1. Manikandan Shanmugavel
BUSINESS ANALYST
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Email: mani.shanmug@gmail.com Mobile:9789228334/9677052206
OBJECTIVES:
To take a challengingrole onBusinessDevelopment asaBusinessAnalystandgive anefficientandeffective
solutionthatwouldhelpthe organizationtoachieve the bestsolutioninbusinesswhichwouldincrease its
productivityinmarket.Seekinginnovative opportunities thatprovide goodROIto the customer.
SUMMARY:
 Overall 8+ yearsof experience inTelecom, Retail andTechnologyBusinessdomain
 InvolvedinBusinessAnalysis,RequirementManagement,Planning,Designing,Development,Testing,
Maintenance andDelivery
 Workingfor CognizantTechnology SolutionsasanAssociate fromJan2007 to till date
ACADEMIC PROFILE:
 MBA (General Management) - AnnaUniversity,Chennai(2010-2012)
 Corporate Ladder II Program - SymbiosisInstituteof ManagementStudies(SIMS) (2007-2008) through
Cognizant
 MCA -Universityof Madras,Chennai (2004-2006)
 B.Sc [ComputerScience] –ManonmaniyamSundaranarUniversity(1999-2002)
SOFTWARE ORIENTATION: MS Visio,VBA (Macros),VisualBasic,VBScript,SQL,UML
CORPORATE REWARD:
 CognizantInnovationIndex Awardfor the yearof 2010 worth$ 1000
ON SITE ENGAGEMENTS:
 have beeninMalaysiaand Uganda forrequirementgathering andUATfieldvisit
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION:
 Oracle SQL 9i-NIIT
 CertifiedSixSigmaYellowBeltbyCognizant
 CCP-L0 (CognizantCertifiedProfessional) - Fundamentalsof Communication
 CCP-L1 (CognizantCertifiedProfessional) - NetworkInventoryManagement
 ICBP-InnovationCapabilityBuildingProgram- Cognizant
 Six sigmaGreenBelttrainingprogram-Cognizant
JOB DESCRIPTION:
 IdentifiedROI benefitsworthof $ 500K to the Retail customer
 Hands onexperienceingatheringanddocumentingbusinessrequirements,use casesandbusinessflowsfor
Telecom,Retail andTechnologydomain anddealingdifferentoverseasclients
 Hands onexperiencein Global InformationSystem
 Handlingthe requirementfortechnology projectswhichare runninginDesktop,Smartphone(Android,
windowsandIOS) andtabletenvironment
 Analyzedandcreatedthe specificfunctional requirementforsmartphone andtabletbasedonthe mobile
capabilityforthe technologyprojects
 Assisttocreate the userinterface andvisual design inDesktop,Smartphone andtablet environment forthe
technologyprojects

2. Manikandan Shanmugavel
BUSINESS ANALYST
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 Exposure towaterfall andAgile projectmethodology
 Create Use cases specificationsfortechnologistsforbuildingsoftwaredesignandQA teamsfor purpose of test
plan,testdesign,scenariosandcreatingtraceabilitymatrix
 Identifythe solutiondesigningforthe critical problems
 Interactwithbusinessteamtogather,analyze anddocumentBRD,FR,and NFR and ensure thatthe
requirementsare implementedcorrectlyduringdevelopment
 Analyze businessprocesses,existingsystemsandrequirementsandpropose functionaldesign
 Interactwithdevelopmentandtestingteamsduringthe software developmentlifecycletoprovide necessary
supportinunderstandingrequirements
 Assistthe developmentteam,Interactive designTeam, Testingteaminanyissue clarificationrequiredfrom
businessperspective
 ExpertindevelopingVBA Macros,Excel-basedVBScriptapps,Macros for Mainframe,AS-400,CICS basedon
the businessrequirements
 Workingas an innovationchampionforthe Retail BU
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS [JANUARY 2007-TILL DATE]
PROJECT: COMMSPEAK - WORLD VISION(AUGUEST2013-TILL DATE)
BUSINESSUNIT: TECHNOLOGY
ROLE: BUSINESS ANALYST
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
WorldVisionisa Christiancharityandservesthe people globallytodeveloptheircommunitybyconducting
programmestoeradicate poverty,ProvideEducationandhealth. Scope of thisprojectistocreate an application
that has to reflectthe worldvisionbusinessmodel suchasPlanning,Budgeting,MonitoringandImplementation,
MIS, CommunityDevelopmentplanforall the communityprogrammes.ThisprojectisdevelopedinAndroidand
IOSfor Desktop,Tabletandsmart phonesusers. GeographicInformationSystem(GIS) technologyisusedfor
supportingchildwell-beingandotherinternationalhumanitarianaidprograms.GISprovidesWorldVisionwitha
toolbox tocollectmobile data,visualize data,manage data,analyze data,andcommunicate datato decision
makersand donors.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Interactingwith clientSMEs forgatheringrequirementforHorizonandGIS productportfolio
 CreatingBusinessRequirement, Functional Requirementandnonfunctional requirementdocuments
 Creatingacceptance criteriabasedonthe FRD and providingthe assistance tocreate the UI,VD and Testcases
 InvolvingRFPdiscussion
 Planand execute end-to-endUATwithstakeholdersatvariousfieldlocations
 Assistthe developmentteam,Interactive designTeam, Testingteaminanyissue clarificationrequired
frombusinessperspective
PROJECT: US BASED RETAILER (APRIL-2011-JULY 2013)
BUSINESSUNIT: RETAIL
ROLE: MS ANALYST
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Involvedindevelopmentprojectof Merchandise InventoryManagement,Merchandise Planning
, Merchandise FinancialsandProductDevelopment functionalareas
 Involvingenhancementof forecastingApplicationsasasingle pointof contactfrom offshore

3. Manikandan Shanmugavel
BUSINESS ANALYST
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 CreatingBusinessRequirement,Functional Requirementandnonfunctional requirementdocuments
 CreatingFunctionalitydocumentationforthe applications
 Identifiednew innovation opportunitiesforthe delivery
 Involvingincreatingmetricsdashboardandautomatedthe manual process
PROJECT: US BASED RETAILER (APRIL 2009-APRIL 2011)
BUSINESSUNIT: RETAIL
ROLE: ANALYST
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Identifyingthe automationopportunitiesinMerchandisePayable,Expense Payable,VendorCompliance,Sales
AuditandvendorControl functional areasandimplementedthose withinRetail projects
 Supportedthe customertoattainthe good Returnon investmentbybestpracticesandinnovations
 As an individual contributorhandledBusinessAnalysis,Requirement Management,Design,Code, Test,
Maintenance andDelivery
 CreatingBusinessRequirement,Functional Requirementandnonfunctional requirementdocuments
 CreatingbusinessflowchartsandbusinessBlue printforthe Belk
PROJECT: US BASED TELECOM VENDOR (APRIL 2008-APRIL 2009)
BUSINESSUNIT: TELECOM
ROLE: SME
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 InvolvinginDataTransformationamongthe twodifferenttelecomvendors
 Constructan efficientquerytohandle the datathroughMySQL
 Conductingthe Knowledge Transformationsession forthe new comers
 Trackingthe projectmetrics
PROJECT: US BASED CABLE & WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER (JANUARY2007-MARCH 2008)
BUSINESSUNIT: TELECOM
ROLE: RESEARCH ANALYST
RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Involvedinmarketresearchforthe networkassets(T1,T2, T3 carrier)
 Reconcilingthe networkdatafromthe Switch(CederpointandMGX),Metasolv,E2E database and update the
data inMetasolv
 InvolvedindatamigrationbycreatingISR(Internal Service Request) andASR(AccessService Request) tothe
service provider
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Single
Languagesknown : Tamil,English
PassportNumber : H0349789