with other groups as needed.
Was awarded the Star performance certificate for my work in this group. Highly praised for completing the project on-time with the highest quality and for perfectly managing customer expectations by delivering them exactly what they expected.
Responsibilities included
(1)Submitted and obtained acceptance for new project proposals, and the proposal to move from a standalone to an intranet environment, customer interaction and presentations.
(2)Project initiation including recruitment of team members, Training, resource allocation, Project and third party Coordination
(3)Lead technical role - Team size of 12 members. Responsible for Design, Development and Support of the intranet application including UI, Reports and Server activities, client interaction and resolution of issues.
(4)Planning and status monitoring, estimation, standards and quality documentation
(5)Scope identification, Requirements analysis and design, change management by coordinating with the Senior Vice President who was the primary stakeholder and the business users
(6)Assisted in Project audits
(7)SQL Server Database administration
Risk Analysis and Monitoring System (RAMS)
This system collects data from internal and external sources and generates ratings on the basis of objective criteria defined by management and controlled by the Corporate Risk Committee.
MoneyChoices Reporting
Was responsible for the development of this reporting internet application sponsored by VISA for customers with bad credit history to help improve their financial health and well being.
Member Risk Management IS (MRMIS)
Responsible for the development of this core management information system for the Corporate Risk management group to perform new Member underwriting and current Member risk reviews.
Development environment: Visual Interdev, SQL Server 2000/7.0, VBScript, JScript, ASP 2.0, IIS 5.0/4.0 Crystal Reports 8.5/ 8.0, Visual Basic 6.0, Access 2000/7.0
Jul 98 – Aug 99 and Jan 97 - Jan 98Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CAUSA
Worked at the Pacific Bell facility for more than 2 years in the development and maintenance of a workflow automation project
This Mechanized Engineering applicationwas designed as a typical three-tier client server application with the presentation layer (GUI) being developed in Visual BASIC; the business layer OLE/DLL objects developed in Visual BASIC and C++; and the data layer in SQL Server. The data transfer from the client, through the business layer, to the database was done using RDO objects.
The project included the Mechanization and automation of various manual-engineering processes for transport engineering. It provided for electronic project management and for a standard set of repeatable procedures, tools, standard configurations, templates and formats for capacity management and implementation of core processes. It also provided for gathering data and providing report generation capability. Integration testing and stress testing were performed using standard SQA techniques. A MAPI interface object was also written to provide interface with MS Exchange. It was basically used to send mails to a hierarchy of decision making to get approvals depending on what stage the job are.
Responsibilities included
(1)Managing the scope, plan, cost and quality of the application
(2)Development (coding and enhancement), maintenance, and unit testing of the GUI.
(3)Enhancement of the OLE/DLL object.
(4)Development of the MAPI Interface functions
(5)System integration and creation of application setup and distribution media.
Development environment:Visual BASIC 5.0/4.0 (Enterprise Edition) on NT 4.0, SQL Server 6.5 on NT 4.0.
Feb 98 – Jul 98Envision Software Inc., Los Altos, CA, USA
The DirectAdvantage project was a complete solution for the direct marketing industry.
Responsibilities included
(1)Customized CallCenter module for Disney
(2)Maintenance of the Inventory, Promotion and Purchase Order modules
(3)Development of In-Process OLE Server
Development environment: Windows 95, Visual Basic 5.0, and Oracle 7.3.
Apr 95 - Dec 96Square D Software Ltd., Madras, India
Project leader and Software Engineer with responsibilities for management, development and testing on several projects in UK and India including:
Onsite Technical leader at Pacific Associates Ltd., Frimley, UK(Apr 95 – Oct 95)
- Capacity planning system for Courtaulds Clothing Ltd. (Aug 95 - Oct 95)
- Manufacturing and Scheduling System, Dentsply International Inc. (Apr 95 - Jul 95)
Offshore Project leader for ADNOC project (Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation)
Responsibilities included:
(1)Proposal making for RFPs and estimation, coordinating customer visits and preparing presentations
(2)Project management including planning, progress monitoring, scope management and costing
(3)QA – preparing for audits, project documentation, quality management, change management
(4)Team recruitment, training, performance monitoring, mentoring, appraisals
(5)Status reporting to the client and project manager, customer relationship and customer satisfaction
Development environment: PC-486, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, windows 95, Visual Basic 4.0/ 3.0, ODBC, Windows NT 3.51, MS SQL Server 6.0, MS Access 2.0, OLE automation through Word 6.0, Crystal Reports, Oracle 7.2
Sep 96 - Dec 96UPS, Morristown, NJ
Was responsible for the development of an error-handling system for the Business planning and Cost planning modules
Development environment: Visual Basic 3.0 (Professional Edition), MS Access 2.0, PVCS (Project Version Control System) and VBRig - a specialized code-generator that protects the application from fatal runtime errors
Jun 94 - Feb 95ITTI Ltd., Bangalore, India
Software`f Engineer responsible for the development of a SDB Front-end for SDB database, Extel Financial Ltd., London, UK (subsidiary of Financial Times)
Development environment: PC-486, Windows 3.1, Visual Basic 3.0, and MS Access 2.0.
Apr 91 – May 94Magus Software Services Ltd., Madras, India
Consulting Software Engineer responsible for restructuring data structures, development and unit testing for several projects executed for Reuters News agency, Citibank Singapore and Pacific Asia Travelers Association, Singapore.
Development Environment: Novell Netware, Windows 3.1, Visual Basic 3.0, ODBC, and SQL Server 4.2. ODBC, and Crystal Reports, MS Access 2.0, HP-UX, C, C-ISAM
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