Malarkodi Somasekaran

  • Progress 4GL
  • Wilmington, DE
  • Member Since Mar 04, 2023

Candidates About

 

Malarkodi Somasekaran

Objective:

            Aspiring to Work in a challenging environment to enhance my knowledge and contribute myself for the development of the organization.

 

Snapshots:

Ø  12+ Years of experience in IT industry. Worked for World’s leading businesses like HP, Unilever, AveryDennison, FORD, QAD, GE and CHASE.

Ø  11+ Years of relevant experience in PROGRESS 4 GL OpenEdge Application & QAD(MfgPro) ERP application.

Ø  Having Business knowledge of Mortgage Banking and Manufacturing Industry.

Ø  Possess excellent problem solving and analytical skills with proficiency in grasping new concepts quickly and utilize the same in a productive manner.

Ø  Having Functional knowledge of Sales and Distribution, Manufacturing modules of ERP.

Ø  Having strong knowledge on the PRO2 Replication tool, Control-M Workload Automation, QAD EAM, Qxtend and Webspeed Applications.

Ø  Thorough understanding of Software Engineering Process and SDLC Life Cycles – Waterfall, VV Model, Agile.

 

Professional summary:

Ø  Working as Assistant Consultant in Tata Consultancy Services, Delaware, USA from Nov 2015 till date.

Ø  Worked as Assistant Consultant in Tata Consultancy Services, Bangalore, India from Jul 2013 to Nov 2015.

Ø  Worked as Technical Lead in HCL Technologies Ltd, Chennai, India from Feb 2012 to Jul 2013.

Ø  Worked as Consultant in eNoah iSolution India Ltd, India from May 2011 to Jan 2012.

Ø  Worked as Technical Specialist in Thirdware Solutions Ltd, India from Apr 2010 to Apr 2011.

Ø  Worked as Developer in Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India from Sep 2008 to Apr 2010.

Ø  Worked as Trainee and System Engineer in ITTI Pvt. Ltd. (A CMMi Level 5 Company), India from Jan 2006 to Aug 2008.

Ø  Worked as Trainee in WIPRO Infotech, India from Dec 2004 to Jan 2006.

 

Experience Summary:

Ø  12+Years of experience in Application development, Business Analysis, Support and maintenance using Progress OpenEdge and QAD ERP Application. Involved in Development, Migration, Implementation and Support Projects of Banking and Manufacturing domain.

Ø  Over 13 months of experience in Web Application development by using ASP, ASP.Net, SQL Server and Oracle.

 

Areas of Exposure:

Ø  Languages:                   Progress 4GL OpenEdge

Ø  Operating System:        Windows, DOS, Unix (Basics, Shell scripting)

Ø  Web Technologies:        ASP, ASP.Net, Java Script, HTML

Ø  Database:                     PROGRESS OpenEdge, Oracle, MS SQL Server

Ø  Tools:                           PRO2 Replication, Control-M, Win CVS, Filezilla, PRO2, Qxtend

Ø  ERP:                            ERP – QAD - Mfg/Pro, EAM, Qxtend

Ø  Other Basic skills:          C, C++, COBOL, JAVA, VB

 

 

Trainings attended:

Ø  Internal Auditors Training in Tata Consultancy Services.

Ø  Completed Basics of US Mortgage Banking Certification in TCS.

Ø  PM Workshop Training in eNoah iSolution India Pvt Ltd.

Ø  Webspeed Training in ITTI Pvt Ltd.

Ø  Basic and Advanced Unix in Capgemini through ITTI Pvt Ltd.

Skills / Strengths:

Ø  Good in Gathering Business Requirements, Designing, Coding, Testing, Implementation, Documentation and Configuration Management.

Ø  Effective Interaction & Co-ordination with Clients, End Users and Technical Team members.

Ø  Coordinating Project Tasks across different Teams.

 

Awards & Appreciations:

·         Received “Moment of Fame” award from ITTI Pvt. Ltd for Outstanding performance in FDM Harmony Project.

·         Received “On the Spot” Award in Tata Consultancy Services for excellent performance in MPX application.

·         Won Appreciations from all the Clients worked so far.

 

Project Details:

 

Mortgage Processing Express(MPX) for JP Morgan Chase

 

Environment : Progress 4GL OpenEdge and PRO2

 

Description :

 

MPX is the Internal Mortgage Originations System. This hosts a loan origination system, which integrates with MIS, MyCM, MAX, LPP, OnBase, Sonic and other Modules. It allows Business users to process the Loan Application, and generates closing documents. The Project is driven by Agile Methodology. PRO2 Application replicates Data from MPX to MIS Reporting System.

 

Role: Senior Consultant

 

Responsibilities : Requirement Analysis, Impact analysis, Issue Triaging, Attend Grooming along with ITBA, Business, and Testing team, Designing, Development and showing Demo with all the Stake Holders, Coordinating the information and knowledge sharing within the Team and with other Sprint teams, Coordinating Deployments with various teams involved, Training New Resources and deploying them in Project.

 

Nature of work involves right from Gathering Business Requirements, Design, Coding, Testing, Peer Review and Documentation for New functional changes, small Enhancements, Bug fixes and developing new modules as per Business requirements.

 

Duration: Jul 2013 to till Date.

 

QAD & Qxtend Application Support  for GE Lighting Solutions

 

Environment: QAD SE, Qxtend and Progress OpenEdge

 

Description: Involved in supporting issues raised by the various users of QAD application in the modules – Sales and Distribution, Manufacturing and Custom modules. The nature of work involves analyzing the Issues, providing clarification to the users, fixing the issues if required, modifying the programs as per business needs, coordinating with the team members.

 

Duration: Mar 2012 to Jun 2013

 

QAD Customizations for Yazaki

 

Environment: MfgPro and Progress 4GL           

Responsibilities:

o    Technical lead for a team of 4 members           

o    Gathered User requirements and prepared Software Requirements Specification.

o    Coordinated the development team with the requirements and reviewed the Design and Test case documents.

o   Does Code Review and Unit testing, prepared User manual and coordinated till UAT.

o   Does Program analysis and fixed some locking issues.

o   Fine tuned programs for Performance issue.

 

Duration: Jun 2011 to Aug 2011

 

AMS for HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages)

Environment : QAD eB2.1 and Progress 4GL

 

Responsibilities:

o    Analyse any new requirements based on User discussion and consolidate as System Requirements for the Team to work on.

o    Handling Application support for Hindustan Coca-Cola by understanding the Application and the Business flow within 3 days and able to support and resolve the issues on time.

o    Mentoring and Grooming Junior resources parallely on the application.

 

Duration : Aug 2011 to Jan 2012

 

Migration to eB2.1 and core Implementation for Avery Dennison

Environment: MfgPro and Progress 4GL           

Description:

            IT Standardization project is for migrating eB2 version in to eB2.1 by modifying the existing customized programs to take care of new concepts like Domain. The Programs are also modified to take care of new modules (Consignment, Logistics, etc) that will be used henceforth. New enhancements and business changes requested by the users are incorporated in the existing Programs and few new programs are also developed. Data Download from eB2 and upload into eB2.1 is also done by using newly developed Extract and Upload Programs.

 

Responsibilities:                    

            Preparing Design Document and TCD, Coding, Testing and updating Test Case Results Document, User Manual Preparation, Implementation, Data Extraction from eB2 Server, Data Upload in eB2.1 Server.

 

Duration : Jul 2010 to Jan 2011

 

Enterprise Asset Management  for Visteon, Detroit

Environment: QAD, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)           

Description:

EAM is a QAD application for maintaining the MRO items of a manufacturing company. It has been implemented for Visteon(Detroit) by QAD and supported by Satyam. Support includes monitoring the Batch jobs regularly and resolving any tickets arising out of the application by any type of users. Acquired knowledge of EAM application within a short period and resolved the tickets within SLA.

 

Responsibilities:

      Monitoring and resolving tickets arising for all types of Users.

 

Duration : Sep 2008 to Jun 2009

 

FDM Harmony – Enhancements for Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Environment:     Mfg/Pro(QAD) and Progress 4GL

Role:

      Detail Design, Test Case Design, Coding, Testing and Documentation.

Description:

HUL is using a Customized Mfg/Pro for its Sales and Distribution and based on the changes in Business, there are requirements, which come up often for enhancing, fine-tuning or modifying the existing system. Such changes are analyzed and the respective programs are modified on timely-basis for the smooth functionality of the Business.

 

Requirements handled:

 

  • MT Price Extract

·         Advance shipping Notice

 

The following are few of the other changes handled:

o    Invoice Print changes

o    GIR changes

o    CSD Shelf life changes

Duration: Apr 2006 to Jan 2008

 

 

Platform Upgradation and Maintenance Architecture for Hewlett-Packard

Environment:   Mfg/Pro, Progress 4GL, Unix

Description:

     

            PUMA is the After Sales Service module of Hewlett-Packard. The application handles the call management activities when the customer reports any hardware problem. Each call goes through various status based on the service type and the warranty type. The application also interacts with the other applications for synchronization of the call details.

     

            Based on the changes in the Business, requirement will arise to change the functionality of some programs. Such changes are analyzed and the respective programs are modified.

 

Responsibilities:

      Detail Design, Test Case Design, Coding, Testing and Documentation.

Duration: Jan 2008 to Aug 2008

 

Academic Credentials:

 

Ø  Master of  Computer Applications(MCA) from Bharathiar University in 2005 with 86.5%

Ø  Bachelor of  Computer Applications(BCA) from Bharathiar University in 2002 with 72%

Ø  Hr. Sec from Amala Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in 1999 with 82%

Ø  SSLC from Amala Matriculation Hr. Sec. School in 1997 with 80%

Academic snapshots:

Ø  Secretary of Department Association during MCA 2004-2005.

Ø  Representative and class topper during MCA.

Ø  Organized and participated various Intercollegiate and Intra-college meets and won prizes.

Personal Profile:

 

      Date of Birth:                      July 13th 1982

      Sex:                                   Female

      Marital Status:                     Married

      Languages known:              English, Tamil

      Visa Status                           H1B

    

Declaration:

I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

                                                                                                                  Yours Sincerely,

 

                                                                                                                        Malarkodi