Raja Balasubramanian

Raja Balasubramanian Mobile:- Current Location: Mumbai, India. Email:- experience Summary: 13 plus years of experience in all phases of Software development life cycle which includes Project Management, System Architecture, Requirement study, Analysis, Development and Integration using technologies JAVA, J2EE, JDBC, Servlets, JSPs, and Struts Frameworks, also 3 yrs of experience in Microsoft technologies Visual Basic, ASP. 5 plus years working experience in USA. Work cohesively with Management teams in defining, refining and managing requirements Have established trustful relationship through responsible communication between global teams at senior levels Experience in Object Oriented Analysis & Design (OOAD) using UML. Industrious with strong organizational skills and result oriented with ability to manage stress, time and people effectively. Experience in User Interaction, Business Analysis, Development, Integration, Documentation, Testing, Deployment, Building, Configuration, Production Support, Maintenance and Enhancements. Versatile team leader cum team player and an individual contributor as well. Proven strength in problem solving coordination and analysis. Part of Assessment Team member ATM in carrying out CMM Level-4. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, DOS, UNIX, Linux – Redhat, SuSE Programming Languages Java, Visual Basic Java/J2EE Environment Struts, Servlets, JSP, JSTL, JDBC, JNDI, LDAP, UML, OOAD RDBMS Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Anywhere, MySQL, MS Access, ODBC, JDBC Web Technologies HTML, XML, XSL, Java Script, CSS, VB Script App / Web Servers JBoss, Apache, Tomcat, JRun, IIS, MTS, Web Logic, WAS Configuration Management PVCS, CVS, VSS Others Toad, Ant, Log4j, Eclipse, RAD, IntelliJ Reporting Tool Crystal Report 10.0 EDUCATIONAL QUALFICATION Masters in Computer Applications (MCA), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu Bachelor of Science – Physics (B.Sc.,), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IndEpendEnt Consultant / FREELANCER, Mumbai, IndiaFeb 2010 – Handled several short-term assignments that involve Requirement Analysis System Analysis & Design System proposal Software component design and development Framework design Web design and hosting Database design/changes Prod migration UI Design Ultramatics India pvt ltd., Chennai.Sep 2011 – Mar 2012 position: Solution Lead (Consultation) Projects: Enrolment Services for Beazley HPS, USA. DB2 Restructuring for HPS, USA. Calabrio Integration System for HPS, USA. CTC Integration with eGain for HPS, USA. Crowley Online Services for Crowley Maritime Corp., USA Ultrastart Appliance, Internal Project for Ultramatics USA HRM System, Internal Project for Ultramatics India. Responsibilities: Directed three teams of 20 resources, designed their time schedule and allotted tasks. Coordinated, scheduled and executed training programs to equip employees' with advanced skills and thereby enhancing productivity. Coordinated with offshore delivery head, offshore program manager on project requirement, statuses, and deal with various project issues. Responsible for preparing weekly status reports for senior management. Have conducted Interviews, resource selection and closely worked with HR partner on hiring process. Conducted clients' communication sessions to evaluate client needs & ensure timely project delivery. Responsible for various project / resource status reporting, client communication & coordinating with the onsite project management team for timely completion and quality maintenance of projects. Responsible for streamlining work processes in various teams that include quality control, human resource, communication management and design Contributing to company's growth by means of business development, employee retention and securing strategic resources. Have done requirement analysis, design, and database design. Amtek Consultant, TX, USAJan 2009 – May 2009 Home shopping Network, FL, USAOct 2005 – Nov 2008 Experience Brief: Handling Order management, Customer Management system 24X7X365 maintenance, productions support. PROJECTS: Project:Shipping & Handling Cost Estimation, HSN iNC., FL, USA This project was implemented to help the finance management team and stake holders monitor the revenue generated from Shipping and Handling of HSN’s products. Basically this project involved searching and pulling of shipping information for all drop ship and traditional orders and then calculate the approximate shipping and handling charges based on the shipping zip code, weight, etc. The shipping charges data thus calculated are then sent to various technology teams for further processing and generation of reports for the stake holders. My Role: Responsible for Client communication on gathering and finalizing the requirements Developed preliminary UML design for the requirement using UML and OOAD concept Project Estimation, Planning, Directing and Monitoring the team Analyzing the specifications Participated on software integration code development. Interacted with Business, Customer on implementation and post project reporting and monitoring. Involved in configuration management for this project, PVCS Environment: Java, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Java Script, HTML, CSS, XML, Oracle 10g, JBoss, PVCS, Ant, Toad, Eclipse. Project:CLiC – Customer touch Point, Hsn iNC., FL, USA This project is also otherwise known as HSN’s Smart Call system wherein, Customers receive an automated status notification of their orders, Order status, current promotions and discounts. Basically this project involves pulling of customer order related data such as order status, delivery status, refund, discount, order cancel status, back order cancels, and waitlist orders and send them to Smart Call system, which then reads the customer records and makes phone calls to customers to convey aforementioned information. This project replaces the traditional system of keeping correspondence with customers through mails /Postcards by ensuring better experience to the customers and by reducing the company overhead costs spent on correspondence on a day-to-day basis. My Role: Involved in system study & requirement gathering. Developed preliminary UML design for the requirement using UML and OOAD concept Project Estimation, Planning, Directing and Monitoring the team Analyzing the specifications Interacted with Business on fixing defects. Involved in integration of existing technical components with the newly developed components and post-implementation support. Environment: Java, Struts, JSP, Servlets, Java Script, HTML, CSS, Oracle 10g, JBoss, PVCS, Ant, Toad, PL/SQL, JDeveloper, Crystal Report Project:CLiC – EZReturn, Hsn iNC, FL, USA This project was done as an enhancement to HSN’s order processing system, wherein customers are allowed to return their orders hassle-free and is aptly named EZReturn. With this system in place an extra label containing the return-address will be sent along with the order to the customer’s address and Customers who choose to return their orders need to look for this extra label in their order and put it back on the box in which the order was sent and take it to the nearest office of the carrier mentioned on the label and be done with their return. This system ensures better experience to the customer placing orders as the do not have to worry about any hassle they might have experienced in the past while returning an order to HSN’s warehouse. My Role: Participated in requirement gathering. Involved in design, development and deploying the application. Involved in knowledge testing and documentation Involved in integration and post-implementation support. Developed stored procedure using Oracle PL/SQL. Involved in testing in DEV, QA and UAT. Developed builds and migrations scripts using ant. Environment: Java, JSP, Servlet, J2EE, PL/SQL, XML, Oracle, Windows NT, PVCS, Ant, Control-M, Crystal report ONWARD Technologies Inc, USAAug 2004 – Sep 2005 POSITION: Novell Consultant Project:Enterprise Shared Services and Archonline Portlet application, Toll Brothers, PA. USA. Implementer: NOVELL, USA This is a web-based application for storing and accessing the Order Information of Toll Brothers Client. My Role: Requirement gathering. Involved in server setup including web server-application configuration using mod-jk connector. Involved in writing of scripts for packaging and deploying the application. Involved in knowledge transfer of build and deployment procedure Involved in various DBA activities like normalization, query optimization, replication, data export, import Involved in solving complexity encountered while deploying portal archives separately Environment: Extend, Edirectory, Java, XML, XSL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, SuSE Linux, LDAP, CVS, Ant, JSP, Java Script, Jboss, Apache Project:Identity Management and Provisioning, SPX Inc., PA. USA. Implementer: NOVELL, USA This is a web-based application for storing and accessing the identity and access information of SPX. My Role: Participated in System training. Involved in Bug fixing using extend. Involved in testing, writing test cases. Involved in reviewing and enhancement of database schema. Involved in Portal interface creation. Involved in knowledge transfer to client. Environment: Extend, Edirectory, Java, XML, XSL, Oracle, MySQL, Linux, LDAP, CVS, ant, JSP, Java Script XORIANT SOLUTIONS PVT LTDMay 2000 - 2004 POSITION: Senior Software engineer / Team leader Projects: Search engine for electronics and semiconductor components, Beganto Inc, USA. HIPAA for Nortech Hospitals and Clinics, CA, USA. Access Manager (Security Plug in), Xoriant Inc, CA, USA. Time Off Request, Xoriant Inc, CA, USA. Case Log System, Xoriant Inc, CA, USA. HARD N SOFT TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD, CHENNAI, INDIA May 1997 to Apr 2000 POSITION: Software Developer / Team lead. Projects: Cyber Matrimonial, APAP Inc, LA, USA. Online textile trading System, APAP Inc, LA, USA. Office Automation cum Migration, KFDoors, Chennai, India. SOFTFIT-98, Account Package, FourGL Group, Bangalore, India. Kiosk – Tour Info System, Voyager, London, UK. Hospital Management System, ARK Hospital, Krishnagiri, TN, India.