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- 1. GANESH RAGHAVAN Address: 015, Autumn Block, Windsor Four Seasons, Behind Meenakshi Temple, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076 Mobile: +91 9980345926 || Email ID: ganeshr74@yahoo.com TECHNICAL ARCHITECT / SOLUTION ARCHITECT Snapshot: A Technocrat and a seasoned IT Professional having over 16 years of rich and extensive experience of providing Technical Solutions, seeks leadership challenges Accomplished track record of management for projects on Architecture, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, UML based modelling, development, testing and production support  Comprehensive experience of designing, developing and deploying architectures and infrastructure for software applications  Proven skills in Project Lifecycle Management involving Requirement Analysis & Finalization, Scoping, Estimation, Scheduling, Implementation, Quality, Risk management, Control and Delivery  Experience consisting of working as an individual contributor or as part of a team, including development  Worked on both Microsoft as well as J2EE stack  Excellent communication, interpersonal & problem solving skills with analytical, decision making and leadership capabilities to enhance organizational objectives  Accreditations: Trained on Core Java/JSF  Technical Skills: • Processes: Agile (Scrum), Water Fall, Lean, CMM Level 5 • Middleware: Windows Services, IBM Websphere, MS Transaction Server, COM/DCOM, ActiveX DLL, MS MQ • Operating Systems: Windows • Languages: Visual C#, Java Visual Basic 4/5/6 • Database: MS SQL Server 6.5/7/2K/2005/2008/2012, IBM DB2, Oracle 10G, MS Access • Frameworks: MS.Net, J2EE, NHibernate, Spring .Net, MS Entity Framework • Web Frameworks: MVC, AJAX, WCF, Web Services • Database Engines: ADO .Net, ODBC, OLEDB, ADO, OO4O (Oracle Objects for OLE) • Design Tools: Architectural Patterns, Design Patterns, UML, MS Visio, ER-Win • Web Tools: Winsock, ASP.Net, JSF, JSP, ASP, HTTP, FTP, Java Script, JQuery, VB Script, XML, HTML, DHTML • Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports 3/4/5/6/7/8/9, MS SQL Reporting Services • Testing Tools NUnit, JUnit, Rhino Mocks • Build Tools: MS Build, Apache Maven, Cruise Control .Net, Jenkins, FX Cop • Utility: FoxPro Work Experience SPIDERLOGIC INDIA (P) LTD., BANGALORE (NOV 2008 TO FEB 2015) S e n i o r C o n s u l t a n t Deliverables:  Currently reporting to Manager as individual contributor for providing Technical Solutions for application architecture.  Accountable for using OOAD/UML modelling for design documentation, database design, application deployment and Production support of applications.  Managing implementation of a generic Search Framework which renders controls for capturing search criteria inputs on the UI.  Responsible for initializing and returning the search criteria class’s instance with values specified for the respective search criteria fields.  Involved in performance Optimization of database as well as the application layer along with support of new team members in application setup for complex .NET as well as J2EE based applications. Page 1 of 6 Core Strength: ∼ Project Delivery ∼ Solution/Technical Architecture ∼ IT Support Service Delivery ∼ Desktop / Web based Solutions ∼ Requirement Elicitation & Specifications ∼ High & Low Level design ∼ OOAD UML Modeling ∼ Technical Leadership ∼ Completely Hands on
- 2.  Spearheading designing and implementation of Data Access Layer, Framework for Generic Search UI at the same time application deployment of .NET as well as J2EE based applications.  Providing solutions for Performance issues at both the database as well as the application layer.  Implementing tools to reduce developer and QA time for building and deploying complex .NET as well as J2EE based applications. CORE OBJECTS INDIA (P) LTD., BANGALORE (JUL 2006 TO MAR 2008) Principal Product Engineer 3 Deliverables: • Reported to the Team Lead as individual contributor to define the Architecture for a web site to be hosted on load balanced servers also define ASP.Net best practices and its corresponding checklists to be used at an organization level at the same time involved in architecting, designing and implementation of Caching framework on the respective web servers, synchronized using MSMQ and template based rendering framework, for dynamic generation of auction item details page ECMI Software (P) Ltd., Pune (Jul 2005 to May 2006) Senior Software Engineer Deliverables: • Reported to the Team Lead as individual contributor for re-architecting and re-designing of both Business and Data Access Layer for a testing tool based on .Net Windows Forms as well as provided optimized solution for various performance related issues on the database side Previous Experience • IBM Global Services India (P) Ltd, Gurgaon as Application Programmer (Jan 2003 to Jun 2005) • Iris Software (P) Ltd., Faridabad as Software Engineer (Apr 2001 to Jan 2003) • Modern Technologies, Noida as Systems Engineer (Jul 2000 to Feb 2001) • Software Solutions Integrated Ltd., new delhi as Sr. Technical Trainer (Jul 1999 to Jun 2000) • True Software Solutions (P) Ltd., Delhi as Project Associate (May 1997 to Jun 1999) Academics  B.E. (Industrial & Production), from Mysore University, Mysore (1997) Personal Details Date of birth: 21-03-1974 Languages known: English, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada Location preference: Bangalore, India Project Summary Project Mobile Solution Multiperil Organization XPO Last Mile, USA Church Mutual Insurance Company, USA Duration Last 9 months 2 years Team Size 45 12 Environment MS.NET Framework on Windows, Visual C# .Net, ASP .Net, ASP .Net MVC, SQL Server, Web service, WCF, REST J2EE on Windows, Java, JSF, IBM Websphere, IBM DB2, JUnit, PMW, IAA, Fitnesse Functional Testing Details This project was developed for XPO Last Mile which handles last mile logistics facilitating deliveries throughout United States and Canada. They specialize in moving heavy goods anywhere with in US and Canada. Apart from moving heavy goods, they also specialize in installations. This application helps them with Warehouse management, Shipment management, Rating/Costing, Shipment tracking, Customer This project was developed for Church Mutual which is one of the largest insurance companies in the US. The Multiperil project was mostly used by churches in the US for insuring artifacts belonging to the church. The core policy admin engine is built over the Silver Moon IAA APIs. This project is actually a model based project and there is a separate application to configure the model. The entire flow for the application is configured in the
- 3. survey. This application helps the drivers come up with the shortest delivery routes for the day. There is also a mobile based application that helps in updating shipment status, and route related details. model which is then used at run time for generating premium values based on selected coverage. All US government controlled ratings were part of a separate database which was retrieved using a framework, developed by us. A separate application, also developed by us was used to manage and maintain different versions of ratings as when changed by US government. Responsibilities• Requirement analysis • Performance Optimization of SQL Server Queries and Stored Procedures • Design and Implementation of enhancements • Adherence to Agile process • Performance Optimization of functional tests by tuning IBM Websphere application server and IBM DB2 database • Responsible for consuming Silver Moon IAA Components in 3 of the biggest core releases, which was split into 3 different releases to reduce complexity • Implemented complex database scripts for IBM DB2, to port production data to the latest Silver Moon IAA core releases • Single handedly managed to test and resolve three Silver Moon IAA core releases simultaneous for a short period time • Manual Application deployment before each end of iteration demo • Helped new team members with application setup which was pretty complex • Created complex Fitnesse pages used for functional tests • Created various tools and utilities to save developer as well as QA time • Participated in Code reviews • Adherence to Agile process Project Commercial Auto Web application Organization Church Mutual Insurance Company, USA Public Service Commission, USA Duration 1 Years 9 months Team Size 18 9 Environment J2EE on Windows, Java, JSF, IBM Websphere, IBM DB2, JUnit, PMW, IAA, Fitnesse Functional Testing .Net Framework on Windows, UML (Visio), Visual C# .Net, ASP .Net, AJAX, Java script, NHibernate, Spring .Net, NUnit, SQL Server 2005 and Web service Details This project was developed for Church Mutual which is one of the largest insurance companies in the US. The Commercial Auto project was used for insuring automobiles, both commercial and private. This application is also model driven, helping the application validate and generate premiums for different states having their own set of rules and ratings. For each state there is a separate model to solve the different laws mandated by each state. The entire flow for the application is configured in the model which is then used at run time for generating premium values based on selected coverages. All US government controlled ratings were part of a separate database which was retrieved using a framework, developed by us. A separate application, also developed by us was used to manage and maintain different versions of ratings This project was developed for a US based government organization dealing with telecommunication equipment and service providers. The solution consisted of a web based application to administer public data and manage service provider information. The site provides the ability for general public to apply and track their applications online. Provides the system administrators with means of managing data during approval/rejection process, ability to add custom comments. Our application also provided facility for service providers to track data and generate reports online.
- 4. as when changed by US government. Responsibilities• Implementation of Rules and Calculations that contained premium calculation logic and domain specific logic • Provided inputs for standard coding practices and checklists • Adherence to Agile process • Requirement gathering • Technical Architecture definition • Design document consisting of UML based Activity and Sequence diagrams to depict various flows • Database Modelling and Design • Adherence to Agile process • OOAD based implementation of Framework and user controls to abstract away complexity and separate out generic code to increase re- usability and reduce development time • Implemented some complex and critical functionalities • Implementation of migration scripts, using T- SQL, for porting client’s existing data to our new data structure • Mandated Unit Tests to achieve maximum code coverage • Code reviews • Supported Team members for resolution of Functional and Technical challenges • Responsible for delivery Project Tena Authenticlick Organization TENA Authenticlick Duration 11 months 11 months Team Size 4 4 Environment Visual C# .Net, ASP .Net, AJAX, Java script, NHibernate, Spring .Net, NUnit, MS SQL Server 2005, FX Cop and Cruise Control .Net UML (Visio), Visual C# .Net, ASP .Net, SQL Server 2005 and Web service Details This project was developed for a US based background verification organization. We provided a web based solution which integrates into a back office processing system and various service bureaus, to expose back ground check information to its clients based on their profiles. This application had unique and very stringent security requirements to safeguard the sensitive data, being exposed by the application. The security module was fully configurable through the web based application Authenticlick is an organization which does an analysis of the server log files and deduces the total number of clicks on an advertisement (expired after some clicks), based on certain algorithms indigenously developed by the client based on the R&D they have been doing from quite some time. Initially the company was doing most of the operation manually, including the billing for their respective customers. We helped them automate, all their manual operations, including their billing. Responsibilities• Requirement Analysis • Part of the 2 member team responsible for defining the Technical Architecture of the application • Database Modelling and Design • Used OOAD for the implementation of the Security Framework • Implementation of some critical features • Mandated Unit Tests for maximum code coverage • Adherence to Agile Process • Supported Team members for resolution of Functional and Technical challenges • Responsible for delivery of application • Designed and implemented all database related activities like schema creation and implementation of stored procedures • Architected, designed and implemented various critical features including billing Project Property Room Certify 7X Organization Property Room Worksoft
- 5. Duration 16 months 6 months Team Size 15 12 Environment UML (Visio), Visual C# .Net, ASP .Net, Oracle 10G, Windows service, Web service Design patterns based approach for OOAD, UML (Visio), Visual C# .Net, Windows Forms, SQL Server 2000/Oracle 9i Details Property Room is basically an auction site, which consists of two web sites, one of them being the auction site itself and the other one being the configuration web site for the auction site. The entire setup is deployed over a web farm, with requests handled by a hardware load balancer. The auction site has been certified by Hacker Safe. Certify 7X is a testing (black box) tool based on .Net technologies with its GUI based on .Net Windows Forms. Initially, the application had a data access layer specific to MS SQL Server. Data access layer is re-designed to incorporate support for any data source. ADO .Net datasets were passed to the business layer which further passed it to the UI layer. Business layer is re-designed to incorporate support for business entities, encapsulating both logic and data into a single entity. Strongly typed collections were used to hold collections of entities Responsibilities• Architected, designed and coded a caching framework, with auto update using MSMQ. • Architected, designed and coded a template based rendering framework. • Designed and coded various features for the admin and auction sites. • Re-architecting and re-designing the application’s business and data access layers • Analysis and design for a Business Framework Project MISA FC-Central Migration Organization American Express American Express Duration 18 months 3 months Team Size 3 4 Environment OOAD with Design patterns, UML (Visio), C# .Net, VB .Net, Windows Forms, ASP .Net, SQL Server 2000 COBOL, MS-Access, MS-Excel, VC++, Visual Basic, SQL Server, FoxPro, and Seagate Crystal Reports and ASP applications Details MISA stands for Management Information System for Acquisition. This system is used for calculating, controlling and parameterizing, commission payout structure across the region, for commissions paid to agents. This system is also used as a central repository, while auditing of commission data for various markets for a region The migration project was mainly focused on moving the American Express business processes (accounting, reporting and travel), which were managed and maintained from Burgess-Hill (England), to India. This project was in the middle of MISA application, for 3 months. Responsibilities• Object Oriented Analysis and Design of data access layer (Abstract factory), business logic and user interface (M-V-C). • Coding, testing and production support • Technical assessment and setup of all the applications, identified by the client as critical, on a Citrix Meta-frame server. • Optimization of some of the queries (MS Access), which were taking more than an hour while executing, as the SQL Server database being accessed, existed in FC-Central Brighton/ England. Project CHARMS Case Enhancement Shyam Management System Organization American Express Shyam Telelink Ltd. Duration 2 months 12 months Team Size 2 8 Environment Windows, MS Visual Basic 6, SQL Server 2000, Monarch, Crystal reports SQL Server 2000, Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 9X, ASP 3.0, ActiveX, DLL registered in Microsoft Transaction Server, ADO 2.5 Details CHARMS stands for Charge-back and Routing Management System. The enhancement was to incorporate the logic of importing data from a new dispute processing system, CASE, into the application The system was developed for providing an ERP solution for Shyam Telelink Limited, a reputed lease line and mobile service provider all over Rajasthan, having their Head Office in Jaipur Responsibilities• Analysis, design, coding and system testing for the enhancement. • Coding, design, testing, implementation of the System, porting of existing data and providing
- 6. • Implementation of a logic in Transact SQL, which made use of the file scripting object to validate the file FTP to a certain file server, by the source system. off-site support for Financial Accounting Module. • Analysis, design and coding of the ASP based, web application (Employee Self Service) Project Technip KT India FAS Organization Technip KT India Ltd. Duration 7 months Team Size 4 Environment SQL Server 7.0, Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 9X, ADO 2.1, ASP Details The system was developed for Technip KT India Ltd., a Project based company involved in setting up of Oil Refineries. The system was designed to automate all their Project Based Financial Accounting needs ResponsibilitiesCoding, design, testing, implementation of the System, porting of existing data and providing on- site support
- 7. • Implementation of a logic in Transact SQL, which made use of the file scripting object to validate the file FTP to a certain file server, by the source system. off-site support for Financial Accounting Module. • Analysis, design and coding of the ASP based, web application (Employee Self Service) Project Technip KT India FAS Organization Technip KT India Ltd. Duration 7 months Team Size 4 Environment SQL Server 7.0, Visual Basic 6.0 on Windows 9X, ADO 2.1, ASP Details The system was developed for Technip KT India Ltd., a Project based company involved in setting up of Oil Refineries. The system was designed to automate all their Project Based Financial Accounting needs ResponsibilitiesCoding, design, testing, implementation of the System, porting of existing data and providing on- site support