Chandrakant Dubey

Chandrakant Dubey Phone:(M) - Email:-project management/Software Engineer – 20 years Overall 20yrs experience in information technology mainly on Project Management/Software Engineer domain covering Application Development, Quality Assurance, People Management, Coaching and mentoring. Specialization in Banking / Finance Domain (Corporate and Investment Banking) & Regulatory domain. Some of the forte being Client delivery, Quality Assurance, Agile-Scrum & Waterfall based delivery, Infrastructure management, Release Management. Significant qualifications & Achievements Extensive experience in Project Management, Development, End to End User Acceptance, Quality Assurance, Regression Automation and Sanity testing. Involved in handling multiple Projects from Initiation/ Requirement, Planning, Design, Build, Testing, Implementation and Reporting - 20 yrs. Experience Strong business stakeholder engagement and management which includes stakeholders at all levels, from Executives through to service management specialists and technical SMEs. Domain expertise of Payment platforms/Investigations, Retail, Insurance Expertise in coaching, mentoring & transforming teams’ basis Agile core principles – Aim to create high performing teams Highly skilled in establishing the preparation of relevant project documentation to a high standard, to ensure appropriate communication of project scope, objectives and deliverables At J P Morgan, received ‘Excellence award’ for successfully leading Mainframe migration testing from UK to US datacentre. At J P Morgan, successfully led Waterfall to Agile transformation across the Banking Technology group AREAS OF EXPERTISE Program Management & Delivery Lead Waterfall (SDLC – Analysis/Design/Build/Develop/Test/Deploy & Maintenance) & Agile based Delivery Development, Functional and End to End User Acceptance Testing, Quality Assurance Stakeholder Management, Solution provider and coordination at all Levels People management, Hiring and On-Boarding Automating Mainframe regression via Batch and Macros Training and Mentoring Production Support WORK EXPERIENCE Organization:J P Morgan (Feb’09 - Till Date) Role:Project Lead/Quality Assurance/Software Engineer Environment:Payments File Management System Skills:Project Management, Scrum master, Java, VBScript, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, JCL Key Projects: Leading, Executing and Supporting End to End Payments processing via AFS, Host to Host, PaySource, CCAP Applications. Assisting Upstream and Downstream Applications/Stakeholders as SME in requirement gathering, environment setting, connectivity and payments setup. Building, Initiating, Tracking various payments file formats like GFF, ISOCv3, ISODv2, IDOC, EDI, EDFICAT) for Debits, Credits, Domestic Wires and Swift Payments Validating Regulatory checks, Sanctions criteria and delivering payments to downstream applications FTS, MTS, GFP, GACH.ACH, FX and Isolation layer. Bulk/Volumes payment processing platform on Host to Host Roles & Responsibilities: Work with Business PM’s, Architectures, Product Owners, AD management and Testing teams Leading and Executing Development, Unit/System/Integrated/Performance/Automated/Cross Impact/User Acceptance Testing as per Regulatory/Standard/Strategic requirements. Work closely with ground level teams to create meticulous project plans covering all aspects of new strategic change & explain end deliverables in detail for common understanding Planning and Maintaining system environment in line with Release Management schedule, New banking product rollout in the international market & branch expansion across APAC, EMEA & WHEM region Accountable for program communication at ED levels & negotiating with business stakeholder on the benefits is key in the role Oversee AD, QA, UAT, Operations and cross impact teams for ER releases, achieving time and quality ICT project delivery by managing Scope, Resource & budget/contracts Strong business & technology stakeholder management & engagement to keep clear priorities Well versed with Payments & core cash domain Build Automation scripts for repeated and regression activities Organization:CGI (Domain: Insurance/Retail) – (Jan’98 – Fed’09) Client:Washington Mutual, Wachovia, PNC, CITIBANK Role:Development Project Lead Environment:Mainframe: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, JCL Key projects: Lead various Strategic, Regulatory and Enhancement Projects like Robert Plan Conversion, FARES (Frist American Real Estate Solutions) maintenance, Fingure-Hut Maintenance, Progressive Insurance Development, Y2K Maintenance Maintaining ACLS (Advance Consumer Lending System) an Open and Closed ended lending system used by top banks like Washington Mutual, Wachovia, PNC, Citibank etc. Maintaining CACS (Computer Assisted Collections System) an enterprise product Developed on Mainframe and AS400 platform Production support and Incident management as L2/L3 whole Onsite deputation in New York and Minnesota Roles & Responsibilities: Responsible for Planning, organising, directing, controlling and coordinating quality accredited deliverables. Accountable for day-to-day operations of resourcing, scheduling, prioritisation and task coordination, and meeting project milestones, objectives and deliverables within agreed timeframes and budgets. Partnered with Presales and Solution Architects for RFPs, business development and revenue growth Involved in program / project planning & tracking including estimation & budgeting, risk management, quality management, SLA management, configuration management, communication management, knowledge management, contract management, delivery innovation, compliance, recruitment, trainings, etc. Involved in building and setting up new teams for new projects within and across other line of business and organizing trainings on new tools & technology PERSONAL DOSSIER Education:Diploma in Computers from Mumbai University Linguistic Proficiency:English, Hindi, and Marathi References:Will be pleased to furnish upon request Current Location: Mumbai