1. MOBILE: 248-703-5264 Ramachandran (AKA Ram) Kandaswamy
EMAIL: chandran1979@yahoo.com ADDRESS: 805, Summit Pointe, PA, 18508
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramachandran-kandaswamy-96429037
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
 I am an Information Technology professional with more than 16 years of experience in various IT technologies.
Specialized in ITSM, Legacy application solutions and Legacy modernization solutions.
PROJET PROFILE
 SDLC METHODOLOGIES: Water fall, RUP, SCRUM (One of Agile methods)
 SERVICE MANAGEMENT METHODS: ITIL
 COMPLIANCE: SOx, HIPPA
 DOMAIN: Supply chain, Auto/Home/Life/Health insurance, Market research
TECHNICAL PROFILE
 LANGUAGES: PL1, COBOL, Eazytrieve, REXX, C, JCL (SORT, IDCAMS, and other JCL utilities)
 DATABASE: IMS DB (BMP & DLI), DB2, ISPF tables
 ON-LINE: IMS DC, CICS (SDSF & Macro)
 INTEGRATION METHODS: CICS web services, IMS JDBC, IMS connect, JDBC, WebSphere MQ, CTG, Oracle SOA
 SECONDARY SKILLS: HTML, Java, .NET framework, C#.Net, asp.NET, SQL, Hadoop, SAS
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
METLIFE, CLARKS SUMMIT, PA /INFOSYS LIMITED
Project Manager (April 2016 – Present)
 Manage service restoration during critical incidents for complex and multi-platform applications
 Oversee operations of 30 Legacy and modern applications
 Collaborate with business liaisons and IT stake holders to envision IT strategy
MASTERBRAND CABINETS, JASPER,INDIANA / SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Legacy migration manager/Computer System Analyst (November 2011 – March 2016)
 Planned, executed and controlled 3 Legacy migration projects following SCURUM methodology. (Story board & TDD)
 Devised strategy for Legacy modernization solution for a 30-year-old Z/Os mainframe ERP application. The solution
uses .NET (C# & ASP.NET) framework, Oracle SOA, CICS web services, IMS JDBC, SOAP/XML, REST/XML,
COBOL and IMSDB. Two years for ROI and business customer satisfaction increased up to 200% by the new features
 Participated, presented and obtained approval from user council represented by different business user group
 Recommended and implemented IMS JDBC to integrate Oracle Transportation Management systemwith Z/Os based
legacy application. The project saved 100K capital cost and 20K operations cost/year ongoing costs of Oracle legacy
adopter (IMS JDBC adopter is free with IMS V 11 and above)
 Designed application solution for migrating Logistics management from 25-year-old Z/Os mainframe Legacy
application to Oracle Transportation Manager (OTM). Solution included Legacy application
with COBOL, IMS DB, CICS, VSAM, JCL, REXX and Oracle SOA
 Managed and guided senior and junior onsite and offshore Legacy Analysts
HONDA AUTO INC, TORRANCE,CA / GLOBALSOFTINC.
Computer system Analyst (December 2010 - October 2011)
 Designed solution for a new Web based spare parts management system using .NET, MQ (xml), CICS, COBOL,
IMS DB and DB2
 Developed solution for an auto spare parts legacy application using COBOL, IMS DB, DB2 and VSAM

2. STATE FARM, BLOOMINGTON,IL / CIBER INC,
System Analyst (July 2008 - November 2010)
 Developed legacy modernization solution for auto claims handling system The solution used COBOL, IMS DC/IMS
connect, DB2, Web MQ and .NET framework
 Assisted in solution development of auto testing tool for the new auto claims system using .NET, IMS DB, DB2
and JDBC
CHRYSLER,AUBURN HILLS, MI / SYNTEL LLC.
Project Lead (May 2007 - July 2008)
 Developed solution for outbound Logistics and product inspection legacy applications using
COBOL, IMS DB, IMS DC, DB2, VSAM, JCL and REXX
 Took over Legacy application project management and turned development status fromred to green and then blue(above
expectation)
 Managed 1 onsite and 3 offshore developers
GM, DETROIT, MI / IBM
Application Developer (May 2004 - April 2007)
 Designed application solution to migrate Legacy spare parts procurement application to a new mainframe application
Designed solution for SOx compliance management using COBOL, PL1, IMS DB, CICS and RACF
 Designed solution to eliminate SSNs from Legacy application using IMS DB IBM utilities, REXX and COBOL
 Managed and led junior application developers of 6 members onsite and offshore team (2+ 4)
 Designed application solution to migrate Legal contract document management from Legacy application
to ODM application using COBOL, IMS DB, JES remote print queue and share point
EDS, DES MOINES,IOWA (NOW MIGRATED TO HP)/ EDS, CHENNAI, TN, INDIA
Information associate (July 2002 - April 2003)
 Developed solution for marketing and outbound logistics legacy application using PL1, IMS DB,
CICS, JCL, VSAM and REXX
 Assisted to improve team member count from 2 (PM and Myself) to 6 members
CAREFIRST / DEXTERITY, CHENNAI, TN, INDIA
Application Developer (June 2000 - July 2002)
 Developed legacy application solution for implementing EDI X12 (834) for a healthcare provider for HIPPA
compliance. Solutions was developed using MICROFOCUS COBOL, PL1 IMS DB, VSAM and CICS
 As part of QMS implementation team assured software quality process is followed
 During ISO 2000 certification audit represented the organization and proved 100% quality compliance
EDUCATION
BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY, COIMBATORE, TN, INDIA
Bachelorof Engineering (September 1996 - May 2000)