Bachan Sadanandan
Software Enterprise Architect
P.O.Box 51222,
Irvine, CA 92619
[Send email to request phone number] 32-8900
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bachan
Objective
To contribute in leadership position as an IT Software Development Manager/
Chief Architect ,to manage Technology initiates that span across diverse
technologies and apply skills developed over the last 10 years as lead architect
and consultant .
Summary
Strong technical background and leadership skills.
Have been leading a design / development team of 40 including 10 Architects for
a large Integration Project(LOSM Migration).
Dynamic team leader and team builder who strongly believes that motivating
others and giving others opportunity is more (or) equally important than leading
from the front.
Able to ready adapt to the needs of customer and can play diverse leadership
roles of Enterprise Architect , Development /IT Manager.
Believes and practices the fact that attitude is of greater value than
aptitude.
Wide experience in implementation at client sites and interaction with clients
and vendors.
Enjoys working in dynamic environment and have wide experience in managing
offshore teams.
Worked on wide variety of technology platforms like J2EE, .NET, Web services,
Mainframes, EAI.
Nine Years of experience in IT industry with proficiency in vendor management,
software design, development and management of enterprise applications, on
technologies such as J2EE (Java, Servlet, JSP, EJB, JDBC, Swing, Beans, RMI, Java
Script and XML), .NET, Databases like Oracle8i, MS-SQL Server, Modeling Languages
like UML and Design Patterns.
Developed proficiency in software framework design and development and picking
up new technologies.
Good understanding of Object Oriented Programming concepts, Modeling Techniques,
Design Patterns, awareness of quality processes, team management, liaising with
clients for capturing user requirements, good analytical and communication skills
are the other additional strengths.
Technology Summary
Technologies
J2EE, Mainframe,EAI, .NET, Business Rules, ALBPM, IBM FileNet,WLI
Languages
Java (Servlets/Applets, JSP, JavaBeans, Swing, JDBC, RMI, EJB, JMS), XML,XSLT
and JavaScript, Actuate Basic
Operating Systems
Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX System ,Solaris,IBM OS390
Middleware Servers
Weblogic x.x, Jrun, Tomcat3.2, WebSphere x.x,Syabse EAServer 4.2.2.
Databases
Oracle 7/8i, MS-SQL Server 6.5/7.0/2000
Tools
IBM FileNet,Weblogic Workshop Integration(BPM), AquaLogic BMP,Fuego,ILOG 4.6
,Web Services,MS Visual Source Safe, Rational Rose 2000, ClearQuest,ER Win,
Jtest, UML, JNDI, MS Project, TogetherJ,Jindent,WinRunner,Actuate eReporting
6.0,TopLink,SiteMinder 6.0/5.5
Domain Expertise
Worked in the following domains till date
Insurance .
Vendor Management.
Automated Underwriting.
Banking and Finance.
Mortgage Servicing , Origination.
Professional Training
Weblogic Workshop 8.1.4
J2EE Specifications and EJB Architecture
Weblogic 6.0 Development and Administration.
SiteMinder and LDAP administration.
Educational Qualifications
Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) in Electronics & Communications Engineering
from, Kerala University, India.
Key Experiences
Dec 98 to May 00 Application Developer,Software Designers of India, Kerala
Wipro Technologies May 2000 to Nov 2004
Aug00 Dec 00 : Tech Lead for implementation at Extu.com, London, UK
Jan 01 April 01 : Tech Lead for implementation at Farmers Insurance, LA,USA
Nov 01 - Dec01 : Tech Lead for implementation at Marsh Inc., NY, USA
June 02 Dec 03 : Lead Developer at Option One Mortgage,USA
Jan 04 Dec 04 : Tech Architect at UBS IB,Chicago,London & Stamford
Dec 04 Feb 2005 : Lead Developer at GMT Solutions,DE
Option One Mortgage March 2005 -
Mar 05 Mar 06 : Technical Architect at Option One Mortgage Corporation, CA
Apr 06 Oct 06: Senior Technical Architect at Option One Mortgage Corporation,
CA
Nov 06 till Date: Enterprise Architect at Option One Mortgage Corporation, CA
Project Implementation Skills
Enterprise Architect Responsible for Origination business unit at Option One
Mortgage.
Chief Architect for LOSM Migration which involved technologies including
J2EE,,ALBPM,Weblogic Portal, IBM FileNet , Siteminder and Weblogic Server.
Architect for a BPM Solution developed in WLI for Defualt Administration
Understood the core business logic and had complete knowledge and understanding
of the whole system in all my projects.
Development of the Web Application Framework (WAF) at Option One Mortgage as an
Architect.
Have worked in the capacity of Technical Lead and helped the team members in
understanding the complex technologies and implementing them.
For Marsh Surety understood the existing system and re designed the whole system
to remove all performance bottlenecks and implemented them in very tight time
schedules.
Was able to efficiently interact with the customer for various projects both at
onsite and offshore for all requirement understandings and design related issues.
Have effectively communicated all technical aspects of system designs.
Have been at the client side for final implementations and also taken up some
enhancements at implementation stage, which have been appreciated.
Have worked with various tools for diverse uses:Tools like Together ,CA Wily and
Quality Analyzer for Code Quality Assurance.
Modeling tools like Rational Rose for OOAD.
Defined Coding Standards performed Code Review and built Component Repository.
Key Projects experience
2005 Dec-present
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Software Enterprise/Chief Architect LOSM, GEM II
Chief Architect responsible for manging a Architect team of 10 and delivering
framework for LOSM Migration and designing BPM and Imaging solution.
Managed development activities and provided technical leadership for Loan
Origination BPM solution using ALBPM
Worked directly with the customer to provide the best solution in a timely
manner , traveled to customer site for implementation.
Vendor relationship and setting standards for offshore partners.
Leading technical discussion and exhibited apt solution delivery skills.
Responsible for design, offshore development and performance tuning of the
application.
Architect for a BPM Solution developed in Weblogic Integration for Servicing
Division( DARES ).
Reported directly to the Director of Software Architecture.
2004 Nov-
2005 Nov
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Software Technical Architect /Lead Developer - Automated Underwriting
Managing offshore partner and providing technology solutions.
Lead design and technical discussions.
Responsible for design and development of Automated Underwriting for Option One.
Involved in design and development of Business Rules using iLog.
Took up the challenge of managing a project on .Net Technology which was outside
the area of primary expertise and successful executed the project.
2004 Jan-2004 Nov
UBS Investment Banking, Chicago, London, Stamford
Team Lead/ Software Architect - eData
Worked on eData 7.0 which is a client Server system which uses its own
persistence framework for data storage and retrieval.
Involved in understanding of the existing system and providing solution for the
enhancements.
Responsible for managing code review and design with the offshore team.
Responsible for deliveries to the client.
Implementation at various client locations (Chicago, London and Stamford).
2003 May-2003 Dec
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Lead Developer Prequal / Automated Underwriting.
Involved in the design and development of PreQual-Automated Underwriting for
Option One.
This project used the Option One Web framework and was instrumental in helping
the AU team and other teams using the framework.
Developed Actuate Reports to generate the PDF forms.
Unit testing of modules, Configuration management on Visual Soursafe and Bug
tracking using Rational ClearQuest.
2002 Aug-2003 May
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Tech Lead/Architect Enterprise Architecture Consultancy
Lead a Security Initiative by Wipro team at Option One.This team came up with a
Directory Design, SiteMinder implementation for access control for Web
Application and a road map for various User Store Integration.
This initiative also involved designing and implementing a J2EE framework to be
used by all J2EE applications developed at Option One Mortgage.
Designed and developed a Web Application framework using Struts as the base
framework.
Framework extending Apache Struts to support Security, Logging, XML configurable
mapping of data from Web Tier to Model Tier, implemented Service Locator pattern
and a delegate for Web Tier to EJB method invocations.
2002 Aug-2002 Sep
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Onsite Coordinator Database Monitoring
This was a Pilot project that involved a Monitoring of some of the Option One
Database from Offshore.
This Project involved generating Daily, Weekly, Biweekly and monthly reports
about the uptime, failure and performance figures for each of the Production
Servers.
Involved in coordination of the database monitoring work from onsite. Was
instrumental in getting the feedback of the monitoring work and the reports
submitted by the offshore team.
2002 Jun-2002 Sep
Option One Mortgage, Irvine ,CA
Lead Developer NADAM Enhancements
This project involved design and development of a series of Enhancements for the
NADAM applications.
Resolved some of the outstanding issues with the applications. Was consulted by
other Project team to resolve similar issues present in their System.
2002 Feb-2002 May
Credit Suisse Financial Services, Switzerland
Technical Lead NZV Single Payment Order
Project involved the migration of a banking application of Credit Suisse from
Smalltalk to J2EE technologies.
Was involved in development of the Web framework used in the |
