Profile
A multi-skilled, NISM© certified IT Projects and Applications manager with more than 7.5 years of good all-round supervisory and technical expertise. Very capable with a proven ability to execute multiple projects on time and to ensure the smooth running of Core Investment Applications, Treasury Management Systems, Capital Market systems. Also to provide IT services that will improve the efficiency and performance of a company. Looking for a new and challenging managerial position, one that will make best use of my existing skills & experiences also further my personal development.
Career Experience
I. HDFC Standard Life Corp., Mumbai
April 2013 –Present
Deputy Manager – Business Systems & Technology
Company Profile: HDFC Standard Life is the fastest growing Private Life Insurer in India.
Job Profile:
1. Project Management.
2. Developing and Managing Investment Applications of HDFC Standard Life Ltd and HDFC Pension Company LTD.
3. Investments Applications includes Mfund Treasury App, NDS, Bloomberg, Call logger for Market Dealers.
4. Production Issues Support
5. Business Analysis.
6. Conducting Applications Audit
7. Planning and Conducting BCP/DR activity
8. Vendor Management
9. IT Governance
10. Managing timely backups of applications and database.
11. Documenting all important details like Project Tracking, Change Release and Management, Incident Tracking, Applications SOP.
Projects Undertaken:
1. Setting up of all Treasury Management Applications for HDFC Pension Mgmt Company Ltd. (HPMC)
a. Setting up of all investment applications like Mfund, Call Logger, Tickerplant for this newly formed company.
b. These Applications were inspected by PFRDA, India’s Insurance Regulator and later on which HDFC got the license for Pension Fund business.
2. Disaster Recovery(DR) / Business Continuity Plan(BCP)
A business continuity plan is a roadmap for continuing operations under adverse conditions such as a storm or a crime. Any event that could impact operations is included, such as supply chain interruption, loss of or damage to critical infrastructure (major machinery or computing/network resource).The activities involved in this project are as under.
a. Installation of all the core applications on far away servers for DR / BCP.
b. Replication of DR servers with Production servers
c. Synchronization of all DR applications with
d. the production applications
e. Timely replication of DR Databases with production Databases
3. NDS – OM Project
NDS-OM is a screen based electronic anonymous order matching system for secondary market trading in Government securities owned by RBI. The Activities involved were.
a. Servers and Leased Lines procurement
b. Independent connectivity with RBI for faster Trades.
c. Servers and Leased Lines procurement
d. Independent connectivity with RBI for faster Trades.
4. Server Upgrades
Server Upgrades of all investment applications to Windows 2008 and Windows 2012 OS. The activities involved were:
a. Checking Application Feasibility on mentioned OS
b. Testing applications parallel.
Achievements: Awarded “Employee of the Month” for the month of August 2013 also applauded for being employee to receive the award in least duration.
II. Reliance Capital Asset Management., Mumbai
October 2010 –March 2013
Assistant Manager – Information Technology
Company Profile: Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd. (Reliance Mutual Funds) is the top Mutual Funds Organization in India.
Job Profile:
1. Developing and Managing Investment Applications of Reliance Mutual Funds, Reliance PMS, Reliance Capital Pension Funds, Reliance EPFO.
2. Managing Database Servers of respective applications.
3. Conducting Applications Audit
4. Managing Citrix servers and One Key Report Application.
5. Managing timely backups of applications and database.
6. Assisting in Audit both Internal and SEBI Audits.
7. Periodic reviewing of User ids across apps and databases.
8. Conducting BCP/DR activity
9. Vendor Management
Projects Undertaken:
1. BCP/DR Set up
a. Setting up of Backup Applications for DR at Chennai Data Centre.
b. Database setup at DR Location
c. Maintaining Synchronization of Standby database with Primary Database.
c. Conducting DR/BCP activity semi-annually which is presented in Board Meeting.
2. Debt Valuation System for Reliance MF Investment Application
a. Developed integrated system for valuation of Debt and GILT securities
b. This system values the securities on basis of Matrix files received from Rating agencies.
c. Calculation of Scheme wise and Security wise Profit and Loss is also done by this system.
d. Also handling of securities traded at FIMMDA platform is taken care in this system.
3. Oracle Exadata Implementation
a. Migration of Oracle from windows platform to LINUX.
b. Implementation of Oracle Exadata and Enterprise Manager.
4. Conversion of Auto –STP system from Client-Server to Web based.
a. Developed a system wherein Equity trades are settled through OMS.
b. After trades when Brokers’ send their files, it is directly stored into database which is then read and it matches the deal with the corresponding deal that is entered in OMS.
c. After matching it sends acknowledgement through mails
III. Credence Analytics Pvt Ltd., Mumbai
May 2008 – October 2010
Asst.Software Consultant (Development and Support Team)
Company Profile: Credence Analytics Pvt Ltd is a project based software services company which mainly caters to Banks and Other Financial Institutions.
Job Profile: (Client : Reliance Capital Asset Management)
1. Analyze the feasibility of client s’ requirements.
2. Design and Develop the Application.
3. To Test the developed product and submit it to users.
Projects Undertaken:
1. Converting the existing software application (client server architecture) to web architecture
Description: The current application is Client-Server based which was required to be converted to web based. The main advantages being, it could be accessed from anywhere and the services of middle-tier server was not required. It was necessary to develop a complete new application from scratch. The new Web application had advanced features like user defined dashboard, market updates, chat facility and a complete refresh looks.
2. File Uploads
Description: It was a tedious work for users to post hundreds of transactions manually. This application provided the feature of uploading csv files that consisted of hundreds of transactions, hence posting these transactions within minutes.
2. Portfolio Allocation & Banking Transactions
Description: Many Securities like GILTS, Bonds etc are allocated to different schemes i.e. portfolios using this application. Different types of banking transactions like Funds In, Funds Out, Swift Transfer etc are performed using this application. Funds are transferred from a particular account number of a scheme in a bank to a different account number.
Technical Qualifications
Languages J2EE v1.4, ASP.NET VB.NET, C++, VB Script
Operating Systems Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008R2
Databases Oracle 11g , Sql 2008
Tools and Utilities MS Project Plan, MS Visio, MS Excel, One Key, SDLC
Educational Qualifications
Examination/University/ Year of Passing/Percent
Certification NISM© Certification 2015 64.00
MCA Sikkim Manipal University 2015 68.87
B.Com Mumbai University 2008 82.00
HSC Vartak College, Mumbai 2005 66.66
SSC Holy Family Convent School 2003 61.46
Certification NIIT Certification (GNIIT) 2008 71.00
Languages
English, Hindi, Marathi, and Malayalam.
Interests
Playing football, watching movies, Listening music, Social Work.
Strengths
Good communication skills, Good presentation skills, Readiness to work under pressure and stringent timelines, Desire to excel, Fast learner.
