Sathish Prabhu T



365, Flat F1 Perody Paradise, VijayaBank Layout, Bangalore 560076
Phone: +91-80-41214135, Mobile: +91-9886990540
Email: sathy_prabhu@rediffmail.com


            Project Management ~ Business Delivery ~ Technology Solutions
Offering 10+ Years of Pioneering Success in Delivering Optimal Results and Business Value in High-growth Environments

                                                   Career Objective

Results oriented Release Manager offering diverse experience of over a decade in the areas of Application Development &
Delivery Management of high value applications in industries of repute coupled with strong domain knowledge of Insurance
and Telecom, Banking & Financial Services. Can be headhunted for spearheading the efforts across reputed organizations as
Leadership Role. Seek to contribute in challenging work environment demanding techno-commercial knowledge, customer
focus and people orientation.

                                                 Executive Summary
•    Seasoned and dynamic Management Professional offering comprehensive business / technical skill set for
     handling large scale Development and Delivery of Software Solutions in various platforms and technologies
     (Mainframes).

•    Recognized as an acknowledged trouble shooter with excellent comprehension of business processes culminating in
     definition and documentation of business requirements, ITIL process definition and follow-up of solution realization, and
     identification of development opportunities.

•    Thorough professional, reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with hands on experience in Gap Analysis,
     Proposal Preparation, Presentations, and Case Studies and Cost Estimation & Budgeting etc.

•    Skilled at initiating, administering and executing across a portfolio of projects harmonizing technical needs with
     business realities including Conceptualization, Budgeting/ Estimation, Planning / Monitoring, Development, Testing,
     Implementation and Maintenance / Support.

•    Thorough understanding of the Software Development Processes in line with the industrial standard; seasoned
     professional with a unique blend of Managerial, Technical, Functional and Qualitative skills.

•    Articulate communicator who can fluently speak the language of both people and technology, blending technical
     expertise with interpersonal skills while interacting with the cross-functional teams, customers and stakeholders.

•    Accomplished professional with deep understanding of the Indian and overseas business culture thereby having
     the ability to work in highly diverse environments with people from varied backgrounds.

•    Garnered excellence and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, competitive customer sensitive
     environment for improved performance, greater flexibility and reduced overhead.
Areas of Expertise
             Requirement Analysis & Technical Specifications ~ Project Delivery & Management ~ Testing Services
    Team Management & Training ~ Knowledge Management / Transfer ~ Process & Performance Management / Mainframe
      Specialization ~ Client Servicing / Relationship Management ~ Team Management ~ Project Life Cycle Management

Technical Proficiency
Platforms                :   OS390, Z/OS, Windows XP/NT, AIX, OS2 WARP, DOS/VSE
Hardware                 :    IBM S390, Windows
Languages                :   VSCOBOL, MF COBOL, Realia COBOL, REXX, EZTRIEVE, JCL
Databases & Tools        :   DB2, VSAM, INTERTEST, TIVOLI, ENDEVOR, TEST DIRECTOR, Unisure, Vantage-one, Ingenium 6.3,
MF Net Express, NTS, ISPF/PDF, SPUFI, FILEAID, DB2I, CA-DADS/PLUS, SDF-II, MDI Vantage, MFREVOLVE, and XPEDITOR
Utilities                : IBM Utilities
OTHER SKILLS

Internet:                EJB, RMI, Servlets, JSP, XML, JDBC, ASP & COM
Editors:                 Home Site, PhotoShop, Web Sphere Studio & Visual Interdev
Languages:               Visual Basic, JavaScript and VBScript
Rapid Application:       JDK2, JSDK, IBM Visual Age, XML Authority, Rational Rose
RDBMS:                   ORACLE 8.0, SQL Server & SQL Anywhere
Web Server:              Web Logic, Web Sphere, and Java Web Server & IIS
Version Control:         MS Visual SourceSafe, Mercury QC, GDD
Packages:                MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint), Lotus Notes, NORCOM, TIVOLI, BMC Remedy



                             Professional Experience and Accomplishments

Accenture, Bangalore                                                                                     Jul 2005 – Jan 2009

                                                         Team Lead
•   Entrusted with the responsibility to release manage the Wholesale (WCO – Mainframe & J2EE Application) and Billing for
    a large Telecommunication Company(AT&T) in Atlanta
•   Successfully planned and executed complex Mainframe project for a large Insurance Company(AXA Life) in Japan
•   Pivotal in managing the Change, Problem, Incident processes(ITIL) for Claims, Accounts, Billing & Kenan Modules(SIEBEL
    application) for a large Telecommunication Service provider(Telstra) in Australia
•   Led a team of 15 members in maintaining the Policy processing and Billing System of a major P&C Insurance Company in
    US
•   As a Team Lead, successfully provided production support for a major Telecommunication and Insurance firms in US /
    Japan & Australia

KMG Infotech, Bangalore                                                                                   Mar 2004 –Jun 2005

                                                 Senior Software Engineer
•   Significantly involved in executing the enhancements of programs, and monitoring the production of the UAT batch cycle
•   Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of Legacy Programs for a large Insurance Company(RLI) in Peoria
•   Actively worked with Client for a smooth KT to offshore team and responsible for L2 Mainframe production support

Phoenix Global Solutions, Bangalore                                                                       May2003– Dec 2003

                                                 Senior Software Engineer
•   Played a vital role involved in monitoring and executing the scheduled jobs running in the production UAT batch cycle
•   Accountable for oncall support to analyze and fix the production failed Batch jobs and involved in enhancement of online
    processing modules for Vantage one Home life Insurance products
•   Involved in scheduled function point counts(FPC), SOX and PPQA Audits

Solcorp Ingenium product training, Mumbai
                                                    Trainee Engineer                                      Sep2002-Mar 2003

Vista InfoTech (Wipro Technologies), Bangalore                                                            Jan 2002 – Aug2002

                                                Senior Software Consultant
•   Significantly involved in executing the enhancements of programs for a Data migration project
•   Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of CA-REALIA to MF-COBOL Programs, Btrieve data organization and
    interface modules for a large life Insurance company(CNALife) in Nashville
•   Actively participated in client interaction for Business rules on Data consolidation and migration

DeeBecon, USA                                                                                             Jul 2000 – Dec 2001

                                                    Software Consultant
•   Performed a key role in developing business rules for strategy quality plan to enhance the system functionality
•   Involved in analyzing and executing the enhancement modules for tracking accounts/reports for Fidelity investments
•   Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of Legacy Programs interface with J2EE environment


Transys Technologies, Chennai                                                                             Mar1998–June 2000

                                                        IT Analyst
•   Involved in Y2K remediation for a large Insurance Company in US
•    Significantly involved in enhancements of online and database applications for portfolio management system to facilitate
     easy access of currency exchange rates of various countries to local Oman currency for Ministry of Finance, Muscat
•    Handled work requests including writing new code, program enhancements and production support for a large bank in
     US
•    Accountable for a developing and maintaining an intranet application to provide corporate information to employees




                                            Major Projects Undertaken

1.   Wholesale – Wholesale Customer Operations(WCO) covers the Functional testing, Legacy interface testing,
     Enhancements and production support for customer care and operations applications in AT&T landline Wholesale arena
     Technologies: OS390, DB2, VSAM, COBOL, Endevor, MS-Visio, Mercury Quality Center,BMC Remedy, IBM Mainframes,
     Web technologies
     Duration: Aug 2006 – Jan 2009
     Team Size: 15
     Role: Release Manager and Domain coordinator

2.   AXA Life Maintenance project caters to the monthly enhancement and maintenance requests apart from compliance
     projects in financial protection and wealth management application
     Technologies: OS390, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, MS-Visio, IBM Mainframes, GDD, Japanese Translator tool
     Duration: July 2005 – Aug 2006
     Team Size: 05
     Role: Team Lead

3.   RLI Insurance project is to enhance the existing Insurance Product and monitor the production batch jobs of new
     business/underwriting, billing & report writers to service the Insurers of contact lenses in USA
     Technologies: AS/400, OS390, DB2, MS-Office, COBOL, VSAM, CICS, FLEXES, TIVOLI
     Duration: Mar 2004 – June 2005
     Team Size: 4
     Role: Senior Support Analyst

4.   Phoenix Home Life Insurance – A maintenance and production support project for VANTAGE-One which is a Life
     insurance and Annuity administration system that provides comprehensive support for key business processes including
     product development, new business/underwriting, billing, collection, policy administration, finance, actuarial ,tax and
     repetitive payments
     Technologies: OS390, DB2, VSAM, Eztrieve, CA-DADS, JCL/Proc, MS-Office, VS COBOL-II, COBOL, Endevor, MVS, CICS
     and DB2
     Duration: May 2003 – Dec 2003
     Team Size: 15
     Role: Support Engineer

5.   CNALife Insurance is a Data migration and maintenance project for life and long term care insurance. the application
     of CNALife Insurance is evaluating a strategy to migrate the existing policy administrative system with its various
     instances to consolidated and stable environment
     Technologies: Btrieve, JCL/Proc, Realia COBOL, MF COBOL, Net Express, NORCOM SCREENIO, OS/390, DOS/VSE, NTS,
     Oracle and DB2
     Duration: Jan 2002 – Aug 2002
     Team Size: 33
     Role: Analyst Programmer

6.   National Charitable Services: Maintenance and Support to the applications – Accounts, Reports, Benefits System of
     national charitable services a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments which is a leader in providing solutions for individuals,
     advisors and companies helping them to reach their philanthropic goals
     Technologies: MVS, DB2, VS COBOL II, REXX, JCL, CICS, ES-9000, J2EE, XML, IBM-MVS, IBM Websphere
     Duration: July 2000 – Dec 2001
     Team Size: 06
     Role: Consultant
Other Projects
•  Provident Bank Maintenance and Development
•  Great American Insurance - Reengineering
•   Y2K Portfolio management system
•   Y2K Remediation of Government Allotment Process System (GAPS)
•   Y2K Remediation of New Business System (NBS)




                               Academic and Professional Credentials

Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering                                             1997
University of Madras

Program Maintenance and Specialization on Mainframes                                 1998
Future Focus Infotech / DSQ Soft, Chennai

Diploma in RDBMS                                                                     1997
SSI Infotech, Chennai

Diploma in Advanced Software Technology                                              1997
CSC Chennai

Diploma in Ecommerce Solutions                                                       2000
Florida Software Pvt Ltd, Chennai

Solcorp Training on Ingenium 6.3                                                     2003
EDS (Solcorp Pvt Ltd), Mumbai




                           References & Details of Projects Available upon Request

Sathish Prabhu Resume

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    Sathish Prabhu T 365,Flat F1 Perody Paradise, VijayaBank Layout, Bangalore 560076 Phone: +91-80-41214135, Mobile: +91-9886990540 Email: sathy_prabhu@rediffmail.com Project Management ~ Business Delivery ~ Technology Solutions Offering 10+ Years of Pioneering Success in Delivering Optimal Results and Business Value in High-growth Environments Career Objective Results oriented Release Manager offering diverse experience of over a decade in the areas of Application Development & Delivery Management of high value applications in industries of repute coupled with strong domain knowledge of Insurance and Telecom, Banking & Financial Services. Can be headhunted for spearheading the efforts across reputed organizations as Leadership Role. Seek to contribute in challenging work environment demanding techno-commercial knowledge, customer focus and people orientation. Executive Summary • Seasoned and dynamic Management Professional offering comprehensive business / technical skill set for handling large scale Development and Delivery of Software Solutions in various platforms and technologies (Mainframes). • Recognized as an acknowledged trouble shooter with excellent comprehension of business processes culminating in definition and documentation of business requirements, ITIL process definition and follow-up of solution realization, and identification of development opportunities. • Thorough professional, reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with hands on experience in Gap Analysis, Proposal Preparation, Presentations, and Case Studies and Cost Estimation & Budgeting etc. • Skilled at initiating, administering and executing across a portfolio of projects harmonizing technical needs with business realities including Conceptualization, Budgeting/ Estimation, Planning / Monitoring, Development, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance / Support. • Thorough understanding of the Software Development Processes in line with the industrial standard; seasoned professional with a unique blend of Managerial, Technical, Functional and Qualitative skills. • Articulate communicator who can fluently speak the language of both people and technology, blending technical expertise with interpersonal skills while interacting with the cross-functional teams, customers and stakeholders. • Accomplished professional with deep understanding of the Indian and overseas business culture thereby having the ability to work in highly diverse environments with people from varied backgrounds. • Garnered excellence and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced, competitive customer sensitive environment for improved performance, greater flexibility and reduced overhead. Areas of Expertise Requirement Analysis & Technical Specifications ~ Project Delivery & Management ~ Testing Services Team Management & Training ~ Knowledge Management / Transfer ~ Process & Performance Management / Mainframe Specialization ~ Client Servicing / Relationship Management ~ Team Management ~ Project Life Cycle Management Technical Proficiency Platforms : OS390, Z/OS, Windows XP/NT, AIX, OS2 WARP, DOS/VSE Hardware : IBM S390, Windows Languages : VSCOBOL, MF COBOL, Realia COBOL, REXX, EZTRIEVE, JCL Databases & Tools : DB2, VSAM, INTERTEST, TIVOLI, ENDEVOR, TEST DIRECTOR, Unisure, Vantage-one, Ingenium 6.3, MF Net Express, NTS, ISPF/PDF, SPUFI, FILEAID, DB2I, CA-DADS/PLUS, SDF-II, MDI Vantage, MFREVOLVE, and XPEDITOR Utilities : IBM Utilities OTHER SKILLS Internet: EJB, RMI, Servlets, JSP, XML, JDBC, ASP & COM Editors: Home Site, PhotoShop, Web Sphere Studio & Visual Interdev Languages: Visual Basic, JavaScript and VBScript
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    Rapid Application: JDK2, JSDK, IBM Visual Age, XML Authority, Rational Rose RDBMS: ORACLE 8.0, SQL Server & SQL Anywhere Web Server: Web Logic, Web Sphere, and Java Web Server & IIS Version Control: MS Visual SourceSafe, Mercury QC, GDD Packages: MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint), Lotus Notes, NORCOM, TIVOLI, BMC Remedy Professional Experience and Accomplishments Accenture, Bangalore Jul 2005 – Jan 2009 Team Lead • Entrusted with the responsibility to release manage the Wholesale (WCO – Mainframe & J2EE Application) and Billing for a large Telecommunication Company(AT&T) in Atlanta • Successfully planned and executed complex Mainframe project for a large Insurance Company(AXA Life) in Japan • Pivotal in managing the Change, Problem, Incident processes(ITIL) for Claims, Accounts, Billing & Kenan Modules(SIEBEL application) for a large Telecommunication Service provider(Telstra) in Australia • Led a team of 15 members in maintaining the Policy processing and Billing System of a major P&C Insurance Company in US • As a Team Lead, successfully provided production support for a major Telecommunication and Insurance firms in US / Japan & Australia KMG Infotech, Bangalore Mar 2004 –Jun 2005 Senior Software Engineer • Significantly involved in executing the enhancements of programs, and monitoring the production of the UAT batch cycle • Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of Legacy Programs for a large Insurance Company(RLI) in Peoria • Actively worked with Client for a smooth KT to offshore team and responsible for L2 Mainframe production support Phoenix Global Solutions, Bangalore May2003– Dec 2003 Senior Software Engineer • Played a vital role involved in monitoring and executing the scheduled jobs running in the production UAT batch cycle • Accountable for oncall support to analyze and fix the production failed Batch jobs and involved in enhancement of online processing modules for Vantage one Home life Insurance products • Involved in scheduled function point counts(FPC), SOX and PPQA Audits Solcorp Ingenium product training, Mumbai Trainee Engineer Sep2002-Mar 2003 Vista InfoTech (Wipro Technologies), Bangalore Jan 2002 – Aug2002 Senior Software Consultant • Significantly involved in executing the enhancements of programs for a Data migration project • Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of CA-REALIA to MF-COBOL Programs, Btrieve data organization and interface modules for a large life Insurance company(CNALife) in Nashville • Actively participated in client interaction for Business rules on Data consolidation and migration DeeBecon, USA Jul 2000 – Dec 2001 Software Consultant • Performed a key role in developing business rules for strategy quality plan to enhance the system functionality • Involved in analyzing and executing the enhancement modules for tracking accounts/reports for Fidelity investments • Accountable for analyzing, designing and coding of Legacy Programs interface with J2EE environment Transys Technologies, Chennai Mar1998–June 2000 IT Analyst • Involved in Y2K remediation for a large Insurance Company in US
  • 3.
    Significantly involved in enhancements of online and database applications for portfolio management system to facilitate easy access of currency exchange rates of various countries to local Oman currency for Ministry of Finance, Muscat • Handled work requests including writing new code, program enhancements and production support for a large bank in US • Accountable for a developing and maintaining an intranet application to provide corporate information to employees Major Projects Undertaken 1. Wholesale – Wholesale Customer Operations(WCO) covers the Functional testing, Legacy interface testing, Enhancements and production support for customer care and operations applications in AT&T landline Wholesale arena Technologies: OS390, DB2, VSAM, COBOL, Endevor, MS-Visio, Mercury Quality Center,BMC Remedy, IBM Mainframes, Web technologies Duration: Aug 2006 – Jan 2009 Team Size: 15 Role: Release Manager and Domain coordinator 2. AXA Life Maintenance project caters to the monthly enhancement and maintenance requests apart from compliance projects in financial protection and wealth management application Technologies: OS390, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, MS-Visio, IBM Mainframes, GDD, Japanese Translator tool Duration: July 2005 – Aug 2006 Team Size: 05 Role: Team Lead 3. RLI Insurance project is to enhance the existing Insurance Product and monitor the production batch jobs of new business/underwriting, billing & report writers to service the Insurers of contact lenses in USA Technologies: AS/400, OS390, DB2, MS-Office, COBOL, VSAM, CICS, FLEXES, TIVOLI Duration: Mar 2004 – June 2005 Team Size: 4 Role: Senior Support Analyst 4. Phoenix Home Life Insurance – A maintenance and production support project for VANTAGE-One which is a Life insurance and Annuity administration system that provides comprehensive support for key business processes including product development, new business/underwriting, billing, collection, policy administration, finance, actuarial ,tax and repetitive payments Technologies: OS390, DB2, VSAM, Eztrieve, CA-DADS, JCL/Proc, MS-Office, VS COBOL-II, COBOL, Endevor, MVS, CICS and DB2 Duration: May 2003 – Dec 2003 Team Size: 15 Role: Support Engineer 5. CNALife Insurance is a Data migration and maintenance project for life and long term care insurance. the application of CNALife Insurance is evaluating a strategy to migrate the existing policy administrative system with its various instances to consolidated and stable environment Technologies: Btrieve, JCL/Proc, Realia COBOL, MF COBOL, Net Express, NORCOM SCREENIO, OS/390, DOS/VSE, NTS, Oracle and DB2 Duration: Jan 2002 – Aug 2002 Team Size: 33 Role: Analyst Programmer 6. National Charitable Services: Maintenance and Support to the applications – Accounts, Reports, Benefits System of national charitable services a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments which is a leader in providing solutions for individuals, advisors and companies helping them to reach their philanthropic goals Technologies: MVS, DB2, VS COBOL II, REXX, JCL, CICS, ES-9000, J2EE, XML, IBM-MVS, IBM Websphere Duration: July 2000 – Dec 2001 Team Size: 06 Role: Consultant
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    Other Projects • Provident Bank Maintenance and Development • Great American Insurance - Reengineering • Y2K Portfolio management system • Y2K Remediation of Government Allotment Process System (GAPS) • Y2K Remediation of New Business System (NBS) Academic and Professional Credentials Bachelor of Computer Science Engineering 1997 University of Madras Program Maintenance and Specialization on Mainframes 1998 Future Focus Infotech / DSQ Soft, Chennai Diploma in RDBMS 1997 SSI Infotech, Chennai Diploma in Advanced Software Technology 1997 CSC Chennai Diploma in Ecommerce Solutions 2000 Florida Software Pvt Ltd, Chennai Solcorp Training on Ingenium 6.3 2003 EDS (Solcorp Pvt Ltd), Mumbai References & Details of Projects Available upon Request