Ashish Rangnekar

Ashish Rangnekar Career Profile Accomplished Information Technology Manager with more than seventeen years of results driven experience in managing IT teams, programs and projects. Trench-hardened expert in leading management, technical and cross-functional design, architecture and development teams primarily in Mobile and J2EE technologies. Core competencies: - Leadership - Communication - e-Commerce Solutions - IBM J2EE Products - Program Delivery Management Mentoring Telecom Solutions OOA & OOD - Agile Delivery Team Building Insurance Solutions SOA Solutions Academic Credentials/Certifications Master of Business Administration (MBA), Indiana Wesleyan University, USA, 2001 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Technology, Nagpur University, India, 1994 PMI Inc. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Sun Microsystems Inc. Certified Java Programmer Achievements Performance Quantifiable track record of delivering enterprise J2EE applications Managed and delivered various J2EE applications resulting in new business and savings of over $2.01 million while retaining revenue of over $18 million Quantifiable track record of delivering mobile applications Managing and developing Android, Blackberry and iPhone applications Driving Process improvement resulting in substantial savings Championed agile and iterative development practices resulting in flexible and responsive IT team leading to 25% reduction in delivery transition time Leadership Delivery management for Insurance and Telecom Services Managed program/project sizes of 15000 hours and ranging up to $3.5 million, serving as IT Liaison for business organizations. Responsible for managing Customer Care/Self Service applications (OSS/BSS) interfacing with 50+ applications Coaching and Mentoring leading to raised level of performance Develop and manage IT team of varying sizes (2-100+ members) consisting of internal employees, external consultants, Off-shore partners and student interns Delivered strategic solutions that are accepted as company standards Directed, lead and managed architecture and development teams delivering SOA Solutions, OOA & OOD artifacts and reusable software components across the organization Ashish Rangnekar Technical Client needs assessment and managing their expectations As solution architect responsible for converting business requirements to design/development specification and delivering e-business solutions that included network infrastructure, hardware and software components Program management for onshore, near shore & offshore development Resource planning and allocation of 35 onshore and 65+ offshore developers and testers based in US, Israel and India Full life cycle project experience from conception to implementation Involved in application development and database administration roles that included analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of software applications using J2EE, C, Web services, Java, Struts, Servlet, EJB, RMI, Hibernate, Oracle PL/SQL, Informix-4GL, Shell Scripting and other software tools Technical Skills PM Tools : MS Project, MS Office, Visio, Vantive Arch Tools : Rational Rose, Enterprise Architect, Star-UML, ERwin/ERX Languages : Java, C, HTML, UML, PL/SQL, Informix-4GL App/Web Servers : Websphere, Portal Server, JBOSS, iPlanet, HTTP server, Apache Enterprise Tech : Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, EJB, Servlet, JSP, RMI, Hibernate Framework : Struts, Java Server Faces, Eclipse RCP Scripting : HTML, XML, JavaScript, Shell Script, JNLP, Ant, Maven IDE : RSA, RAD, WSAD, Visual Age, Eclipse, Oracle Forms/Reports Other Tools : DirectTalk IVR, EVista-Artemis, Quality Center, Win runner, Toad Vendor Apps : Clarify CRM, Amdocs AMSS Self Service Databases : ORACLE, INFORMIX, DB/2 OS : AIX, UNIX, WINDOWS, MS-DOS, CTOS Professional Experience Offshore Delivery Jul’10 till date Senior Architect/Technical Project Manager Projects : Website development, Mobile Applications Team Sizes : 20+ Responsibilities:  Offshore delivery of various project for 25 insurance companies  Offshore delivery of various mobile applications (Android, Blackberry, iPhone)  Relationship management by acting as SPOC for solutions and services  Identifying problems, providing solutions and developing proposals  Building high performance delivery teams responsible for development of various products used by insurance enterprise  Primary contact for requirement analysis, architecture design and delivery to customer Ashish Rangnekar            Designed and developed struts custom tags to be utilized by various projects across the enterprise Designed and implemented many Web Services on WebSphere environment Following Agile methodology for current project and using Test driven development Working on OOA & OOD for various projects and helped developers understand design Worked extensively on implementing different design patters especially of J2EE and GOF Ensure project adheres to client SLA’s and KPI’s Ensuring high project contribution to account finances Responsible to maintain appropriate pyramid structure in various projects Manage various team leads who are working on delivering different J2EE projects Mentor Architects, lead developers and developers on J2EE Interact with customers, business partners, business analysts and other project managers Projects: IAC – ExtJS As a team lead responsible for development of ExtJS, javascript /ajax based eLearning website. Lead a team of 6 members working on developing various ExtJS reusable components. This application involved Use of advance features like security, web services, and advanced UI features like Grids, Tree Grids, Calendars, menus, carousals, word cloud, graphs, video players, RSS feed viewer etc. This project involved extending various ExtJS components and plugins to customize them as per the need of the application. Application was developed such that it can be skinned quickly to create a new e-learning web sites. All data was driven using web services so that menus and pages can be configured easily. PAMI – Flex to ExtJS conversion Lead a 4 member team involved in converting existing Flex based application using Ext JS Capabilities. The work involved analyzing existing application and developing various screens to match Flex application. Use of various ExtJS features like security, PHP web services, and advanced UI features like Grids, portal, graphs etc was involved. Kegs – ExtJS, Grails, Openlayers As a lead developer responsible for development of ExtJS, Grails, openlayers /geoext, javascript /ajax based web-gis application, aimed at creating collaborative workspaces for gas infrastructure design, construction and management projects. Application involved route selection/site selection/geometric network construction algorithms etc. Also responsible in maintaining Postgres SQL database with GeoSpatial Postgis extension. Zipyap – Sencha touch, ExtJS Lead the architecture and development team to develop Sencha touch, ExtJS based mobile application that integrates with external applications like Facebook, Google+, Yelp etc. Application used FaceBook and Google + integration for profile imports. Various webservices were consumed by android, iPhone, iPad (retina) clients to communicate with internal proprietary webservices using JSON. Sports Calendar Sync – Blackberry & Grails Lead the architecture and development team to develop event based sync and notification solution on blackberry. The web application was developed using Grails and mobile application used Blackberry WebWorks for user interface. Plugzone – Blackberry & Grails This is Blackberry native Location aware mobile application that allows users to broadcast their location at events and preferred destinations. Location were identified with GPS coordinates and communicated with server using JSON webservices. Ashish Rangnekar FoodBird - Grails based solution Lead the architecture and development team to develop grails based recipe creation and recommendation website such that users can view, create and edit recipes. Website used FaceBook integration using spring security and authentication for validation purposes. Various webservices were created to communicate with android and iPhone clients to communicate using JSON. Equities Tailor – Grails Website Lead the architecture and development team to develop grails based website for a tailor business. This application was developed using grails and groovy. Our team members analyzed requirement, designed entities, developed web pages and implemented complete solution for the tailoring business. Artist Tracking website – Grails based solution Lead the architecture and development team to develop grails based social networking website that recommends and tracks bands, artists and concerts. The application sends personalized messages and alerts for keeping track of the concerts. This Grails based website also integrates with social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and mail systems like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. Environment: J2EE, EJB, Struts, Grails, STS, Log4J, UML, RSA 7.0, WSAD 5.1, WebSphere 6.0/5.1, XML, DB2, IMS, MQSeries, JMS, Web Services, Eclipse, RSA Web Server process server, WebSphere Portal Server, Lotus Notes, Visio, Android SDK, Blackberry SDK, iPhone SDK State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, IL Jul’08 till Jun’10 Sr Lead Solution Architect/Consultant for Service Oriented Projects Projects : Income Tax Automation projects Team Sizes : 35+ Responsibilities:  Responsible for delivery of Corporate Income Tax solution for 25 insurance companies across the entire enterprise  Manage various team leads who are working on delivering different J2EE projects using SCRUM  Mentor Architects, lead developers and developers on J2EE  Interact with customers, business partners, business analysts and other project managers  Working as SOA architect and defining architecture of different projects  Designed and developed struts custom tags to be utilized by various projects across the enterprise  Designed and implemented many Web Services on WebSphere environment  Following Agile methodology for current project and using Test driven development  Working on OOA & OOD for various projects and helped developers understand design  Worked extensively on implementing different design patters especially of J2EE and GOF  Extensively working with IBM tools like RSA, WebSphere process server  Defined architecture for applications that uses WebSphere portal server  Defined and implemented Security on application by using LDAP  Developed a template based code generator for enterprise using JET2, EMF and XPath functions.  Helped in developing enterprise architecture methodology like TOGAF  Using MQ Queues, DB2 for backend connectivity  Helped developers with problem solving skills, wrote Java Code for each part of the application and created reusable components  Implemented many standards in development life cycle to follow best practices Environment: J2EE, EJB, Struts, Log4J, UML, RSA 7.0, WSAD 5.1, WebSphere 6.0/5.1, XML, DB2, IMS, MQSeries, JMS, Web Services, RSA Web Server process server, WebSphere Portal Server, Lotus Notes, Visio Ashish Rangnekar AT&T Inc, Indianapolis, IN Mar’99 till Jul’08 Program Manager, Project Manager & Solution Architect for Telecom projects Projects : Customer Care/Self Service projects Team Sizes : 100+ Responsibilities:  Managing J2EE Self service and CRM programs of varying sizes up to $8M  Managing team size of 100+ people across the globe  Delivering Offshore projects within budget and on time  Stakeholder Identification and analysis, analyzing project statement of work  Developing project management plan, Scope plan and Staffing management plan  Developing Project Schedule, Performing Quality Assurance/Control, Creating WBS  Risk Identification and mitigation and communication management.  Analyze historical Information & project files & developing preliminary project scope statement  Approving/denying change requests as a member of change control board  Managing issues, project timelines, and new enhancements from IT to business.  Developing and managing interface agreements and service level agreements with external customers  Developing project estimates, financial summaries, managing project budgets  Following CMM policies and procedures for executing projects  Verifying project deliverables, Conducting quality audits  Mentoring resources and developing team members from technical perspective Projects : Broadcast Video Services projects Team Sizes : 30+ Responsibilities:  Program and project management for broadcast video projects for the entire enterprise using agile techniques  Develop business cases and plans to introduce broadcast video solutions across 20 states in USA  Create and deploy infrastructure responsible for delivering video solutions across nationwide footprint  Lead functional designs, design review, coding, testing and product documentation processes  Converting business requirements to development / design specification for development teams  Introducing development methodologies like Agile and iterative development to teams  Developing design documents by using UML methodology (use cases, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams, class diagram) following the Rational Unified Process (RUP)  Using Visio for sequence diagrams and architecture diagrams  Designing solutions that included SOA based architecture using EAI pattern, J2EE and Client/Server architectures  Designing applications utilizing Web services and WSDL development using top-down approach  Working extensively on implementing different design patterns especially J2EE  Implementing MVC2 architecture (Jakarta Struts 1.2 framework) for Web tier  Integration of different platform/projects with J2EE Architecture  Designing external customer facing Internet / Intranet applications with B2B and B2C focus  Rich GUI development using Eclipse RCP plugin and Features development  Integration of different tools with the application like Hibernate, DirectTalk IVR etc. Projects : Long Distance Learning using Video Conferencing projects Team Sizes : 10+ Responsibilities: Ashish Rangnekar             Developing Java based e-solutions that were based on Struts, Servlet, EJB, Hibernate, and Oracle Developing web based scheduling software using J2EE with integration of IVR control modules Developing network communication software to interface with network devices using C & Java Reverse engineering Oracle forms based application to web based Applet (Swing, Servlet, RMI) Using Dynamic Proxy Based DTO (Data Transfer Objects) to transfer data between web tier and service tier, used Dynamic Proxy for Business delegate and to customize few Objects Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation (full project life cycle) of integrated inhouse developed software products Developing applications using products like RAD, WSAD, VAJ, Eclipse etc Configuration and administration of middleware tools like HTTP Server and WebSphere etc Developing deployment scripts using ANT and UNIX scripts. Database Administration of Oracle and Informix databases including migration from Oracle 7.3 to Oracle 8i to Oracle 9i to Oracle 10G, setup database layout using ERwin/ERX and TOAD. Extensive database design/development using tables, triggers, views, packages and stored procedures in PL/SQL Developing UNIX Shell scripts, creating and maintaining file systems for production, development and test environments  Environment: J2EE, Swing, Eclipse RCP, C, EJB, Grails, Struts, Log4J, UML, RSA 7.0, WSAD 5.1, WebSphere 6.0/5.1, XML, Informix, Oracle, MQSeries, JMS, Web Services, RSA, Visio Indianapolis Life Insurance, Indianapolis IN Nov'98 - Mar'99 Senior Consulting Analyst Projects : Claims Insurance System Team Sizes : 10+ Responsibilities:  Developing Java based e-solutions that were based on Struts, Servlet, EJB, Hibernate, and Oracle  Developing Death claim system software using J2EE and Cobol Stored procedures  Defined Candidate Architecture for scalability, re-usability and security for two Projects  Wrote many design documents by using UML methodology (use cases, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams, class diagram) following the Rational Unified Process (RUP)  Used Visio for sequence diagrams and architecture diagrams  Supervise coding and design efforts and also responsible for team management and mentor developers  Worked extensively on implementing different design patters especially J2EE patterns  Used MVC2 architecture (Jakarta Struts 1.1 framework) for Web tier  Used Dynamic Proxy Based DTO (Data Transfer Objects) to transfer data between web tier and service tier, used Dynamic Proxy for Business delegate and to customize few Objects  Wrote JUnit test cases for DTO, Domain Objects, Service tier, DAO (Data Access Objects) and for web tier by using Mock Objects  Wrote Java Code for each part of the application and created reusable components  Worked extensively on coding to use Struts and Server Side programming Environment: J2EE, EJB, Struts 1.1, Log4J, UML, VAJ, WebSphere 5.1, DB2, COBOL Overland Transportation, Indianapolis IN Senior Consulting Analyst Projects : EDI System Mar'98 - Nov'98 Ashish Rangnekar Team Sizes : 5+ Responsibilities:  Developing Informix 4GL based Incident Reporting system  Developing EDI 204 system for keeping track of information system problems and for transfer of information to parent company  Involved in coding and design efforts and also responsible for team management  Wrote Informix 4GL Code for each part of the application and created reusable components  Worked as Database administrator of Informix databases Environment: Informix-4GL, Informix 6.0, AIX, Visio Nationwide Insurance, Columbus OH Mar'96 – Mar'98 Senior Programmer Analyst Projects : Auto and Commercial Insurance Systems Team Sizes : 30+ Responsibilities:  Involved in design of software required to provide quotes and policy information to clients based on different factors affecting Auto and Commercial insurance.  Developing Auto and Commercial insurance system using COBOL and ISAM  Developed System internal specifications to provide leadership for new projects undertaken  Maintained PC hardware inventory system using PowerBuilder 4.0 and Oracle database  Developed multi-user transaction entry, data security and report generation software  System support and maintenance for C based Kyocera printer emulation software such that fonts supported by LaserJet printers but not by Kyocera printers were loaded while printing documents Environment: C, COBOL, ISAM, PowerBuilder 4.0, Oracle 7.1 Maral Overseas Limited, Indore, India Jan '95 – Mar '96 Programmer Analyst Projects : Enterprise IT Automation for Textile industry Team Sizes : 10+ Responsibilities:  Involved in system study at client site, writing system external specifications, database designing, writing system internal specifications  Involved in analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation of integrated commercial software using Informix 4GL and Informix 6.0 database  Developed software for complete textile manufacturing process  Designed the databases for various modules like order processing and planning, payroll, production inventories and store inventories  Developed User interface for data entry and manipulation using Informix-4GL  Developed various reports using report writer and adhoc SQL queries  Involved in client site implementation and user training. Environment: Informix-4GL, Informix 6.0, AIX