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K. Amar Lokeswar Reddy
Career Objective
Up-to-date with changes in technology and the business implications / applications of new technologies, I aspire for the
continuous improvement. Skilled in ensuring efficient, effective and elegant solutions, are created and maintained to
meet business needs.
Core Competencies
• Technical Support, Maintenance & Trouble Shooting Skills
• SDLC and Project Management
• Defect Management / Meet Deadlines
• Client Oriented Approach
• Automobile Procurement and Warehouse
• Relationship Management
• Team Building and Supervision
• Analytical and Decision Making Ability
• Adaptability and Challenging Stance
Key Achievements
• Appreciated by IS&S Business owner for executing an outstanding performance in the assigned functionalities as
per set organizational policies and procedures.
• Received appreciation certificate from the client for delivering projects within the constraints of scope, quality
and time to deliver client specified requirements.
Professional Experience
Project Lead Ford Technology Services, Chennai Sept’ 13 – till date
Senior System Engineer IBM India, Chennai Aug’ 08 – Sept’2013
Senior Software Engineer Covansys India Pvt Ltd, Chennai Mar’ 05 – Jul’ 08
Key Responsibilities
• Distribute day to day work to team and get it competed with in specified SLA.
• Generate daily and weekly metric reports.
• Guide the team in completing the task.
• 24x7 production support, which includes fixing up the production job abends within fixed time frames as per SLA
which includes coordination with IBM Operations U.S. if required.
• Monitoring Production IMS volumes, datasets and manage the objects accordingly.
• Ensuring adequate access is available for the users to IMS objects.
• Technical Support for the application team to ensure successful implementations of the projects into Production.
• Execute different IMS commands.
• Creation of new Transactions and PSBs and performing MFSgen, PSBgen and ACBgen.
• Turnover of IMS MPP programs to production.
• Restoring IMS to image copies, reorg of DB2 and IMS databases.
• Recovering IMS databases.
Career Summary
IT Professional with experience of 10+ Years in IT Arena. Utilize keen analysis, insights and team approach to drive
organizational improvements and implementation of the best practices. Domain knowledge in COBOL, IMS
DB/DC, DB2, JCL, PL1 with proficiency in using technology to enhance data and information management. Rich
functional exposure in Automobile Procurement and warehouse management for upholding inventory levels
with abilities to prioritize and operate proactively. A proactive, open and honest communicator; stimulated by
fresh challenges. Demonstrated proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals to maximize levels of
productivity while forming cohesive team environments. Skilled in delivering creative projects on time within
budget from conception and development to detailed planning, execution and final delivery ensuring customer
satisfaction.
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• Developed new and enhancement of existing programs in IMS DB/DC right from design to implementation.
• Responsible for solving tickets under incident management and extracting incident report from Remedy to
develop future course of actions.
• Performing analysis for Service Request (SR/M.E) for resolving issues and implement solutions for a seamless
functional process.
• Involving in designing, coding, unit testing & UAT for identifying & determining issues for a seamless functional
process.
• Accountable for demanding and releasing jobs in CA-7 for Adhoc Requests at par with client specifications.
• Delivering Production Support & trouble shooting issues production abends following organizational guidelines.
• Preparing test cases and carried out peer reviews for solving defect issues ensuring an uninterrupted flow.
• Involved in clear and detailed understanding of clients requirements for delivering final output as per client
specifications without violating organizational standards.
• Perform analysis for existing systems to streamline processes and develop new processes to ensure efficiency in
the operational process.
Professional Projects Handled
Client Name Ford NA
Project Title / Name Vehicle Order Processing & Sales Reporting.
Project Duration Nov’13 to till date
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 7
Role Project Lead
Software / Tools / Technology Used Cobol, JCL, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, SAP BO, Infoview, EDB
Project Description
Vehicle Order Processing :
Vehicle ordering system that allows dealership and Company personnel to interactively configure and price a vehicle order.
Performs a complete edit of the order to ensure the vehicle order content can be built at the assembly plant. Calculates a price
that is as accurate as if the vehicle were invoiced on that day. Indicates any material hold or short supply controlled commodity
options that have been ordered.
Sales Reporting :
The Sales Reporting System collects, validates and analyzes sales related information on a daily basis. Transactions received
are verified, acknowledged, accumulated into various sales counts, and accessed by other company components. The Sales
Reporting System directly updates the status of vehicles with sales related information on the North American Vehicle
Information Systems (NAVIS) database. Reports are produced and transmitted to the dealers and regions via COMBAT. These
reports are also used for analytical tools by the vehicle divisions. The Month-end Sales Reporting System and other sales
Operations Systems use data files created by the Daily Sales System.
Client Name TD Bank Financial Group
Project Title / Name Credit Card Mobile Wallet
Project Duration June’13 to Sept’13
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 3
Role Team Lead
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS),Cobol, JCL, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, INSYNC, Endevor
Project Description
TD Credit card processing is performed by a third party service provider named TSYS (Total System Services) using the
platform TS2. Visa Integration Layer (VIL) was created to reduce transactional traffic and to link external and internal partners.
VIL is a host application that runs on IMS platform and has DB2 database. . The DB2 tables are collectively called Local Data
Store (LDS). TSYS is the book of record for credit card information and Customer link (CL) is the book of record for customer
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information.
Client Name International Trucks and Engine Corpoerations
Project Title / Name Navistar Inc, USA
Project Duration July’12 to May’13
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 1
Role IMS DBA
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS),JCL, DELTA IMS, FILE-AID, Change Man
Client Name International Trucks and Engine Corpoerations
Project Title / Name AMS Navistar
Project Duration July’11 to June’12
Project Location Banglore
Team Size 3
Role Production support and enhancements
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS),Cobol, JCL, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, EDI, SAS, FILE-AID, Endeavor,
Project Description
The primary purpose of the Material system applications is to provide the material requirement schedules to all its suppliers
through EDI messages for all the International Truck and Engine Corporation (International) truck manufacturing plants. This
system provides daily and weekly requirements schedules. It also considers the future requirements based on forecasting. The
various sub applications that are part of MSL application can be categorized into
1.1 Application Listing
• EDI 856 - ASN Receiving
• Application Advice - EDI 824 processing
• 830 Process
• 866 Process
• ABR Receiving
• Production Progress
• Frame Piercing
• Lineset and Built
• Cycle Counting
• Kingpin Turn Angle
• Inter Plant Ordering
• Glamour Paint
Client Name General Motors
Project Title / Name Warranty Management Analyst (WMA)
Project Duration Oct’10 – June’11
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 3
Role Team Member
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS), PL/1, Assembler,VSAM, FILE-AID, Endeavor, CA-7
Project Description
WM Analyst utilizes a system to analyze potential problem areas then recommends action to be taken with each
service agent based on the analysis. The service agent transactions are compared to those of other like service
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agents (peers) and analyzed for cost and frequency, as well as certain patterns and trends.
Based on the system’s findings, and the past history for the specific service agent, a recommendation for action is
determined for each service agent. The recommendation is used to determine the possible placement of the service
agent in the escalation progression cycle The escalation progression cycle consists of several observation periods that
a service agent may progress through. The observation period and associated time frame for each period is taken
into consideration by WM Analyst when determining the current action to be taken for a service agent. Based on
Business unit Warranty administration procedures, various actions, such as creation of a dealer self review (DSR) in WM
Toolkit may result. The content will vary depending on the service agents' performance, position within the escalation
progression cycle, and the system recommendation.
Client Name General Motors
Project Title / Name Saturn Services Parts Operation
Project Duration Aug’ 08 – Jan’11
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 6
Role Team Member
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS), VS COBOL II, CICS, JCL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, PL/1, Assembler, FILE-
AID, Endeavor, CA-7
Project Description
General Motors is one of the leading automobile manufacturing companies across the Globe. It has many car
models to its name like Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn
and Vauxhall. We support services after sales, i.e Service parts operation’s of Saturn Vehicles. The application
basically is Inventory and Warehouse of GM Saturn, i.e. right from the parts order to delivery of Saturn dealers and
retailers and receiving parts to Saturn Warehouse. Saturn initiates the Services Parts Orders either by Replenishment
cycle or Retailers or Part Support Analysts (PSAs).
Client Name FORD, North America
Project Title / Name CPARS PS
Project Duration Mar’ 07 – Jul’ 08
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 3
Role Team Member
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS), VS COBOL II, JCL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, FILE-AID, XPEDITOR,
CHANGEMAN, STROBE
Project Description
The Corporate Procurement and Receiving system (CPARS) support the procurement of non production or indirect
material /services. CPARS is divided into four main subsystems CPARS90, BOSS90, Part Specification, and Classic.
CPARS supports the functions are Requisitioning, Approval, Procurement, Receiving/Payment approval, Payment,
inventory management. It interfaces with the following major systems to support these functions:
• Control of Requisitions and Approvals (CORA)
• Global Supplier Database (GSDB)/Uniform Company Coding System (UCCS)
• PeopleSoft Chart of Accounts
• Project Control and Property Accounting System (PCPAS)
• Corporate Centralized Accounts Payable System (CCAPS)
This system Major business functions includes:
• Inventory and non-inventory requisitioning, procurement and financial control
• Non-production stores inventory part specification and control
• Selected production material procurement and inventory control
Client Name Ford, North America
Project Title / Name PIMS Healthcare & Transportation Transition to CPARS
Project Duration Sept’ 05 – Mar’ 07
Project Location Chennai
Team Size 17
Role Team Member
Software / Tools / Technology Used OS/390(MVS), VS COBOL II, JCL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, FILE-AID, XPEDITOR,
CHANGEMAN, STROBE
Project Description
The Corporate Procurement and Receiving system (CPARS) support the procurement of non production or indirect
material /services. CPARS supports the functions are Requisitioning, Approval, Procurement, Receiving/Payment
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approval, Payment, inventory management. CPARS is divided into four main subsystems
• CPARS90
• BOSS90
• Part Specification
• Classic
CPARS90 System supports the requisitioning and approval process. Different Types of requisitions like Expense, Budget,
Project Material and services can be created in this sub system. The approval Process through the various levels of
hierarchy to be completely approved and passed on to the buyer. The Requisition could be routed to the
management, accounting, and Finance departments for approval. In BOSS90 the buyer sets up blankets. A Blanket
order is a contract between ford and a supplier to supply items at a defined rate over a defined period of time. The
Part Spec System is used to define new parts for inventory. The part specifier first defines and submits the part
specification for approval. The Classic System is used to setup and maintain inventory parts.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical
Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary, India, Gulbarga University
2001
Technical Skills
Category Software / Tool / Technology Proficiency
OS
ERP
Mainframe:
Languages
Languages
Databases
File System
Tools
MVS/ESA, MS-DOS, WINDOWS XP/07
SAP BO, Infoview
COBOL, JCL, IMS DC, PL1, CICS
CICS WEB SUPPORT
DB2, IMS DB
VSAM
Change man, Expediter, File-Aid, Strobe, Spufi CA-7, Endevor, Platinum
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Trainings Attended
Lean, RACE trainings
Personal Details
Date Of Birth 5 May 1979
Languages Known Telugu, English, Hindi and Tamil
Nationality Indian
Personal Interests Playing Cricket, Foot ball, spending time with my family
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approval, Payment, inventory management. CPARS is divided into four main subsystems
• CPARS90
• BOSS90
• Part Specification
• Classic
CPARS90 System supports the requisitioning and approval process. Different Types of requisitions like Expense, Budget,
Project Material and services can be created in this sub system. The approval Process through the various levels of
hierarchy to be completely approved and passed on to the buyer. The Requisition could be routed to the
management, accounting, and Finance departments for approval. In BOSS90 the buyer sets up blankets. A Blanket
order is a contract between ford and a supplier to supply items at a defined rate over a defined period of time. The
Part Spec System is used to define new parts for inventory. The part specifier first defines and submits the part
specification for approval. The Classic System is used to setup and maintain inventory parts.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical
Vijayanagar Engineering College, Bellary, India, Gulbarga University
2001
Technical Skills
Category Software / Tool / Technology Proficiency
OS
ERP
Mainframe:
Languages
Languages
Databases
File System
Tools
MVS/ESA, MS-DOS, WINDOWS XP/07
SAP BO, Infoview
COBOL, JCL, IMS DC, PL1, CICS
CICS WEB SUPPORT
DB2, IMS DB
VSAM
Change man, Expediter, File-Aid, Strobe, Spufi CA-7, Endevor, Platinum
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Knowledge
Proficient
Trainings Attended
Lean, RACE trainings
Personal Details
Date Of Birth 5 May 1979
Languages Known Telugu, English, Hindi and Tamil
Nationality Indian
Personal Interests Playing Cricket, Foot ball, spending time with my family