Ramasubramanian Tirupattur has over 17 years of experience in IT with a focus on banking applications. He has extensive experience architecting and designing customer-facing and internal applications, executing end-to-end implementations, and managing global delivery teams. His technical skills include BPM, SOA, mainframe technologies, and data modeling. He has worked on projects in the US, UK, and Australia for major banking and financial clients.
1. Ramasubramanian Tirupattur
Cell: 919.600.2989
Ramasubramanian.Tirupattur@gmail.com
Work Status:Permanent Resident
Experience Summary
17+ years of IT experience with extensive Analytical skills, System Integration expertise and Program
Management skills on development of Banking Applications
Executed End-To-End implementations in various application areas relating to Business Process
Optimization, Application Re-Engineering and Data Modeling / Migration, Regulatory / Compliance
utilizing various Technologies and Tools, such as BPM, SoA, Mainframe, Document / Content
Management, Business Intelligence Reporting
Techno-Functional expertise in Architecting and Designing Customer facing and Internal Applications
and delivering large, complex and multi-phase projects for major Banking and Financial clients across
UK, Australia and USA
Extensive understanding and experience on Data Modeling, Data Management and Data Migration,
utilizing Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 (Host & Distributed) platforms and VSAM files structures
Managed large initiatives (Time and Material / Turn Key projects) utilizing Global Network Delivery
Model with Onshore and Offshore teams across the world, Developing, Implementing and Governing
Delivery Processes, Quality Standards, Performance Metrics part of achieving goals of the programs and
customers
Expertise in Sizing, Work Breakdown Structure, Resource Planning and Project Scheduling utilizing MS
Project
Prepared, reviewed and executed Implementation and Release Management Plans for several large
programs, including deployment / roll-out sequencing, production validation and support, restoration /
back-out planning
Leadership and Management skills including Mentoring, Conflict Management, Coordination with
Internal / External and Vendor Teams, Recruitment and Training
Worked on different SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile (Scrum - Iterative development)
Conducted Requirement Workshops, Requirement Analysis, recommended Roadmap and Design
Alternatives to arrive at informed decisions with a focus on critical success factors
Implemented solutions addressing security framework for internal and external applications
provisioning required authentication (LDAP / RACF / Single-SignOn) and authorization (Entitlement
based on User Groups / Roles)
Executed Proof of Concepts for new technology areas and System Architecture Reviews, Approval
Committees and Lines of Business communities on the design of solutions
Results oriented, having experience in working with stakeholder groups (Line of Business, Development
& Testing Teams, Infrastructure Teams, DB Administration Teams, Project Office and Senior
Management)
Expertise in MS Excel (advanced skills in using formulae, macros, calculations, data driven charts), MS
Visio (preparing flow charts, process modeling using swim lanes), PowerPoint (executive management
level presentations, project status reports, proposals), MS Project (Project Planning and Tracking)
Proficient in TOGAF & DAMA principles and guidelines
Certifications
o PEGA Certified System Architect (PRPC v 5.3, 2011)
o Certified Software Quality Analyst (2004)
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o Six Sigma Black Belt (2004)
Professional Expertise
Application Development & Maintenance
o Requirements Analysis & Technical Architecture Design for various applications on a variety of
technologies (on mainframe / distributed)
o Data Modeling, Data Migration and Application Reengineering / Development involving Databases
including DB2, Oracle, SQL Server
o Reengineering legacy applications to newer technologies / tool-sets
o Reverse Engineering application components to document functional requirements
o Lead medium to large application development teams
Business Process Management
o Technical Architecture, lead development and implement workflow applications on PEGA PRPC v
6.1
o Designed, lead development and migrated applications into Lombardi Teamworks from legacy
platforms
o Performed process walkthrough, Requirements Analysis & Directly Capture Objectives (DCO on
PEGA)
o Championed projects from Inceptions through Implementation
Banking and Financial Services
o Retail and Business Banking (Deposit Applications, Loan Origination & Fulfillment, Bankcard
Underwriting, Retail and Commercial Wire Payments)
o Credit Cards (VisionPLUS, CardPac) – Application Processing (Origination) and Account Processing
(Servicing)
o Commercial Banking / Treasury Services – Information Management, Transaction Services (Wire,
ACH)
Project Management
o Project Proposals, Cost Budgeting, Resource Planning for potential opportunities
o Scope definition, Project Estimation, Scheduling for new initiatives
o Client Liaison for ongoing projects and support
o Define job descriptions for new positions and responsible for recruitment
o People Management, Mentoring and Project Oversight
Technology
o Distributed Systems
PEGA PRPC v 6.1
TIBCO BW (for SoA)
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Server
Microsoft Master Data Management (MDS)
Java APIs
FileNet
o Document / Content Management
IBM FileNet – Document Class / Index Definition, Document Storage & Retrieval utilizing SoA
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IBM Datacap – Document OCR
Document ingestion from various channels (email, Fax & Scan)
Acrobat Professional and LiveCycle for PDF file field definition
o Databases
DB2
Oracle
SQL Server
MS Access
o Legacy / Mainframe
CICS
COBOL
VSAM
Change Man / Schedulers / File-Aid
Employment
Employment Type : Contractor – NC DOT
Employed Since : Jan 2016
Current Role : Data and Content Management Lead
Project / Program Experience
NC DOT – Data & ContentManagement Lead
Work Location: Raleigh, NC
Jan 2016 – Till date
Roles and Responsibilities
o Assist with operationalizing the DCM (Data and Content Management) Platforms ( i.e. SharePoint
2013, SQL Server - MDS, SSIS, DQS, SSRS, SSIS)
o Work with other SOA Center Discipline Leads to define shared processes
o Developing and reviewing database schemas & operating and maintaining Oracle and MS SQL
o Guide the work of other staff in accomplishment of Database Management goals
BPM: Senior Business Architect / Engagement Lead, Tata
Consultancy Services Ltd.
Client: Branch Banking & Trust, USA
Work Location: Raleigh, NC
Dec 2010 – Jan 2016
Roles and Responsibilities
o Participate in process walkthrough with Line of Business
o Analyze requirements and document business process using DCO in PEGA PRPC
o Create proposals with estimates & schedule
o Develop System Architecture / Solution, covering workflows, integrations and reporting needs
o Implement flexible solutions, provisioning end-user managed parameters and controls (through rule
delegation and decision driven solution)
o Understand existing processes, SLAs and data-exchanges to implement processes that meet / exceed
the required operational parameters / productivity
o Review with development team on build process covering UI, Integration, Reports (manager
dashboards and process performance statistics)
o Coordinate with Testing Teams for triaging defects and test progress status discussions
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o Communicate with Web Engineering and Unix Infrastructure and Database Administration teams
for definition, configuration and deployment of Application, Database Schema / Tables and Scripts
o Championed a number of new initiatives and projects from inceptions to production implementation
Project #1 Centralized Fulfillment
o Development of a centralized solution for Loan Origination in PEGA – Includes Secured and
Unsecured Loans and Lines – Inquiry, Origination, Underwriting, Processing, Funding and Closing
stages of the overall loan process
o Wealth Lending – end-to-end application in PEGA
o Requirement Analysis and Design
o Forms development – Mapping form elements to Application Data, PDF templates management
Project #2 Bankcard Underwriting
o Bankcard (Retail & Small Business) underwriting application development in PEGA
Retail Bankcard New Applications and Line Increase requests
Constant Credit (Overdraft on Deposit Accounts) New Applications and Line Increase requests
Secured Card (Collateral based) Applications
Business Bankcard Applications
o Requirement Analysis
o Technical Architecture / Solution Design
Integration with Origination Systems (Branch System and Web Applications)
Underwriting Screens design (for Applicant Details, Credit Reports, Debt-To-Income Scenarios
and Decision)
Interfaces to feed card request to various internal and external applications
Reports for Managers and Risk Management Team
Forms Generation – Mapping form elements to Application Data, PDF templates management
Project #3 Corporate & Retail Wire Initiation through Phone (IVR)
o Requirement Analysis for a workflow solution by leveraging reusable components
o Technical Architecture / Solution Design
Multi-Factor Authentication, involving profile ID / credential and One-Time-Password over
Phone / Email
IVR integration for call flow to back office
Project #4 Commercial Banking / Treasury Services
o Analysis, Planning and Estimation for Large Commercial Application In-House Development
o Requirements Analysis, covering User Interface, System Components, System Interfaces
o High Level Design documentation
Entitlement Definition for Commercial Clients, Accounts and Operators
Commercial Client Account data reporting from core systems
Transaction Services such as Wire, ACH and Account Transfer
o Data Modeling
o Estimation, Project Scheduling, Resource Planning
Project #5 Financial System Case Management
o Financial System Case Management – Part of the Windows-7 migration of enterprise desktops, a
vendor application supporting document based workflow solution required migration to PEGA /
FileNet based workflow solution
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o Application catered for various Lines of Business
Flexible Benefits (that handle 401K contributions / plans)
Record Keeping
Bank Plan
Wealth Management
o Technical Architecture / Solution Design
Case creation based on multiple points of document injection (e-mail / Fax / Scan) utilizing IBM
Datacap OCR and FileNet document ingestion / retrieval
Workflow to Index, Process, QC & QA work items based on task type
Integration with vendor application for Plan Inquiry / Changes
Document class definition by each Line of Business for segregation of Data / Documents and
provisioning appropriate levels of access within the user groups
Document index management for different types of requests
o A generic parameter driven framework was developed to address over 200+ different work types
Project #6 Wire Payment Initiation System
o Developed for Community Bank (branches) and internal departments (such as loan processing
units), as part of mitigating Audit & Compliance Risks
o Domestic (Fed) Wires and International Wires Initiation and Approval
o Technical Architecture / Solution Design
Authentication utilizing LDAP and RACF
Authorization and Entitlement Management utilizing officer’s role / user group
Limits / restrictions for Wire Initiation and Approval
Integration with FileNet for signature card retrieval and document storage / retrieval
Integration with core systems for Account Validation, Balance Check, Fed / International Bank
Number / Name look up
Submission of Wire Instructions to the back-end vendor application
Data Replication to Reporting Repository using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
Reporting utilizing Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
Project #7 General Ledger – Accounting Entry System
o General Ledger Accounting Entry System – an application to capture accounting entries (either as
online entries on UI or by uploading CSV files) from internal users of the bank
o Technical Architecture / Solution Design
File Listener for CSV Upload and parsing elements to create cases
Screen design for GL Entry Creation, Approval at multiple levels
GL Entries validation against back end / core systems
Integration to push GL entries to General Ledger System
Technologies / tools used in applications
o PEGA PRPC v 6.1 SP2
o TIBCO BW (for SoA)
o Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (for replication of work data to reporting repository)
o Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Server (for custom reporting)
o Java APIs (for integration with back-end vendor product)
o FileNet (for Document Storage / Retrieval) and Datacap (for OCR)
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BPM: Lead Architect / Program Manager, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Client: Banco Popular Puerto Rico, USA
Work Location: Puerto Rico, USA / Chennai, India
May 2008 – Nov 2010
BPM Lead Architect; Project Manager
Legacy Workflow System to Lombardi Conversion for a large US Bank
o Project was aimed at converting bank’s legacy workflow system for claims management to the
Lombardi BPM tool ‘Teamworks’
o Scope of the project included Assessment of AS-IS workflows, Requirement Analysis and Business
Process Improvements
o Key features of the project:
Claims involved bank products such as Deposit Accounts, Credit Cards, Personal Loans,
Mortgage, Auto Loans and Operational Processes; Integration with enterprise SoA and using
Java APIs
Over 200 business process elements addressed as part of migration
Aggressive timelines, owing to license expiry of current system
o Roles & Responsibilities
Project Road Map & Solution Strategy Formulation
Overall Architecture Design, Database Design, Interface and Business Process Design
Migration of historic index data for Checks & Images from legacy to the vendor solution (K2
Micro Systems)
Manage & coordinate development and delivery of application in Teamworks, Testing and
support for UAT & Implementation
Lead an overall team size of 20 (including onsite project leads and offshore project leads)
Mainframe - Reengineering:Project Manager,Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Client: Banco Popular Puerto Rico
Work Location: Chennai, India
May 2006 – April 2008
Integrated Deposit Application – Reengineering for a large US Bank
o Integrated Deposit Application (IDA) was a custom developed batch application for processing
deposit accounts. The project was aimed at making it operationally effective and real-time, which
included VSAM to DB2 Conversion, SYSPlex / CICSPlex enablement and redesigning core
application components
o Application also underwent major re-architecture for customer centricity and multiprocessing
o Roles & Responsibilities
Estimation and Project Planning
Cost Budget Preparation & Reviews
Data Modeling to host about 40 VSAM file structures in about 140 DB2 tables, categorized by
functionality and providing optimized performance
Project Management (Reviews, Risk Planning and Monitoring, Quality Assurance and Control,
Status reporting to Management & Customer)
Technical Mentoring for the team
Lead a team of 4 Project Leaders and a team size of 15 members
Mainframe – Reverse Engineering: Technical Lead, Tata Consultancy
Services Ltd.
Client: Experian, USA
Work Location: Chennai, India
Dec 2005 - April 2006
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Legacy Billing Application – Reverse Engineering for a large Credit Referencing Agency in US
o Legacy Billing system required conversion for functional enhancements and technical capabilities
o Reverse engineering was completed prior to the conversion which involved extraction of business
rules from the current system
o About 1000 components, involving Online, Batch and Reporting modules were reverse engineered
and documented as part of this project
o The deposit application also underwent major re-architecture for customer centricity and
multiprocessing capability
o Roles & Responsibilities
Project Management (Review of deliverables, Risk Planning and Monitoring, Quality Assurance
and Control, Status reporting to Management & Customer)
Executed the project with 2 Project Leaders and 20 team members at 100% at offshore
Mainframe Development
Lead Developer / Programmer Analyst,Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Clients: Experian, UK
& General Electric Capital Finance UK and Australia
Work Locations:
Nottingham, UK / Melbourne, Australia / Chennai, India
Aug 1998 – Nov 2005
Lead Analyst
o Responsible for Application Portfolio Analysis, Rule Engine Evaluation,
Middleware Technology Evaluation for a large reengineering program
for a large US Bank
o Lead a team of 4 Analysts
o Technology - CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, Assembler
Chennai, India
Sep 2005 – Nov 2005
Business Analyst; Project Lead
o Gathered requirements from Line of Business, transformed to Functional
Design for development of Collection Processing as part of a large Sales
Finance implementation project – for Consumer Financing division of a
large Australian Financial Institution
o Lead of peak team of 5 Programmer Analysts
o Technology – CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM
o Application Product: VisionPLUS
Melbourne,
Australia
& Chennai, India
Oct 2002 – July 2005
Programmer Analyst; Onsite Coordinator
o Developed application system components of a Credit Card Application
processing and Account processing system for a Credit Referencing
Agency in UK
o Responsibilities included Design of components, Development & Testing,
Support for implementation
o Application Products: CardPac, VisionPLUS, AutoScoreSM
Nottingham, UK
& Chennai, India
Aug 1998 – Sep 2002
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Education
Master of Computer Applications, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
Bachelor of Physics, University of Madras, India