Ravikiran Donthamsetty
Project Manager, PMP certified, Canada PR Holder
PMP Certified, Seasoned, versatile IT professional with 12 years of Mainframe experience possessing a unique blend of technical and management skills equally suited for either type of position. I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate productive interactions with clients, colleagues and superiors. I am dedicated, motivated and detail-oriented with a strong commitment to consistently delivering a quality product in a timely manner and a proven track record of meeting aggressive deadlines.
Symbiosis School of Distance Learning
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (February 2004 to February 2006)
Hamdard University
Master of Computer Application (June 2000 to June 2003)
MCRP University
Bachelor of Computer Application (August 1997 to May 2003)
IBM India
Project Manager May 2009 to Present 17 years & 2 months
Headed process improvement initiatives which helped achieving savings nearly Euro 150 K across BI and Mainframe projects thereby received Manager's Choice Award.
Presided process improvement initiatives which helped in bringing savings of $50 K.
Ebusinessware Inc - Client - Walgreens
Sr Software Engineer March 2008 to April 2009 1 year & 2 months
Determine whether the output file of one program that has been modified is used as input to another program and what modifications are required to the second program. In some cases, it was necessary to rearrange the data on a printed report in order for it to appear correctly in spite of the increased size. They would also need to update the JCL (Job Control Language) for any increased record lengths.
Worked on various enhancement and development activities like modifying 496 custom payroll COBOL programs to expand all fields as necessary to ensure that the programs continue to function properly and the output is correct.
Sr Software Engineer
Fidelity Investments October 2005 to February 2008 2 years & 5 months
Optimized various system processes and obtained saving worth of several thousand Dollars thereby awarded best performer of the year by the company.
Gathered business requirements; created design specifications; administered development and testing; provided on-call production support; received award for showing customer focus, bringing savings and completing critical data migration project in-time.
Accenture
Software Engineer February 2004 to October 2005 1 year & 9 months
Preparing unit test / system test plans for all programs
Unit testing of components through Expeditor
Shell NL Project Manager
• Express requirements into a variety of meaningful documents for both technical and non-technical audiences throughout the life of the project.
•Supervising IS professionals by setting performance expectations, monitoring performance, providing regular feedback, counseling and yearly performance appraisal.
•Managing team of 20 resources, performed yearly appraisal process, helped and motivated team to excel.
KBank Thailand Project Manager
• Research and assess potential solutions to determine best fit to business need, identify gaps in solutions, and determine workarounds or potential changes to the solution. Generally focus within existing technical solutions, programs, or line of business.
• Creation of business and technical solution documents to support key business decisions.
•Implemented BABOK® and PMBOK® best practices while managing BI transformation project.
Akbank Turkey Project Manager
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with all stakeholders to gather, analyze information and functional requirements and develop business requirement documents;
• Support Product Manager in recommendations for the design, development and implementation of new, enhanced or existing products, processes and services;
• Provide on screen mock-ups or prototypes via presentation for user interface requirements and review with stakeholders to obtain buy-in;
• Facilitate Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions for Technology and other relevant stakeholders;
• Review and approve QA test plans, develop UAT test plans and ensure acceptance criteria are met prior to releasing to our members
Claims Processing Re-architecture
- Management
- Mainframe
- Technical
- Consulting
- Decision Making
- Communication
- Team Building
- Time Management
- Quantitative Reasoning
- Logical Thinking
- Listening
- Analytical
- Conflict Managment
- Leadership
- Information Technology