Arunprasad Sahadevan
IT BUSINESS CONSULTANT
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• Business Solutions Management • Technical Consultancy
Business Solutions Manager, acknowledged for well-defined understanding of the business-technology interface
and capacity to identify and align clients’ emerging technology needs with products and services. More than 9
years of experience in guiding teams through the entire System Development Life Cycle [SDLC] to improve
efficiency of the state of the art business solutions on time and budget. A successful and diverse background
spanning technical, operational management, service delivery and business-development disciplines
underscores expertise in engaging decision makers and devising wining strategies and solutions.
Exposure: Domestic and International • Languages: English, Tamil
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Business analysis and Requirements Gathering
Software Design, Implementation & Integration
System development life cycle (SDLC)
Process and Performance Improvement
Business Process Automation
Project Scope and Management
Software Development & Testing
Team Building and Communication
MIS Reporting
ERP Implementation
MIS Reporting
.Net Development
ASP.NET
SQL Server
Devexpress
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Platforms
Programming
Client-side
Databases
Web Tier
Framework
Web Servers
Source control
Developer
tools
Windows 7/10/2k8 Server
C# .Net, ASP .Net, VB 6.0
HTML, Java Script, XML
SQL-Server 2008/2012
.Net Web services
.NET 4.0, WPF, XAF
IIS 7.0
VSS, VSTF
Visual Studio 2013
Applications
Design Tools
ERP
ERP Tools
Functional
BI Tools
Devexpress
Portals
CMS/Open
Source
MS Office 2010, MS Visio and Internet Applications
Expression blends, Silverlight
Epicor iScala 2.3(SR1, SR2)
Admin console, Report format editor, Query designer
Finance, Distribution and Payroll
SSIS, XtraReports, Crystal Reports
Devexpress Winforms / Web controls, XAF
SharePoint Server 2010
Wordpress
KEY STRENGTHS
Uncompromising ethics and transparent communications underpin business-focused value propositions that
leverage competitive advantage via top quality service.
Skilled in optimizing teams dynamics, uniting diverse agendas to a common goal, and harnessing strategic
and operational drivers to deliver results.
Consulting with proven expertise in providing automated business solution across business verticals and
industries.
Adept with hands on technical acumen, and strong business analysis skills to define business objectives
and project scope to successfully bridge the communication gap among business and technology groups.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Alghanim Industries – Kuwait
BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST
Present
Jul 2013
Alghanim Industries is one of the largest, privately-owned companies in the Gulf region. A multi-national
company in outlook with operations in 40 countries, Alghanim Industries is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate
with more than 30 businesses.
The company has been recognized as one of the Best Employers in the Middle East and one of Asia’s Best
Employer Brands, as well as having the Best Corporate Governance in Kuwait.
Accountable for consulting to various business units for the purposes of identification, development and
implementation of process improvement initiatives related to document content management, creation and
distribution as well as managing external service providers engaged in the provision of services related to
managing documents.
Directing and monitoring all facets of project development and implementation, including contract
negotiation.
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Maintaining Point of Sale development for unit: Set direction and manage changes, resulting in continuously
meeting and achieving organizational goals and project timelines.
Building, leading, and fostering highly qualified multitasking, cross-functional teams capable of meeting
timelines and bringing projects to completion while remaining within budget and scope specifications.
Conceiving, developing, executing, and implementing state-of-the-art knowledge-sharing solutions for global
enterprises.
Achievements:
Developed and maintained Retail Point of Sales application used by Alghanim electronics.
Developed and implemented Tags printing application for tag printing team, resulting in manual work time
saving of up to 50%, enhancing productivity for client and company.
Prevented manual data entries and reduced the number of system interfaces by initiating and giving effect
to new application Talent Management Solution in order to facilitate the users to spend time on value
added tasks.
Automated Treasury Department Processes initiative to migrate the entire business process ran through
excel to audited software helping in identifying erroneous and duplicated payments. The process helped to
delegate work within the team and eliminated manual work, along with the missing control over the payment
process.
Integrated Automated Government Services Dashboard for kuwaitization avoiding government fines. As
the effect: each business was able to track and manage the Kuwaiti talent pools.
Environment: .NET & SQL Server; SAP Integration; CMS administration; Hosting/Web Administration;
Architecture and Design.
Protivi Member Firm – Kuwait
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Jul 2013
Jan 2012
A global consulting firm that helps companies solve problems in finance, technology, operations, governance,
risk and internal audit. Protiviti and its independently owned Member Firms serve clients through a network of
more than 70 locations in over 20 countries.
Maintained control for product validation and acquisition, vendor relations, and contract negotiations. Served as
key member of team accountable for development and implementation of Government Portal and Support
division's Technical Delivery Unit.
Governance Portal Beneficiary: Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA) – Abu Dhabi; General Civil
Aviation Authority (GCAA) – Abu Dhabi; Oman International Bank (OIB) –
Oman; Information Technology Authority – Oman; Public Authority of
Social Insurance – Oman; Tamkeen – Bahrain; ADGAS – Abu Dhabi;
ZADCO – Abu Dhabi; MUBADALA – Abu Dhabi; CBQ – Qatar.
Achievement:
Developed & Implemented Amana hotline whistleblower policy website.
Environment: Crystal Reports XI R2; Payroll; IIS Administration; SQL Server Administration; SharePoint 2010;
ASP .NET; MIS Reports; .NET Winform; Epicor iScala.
Axis Solutions – Kuwait
TECHNICAL CONSULTANT
Dec 2011
Jan 2010
AXIS Solutions is a Kuwait Shareholding Closed Company that was established in 2004. AXIS is an IT System
Integrator with a special focus on key-account management. AXIS strives to represent world class partners
(20+) and attract global talents (150+ from over 15 countries), providing them with unmatched opportunities and
fun work environment.
Accountable for the identification, development, implementation, and post implementation of business
requirements needs of the Division, including end user training and, as member of the Technical team.
Achievements:
Developed and implemented ATM service tracking application; Cheque serial printing application, and Field
Management System.
Implementation of Epicor iScala ERP at Alkhadda international Company – Kuwait and Vanda international
– Kuwait.
Implemented new custom payroll system at Alkhadda international Company – Kuwait.
Environment: Epicor iSCala 2.3 SR1; Payroll; MIS Reports; XI R2; UI design; .NET; SQL Server administration;
Windows CE.
Infosys Technologies Ltd. – India
TECHNICAL ANALYST
Ar unp ra s ad S ah ad e v an
Dec 2009
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A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. Enables clients, in more
than 50 countries, to stay a step ahead of emerging business trends and outperform the competition.
Identifying opportunities for process efficiencies through the improvements to existing systems: Authored
Functional Specification document and Technical Specification Document; Handled Configuration Management
and Release management activities; Integration Tester; Training manuals preparation; Post implementation
Support.
Achievements:
Developed and Implemented for external client in order to scope and complete deliverables according to
project requirements as follows: NLG CA; RMS sustenance; RMS-RG E2E Integration; CTM; SM & RM; CP
3.0; SBIS; AHD Internal Application.
Organized social awareness programs as a part of 25 years Infosys celebration.
External Client: Microsoft Corporation – Redmond, USA.
Environment: .NET, ASP .NET, SQL Server.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND & CREDENTIALS
Certifications
Oracle Certified Professional forms developer
Diploma in Information Technology - NIIT
Microsoft:
Certified Solutions Expert
[MCSE Data Platform – SQL Server 2012]
Certified Solutions Developer
[MCSD – Web Applications]
Infosys:
High tech and discrete manufacturing domain Certification
Automotive industry domain Certification
Certified .NET Programmer
Certified Advanced .NET Programmer
Academic Qualification
Master of Computer Applications [MCA] – Anna University – Chennai, India | 2005
Bachelor of Computer Applications [BCA] – University of Madras – Chennai, India | 2002
AWARDS
Won Employee of the Month Award for Talent Management Project – Alghanim Industries.
Won Employee of the Month Award for Treasury Automation Project – Alghanim Industries.
Won Employee of the Month Award for SAP – AD integration project – Alghanim Industries.
Won the Most Valuable Player Award for Solution Manager Project – Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Won the Best Contributor Award for Consumption Planner Project – Infosys Technologies Ltd.
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