Soorav Bhasker RaoPlot 17 ‘Swati
First floor
P &T Colony Secunderabad
Mobile: 9391333062Email: bhaskerrao@mailcity.com
Job Objective
To share the technical knowledge, industry niche experience for the up-liftment of emerging technocrats.
Summary of Skills and Experience
· Over three decades niche experience in Information Technology, Software Quality Assurance, Project Management, Human Resource Management and Finance Management.
Organization Management Development
· Thorough experience of Heavy Industry ,Banking, Finance and Insurance and Manufacturing domains like Chemicals, Bulk Drugs, Fertilizers, Petroleum Products, Ceramics, Tele Communications, Transport, Shipping, Iron and Steel, Agriculture plantations and Sugar.
· Well versed in launching start-up organizations, take overs, setting and achieving organization objectives and achieving technical excellence.
· Experienced in establishing the Quality Assurance functions like ISO, Six Sigma and CMM levels.
· Designing and deploying systems and processes to deliver quality, and conduct research and design for solutions/ products delivery.
· Development of measurement matrix tools to capture data for a 360° view of the organization at any point in time.
· Accomplished in business analysis, project scoping, resource analysis and technical execution of projects.
· Have executed projects for premier clients like Chrysler, Ford, GM, Chase Manhattan, Amex, Anderson Consulting, Liberty Mutual, State Farm Insurance, Bay Area Government and Cisco In US. E.ID.PARRY and Murugappa Group in India.
Career Path
Jun,05TillToday as COO and Executive Director for Biotranz Labs and Corporate Advisor
for KREBS Biotechnology LTD, SV Infosys, ASIAQIT and CAPDIGISOFT .
Feb ’02 to Jun,05 as Senior VP Head (Delivery and QA) with Visual Soft Technologies Ltd, India, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Boston.
Nov ’00 to Jan ’02 as CEO and Head Software Exports with Cyber Initiatives, Bay Area Govt, LA USA
Mar ’99 to Sep ’00 as Practice Head (Delivery and Quality Assurance) with State Farm Insurance, IL, USA
Feb ’97 to Mar ’99 as Program Manager and Head Project Delivery, Quality Assurance with, Ford, GM, Chrysler and State farm insurance in USA
APR ’95 to Jan ’97 a senior project consultant , M/S LYNX Technologies, AMEX and
Arthur Anderson Consulting, USA.
Jun ’93 to Mar ‘95 as Head Projects, with Software Exports GEO SOFT, USA
1978 to 1993 GM MIS and IT services with EID-Parry India LTD, India.
1971 to 1977 as Programmer/ Analyst IBM India, Australia, NZ and Dubai
Areas of Expertise
Organization Development
· Designing and implementing business models, pre-sales and post-sales policies for successful business acquisition.
· Setting the goals and budgets to attain the necessary technologies and skills for market share and profitability growth in the organization’s chosen domain.
· Staying abreast of the latest technology trends and choosing the right technologies to deliver the organization’s products/ solutions.
· Designing and executing innovative systems and processes for enhanced monitoring and control of resources, productivity enhancement and improved delivery of customer service leading to profitability for both the client and the organization.
· Leading the teams to conduct technology assessment, R & D, product development, and research on process improvement and adoption.
· Supervising development of highly skilled manpower on new technologies, through regular training and by fostering a creative/learning environment in the organization.
Software Quality Management
· Establishing the SQA function, its systems and procedures and identifying/ hiring/ training the manpower to execute SQA.
· Designing estimation models based on a scientific approach and establishing standard processes for software development, testing, QA, reviews, defect prevention, project level and organization metrics, PCBS and OGC processes.
· Identifying QA Tools and evaluating them, conducting pilot runs and installing and monitored their performance.
· Managing the SEI: CMM Level 5 implementation.
Project Management
· Conducting business analysis to study the client’s existing systems and gaps therein, to customise the proposals for new application development.
· Understanding client requirements and translating them into technical specifications.
· Developing the project plan, timeline, costing and resource requirements.
· Monitoring project development, deploying projects on-site, integrating them with existing applications ensuring seamless transition and user experience.
Career Highlights
As Corporate Advisor for M/s KREBS BIOTECHNOLOGY LTD, Senior Management Business reviews, Key result areas , Business analysis, Management audit, Business risks and Mitigation, Human resource management, Cost analysis, Market research, Organization policies, Budgets etc.
As Head Technical Support and Technical audit. and IT Advisor for SVINFOSYS AND CAPDIGISOFT.
Svinfosys : Bangalore, Tirupathi and Chennai: Technical, Quality Assurance and delivery support for their Digitization projects – a subsidiary of CMU, Pittsburgh, USA – one million
Books digitization project. Controlling three centers with 200 technical resources.
Responsible right from Project evaluation ,design, methodology quality assurance, training and project implementation and deliverables. This project runs on a tight schedule till end 2006.
Capdigisost: A BPO at Coimbatore, currently engaged on Medical transcription, Medical billing, Legal transcription and Engineering transcription. This unit has around 350 resources with 24/7 support.
Responsible right from Project evaluation ,design, methodology quality assurance, training and project implementation and deliverables.
Visualsoft Senior VP
Developed (MM) measurement matrix tool to capture data by individual resource / project / organization and function to check project/organization health at any given point of time.
· Defined CMM L2 to Level–5 KPA’s, and a part of the core team for assessment and deployment of CMM Level 5.
· Managed several key accounts such as Liberty Mutual, Zenith and BIPT (Insurance domain clients) and P&G in both on-site and off-shore models.
· Redesigned the business models, policies and guidelines, leading to enhanced productivity and improved project management and delivery.
Cyber Initiatives-
· As this was a start-up company, contributed to the development of organization infrastructure, policies, systems, technology procurement, business development, project delivery and HR management.
· Managed an Oracle Financials re-engineering project from Oracle 10 to 11i.
· Developed WAP supported Banking application product for V-soft Technologies, Santa Clara.
· Developed and deployed a solution in C++, for Cable & Wireless, Washington to collect performance and routing data from stacked routers of various configurations and brands for their Management information and support systems.
Previous Organizations
· Launched and developed the Quality Assurance function at State Farm Insurance (in-house projects) and HTC Global Services, Detroit (external clients like Chrysler, Ford, and GM).
· Provided development support for banking, ATM and Y2K compliance projects and maintenance support for banking software clients of Lynx Technologies. (Clients included Chase Manhattan, Amex, Anderson Consulting, Cisco and many more).
· Managed re-engineering projects for the School Management Product of Geo Soft for Chicago county Schools.
Quality Assurance Certifications:
· Project Management from IIT (B)
· Project Management Certification (PMI), USA .
· CBI-IP CMM-Level 5 and CMM level-I from STT (USA), CMU Pittsburgh, USA
· SQC
· ISO 9000 Certified Lead Assessor, Batalas, UK in 1994.
Educational Qualifications
· MBA (MIS and Finance) USA
· MS (Computer Science and Engineering and MIS) USA.
· BS (Computer Science and Engineering and MIS) USA.
· M.Tech (Tele – Communications) BITS
· Financial Analyst (PG Dip)
· Cost Accountant
· Security Analyst, USA
· Technical Writer (PG Dip)
Computer Product Certifications
· MCSE, MCSE (I), MSCD, MSDBA
· Oracle DBA, CCNA, UNIX Administrator (by Sun), Sun Certified Java Programmer.
· SAP-R3 Certified Consultant.
· Project Management Institute
· Certified Software Architect
Technical Expertise:
Languages Assembler, C, C++, VC++, Visual Basic, JAVA, Core Java, COBOL
RDBMS Oracle, DB2, Sybase
Web Tools ASP, .Net, J2EE
Scripting Languages Visual script HTML, XML, WML
OS NT, UNIX and Linux
Testing Tools Mercury interactive, WIN Runner, Load runner, Silk, RSW
Implementation Oracle Financials, People Soft and SAP
Technical Forums: Associate Member, International Database management association, UK
Technical Member for Novel Administrators forum, USA
Microsoft Technical evaluation member
Computer Association Of India Member
Mainframe Users association charter member
Date of Birth 22-06-1952
