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SANJIV KAUL
16/1B, Aravali View Rail Vihar- II,
Sector 56, Gurgaon, Haryana. INDIA.
Phone: +91-0124-6392483
Email: simbha@del3.vsnl.net.in

More than 15 years experience in IT industry working with industry leaders like Infosys, HCL Perot, Amway and L&T. Experienced in varied application areas like Custody Banking, Life Insurance, Distribution, Financial Accounting, and Warehouse management. Managed offshore software development projects in large organizations. Have a passion for translating business needs to reality as software products and projects. Experienced in areas like C++, Unix, Java, Oracle 8.0, AS/400, Synon. Experienced in recruiting technical teams that are capable of delivering under tough schedules. Experienced in Quality standards & processes of ISO and CMM (Level 4 and 5). Believe in being a self-propelled leader who leads by example.

Hardware and software Platforms:

1) C++, UNIX (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX), Mac, Win NT.
2) Rational Rose/ OOAD/UML
3) VSS for Configuration Management, MS Projects for project scheduling, MS Office.
4) Visual Basic 5.0, Crystal Reports
5) Java, SQL Server, Win 98
6) Oracle 8.0/7.0, Forms 4/4.5, Reportwriter 2/2.5 on HP/9000 with UNIX
7) AS/400, OS/400, RPG/400, CL, Synon, SDA, DFU, DBU, HAWKEYE, RLU, SQL
8) HTML, ASP.
9) VAX/VMS and IBM/370 with COBOL.

Project Experience:
A) Employer: Summit Infotech Limited, New Delhi.
(May 2000 to December 2001) Designation: General Manager - Software Projects

Responsibilities:

Following were the responsibilities handled by me:

· Responsible for managing and delivering technical projects in the company. Managing a team of 45. The software development handled in the company is divided into two parts: Products and Projects. The main line of business is Software development for publishing solutions. Clients include leading Indian daily publishings and publishing giants like Adobe and Quark.
· Responsible for providing technical guidance for process development for ISO initiative. Am a certified Internal Quality Auditor. Reviewed the processes developed and was responsible along with the Quality head for the getting the company successfully ISO certified.
· Responsible for supporting the marketing team in technical inputs for developing software services business. Organizing to get proposals written.

Products being handled:
Providing guidance to the teams doing product development. Responsible for maintaining NEWSPRO, and Adpro products. These products are packages for News & Ad Publishing for Print publishing. The development platform is C, Delphi on Windows.

A package called e-NEWSPRO was also developed for sending the content to Web and was developed in Java. This package shared some common story engine with Newspro. Here the stories from Newspro could be sent to local server and then uploaded to Web server for viewing on the Web using jsp. Looked after all the quality aspects for the products.

Both the products have stabilized.

Projects being handled:

Handle all the business for software development from Adobe.

Projects handled:

FREEHAND PROJECT ON ILLUSTRATOR:
Successfully finished the project from Adobe before time and in lesser than the amount budgeted. Summit received the project bonus for early completion of the project. The project was to provide the support of Freehand file format in Illustrator. The team at Summit developed the Alpha product and the team at Adobe (contractors from Summit) site did the Beta. The development was in C++ on Window and Mac. The code for both the environments is common with use of preprocessor directives.

Import and Export filter for FrameMaker using common product architecture of Adobe:
Delivered a project for developing filters for Import and Export on Framemaker using the common architecture for Import and Export. Import facility for Word, Excel and RTF and Export facility for RTF being provided. The project is to develop the Alpha, Beta and the RC product. The support is to be provided on the Win, Mac and Unix (Sun, IBM and HP) platforms. The development is being carried out in C++. Same code is being maintained for all platforms using preprocessor directives.

Started with writing the specs. Next proceeded to get the design document developed for Import and Export using the basic framework (Common architecture for Import and Export). The Alpha is delivered.
Project was following a build procedure. The builds are provided to the QA team for testing and reporting of bugs (filing in bug tracking system) and for closing the bugs already fixed in a build. MS- Project is used for project scheduling and reporting. Development team uses VSS for configuration management. Using ISO processes for the project execution.

Deputation of People to Adobe:
Handle deputation of engineers to Adobe on contract for development and QA assignments.

B) Employer: HCL Perot Systems, NOIDA. (A SEI Level 5 company)
(October 1999 May 2000) Designation: Associate (Project Manager)

Responsibilities:
HCL Perot Systems is a joint venture company between HCL and the Perot Systems of USA set up in India to do software development for clients in Europe and America. Managed projects using CMM processes. The company attained Level 5 while I was there.

Client: Cedel Bank, Luxembourg.
Offshore project carried out in India
(October 1999 May 2000) Manmonth: 100

Projects managed:
Incoming Swift messages and Archiving tool development:

Cedel Bank is a bank dealing in securities. The project involved automating the Incoming "Swift" messages from Account owners and Custodian to the bank. The formats handled were MT565, MT567, MT568. The system had links with the Rapid ("REAL") system.

My role was to get the project developed in India, manage the schedule, guide the design and development team, conduct reviews and monitoring the quality of software developed. Was fully responsible for the project. The development platform for the project was in C++ on Solaris, Oracle.

Along with this project a general-purpose tool for Archiving was being developed. It involved getting development done in India. The client had provided the design in UML. The development was being done in C++ on Solaris with Oracle.

Platform: Oracle 8.0, Pro*C++, UNIX, UML, Swift, REAL.
Role: Project Manager for a team of 20 with three PLs.

In addition to the above-mentioned project there was an on-going project for enhancements/maintenance to Outgoing "Swift" messages.

C) Employer: REBUS SOFTWARE PVT. LTD., Gurgaon.
(July 1998 June 1999) Designation: General Manager - Operations

Responsibilities:
Rebus Software, an Indian subsidiary of an U.K. based software development group dealing in software for Insurance and Human Resource industry.

My role was as follows:

· To head the technical team in India.
· Co-ordinate all software development projects.
· Managed all the operational issues in Hardware /Software and managed all the vendors (For hardware and training). Get proposals for Servers from IBM.
· Business development with clients from various sectors both in India and abroad.
· Recruit for deputation abroad and in India.

D) Employer: AMWAY INDIA ENTERPRISES, New Delhi.
(Dec. 1996 June 1998) Designation: Senior Manager - Application Systems

Responsibilities:
Amway is a direct marketing company. Managed the software development team carrying out implementation of all software systems (Order management system, Distributor management system, Inventory management system, Bonus system, CODA) in India. Was responsible for getting incorporated the India specific functionality into the software like the Sales tax module.

Platform: AS/400 with SYNON Team size: 4

E) Employer: Newgen Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
(April 1996 Dec. 1996) Designation: Project Manager
Managed the following projects:

1) SHARE TRANSFER (Post Allotment) Package (Apr. 1996 to Oct. 1996) (Product Development)

Was responsible for managing schedules and providing guidance on application issues and ensuring overall quality. Was involved in solving issues in ODBC performance optimization. Responsible for organizing demos for marketing.

Platform: VB 4.0 Team size: 4 (PL and 3 team members)

2) NEWGEN REPORT BROWSER (May 1996 to Dec. 1996) Client: CITIBANK

Was responsible for managing schedules and providing guidance on application issues ensuring overall quality.

Platform: VC++ 2.0 Team size : 3 (PL and 2 team members)

F) Employer: HCL Consulting Ltd., Gurgaon, India.
(Jan. 1995 April 1996) Designation: Project Leader
Clients with Projects:

1) Arab Malaysian Assurance Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
(Offshore project carried out in India)
(Oct. 1995 to Mar 1996) Manmonth: 50

Responsibilities:

Project involved development of reinsurance module for AMAB for their life insurance division. During this project my aim was to understand as much business as is possible before going to the specific module. This helped in getting a good appreciation of the Life insurance business.

I conducted requirement study in Malaysia. Organised the high level, low level design in India involving a team of 3. Trained the development team on AS/400, OS/400 and RPG/400 and organised the training on SYNON.

Responsible for Guiding and monitoring the team (8 members) in development carried out in India. Inspecting development done to monitor adherence to standards and to monitor the quality of the development done by the team members. Further organised in getting integration testing and final implementation done in Malaysia at the client site.

Platform: AS/400 with OS/400, RPG/400, SYNON
Methodology : Rapid Prototyping Methodology
Role: Project Leader for a team of 8.

2) Tourism Malaysia, KL, Malaysia.

Offshore project carried out in India
(April 1995 to Sept. 1995) Manmonth: 30

Project involved database conversion from Oracle 6.0 to 7.0. Further it involved conversion of forms to Forms 4.0 from Form 3.0 and also conversion of Reports from SQL*Reports to Reportwriter 2.0. My role was to get the project developed in India and manage the schedules, guiding the development team and monitoring the quality of software developed.

Platform: Oracle 7.0, SQL*Reports, Reports 2.0, Forms 3.0, Forms 4.0
Role: Project Leader for a team of 8.

3) CBT based training at NIIT
(January 1995 to March 1995)

Undergone training at NIIT to cover topics like OOP, C++, Oracle, Sybase etc. Apart from training was also involved in interviewing for recruitment in this period.

G) Employer: CDI, Geneva, IL , USA
Worked as a contractor in USA being placed at client sites as Programmer Analyst. All the assignments involved development of programs and modifying existing programs in RPG/400, AS/400. Some projects involved full software development life cycle projects.

Clients with projects and duration:
1) TECUMSEH PRODUCTS, TECUMSEH, MI, USA
(March 1994 to October 1994) Manmonth: 14 Team size : 2.
Package worked on is PRMS from Pansophic.

2) COLE PARMER INSTRUMENTS COMPANY, NILES, IL, USA
(April 1993 to October 1993) Manmonth: 21 Team size : 3

3) ARTHUR ANDERSON CONSULTANTS, CHICAGO, IL, USA.
(October 1992 to March 1993) Manmonth: 96 Team size: 16
Package worked on -- MAC-PAC V 8.0

4) ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD., MIAMI, FL, USA.
(June 1992 to September 1992) Monmonth: 60 Team size: 10

H) Employer: INFOSYS Technologies, Bangalore, India
Clients with projects

1) WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM for REEBOK, UK
(Offshore project carried out in India)
(February 1992 to May 1992) Manmonth: 40

My role was of developing program specifications, guiding the software engineers in developing the programs and monitoring the quality of software developed. The development was being done for Receipts, Replenishments and Transfer, Inventory Management, Resource Planning and management modules for the Warehouse Management System for a package called DMAP (Distribution Management Application Package).

Platform: AS/400 with OS/400, RPG/400
Role: Senior Software Engineer in a team of 8.

2) REEBOK, UK and REEBOK, France. (Offshore project carried out in India)
(February 1991 to January 1992)

The project was for developing a package (DMAP) which handles all the Sales, Distribution and Inventory functions for the clients mentioned above.
Role was to be a part of Quality assurance team consisting of five members. Functions consisted of quality assurance by testing programs, doing module level integration testing and providing user support.

Platform: AS/400 with OS/400, RPG/400
Role: Senior Software Engineer in a team of 5.

3) BALLY OF SWITZERLAND, New Rochelle, New York, USA
(April 1990 to January 1991) Manmonth: 50

Project consisted customising an apparel package called ACS for the requirements of the client based on specifications drawn. Developed and modified programs for modules like accounts receivable, order reporting and Style master maintenance, Bill of Lading, Shipping Manifest, Debit and Credit Memos.

Platform: AS/400 with OS/400, RPG/400
Role: Senior Software Engineer in a team of 5.

4) INFOSYS CONSULTANTS PRIVATE LIMITED, BANGALORE, INDIA
(Dec. 1989 to March 1990)
Training on VAX/Rdb, DEC Forms and AS/400

I) Employer: LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD., NEW DELHI, INDIA.
(Aug. 1988 to December 1989) EDP Dept. strength: 6
Maintained commercial systems like Payroll, Financial accounting, Order processing and invoicing. Interacting with users and solving their problems.
Platform: VAX/VMS Language: COBOL
Role: EDP In-charge for Northern India.

J) Employer: BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD., BOMBAY
(October 1986 to Aug. 1988) EDP Dept. strength: 40
Developing and maintaining software for commercial application systems like Stocks, Capital Projects, Product Loss and LPG Accounting.
Platform: IBM - 370 with OS/VS2 Language: COBOL
Role: Software Engineer.

Education

· Class XII from C.B.S.E. in 1981 with 81.25 % marks.

· B.E. (Mech.) from R.E.C. Surat, Gujarat, India. Passed in Feb. 1986 with 67 % (First Class with Distinction).

· Received Merit scholarship awarded by Government of India at B.E. Level.

Other courses attended:

· Programming in COBOL conducted by CMC Ltd. in NOV 1986.
· Course in Oracle 7.0 from Digital in 1994.
· Course in Synon/2E from System and Software in 1997
· Course in OOAD for two weeks conducted in-house in HCL Perot Systems in 2000.
· Course in Insurance for two weeks conducted in-house in HCL Perot Systems in 2000.
· IQA training from Ministry of IT in 2001.