Reachmeonboard's Resume (Last updated May 4th 2008)

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RAVISHANKAR PALANIAPPAN

Green Bay, WI 54304 - United States
reachmeonboard@gmail.com * www.linkedin.com/in/ravishankar

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OBJECTIVE 
Looking for a technology consulting or business development role. Willing to collaborate in Business Process Management or Service Oriented Architecture enabling projects as architect or analyst.

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SUMMARY 
Over 7.5 years in IT Consulting and Services focusing on enterprise application development and integration assignments including Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process Execution and Choreography. He has played both technical and management roles in Fortune 100 Companies including Oracle, GE Healthcare technologies and IBM Global Services. Manifested client relationship management skills with strong written and oral communications

Developed and estimated SOA solutions using BPEL Process Manager, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Web Services, XML, Adapters and related J2EE solutions. He has a good understanding of EAI architecture patterns.

Exposed to SAP R/3 and enterprise integrations using Oracle SAP adapters and involved up-selling projects related to integrating Oracle Transport Management [OTM] using BPEL flows.

Managed projects and steered teams during software development and delivery cycle. Developed design proposals and resource estimates for new projects.

Certified as Certified Software Test Manager and IT Service Management [ITIL] specialist.

Mediated development and testing teams with Configuration management team during release cycles.

Obtained global oversight by traveling to United States of America and South Africa on consulting assignments.

Performed business analysis. Through collaboration with process owners, define business requirements, create functional specifications, and define application functionality. Performed detailed systems analysis and design, including the development of data flows, system specifications, and other system documentation.

Proven ability at identifying business opportunities and evaluating alternative solutions.

Ability to drive initiatives across multiple areas of the organization through thought leadership and effective communication

Experience in motivating teams responsible for numerous projects of varying scope at the same time.

Conducted design and code reviews to ensure proper execution of application development methodology for on-time project delivery.

Worked with the Portfolio Architect to ensure deliverables are flexible, scalable and reusable. Provided thought leadership in the deployment of distributed systems.

Analyzed technology industry and market trends to determine potential impact upon the enterprise in different projects.

Devised and standardized processes on Separation of Duties across teams and organizations.

Actively participated in review and audits including Sarbanes Oxley Audits (SOX IT 404) and application security audits in IBM and GEHC Technologies.

Obtained various awards for the commitment and technical expertise demonstrated during the tenure at GE Healthcare and IBM.

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SKILLS 
  • Project Domain
SOA Solution Development, Application Development, Project Management, Test Management, Systems Integration, Business Process Management

  • Integrations and Process Management
BPEL Manager, Oracle Web Services Manager, Enterprise Service Bus Oracle Integration Adapters

  • Technologies/ Standards
Java Web Services, XML, WSDL, SOAP, Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), J2EE 1.4, JSP, Servlets. Web Services Interoperability's Basic Profile 1.0

  • Databases
Oracle 10g, IBM DB2 8.1 UDB EE

  • Environment
Oracle SOA Suite, Websphere Application Server, Oracle Application Server,Apache Tomcat,Oracle BPEL Process Manager

  • Testing/Configuration tools
Mercury Test Director, SOAPUI, Groovy Scripts, WinCVS, PVCS, Apache Ant

  • Operating Systems
Unix, Windows,AIX

  • Software Quality/Process
Quality Management System (QMS), IBM Global Services Methods,Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) IT 404, Six Sigma

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CERTIFICATIONS 
Certified Software Test Manager, Standardization Testing and Quality Certification
Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management from Examination Institute of Information Science (EXIN), Netherlands
Services Orchestration using Oracle's BPEL Process Manager - Oracle University

  • Essentials of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Development of Web Services & Security
  • Web Service Orchestration using BPEL
Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform 1.4
IBM Certified DB2 Associate - DB2 8.1 UDB Enterprise Edition

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AWARDS AND HONORS 
  • Obtained a positive testimony from Ranjan Gupta, Business Development Manager on my solution development and customer management skills during the tenure at GE Energy, GA
  • Received an appreciation from Welligton Sibande, Manager Business Services and Applications, CELLC, South Africa for defining and implementation a deployment process that reduces 85% of time than the former one.
  • Obtained 'Night on the Town' Award twice from GE Healthcare Technologies
  • For formulating a hierarchy based knowledge management approach for Global Applications. This reduces the scan time for obtaining any code/technical doc/ environment setup by 70%. This also acts as a Knowledge Continuity and Retention document.
  • For promoting the design simplification and reusable components in eOM Project by reducing 270 Person Days to 63 Person Days of development time.
  • Received appreciation form Anna Jensen, IBM/PMP Certified Senior Project Manager, IBM Corporate Marketing Operations, for the technical component development, which assists the corporate audit in BAT/GCR project.
  • Awarded with IBM's Your Efforts Appreciated Award (YEA) on successful release of Measurement Tracking System 2.0.1 ahead of the schedule by 45 days.

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