Seasoned IT Professional Career Summary.

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Rajesh Parashar
Mobile: +91 9789098128 Email: rajesh.parashar28@gmail.com
PROFILE SUMMARY
Expert in IT Strategies, Project Management, Delivery, Software Development and Support. Extensive
exposure in driving critical projects for various clients across the career with proven success in
ensuring delivery of optimum Service Levels. A multi-skilled professional with a superb track
record of managing complex functional projects in various environments. Able to manage
stakeholder expectations and willing to take full responsibility for the delivering of project
objectives.
Rajesh is an easy going individual who enjoys challenging and diverse roles and is confident
working with technical experts from any industry. A thought leader with project management
and offshore/onshore team management experience with US, Europe, UAE and India teams. An
exceptional collaborator experienced in leading cross-functional and matrix teams both
nationally and internationally.
 Seasoned IT professional with 23+ years of portfolio of success devising and executing strategies
within IT industry. Out of which around 11 years into the Project Management with extensive
experience in developing new processes to significantly save overhead costs. Proven ability to
adroitly handle multiple projects simultaneously including implementations, IT Operations.
 Played a pivotal role in reshaping DSRC, Kirloskar Brothers & Mphasis projects. Contributed
towards streamlining & development to make them one of the flagships projects with focusing on
client delight
 Provided significant contribution to British Tele Communications Testing projects, through DSRC
while working with Tech Mahindra at London office & played an important role as a Data Analyst
 Achieved unprecedented success in a leading a project from “Red” status to “Green” within a very
short span within 3 quarters with the Client Viterra, Canada account, this project continues to be
Green until the project closure in Mar’2013. Achieved Client Survey Review 4.5 % (maximum
threshold being 4.3 % - worldwide)
 Honoured with Culture Team Award in 2010, recognised for achieving targets of SLAs/SLO/SLR as
committed to the client, delivered migration project of Core-DMR and MARS (Data Warehousing)
for the client General Motors in 2010-11
 Appreciated for achieving huge cost savings by successfully transitioning a project in Viterra
account and reducing FTE from 35 to 16 people
 Successfully handled various projects on production development & support, migration and
enhancements of Applications for Viterra, British Tele Communications, General Motors.
Development and enhancement of client-server and ERP applications, viz. MM & ATS for DSRC,
OPTICS-2002 and Company Policies & procedures for AMICO (Jeddah) and SD module for warehouse
management and PMS – Plant Manufacturing System for Raymond Synthetics (RIL)
 Proven record of providing effective change leadership in driving continuous improvements and
innovation in the business and support
 Highly articulate, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills, relationship building,
communication, decision making, analytical and interpersonal skills
 PMP trained with registered institute from PMI Chennai – NISTA INSTITUTE
 ITIL V3 Foundation Certified

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KEY AREAS
Project Management
Service Delivery
Software Development & Testing
Database Administration
Network Administration
Systems Administration
Requirement Gathering
IT Infrastructure
Client Servicing
Stakeholder Management
Compliance Management
Customer Relationship Management
Resource Administration
Training
Leadership
Team Building & Management
CAREER OVERVIEW
Mphasis, Chennai Sep 2007 - Apr 2013
Delivery Project Manager - Viterra: Canada Nov 2011 – Mar 2013
Delivery Project Manager - GM: US, UK, Europe & LAAM – Offshore Nov 2006 – Oct 2011
DSRC (Client: Tech Mahindra) Jun 2004 – Sep 2007
Served Tech Mahindra as a Data Analyst & Quality Manager
at onsite location and delivered to offshore
Test Manager Offshore - British Telecom Plc - London, UK Aug 2006 -Nov 2006
Data Analyst Onsite - British Telecom Plc - London, UK Apr 2006 - Jul 2006
Technical Lead, Data Software Research Company Pvt. Ltd, Chennai Jul 2004 - Sep 2007
Executive – IT, Al Amin Medical Instruments Co. Ltd., Jeddah (KSA) Jul 2002 - Oct 2003
Assistant Manager – IT, Recron synthetics Ltd, Allahabad Nov 1998 - Jul 2002
IT Officer/System Analyst/Programmer, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, New Delhi Jul 1992 - Nov 1998
Training Officer - IT Division, Apple Industries Ltd, New Delhi Oct 1991 - Jun 1992
Trainee - NIG Division, HCL, Noida Oct 1990 - Apr 1991
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Operating Systems: z/800, z/OS, Win 2K Server/NT4/XP/2K/98, HP-UX, UNIX SVR4 & Novell 4.11/4.10
 DBMS: FoxPro 2.6a, FoxBASE+ 2.10, Lotus and Spreadsheets
 RDBMS: Sybase ASE 11.x, ASA 8.x with Replication & Mobilink Database, Synchronisation,
Oracle Enterprise, T-SQL, DB2 and SQL Server
 Languages: C, Turbo C, PL/SQL, COBOL, JCL and Clipper 5.01
 GUI: PowerBuilder, Coolgen, C# & .NET
 DW & BI: Data Stage, Cognos and MicroStrategy
 Tools: Sybase Central, PowerDesigner 6.1.4.790 32 Bit, Advantage Gen 6.5, Endevor, CA-7,
QMF, Mercury Test Director 8.0 and Quality Center 9.0
 Software: Word Processors, Aldus PageMaker, MS Office 97/2K and AutoCAD
 Communication: Exchange 2K, Notes 4.6a/5.0a, CC-Mail, Eudora, Outlook Express and Kermit
 Hardware: Compaq Proliant ML-370, HP-LH4, IBM RS 6000, HP 9000 Series-800, ICIM DRS 6000
& 3000, Compaq Proliant, Prosignia Servers and Intel-based PCs
 Network Devices: Cisco, HP, Lanbit, D-Link, HCL Ethernet Switches, Hubs and Fiber Optic Hubs, Routers,
X.25 switches, X.28 Line Drivers and Modems
 Protocols: IPX/SPX, TCP/IP and NetBEUI
 Servers: DHCP, WINS, RAS, DNS and NFS
CERTIFICATIONS:
 Successfully completed certifications on: PMP from PMI US, Chennai
 ITIL Foundation Certified in 2011
 Internal Auditor's for ISO 9001-2000 in 2004
 Oracle 9I DBA from SQL Star International Limited, New Delhi in 2004
 PowerBuilder 7.0 from Kaizen, Allahabad in 2000
 UNIX and C from CMC Limited, New Delhi in 1991
 Advanced Computing for Professionals from NIIT, Delhi in 1990

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PROJECT DETAILS
PROJECTS HANDLED AT MPHASIS LIMITED, CHENNAI
Designation: Delivery Project Manager Nov ’11-Apr ’13
Client: Viterra, Canada Team Size: 35
Environment & Tools: Window Server, Oracle, PowerBuilder & Remedy
Applications: 60 applications were operational on Production Server and out of which few was critical &
required for Production Support
Description: Objective was to develop, maintain & improve existing systems, which were running on Windows
Intelligent Production Servers in North America & other western locations in US. And provide services for
meeting SLAs/SLO/SLR without any outage
Successfully moved Project from Red Status to Green status after taking over and it’s in green status since
Jan’12 onwards
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for Project delivery, Incident, Problem, Change, Release Mgmt & Support various applications
 Achieved huge cost savings by transitioning the project and ramping down team from 35 to 16 FTE
 Lead project management processes involving metrics, client reporting & target improvements and
production support with focus on SLA,SLR and SLO provided by client
 Proficiently gather requirements from the client and assess expectations for the delivery period
 Taken initiative to work in night shift to support & deliver critical enhancements for the client
 Always achieved SLA,SLO & SLR by efficiently maintaining team morale & which lead to less attrition too
Client: GM (US, UK, Europe & LAAM, Offshore) Nov’06-Oct’11
Designation: Delivery Project Manager Team Size: 16
Environment & Tools: Windows, UNIX, Mainframe, Coolgen 6.01 and Host Encyclopedia All Fusion 6.5 on
Mainframe using IBM Personal Communications, z/800, z/OS, CICS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, Gen 6.5 Block Mode, QMF,
Endeavor, CA-7, Oracle, Data Stage, COGNOS, Micro Strategy – BI Tools
Applications: GM GPSC – ECOC (European Certificate of Conformity), CORE-DMR, Breathing Schedule – A/E,
MGO SIS Datamart, Demand Sensing, OTD and MARS
Description: Applications functioning on Mainframe, UNIX & Windows Intelligent Production Servers across
globe at various sites in UK, Europe, LAAM & US
Responsibilities:
 Successfully provided services with zero outage ,maintained MOF & development environments
 Accountable for managing Datawarehouse environment using ETL and Intelligent Server.
 Development, enhancements and maintenance of Database objects, MicroStrategy Metadata Stores, Objects
and Projects. Analysis, Dashboard & Reporting.
 Accountable for handling transition & job shadowing phase in some of the projects from beginning
 Actively supported various applications for GM account
PROJECTS HANDLED AT TECH MAHINDRA (FORMERLY MBT) THROUGH DSRC
Client: British Telecom Plc, London
Title: TSR (Telecom Strategic Review) MIS-LS (Logical Separation) – Component Testing, British Telecom
undertaking E2E Testing Team Size: 10
Designation: Test Manager Offshore/Data Analyst Aug’06-Nov’06
Environment & Tools: P4 2.8 GHz, 1GB DDR RAM, 80GB HDD, Windows XP, Office’03 & Test Quality Centre 9.0.
Description: Management Information System – Logical Separation, is a project used for reporting purpose for
various business logics, 106 components generated varied type of basic & complex reports based on various
user profiles & user groups, which were segregated w.r.t. various business segments & usages
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for version controls and provided assistance in test cases & execution of management plans
 Liaised with Test Execution/Test Writers Team to ensure work is executed as per client requirement and
Component’s Development Manager for project related issues
 Proficiently analyzed & examined data of execution results, monitored defects and planned test strategies
 Efficiently evaluated questionnaires prepared for various components requirement
Client: British Telecom Plc, London (UK) Team Size: 4
Title: TSR (Telecom Strategic Review) BTU - E2E Testing, British Telecom undertaking E2E Testing
Designation: Data Analyst Onsite Apr’06-Jul’06
Environment & Tools: P4 2.8 GHz, 1GB DDR RAM, 80GB HDD, Windows XP, MS Office 2003 & Test Director 8.0
Description: Project deals with managing a tool which helps in assigning datasets to various scripts. Reviewing
scripts as per requirements of quality data items, sourcing data items required for various processes in Test
Execution Management and validate them on CSS database in Mainframes & Web Database Application. Creation
of data items in XML’s from BBAC for upload into component & storage of data into TDM as central repository
for providing & assigning datasets to various scripts in form of datasheets based on different scenarios

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Responsibilities:
 Proficiently coordinated with Test Scenario Preparation, Test Script Writers, Test Environment & Execution
Management Team, Script Execution & Writers Team
 Responsible for mitigating & resolving defects raised by Test Execution Team on Test Director, Sourcing,
validating & uploading data items and allocated datasets to scripts
 Meticulously analyzed various outputs from script executions, stored in Output Data Tracker for analysis
 Developed Test Data Management Tool and played a key role in developing TDM (Test Data Management)
tool for validate data upload
PROJECTS HANDLED AT DATA SOFTWARE RESEARCH COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED, CHENNAI
Title: Material Management & Asset Tracking System Phase II Apr’05-Apr’06
Title: Material Management & Asset Tracking System Phase I Jul'04-Sep'04
Designation: Project Manager / Team Lead
Environment & Tools: ASUS P4P800 VM, P4 2.8Ghz, 1GB DDR RAM, 2x120GB HDD, Win2K Server, MS SQL
Server 2000 & AdvGen 6.5 Enterprise Server, z/800, z/OS, CICS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, Adv: Gen 6.5 Block Mode, QMF
Description: Objective of the project is to review & enhance existing project ATS Rel. Version 1.0 to ATS Rel.
Version 2.0. The application focuses on flow of material in an organization which includes, Asset Tracking
system, Categorization, Security, Configuration, Transaction and Reports Module
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for Encyclopedia administration, backups, database maintenance and administration, model &
sub-setting, conduct unit testing & update design documents, and also data modeling and database design
 Examined full project life cycle & executed Client/Server Technology (DPS/DPC) using co-operative
packaging
 Facilitated training & development for Advantage Gen 6.5 Personnel
Title: Conversion of block mode Coolgen 6.0 Model which was in MVS Environment to Advantage Gen 6.5 Model
in Windows Platform in Co-ordination with client Computer Horizon, India & US
Designation: Project Manager / Team Lead Oct'04-Apr'05
Environment & Tools: ASUS P4P800 VM, P4 2.8Ghz, 1GB DDR RAM, 2x120GB HDD, Win2K Server, MS SQL
Server 2000 and DB2UDB 8.0, Advantage Gen 6.5 Enterprise Server, z/800, z/OS, CICS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,
Advantage: Gen 6.5 Block Mode and QMF
Description: The Client has information outlets distributed across globe to meet requirements; an app was
developed in Cool: Gen 6.0 & OS – MVS & same was moved from Mainframe z800 to Windows 2000
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for uploading model to Advantage Gen 6.5 CSE & test the data & also manage sub-setting of
model from encyclopedia.
 Generated database in SQL Server 2000 & DB2UDB for windows; prepared application & logged errors in log
 Accountable for training and development for new resources and team building
PROJECTS HANDLED AT AL AMIN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS CO. LIMITED, JEDDAH (KSA) AS EXECUTIVE-IT Jul ’02-Oct ’03
Title: Company Policies & procedures and Internet Usage-OPTICS 2002
Designation: Project Leader
Environment & Tools: Compaq ML-370 Raid-5, Win2K Server, Adaptive Server Anywhere Studio 8.0.2 and
PowerBuilder 8.0.
Description: Objective of the project is to develop 2 new modules, a Module based on OLE system and enables
HR Department to attach any type of documents to database and Internet Usage Module which import ISA Log
Files into AMICO application and generated customized reports
Title: OPTICS-2002
Designation: Project Leader
Description: Project deals with OPTICS-98 & AMICO application which was integrated in a 1.5 GB database and
consist of 4 modules on Accounts, Sales, Inventory & HRD, Migration of the application from v 5.0 to v 8.0 and
Installation of application at several locations across country with customizations in business logic using
Workspace Version Control System and databases at different locations of Jeddah
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for managing software development & enhancement of modules.
 Managing Database synchronization between different locations with head office Jeddah.
 Managing database and internet logs
PROJECTS HANDLED AT RECRON SYNTHETICS LIMITED, ALLAHABAD AS ASST. MANAGER - IT Team: 15 - Nov ’98 - Jun ’02
Title: SD Module for Warehouse Management (SAP 4.6B with legacy)
Designation: Project Leader/Sybase DBA
Environment & Tools: HP-LH4 Raid-5, WinNT, Sybase Adaptive server 11.5.1 and T-SQL
Description: Objective of the project is to standardize business processes like & Sales & Distribution and PPC
& SD modules which were implemented under SAP environment with system bolting on SAP & legacy PMS
system after completion of sorting & packing of products

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Title: PMS-Plant Manufacturing System
Designation: Team Leader/Sybase DBA
Description: Project deals with modifications in Process & Quality Control, Packing, Warehouse and Excise
Modules of existing application to meet changed business requirements of RIL
Title: Dyeing System
Environment & Tools: HP-LH4 Raid-5, WinNT, Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5.1, T-SQL, PowerBuilder
Description: Project dealt with an application catering to requirements of dyeing plant which consist modules
on Packing, Warehouse and Excise
Title: Computerization of Excise Registers
Environment & Tools: HP-LH4 Raid-5, WinNT, Sybase Adaptive Server 11.5.1, T-SQL, PowerBuilder
Description: Project dealt with an application which maintain RG23 registers for availing MODVAT
Responsibilities:
 Accountable for managing software development and enhancements.
 Accountable for managing IT infrastructure and operations.
 Responsible for organizing & conducting training programs and resource management.
PROJECTS HANDLED AT KIRLOSKAR BROTHERS LIMITED, NEW DELHI Team Size: 5 Jun ’92 - Oct ’98
Title: Kirloskar Order Acceptance & Selection of Pumps (KOASP)
Designation: System Analyst
Environment: Pentium-II processors, Novell 3.12, Win98 and FoxPro 2.6a
Title: Financial Accounting System
Designation: Programmer Analyst
Environment: ICIM DRS 3000/P-II, UNIX Sys V, SCO UNIX 3.2, Novell 3.12 and FoxBASE+ 2.10
Title: KMAIL (Kirloskar Group Mailing System)
Designation: Programmer
Environment: Pentium processors, MS DOS, Windows, Unix, SCO Unix, Novell 3.12, FoxBASE+ 2.10 & Kermit
Responsibilities:
 Responsible for maintaining hardware and network infrastructure.
 Maintenance of software products and involved in software enhancement and deployment.
 Installation of operating system, windows and network servers.
 Installation of network switches and hubs and involved in building network infrastructure.
QUALIFICATIONS & EDUCATION:
 Diploma in Systems Management from NIIT, Delhi in 1992
 B.Sc. (Mathematics) from Dr. V S Krishna Government college Vishakhapatnam, Andhra University in 1989
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
 Date of Birth: 28th July 1966
 Current Address: Plot No: 2A, Koushalya Nagar, CBI Police Officers Colony, Medavakkam, Chennai 600100
 Languages Known: English, Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marwari, Telugu and Tamil
 Location Preference: Delhi / NCR / South India
 Passport Details: J6631872 valid till 2021
 References: Will be pleased to provide upon request