Nirmala Ankam
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Summary
7 years of IT Experience with 2+ years of managerial experience and presently
working with Interactive Communications., Atlanta
Master in Computer Management from Pune University, India.
Customer-facing and management skills
Experience developing project plans using MS Project 2007 and generating
presentations using MS Visio/Power point
Real time experience with web/Application Servers like Web Logic, WebSphere,
Tomcat, Resin, JBoss.
Effective managing experience with Good Communication and Interpersonal
Skills.
Experience with managing projects being developed in multi-site locations.
Well versed with Software Development Life Cycle & Software Quality Assurance
and Unified Modeling Language (UML).
Exposure to java technologies like J2EE, EJB, XML,JSP , Applets, JFC,
Servlets, Java Beans, JDBC, JNDI, Connection Pooling ,CICS etc.
Working experience with application deployment and version control tools like
Clear Case, Subversion and MS VSS.
In-depth experience in Business Logic component design and Presentation layer
design.
Certifications:
Sun Certified Java Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 6.0
Project Management Professional from PMI
Current Responsibilities:
Translate business requirements into system requirements.
New requirements development and Implementation.
Prioritizing Tasks and issues.
Participating in design reviews with the team members.
Participating in status and planning meetings with managers.
Analyzing / designing / implementing the change requests.
Customer facing leading to defect resolution and prioritizing.
Consulting with customer in all aspects related to the product.
Designing / executing the sub system and system tests.
Investigating production issues
Managing and supporting version upgrades
Technical Skills:
Languages : Java, J2EE.
J2EE Technologies : Servlets, JSP, EJB, JDBC, JNDI, Connection Pooling
Web Programming : HTML, DHTML, XML,XSLT, Java Script, JSP, Served
Frameworks : Struts, Hibernate
Methodologies/Tools : Toad, Test Director, UML and SE,Junit,Maven.,
MS Project 2007
Databases : Oracle , DB2, MSSQL
Application/Web Servers : Web Sphere, Web Logic, Process Server
Applications : MS-Visio., Intel Idea 4.5, Eclipse 3.1,RAD,RSA
Operating System : Windows and UNIX.
Version Controls : PVCS, SVN, Clear Case, MS-VSS.
Education:
Masters in Computer Management in 2003 from University of Pune, India
Bachelors in Science with specialization in Statistics in 2001 from Mumbai
University India
Trainings Attended:
ISO Training
Hibernate
JUnit
IBM Tools
Professional Experience:
Incomm Communications
Project : GreenCard
Period : April 08 - till date
Role : Project Manager
GreenCard is a platform/system in Incomm consisting of various modules used for
Visa/MasterCard gift card retail business. The system controls all the activities
of gift cards beginning from production or generation to its sale and use in the
market. Interaction with a third party named Elan is the key to processing
transactions in the GreenCard system
Responsibilities:
Translate business requirements into system requirements.
New requirements development and Implementation.
Participating in design reviews with the team members.
Participating in status and planning meetings with managers.
Analyzing / designing / implementing the change requests.
Customer facing leading to defect resolution and prioritizing.
Consulting with customer in all aspects related to the product.
Prioritizing the change requests and production issues
Investigating production issues
Managing and supporting version upgrades
Environment: Java, Tomcat, Jboss, Spring 2.0, EJB, hibernate, MBeans, Eclipse,
MSSQL, Maven, SVN
FairIsaac
Project : ENCORE (Enterprise Collections & Recovery)
Period : November07 March 08
Role : Lead Engineer
ENCORE is a project of upgrading two of FairIsaac products (Debt Manager & RMS)
with latest technologies in java. Debt Manager is an existing product acting as a
solution to increase the capacity and performance of collection and recovery
operations by automating the processes across the entire debt cycle.
Responsibilities:
Use Case Analysis
Interacting with business analysts for requirements and troubleshooting
issues.
Designing Class diagrams according to the Architectural anatomy provided.
Coding & Unit Testing
Developed the Java Bean classes reusable in setting and getting the database
values.
Implemented various J2EE Design Patterns like Session-Faηade, Business
Delegate, Value Object, Model View Controller (MVC)
Worked on Hibernate in order to get the Object/Relational Mapping by writing
Hibernate Query Language (HQL) to implement the Data Persistence.
Developed Session Beans, Entity Beans, Message Driven Beans, JSP and Servlets
using WSAD tool and deployed in IBM WebSphere.
Environment: Java, EJB, JMS, DB2, XML, WebSphere, RSA 7.1, Open JPA, spring 2,
Maven, Junit, SVN, Process Server.
UPS
Project : Global Business Systems Customs Management]
Period : July07 - November07
Role : Sr. Programmer
CM (Customs Management) is a part of the GBS (Global Business Systems) suite of
transportation applications. GBS-CM is an application that supports Customs house
Brokerage. It is the Customs Brokerage Management System for UPS SCS.The system
is a Web-based application running on Websphere, Oracle 9i, and HP-UX. The system
uses MQ to communicate with US Customs.
Responsibilities:
Coding for SCRs developed by the business analysts.
Interacting with business analysts for requirements and troubleshooting
issues.
Coordinating with the teams of other systems in GBS.
Generation of daily and statistical reports required by the business analysts
& Management group.
Performed Development and involved in writing Stored Procedures in Oracle.
Environment: Java, JavaScript, MQ Series, Oracle, XML Parsers, WebSphere,
Eclipse, Hibernate, UNIX.
Principal Financial Group
Project : Group Proposal System [GPS]
Period : Aug06 - Jan07
Role : Module Lead
This system is used to quote an insurance proposal. The users to this system
include brokers, underwriters & agents. GPS records Case information, Benefit
details along with Policy-holders selection of riders & covered services. The
system automated calculation of accurate rates for proposed benefits for
customer. It also helps in depiction of benefits and provisions for prospective
customer. The system also had an ability to review, refine and modify the details
during a term of contract for a customer. This system functions in co-ordination
with a module called Rating System. CICS is used to communicate with Rating
System as it uses COBOL.
Responsibilities:
Creating an understanding document from the Business Requirement document and
Functional Requirement Document.
Designing impact analysis document from BRD & FRD
Involved in status and planning meetings with Project Managers.
Coordinating with the onsite team with daily status reports and issues.
Was responsible for all the deliverables from offshore development.
Performing peer reviews in all activities including code review.
Verifying the results of the system tests with the requirement of the
customer.
Resolving Change Requests from the onsite team.
Environment: Java, J2EE, Struts, CICS, JSP, EJB, JNDI,COBOL Copybooks, Web
Sphere, Rapid Application Developer(RAD), UML, Rational ClearCase, Track Record,
JUnit ,XML Parsers.
Epoch Technologies
Client : Citigroup
Project : Risk Management System for Citigroup [CASA]
Period : June 05 Feb06
Role : J2EE Developer
Casa System Automates the Self Assessment of all Business Units of Citigroup
globally. Risks involved with every business unit are defined in this system. Key
Risk Indicators and Controls for these risks can be defined for frequencies of
annually, quarterly, half yearly, monthly, weekly or daily. According to the
frequency defined, assessment is done for each control and KRA. Work-flow engine
is designed and used to implement Maker-Checker hierarchy. Separate tables were
designed to implement work-flow and display the user interface dynamically. Due
to large number of concurrent users of the system, Connection Pooling was used to
improve the performance.
Responsibilities:
Modeling UML into Classes and interfaces.
Involved in designing and developing Workflow engine.
Created classes to implement DAO design pattern through which to & fro data
access was done.
Fixing the defects, maintenance.
Analyzing logs in the clients production environment to fix any defects as
part of the production support.
Environment: Java,J2EE,JSP,Servlets, EJB, JNDI, Java Beans, Design Patterns,
XML,XSLT, Eclipse, Weblogic 8.1, Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, XmlSpy, Filezilla, Putty,
Linux, JavaScript,CSS, Ant, XML Parsers, Rational ClearCase, Log4J
Epoch Technologies
Client : Rediff.com
Project : Vendor Management System for rediff.com
Period : April 05 - July 05
Role : Java Programmer
This is a website for the vendors of rediff shopping to maintain their products
and the related details (inventory, category etc.). Vendors can manage their own
accounts as administrator or user with restricted access.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Analysis, design and coding.
Fixing the defects, maintenance.
Analyzing logs in the clients production environment to fix any defects as
part of the production support.
Environment: Java, J2EE, JSP, Oracle9i, Resin2.1.12, Filezilla, UML, HTML,
JavaScript, CSS, Putty, LINUX, Intel Idea, Log4J
MICS INDIA Pvt Ltd.
Project : Web Site development for job search and advertisements
Period : June 2004 Feb05
Role : J2EE Developer
This is a job-site portal for employees to apply online and for companies to
advertise their requirements. The site provided a search for the job-seekers as
well as the employers based on some key-words.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Analysis, design and coding.
Worked on database interaction layer for insertions, updating and retrieval
operations of data from oracle database by writing stored procedures.
Data source, connection pools are used for database connection.
Performed unit testing.
Environment: Java, J2EE, Struts, JSP, Servest, HTML, Java Beans, JSTL, Web
Logic, Creator, PL/SQL, Toad, Win 2000
MICS India Pvt Ltd.
Project : MICS-21
Period : June 03 - May 04
Role : J2EE Developer
This is an ERP product for sugar industry, made with considerations of all the
departments in the industry. It automated the process of sugar manufacture from
the point when the farmers prepare their land for harvest till the sugar is
manufactured and supplied to the end user. It implemented bilingual display for
the ease of users.
Responsibilities:
Involved in Designing & Development.
Involved in creating ERD, Data flow diagrams and database design.
Involved in solving client requests with impact analysis and creating a change
control document.
Involved in the optimization of report query to improve performance of high
volume reports.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, Oracle 8i, Seagate Crystal Reports, MS Visio,
Toad, VSS, Win 2000
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