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1. RAGHUNATH CHERUKURI
Contact number : +91 - 9632266243
Email-ID : raghunch99@gmail.com
Career Objective:
To develop my knowledge and career progress in an organization with ample learning
opportunities and challenging environment to enhance my technical skills and be an innovative to the
reputed concern.
Experience Summary:
➢ Currently working in Mastercard office (Client location) in QETs team.
➢ Expertise in Connex on HP Non-Stop Tandem as a developer, tester roles with an experience of
7 yrs. under Tandem (Non-stop Kernel) and Connex Platform.
➢ Good Knowledge in Non-Stop Environment, Tandem Languages TACL, C, FUP, Pathway
concepts, Connex switch, FINSIM, Paragon Simulators etc.,
➢ Worked in Development and Testing projects.
➢ Good Team player having better communication and handling the team members and
interpersonal management skills.
➢ Handled and lead the whole project for successful deployment and act as single point of contact
with clients.
➢ Received various credits from Client Managers and Team leaders appreciating my qualitative
work completion and timely deliverables without any issues.
➢ Experience in implementing the MasterCard & VISA network compliance changes.
Technical Skills:
Programming Languages : C, C++, TACL, COBOL, TAL
Database : Non-Stop SQL/MP and Enscribe
Tools : HP Quality Centre, Tandem utilities
(FUP, INSPECT, SQLCI, TEDIT, Enform, EMS, PERUSE,
DRNet, Connex switch etc...)
OLTP Concepts : Pathway.
Training’s attended : C/C++, Agile methodology
Simulators : ATM FINSIM simulator, Paragon WEBFasest
Project Summary:
Project #1
Project Name : MNGS MAS and Clearing - Dual message Acquiring
Customer : Mastercard
Duration : June 2019 to November 2019
Location : Pune
Technology : Paragon WebFastest, Connex, CED.
Role : Tester

2. Project Description:
The scope of project is to implement the IST MAS/Clearing applications in MasterCard’s MNGS
processing environment and to setup a direct link between Mastercard MNGS with Woolworth's.
As part of this project, Mastercard Gateway (MNGS) established a new link with Woolworth's.
The new link will be used for routing the Woolworth's acquired Domestic cardholder Dual message
transactions to MNGS. The system will allow the clearing of dual message transactions with multi-
currency settlement and reporting.
Key Activities:
➢ Involved in customer profile creation in Connex CED.
➢ Involved in executing the Test cases, Perform the End to end testing, Adhoc and regression
testing to ensure the proper work on new transactions functionalities.
➢ Documented the Test results
➢ Enhanced scripts like adding the Data Elements as per Client Requirements and to automate the
scripts to run in different scheduled cycles.
➢ Performed the performance test by monitoring the Disk I/O Rate and CPU & Memory Usage
through Prognosis tool.
➢ Extended my technical support for various tasks to meet the project deadlines.
Project #2
Project Name : MNGS Multi-Currency Settlement
Customer : Mastercard
Duration : March 2019 to June 2019
Location : Pune
Technology : Paragon WebFastest, Connex, CED .
Role : Tester
Project Description:
MasterCard currently accesses several international POS/ATM networks. As a gateway switch,
the goal is to provide support of the back office multi-currency aspect of these transactions.
The scope of project is to support settlement in various currencies permitted by MC Treasury
team. As part of this the gateway switch will be able to receive the Mastercard forex rate file, supports
configuration across Bilateral, Intra-currency and Regional settlement services and Provide appropriate
reports and advisements to customers.
Key Activities:
➢ Involved in customer profile creation in Connex CED.
➢ Involved in executing the Test cases, Perform the End to end testing, Adhoc and regression
testing to ensure the proper work on new transactions functionalities.
➢ Enhanced scripts like adding the Data Elements as per Client Requirements and to automate the
scripts to run in different scheduled cycles.
➢ Documented the Test results

3. ➢ Extended my technical support for the various tasks to meet the project deadlines.
Project #3
Project Name : CBA – ASB & PTBC ATM Link Migration
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Feb 2018 to Nov 2018
Location : Bangalore
Technology : TAL, PIAUS, FINSIM ATM Simulator, and INSPECT.
Role : Developer/Tester
Project Description:
The scope of project is to setup a direct link between CBA ATM Connex with ASB & PTBC banks.
Decommission the existing downstream links and route all the ASB/PTBC card transactions acquired at
CBA ATMs to the respective bank directly from Connex and to accept the CBA cards transactions from
ASB/PTBC.
Key Activities:
➢ Requirement Analysis.
➢ High and Mid-level level platform design.
➢ Coding and Unit testing.
➢ Responsible for planning the schedule for Production implementation and their dependencies.
Project #4
Project Name : ATM eHUB Stream3
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Feb 2017 to Jan 2018
Location : Sydney (Client location), Bangalore
Technology : TAL, PIAUS, CED, FINSIM ATM Simulator, EMV, FUP (File Utility Program),
and INSPECT.
Role : Developer/Tester
Project Description:
The scope of project is to setup a direct link between Connex & BPH. Decommission the existing
downstream application and route all the Debit transactions acquired at ATMs to BPH directly from
Connex.
Common Wealth Bank of Australia (CBA) debit account transactions at ATM will be routed from
ATM Connex to BPH (debit system) directly and the Credit/HLS/Card less transactions will still be routed
to existing flow to down-stream application known as Common Transaction Switch (CTS).
Key Activities:
➢ Requirement Analysis.
➢ High and Mid-level level platform design.
➢ Coding and Unit testing.

4. ➢ Responsible for planning the schedule for Production implementation and their dependencies.
Project #5
Project Name : CBA-First Data Link EMV Upgrade
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Oct-2016 to Jan-2017
Location : Sydney (Client location)
Technology : TAL, PIAUS, CED, FINSIM ATM Simulator, EMV, FUP (File Utility Program),
and INSPECT.
Role : Developer/Tester
Project Description:
The main aim of the First Data EMV project is to upgrade the CBA - First Data ATM bilateral link
to support EMV & to overcome the fraudulent transactions.
Key Activities:
➢ Requirement Analysis.
➢ High and Mid-level level platform design.
➢ Coding and Unit testing.
➢ Worked in upgraded the First Data ATM link to EMV
➢ Added the new Application IDs into the database to process the EMV transactions.
➢ Worked on the load image changes to read the chip information from the ATMs for FDI BINs to
send the EMV data to the issuer
➢ Involved in creating Test cases for EMV, Perform the End to end testing, Adhoc and regression
testing to ensure the proper work on new transactions functionalities.
➢ Responsible for planning the schedule for Production implementation and their dependencies.
Project #6
Project Name : Union Pay International ATM
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Mar 2016 – Sep 2016
Location : Sydney (Client location)
Technology : TAL, PICHCS, CED, FINSIM ATM Simulator, FUP (File Utility Program), and
INSPECT.
Role : Developer
Project Description:
This project helps CBA to build a direct ATM bilateral link with Union Pay International. The new
link is EMV enabled which will provide issuers with a secure and fraudulent free transaction with ability
to ready the CHIP information in ATMs from the card. This project also provides the additional feature of
CHIP data validation on behalf of Issuer.
Key Activities:

5. ➢ Handled the different level of project modules to analyze the project requirements.
➢ Prepared the High level design for the impacted the components.
➢ Construction and Unit testing.
➢ Worked in transaction level routing changes to enable the UnionPay card acquired at CBA ATMs
➢ Loaded the new UnionPay Application IDs into Connex tables, to process EMV transactions
➢ Performed the force load activity on all the CBA ATMs across the network
➢ Prepared TACL macros for the automated progress of the testing and support tasks.
➢ Responsible for planning the schedule for Production implementation and their dependencies.
➢ Testing support and production support activities.
Project #7
Project Name : ATM eftpos transformation (ATM eHUB)
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Nov 2015 – June 2016
Location : Sydney (Client location)
Technology : TAL, PIEHUB, FISNIM ATM simulator, PATHWAY, EMV, FUP (File Utility
Program), TEDIT and SQLCI.
Role : Developer
Project Description:
The eftpos ATM Hub is a core part of the payments interchange transformation program,
providing the industry with centralized, real-time, secure payments processing infrastructure. All eftpos
members indicated that they intend to connect to the eftpos ATM before the EMV liability shift.
As part of this project, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) established a new ATM
interchange with eftpos/Hub (eHub in short). The new eHub link will be used for routing Other Financial
Institution (OFI) acquired CBA cardholder transactions and CBA acquired OFI cardholder transactions.
Key Activities:
➢ Act as SPOC to work the project requirements with the Business Analyst from client side.
➢ Analysis of the Connex switch flow which impacted the project requirements and prepared the
design for the affected modules.
➢ Played a key role in configuring the new PIEHUB Bilateral ATM links for CBA with eftpos
(eHUB).
➢ Worked on the transaction level routing changes for migrating the Australia New Zealand
(ANZ), National Australian Bank (NAB) & SUNcorp banks to route to eHUB.
➢ Worked on developing the code for the new CBA - eHUB bilateral ATM link
➢ Supported E2E and UAT Testing.
➢ Lead the Defect management meeting with offshore teams.
➢ Extended my technical support for the various projects to meet the project deadlines.
Project #8
Project Name : Connex Software Upgrade 1.69
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Jan 2015 – Nov 2015

6. Location : Sydney (Client location)
Technology : Manual testing, FISNIM ATM simulator, Connex utilities, Batchcom jobs,
FUP (File Utility Program), Xcom files to downstream applications, HP QC
and SQLCI.
Role : Developer/Tester
Project Description:
The Connex application has been upgraded from existing version 1.55 to new Version1.69.
Key Activities:
➢ Responsible for allocating tasks and preparing timelines for every phase completion of the
project.
➢ Conducted the Onshore/Offshore Design and code review.
➢ Prepared the unit testing document for specific modules and executed the testing to ensure
better quality of the code without any issues.
➢ Performed the system testing to ensure the quality of the deliverable is defect free.
➢ Configured the new job flows in the Batchcom utility as part of this project.
➢ Tested the Connex switch and ATM screens to have new functionalities included in the modules.
➢ Deployed the new refresh codes, new batch jobs in QA/PROD implementation on-time.
Project #9
Project Name : Bankwest (BWA) ATM Migration (Phase -1)
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Sep 2014 – Feb 2015
Domain : Retail
Location : Bangalore
Technology : TAL, PI, CED, ATM-TH-CH configuration, Load Image configuration, Batch
Unload jobs, FUP (File Utility Program), HP QC, EMV and FISNIM ATM
simulator.
Role : Developer
Project Description:
The Bankwest (BWA) bank has been acquired by CBA, as part of this BWA ATM Migration
Project, All the BWA branded CBA ATMs are added to CBA Connex and transaction are acquired by CBA
and sent to BWA. The secure microchip contains security data and software making it more difficult to
fraudulently copy the details of the card.
Accepting chip cards therefore helps you reduce the risk of processing a counterfeit card
and better card security means fewer disputed transactions. On behalf of BWA, the EMV validation is
performed by CBA and the results are passed to BWA. This project also provides the additional feature
of CHIP data validation on behalf of Issuer.
Key Activities:
➢ Involved in the design, development of configuring the new BWA branded CBA ATMs.

7. ➢ Worked on TAL for the Terminal Handler (TH) & Processor Interface (PIAUS) module & EMV
related changes.
➢ Involved in the new ATM ID, Terminal Handler, and Communication Handler mapping
configuration level changes.
➢ Provided test support to the System Test & End to End testing teams
➢ Maintained very minimal defect percentage by resolving the defects. Maintained good relations
with the test teams.
➢ Lead the Defect management meeting from onshore.
➢ Worked in multiple projects without any remarks.
➢ Supported the Testing team in case of any queries/problems.
➢ Prepared the Implementation plans deployed in to the LIVE systems.
➢ Prepared the Project closure documents and contributed my extensive support to the
Internal/External Audits.
➢ Responsible to handle the new team members about the project knowledge.
➢ Effectively involved in defect fixing and testing support.
➢ Extended my technical support for the various projects to meet the project deadlines.
Project #10
Project Name : CS3 (Clearing Systems 3) ATM Changes
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Apr 2014 – Nov 2014
Domain : Retail
Location : Bangalore
Technology : TAL, PIAUS, ATM FINSIM Simulator, TACL, Basic Tandem utilities FUP
Role : Developer
Project Description:
As part of Bankwest migration into Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), CBA became
the point of interaction for other financial institutions (OFIs) in Australia. Bankwest will no longer hold
an Authorized Deposit Institution (ADI) license and therefore cannot retain its Exchange Settlement
Account (ESA) with the Reserve Bank of Australia. As part of the CS3 Cards ATM changes, CBA and BWA
operate under a single Exchange Settlement Account with the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Key Activities:
➢ Gathered the business requirements and created the Functional specification & technical
specification documents.
➢ Involved in design, development, creating Test cases for BWA transactions acquired at CBA &
Other Financial Institutions (OFIs)
➢ Supported the End to End Testing team in case of any queries/problems.
➢ As a value add created new test scripts to automate the testing process for the transactions in
FINSIM tool.
➢ Worked in multiple work requests without any remarks.
➢ Prepared the Project closure and Audit documents required for the Project Completion.

8. Project #11
Project Name : APCA (AUSPayNet) BIN Mandates
Customer : Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia
Duration : Nov 2012 – Nov 2018
Location : Bangalore
Domain : Retail
Technology : ATM Load image, CED, ATM Force load, Batch jobs, FUP (File Utility
Program), HP QC, FISNIM ATM simulator.
Role : Developer & Tester
Project Description:
The Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) requests all the financial
institutions within Australia to update their BIN list on a quarterly basis and CBA has a process to add
the new BINs, Delete the existing bins based on the requirement from Connex Card base table. The
changes has to be performed four times per year (i.e., once in every 3 months).
Key Activities:
➢ Get the requirements from the business, Add/Delete bins in CED (Connex Environmental
Database), BIN Configuration file changes were made to support the transaction.
➢ Created the load image with amendments & load the file on to the ATM, to take the fresh load
with new changes.
➢ Prepared System Test case, Regression test plan and Carried out the system integration testing.
➢ Create the macros to automate the force load activity for around 2000 ATMs
➢ Supported UAT Testing.
Accolades:
➢ Awarded Feather in my Cap for Flawless delivery of various Projects.
➢ Received the Certificate of appreciation by the CBA Client.
➢ Received the Bravo award from the team for continuous dedication and efforts.
Educational Qualification:
Degree University/College Year of Passing Grade/Percentage
M.Tech
(Information Technology)
GITAM, Vizag 2012 8.75 CGPA
B.Tech
(Computer Science &
Engineering)
NIET, Nalgonda 2009 63%
Intermediate
(MPC) Narayana, Hyderabad
2005
77.4%
SSC Heralds High School,
Hyderabad
2003 75%

9. Hobbies/Interests:
Playing and watching Cricket, Listening Music, watching movies, Surfing internet about new
trends and technology gadgets.
Personal Details:
Parents : Satyanarayana and Vasundhara
Address : 3-9-655, Raghavendra Nagar, Near Mansurabad Road,
GSI POST, Hyderabad – 500068, Telangana.
Date of Birth : 06-MAY-1988
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Languages known : Telugu, English and Hindi.
I do hereby confirm that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
Place: Bangalore RAGHUNATH.C