Versatile, high-energy technocrat with the merit of executing prestigious full lifecycle development projects of large magnitude within strict time schedules.
Result-oriented professional with around 20 years of experience in Application Development, Project Management and Production Maintenance & Support. Expertise in managing the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) right from requirement analysis, documentation (functional specifications & technical design), coding and testing (preparation of test cases along with implementation) to maintenance of proposed applications.
Excellence in mapping of business requirements and translating them into functional specifications, use cases, services, implementations & custom designing solutions by identifying the business benefits & impact and following the standard guidelines. Proficiency in communicating with internal / external clients to determine specific requirements & expectations, managing client expectations as an indicator of quality.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Manager
Global Universities Systems
2 2020 - Current
Responsibility to deliver on Application Development and other software development efforts
Responsibility to deliver on Automation Initiatives in various departments of GEI
Creating & managing estimates, project plan, project schedule, resource allocation & expenses to ensure that targets are reached
Understanding process requirements and providing use cases for the business, functional & technical requirements
Interacting with users for requirement gathering; preparing functional specifications and low-level design documents
Ability of managing team and delivering the product capabilities in predefined time within predefined budget constraints
Business handling and reporting tools
Build a strong team of professionals with appropriate skills, attitudes and motivation
Identify training needs within teams and individuals and then work with the HR organization to fulfill training needs on a time bound commitment
Keep track of the new requirements / change in requirements of the Project
To play a role of a critical/incident manager who stitches the team together to manage prompt communication towards business
Communication Manager, ensuring timely, consistent and relevant responses by the team towards business and users.
Founder
Afza Fintech Pvt Ltd
11.2017 - 02.2020
One-stop Payment Gateway and Payments Solution Provider Implementation Partner with differentiated service
End-to-end payment solution with capabilities like Invoicing, Secure Payment Processing, Consumer Engagement, Recurring Payments, Automated Payment Plans, Payment Tracking, Reconciliation, and Past due payments
Enabling Small and Medium Businesses with following features: Real time cloud-based processing platform
Support multiple transaction types and currencies
Implementation partner for major payment system providers.
Principal Software Engineer
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
11.2010 - 10.2017
Numerous Implementations involving integration of Oracle Apps Payments module with various third party vendors like Chase Paymentech, PayPal, Concord EFS, and so on application using Oracle Apps, Java, Pl/SQL & OA framework on Apache, OC4J and WebLogic.
Leading a team in Oracle Payments - EBS involving work allocation, code review, release management, training sessions, regular monitoring, and so on
Managing & deploying builds on various environments and resolving their issues
Ensuring timely completion & delivery of project to client and extending production support of multiple applications
Identifying & implementing solutions that effectively resolve problems / issues and provide improvement
Attending daily defect meetings with Project Manager and Development Team; identifying the gaps and suggesting relevant solutions for the same
Understanding process requirements and providing use cases for the business, functional & technical requirements
Interacting with users for requirement gathering; preparing functional specifications and low-level design documents.
Mentored & coached the project team on areas such as payment systems integration, people handling and managing escalations; planned & integrated the work of multiple teams on a project; provided input on team performance & reward
Played a key role in overcoming the gap between requirement gathering and mapping to technical specifications via approach document sign-off. This was a process deviation and greatly helped the client and my team.
Implemented, integrated & tested modifications for Integration of Oracle Apps Payments module with various third- party vendors like Chase Paymentech, PayPal, Concord EFS, and so on application using Oracle Apps, Java, Pl/SQL & OA framework on Apache, OC4J and WebLogic which improved application performance
Managed go-live deadline for integration of Oracle Payments for CISCO, GE, Wesfarmers, within an extremely short timeline, delivering it for testing ahead of schedule
Internal Auditor at World Universities Services of Canada (a Global Affairs Canada fund)Internal Auditor at World Universities Services of Canada (a Global Affairs Canada fund)
Group Financial Manager at Global Outdoor Systems/Provantage Global (Pty) LtdGroup Financial Manager at Global Outdoor Systems/Provantage Global (Pty) Ltd