Candidates About

 

Gurudeva B Kalledevarpurada, ITIL, PMP

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IT business system ANALYST/ IT Solution Architect / Technical Project Manager

Experienced  IT Business System Analyst / IT Solution Architect / IT Technical Project Manager with 10+ yrs experience in Healthcare/Financial Services/Insurance sector. Worked in USA, Singapore for 10+ yrs.

 

Experienced Solution Architect, Technical Project Manager / Business System Analyst with 10+ years experience in leading and managing complex, projects in Healthcare / Financial Services. Experienced in both Waterfall SDLC and Agile Methodology.

 

BE (CS &E) with Distinction, ITIL, PMP Certified (from 2010-2016). Certifications for TOGAF, AWS Solution Architect, Certified Information Security Administrator (CISA) in Progress.

 

Completed a few courses in MBA in California State University, USA, De Vry University USA. Currently enrolled in Executive MBA from Jack Welch Management Institute, VA, USA (Online)

 

Worked in all phases of SDLC in both Waterfall/ Agile Mode, Experienced in Offshore and Onsite management, Managing multiple Projects in Complex and Matrix Environments, Evaluating and Recommending technologies, and Implementing Business Strategy to deliver results in varied business domains in both Waterfall, Agile Mode.  Experienced in GDPR / HIPAA Compliance. 

 

8+ yrs experience in Cloud Solutions including IAAS, SAAS, PAAS, Enterprise Hybrid Cloud.

 

Experienced in SAAS, Salesforce Cloud, APEX Programming, Profile Management, Triggers, Data Loaders, Dashboard, Force.com Platform, Visua l Force, Salesforce CRM etc. Salesforce Administration Certification in Progress. Knowledgeable / Experienced in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Oracle Cloud, Enterprise Hybrid Cloud (EHC).

 

Worked for 8+ yrs as Advantage Gen (4 GL Tool similar to Salesforce ) Development (Data Modelling, Business System Design, Online Screens, Procedure Steps, Common Action Blocks, Processes, Screen Design, Dialog Flow), Encyclopedia Administration ( User Access Management, Model Management, Code Migration, Generation, Installation, Model Backups & Recovery, Performance Management, Management Reports such as Function Point Reports etc).

 

Experienced in Amazon Cloud (AWS) (EC2, AutoScaling,  EBS, S3, Glacier, Storage Gateway, Snowball, Amazon Connect, Data Transfer, Data Pipeline, VPC, Cloud Front, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Red Shift, Data Migration Service, ElastiCache, CloudFront,Cloud Formation, CloudTrail, Elastic Bean Stalk,  OpsWorks, IOT,AWS Management Console etc ).

 

Also experienced in Java, J2EE, Web Services, Micro Services, ESB, JMS, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Azure, IBM Mainframes (DB2,CICS, COBOL, JCL, Endevor, File-Aid, Xpeditor/Intertest, SPUFI, QMF, Data Management Tool IBM Optim, DB2 Data Unload, Upload Tools etc), ETL Tool Informatica.

 

Experienced in Project Management various phases such as Requirements Gathering, Application Development and Maintenance, Infrastructure, Technology Refresh, Budget Management, Customer Expectations Management, Capturing business and functional requirements and translating to clear technical specifications, Managing projects during the full Project Life Cycle from Inceptions through Maintenance,  QA and User Acceptance Testing Management, Release Management through Change Control and deployment, Compliance Management etc.

 

Worked in USA from 98-2008 and Singapore in 2015. Worked in Los Angeles, CA for 8+ yrs. Worked in USA from 98 - 2008 on H1B visa. My green card has been approved for I140 stage in 2008. Have B1 visa to visit USA.

 

Authorized to work in USA, as per E-Verify, Premier US Government Agency for Employment Authorizations. I-485 / Adjustment of status needs to be filed for processing my green card. Willing client can sponser I485 processing if needed for me to work in USA. Ready to work in USA / UK for long term for lucrative salary, benefits.

 

Key Skills Assessment

 

·         PROJECT MANAGEMENT– Manage the entire project life cycle from conception to delivery in coordination with the stakeholders, clients, vendors, and consultants, utilizing both the agile and waterfalls methods of development.

·         SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE – Define and manage architecture for large Enterprise Applications by generating system requirements from the stakeholders and translating those requirements into architecture or design concepts.

·         STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT– Coordinate with various stakeholders including business analysts, users, designers, technology managers, and developers to manage all phases of SDLC including risk management, task allocation, tracking, preparing status reports, and resolving conflicts.

·         Business Analysis – Co-Ordinate with relevant stakeholders Users, Project Sponsors, Release Managers, Project Managers, Developers to gather requirements, translate requirements to Technical Requirements / Functional Specifications,  Help package requirements to manageable release packs,

 

 

 

Professional Experience

Andortech / Target Corporation, Bangalore        Business Analyst

July 2017– Nov 2017                                                                                         Team Size 20

Hired through the IT Staffing firm, was deputed to work at the client site for the Retail/Financial Services Client Target India Corporation in their offshore centre

Environment: IBM Websphere Integration Server, Remedy Service Now, IBM CICS Web Services, Java Web Services, IBM Websphere Application Server / MQ, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, IBM z/os

·         Conducted Daily tele-conference sessions with on-site client, TCS Consultant to gather Requirements, System Knowledge for CEDS Systems (Central Encryption Data Services),

·         Ran Jobs to generate the OTEP Tokens in the Mainframe Environment, Provided tokens to clients,

·         Renewed 6 certificates in IBM CICS, Websphere environments for SSL Certificates due for renewal in Dev, Stage, Prod Environments, Worked with the team to verify the certificate renewals,

Datamatics Global                                              Sr. Solution Architect

Honeywell International,                                   Business System Analyst

Bangalore Mar 16– July 17                                  Team Size 20       

Worked through an IT Staffing Firm, as a contractor  for major American MNC  based in Bangalore for an initial 3-months contract that was extended for 1+ yr. Worked as part of the Applications Rationalization Team, which is part of the Strategy Team at Honeywell Tech Solutions.

Environment: CMDB, Remedy, VMs, Servers (Database/Web/Application Servers), Applications, Enterprise Hybrid Cloud, PAAS, IAAS, SAAS, Apprenda Cloud, , Security Groups, VPC, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Cloud Formation, Cloud Front, Cloud Monitoring), SharePoint, Microsoft office

·         Worked closely with Architects, Business Analysts, Involved in auditing the current infrastructure environments, mapping  servers to applications, identifying un-owned/un-utilized servers, coordinating with stakeholders to identify / decommission the servers / applications,

·         Run the Weekly Thrice Algorithms to identify the servers decommissioned, billing stopped and prepare the report to identify the billings saved, share the report with stakeholders, Increased the savings in Server Billings from USD 250k to USD 750k in 1 year,

·         Evaluating the environments, identified low utilization servers, recommended the strategy to migrate the servers to Amazon Cloud Environment to save multi-million dollars in savings, provide efficient utilization of resources via Amazon Cloud Features such as Elastic Load Balancing, AutoScaling, Automated Database Management, Cloud Formation,

·         Attended meetings with Executives from Honeywell and Involved in evaluating the cloud providers (Azure, AWS,PCF,  Apprenda, Enterprise Hybrid Cloud) as per the management, TOGAF guidelines,

·         Evaluated Applications, mapped Servers, for the Applications for migration to Enterprise Hybrid Cloud as per the criteria set by the management,

·         Performed Applications to servers mapping, calculate the billing for servers as per guidelines from the finance team reports, calculate the TCO (Total Cost of Ownerships) for the servers/applications identified as per the Cloud Migration Guidelines, helped prepare the business case to management,

 

CITIGROUP,Sr.Solution Architect / Business System Analyst

                                                                        Singapore 

Jan2015 – Nov 2015                                                                   Team size 200

Citigroup, Inc. is a global diversified financial services holding company to provide financial solutions (Banking, Insurance, Equities, etc)  to individual Consumers, Corporations, Governments and Institutions. It has presence in 140+ countries around the globe and has more than Trillion Dollars in holdings.

 

Environment:  Blueprint, IBM Rational Tool Concert (RTC), Java, J2EE, Web Services, .net, TIBCO ESB, Single Sign-on (SSO), Web Applications, Mobile Applications, IBM Websphere Portal Server, IBM Mainframes (TPS), z/os, Amazon Cloud, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), Sharepoint                                             

·         Worked closely with Business stakeholders (Business Analysts, Users, Scrum Masters, Solution Architects, Designers, Vendors, Infrastructure, Security Team) across different teams to gather requirements, define scope, identify the subsystems (Product Processors) Impacted, Interface Requirements for designing Mobile, Web, Legacy Applications that interface across the ESB and saved Millions of dollars in rewriting, testing efforts, time, etc,

·         Designed, Integrated the High Level Design (HLD) documents for 800+ User Stories for monthly SDT sprints for 20+ subsystems, 8 Sprints in Agile Mode for 7 different projects for the Debit Card Stream in CBNA (USA), in 9 APAC Countries including Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand etc,

·         Evaluated the Vendors, Applications for migration to the Amazon Cloud, PCF cloud,

·         Attended meetings with executives for evaluating the vendors, applications, subsystems for migration to the cloud,

·         Helped develop the Project schedule, allocated resources to  the tasks using Project Management Tool RTC, Worked closely with the resources, Tracked / Controlled the project, Prepared Status Reports, Performed Risk Management, Quality Verification to prepare the High Level Design (HLD), Requirements Specifications, Integrated System Impact Analysis Documents, Gather Interface, Security, and Infrastructure requirements,

·         Helped implement enhancements, new features to the debit card product for different project streams for the, Helped implement the EMV chip, contactless purchase feature, Instant Debit Card Issuance for the multiple countries including USA, Poland, Singapore, Malaysia,,

 

 

CNO FINANCIAL GROUP IT SERVICES               IT PROJECT LEADER

November 2011 – January 2014                                                   Team Size       60

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (formerly Conseco, Inc.; NYSE: CNO) is a diversified financial services company based in Carmel, Indiana. CNO's insurance subsidiaries provide life insurance, annuity and supplemental health insurance products to more than four million customers in the Midwest regions of USA.

 

Environment:  Remedy, Sharepoint, IBM Mainframes, CICS, COBOL, JCL, TSO, ISPF, VSAM, IBM Varicent CPM, Datawarehousing, Java, J2EE, Web Applications

 

Working closely with Directors, AVP, SPMs, helped implement the business strategy to transition the 3^rd party vendor based development team to in-house based development team, Designed the SDLC process, Co-ordinated knowledge transfer sessions, developed checklists  to set the project in smooth transition,

·         Attended Requirements Gathering Sessions with Business Analysts, Designers, Developers, Helped prepare Understanding document (Requirements Document), Low Level Design documents to develop the programs for 20+ releases,

·         Helped design, develop the programs, JCLs, verified them, created endevor packages, promoted the packages through various environments, co-ordinated testing,

·         Selected for travelling to on-site for performing production support in the legacy environment,

·         Involved in Planning, Scheduling, Tracking, Verification, Closing activities,

·         Attended Insurance Trainings, got certified in LOMA,

·         Helped build the team from 20+ members to 100+ members in 2 yrs. to provide maintenance of Web Applications with interfaces to Legacy, Data Warehousing Applications for 20+ monthly releases through all phases of SDLC,

·         Generated approximately USD 20 Million in 10 years by New Revenue, Savings by evaluating, rank-recommending the e-commerce package IBM Varicent SPM (Sales Performance Management System), Software package for the Insurance Domain

 

UST GLOBAL,                 Associate Consultant / Asst. Project Manager

Trivandrum, India /                               Sep 08 – Nov 11                Team size 100

SAN DIEGO, USA

Environment:  Sharepoint, IBM Mainframes, DB2, CICS, COBOL, JCL, TSO, ISPF, Endevor, IBM-OPTIM, MS-Access, Java, J2EE, Web Applications, Web Services, Informatica

 

 

Part of the $7 billion Comcast Group, UST Global, with estimated revenues of $400 million in FY. Worked for clients WellPoint, inc (Anthem Inc. is an American health insurance company founded in the 1940s, prior to 2014 known as WellPoint, Inc. It is the largest for-profit managed health insurance company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association), Sempra Energy (Sempra Energy is an American Power and Utility  holding company based in San Diego, California.

                                                                                                           

·         Visited San Diego, USA to gather requirements, Worked closely with Users, Business Analysts, SMEs to define the scope, gather requirements to design and develop the Environment Audit System from offshore for Configuration Management purpose for a major Energy Customer based in USA,

·         Performed Data Migration, Test Data Preparation in Dev, QA Environments by using IBM Optim,

·         Performed Project Scoping, Performed Estimates, Developed Schedule, Allocated Tasks to the Resources, Controlled the Project, Prepared Status Reports, Performed Risk Management, Quality Verification, Coordinated UAT, Prod Moves, Helped implement the project, Perform closing by getting customer acceptance for the Environment Audit System which automated 1 month to reduce efforts, time by 1000%, reduce, prevent errors by 500%, Helped save Millions of Dollars over the long term,

·         Managed a team of 20+ developers to perform ETL of data from Prod to Test environments to perform Test Data Management Testing.

·         Led a team of 40+ members to design, develop Migration Tool Kit consisting of reusable components for a major  healthcare client, Helped decreasedcosts by 30%  to produce an overall savings of approximately USD 10 Million in 10 years,

·         Wrote and presented multiple technical white papers including “Best Practices for Achieving Total Quality in the IT Industry”, “Role of Frameworks /4 GL Tools like Advantage Gen, Spring in Enabling It”, and “Best Practices in IT Industry and the Role of SEI CMM Processes in Enabling It” for the CA World 2011 Conference and the PMI-Kerala Chapter Conference.

 

DE VRY UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, USA                        Mar 2008 – June 2008

 

·         Attended a few courses in full-time MBA in USA in different universities

 

KAISER PERMANENTE IT,                                           Los Angeles, CA,USA                       

ADVANTAGE GEN CYCLOPEDIA ADMINISTRATOR / SR. PROGRAMMER ANALYST

July 2000 – August 2007                                                   TEAM SIZE 600

Kaiser Permanente IT is the IT division of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in the USA with a revenue of  USD65+ billion in the Health Insurance Sector.  

Environment:  Advantage Gen Encyclopedia (CE) Administration Tools, Advantage Gen Encyclopedia Host, Advantage Gen Tool  Set, FTP, GuardIEn,  SPUFI, QMF, JCL, DB2, CICS, COBOL, TSO, ISPF, Changeman,  Java, J2EE, IBM Websphere Application Server,  Remedy, Lotus Notes

·         Worked in Los Angeles, CA USA for 7+ yrs for the client Kaiser Permanente IT. Worked for 5+ yrs overseeing 4 Encyclopedia used to develop applications for 10+ Application Systems used by thousands of users,

·         Provided 99.8% Encyclopedia Availability for the Advantage Gen Host Encyclopedia to develop applications (including web, e-commerce, client/server, legacy applications) for serving thousands of users across major installations for 10 application systems spread across USA used by 10000s of Users across 10 States of USA, and 100s of Interfaces for the project budget of approximately USD 100 million over 5 yrs,

·         Developed and enhanced Web Based Migration, Migration QA,Impact Analysis tools and facilitated in reducing migration & impact analysis errors by 80%; reduced rework, cost and time delays by 60% by avoiding migration errors, Tools developed for one system were adapted for 10+ systems thereby multiplying the cost savings, time savings ;

·         Performed Weekly, Monthly Migration of Changed Objects from Dev to Test, Test to UAT, UAT to Prod Environments by utilizing Data Migration Tools,

·         Helped Develop, Migrate, Implement Database, Code Changes for 20+ Major Releases, 1000+ Minor Releases for FS System, Hundreds of Releases for ARK, TIMES, KITS, Other Systems,

·         Worked closely with Business Stakeholders to obtain sign-off,

·         Performed User Access Control for 1000s of Users for 10+ Application Systems,

·         Customized Guardian CRM tool, Worked closely with the Development Team to implement the tool across the system, imparted trainings to Users, Helped Developers prepare Change Requests, Release Packs, Perform Code Changes via Upload/Downloads, Performed Queue Management to provide Optimal Performance,

·         Performed Weekly DB2 Maintenance of Backups, Deletes, Re-orgs of tables for Dev, Test, Prod environments to optimize performance, enable disaster recovery,

·         Prepared reports of Function Points (Productivity Reporting), Entity Relationship Diagrams, Capacity Management Reports for consumption by management, User Community,

·         Provided support for SOA project to design, develop Web Services,

·         Attended Training in HIPAA, Business Continuity Programs,

·         Received Leadership Award, as well as several other awards, from senior management for providing the CEO with innovative ideas on business generation and expansion, and achieving growth through new sales channels, strategic partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, etc,

·         Came to India for a vacation in 2007 that got extended

 

Previous positions include Senior Systems Engineer, Onsite Coordinator, And Systems Engineer for Wipro Technologies Ltd(Bangalore, India).

 

 

Education & Training

 

Master of Business Administration

California State University | Los Angeles, CA | Few Courses Completed(Part-time) (2002-2004)

Pepperdine University | Malibu, CA Few courses completed (full-time)(2007)

DE VRY UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES, CA | Few courses completed (full-time)(2008)

 

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering (Full-Time)

Kuvempu University (1991-1995) | Karnataka, India

Amazon Web Services Solution Architecture – G. T. Enterprises

ITIL Foundation

HIPAA Training, Kaiser Permanente IT

Java Web Services, and Informatica, UST Global

Pre-Sales and Writing Winning Proposals, Celtem Knowledge Solutions

Project Management Professional, PMI-Kerala Chapter

Java, Servlets, XML – UCLA Extension

Project Management, UCLA Extension and PMI

Labor Law and Employment Contracts - Cal State Dominguez Hills

 

PMI: http://www.ProjectManagement.com/profile/GuruKallePMP

 

Memberships

 

PMI-LA

 

Other Achievements

·         Wrote White Paper on “Importance of Processes, Checklists in the success of IT Organizations” to PMI Conference, 2011, Kerala

·         Wrote Articles on IBM DB2, IBM WebSphere Application Developer, IBM WebSphere MQ to IT Central Station, Accepted for publication

http://www.itcentralstation.com/product_reviews/db2-review-by-guru-kalle