Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Software
Timeline
Special Recognition Awards
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Murali Kothapalli

Chandler,Arizona

Summary

Growth-oriented Software Professional with 20+ years of experience seamlessly integrating SAP and Custom systems into business practices.


Gifted problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code.


Customer-focused software professional with superior communication skills and expertise in various technical platforms. Understands and meets both client and employer needs and develops highly functional, robust and easy-to-use applications.


Driven to wear many programming hats with expertise in creating everything from new applications to new automated solutions.


Well versed in RPA, ERP, Web, .NET technologies and adept at integrating with any new existing enterprise applications or technologies.



Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

RPA Solution Architect

Salt River Project (SRP)
Tempe, AZ
06.2018 - Current
  • Experienced developer with system stand-up and configuration
  • Experienced with Orchestrator and Developed modules for attended and unattended BOTS
  • Automated delivery of COVID-19 vaccination status reminders to 3 levels of hierarchy for each employee.
  • Automated scraping of key indicators COVID-19 test statistics from state health department, Restaurant bookings, TSA check-ins to feed into Tableau visualizations every week for executive management .
  • Automated delivery of COVID-19 test results every day from outside lab system to 2 levels of hierarchy for each employee and summary to health department.
  • Automated validation of Shareholder compensation applications to increase efficiency by eliminating 15 minute manual lookups and rule checking for every application. About 9000 applications are received every year.
    Automated Cellphone Billing to increase efficiency by reducing 3 weeks of manual workload to 30 minutes.
  • Automated Corporate Tax Return Process to increase efficiency by reducing 3 to 5 days manual workload on tax analyst to 35 minutes.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
  • Managed 10 servers with mix of Virtual desktops, Orchestrator, elastic search and Database ensuring smooth operation of Robotic Process Automation in house.
  • Completed paperwork, recognizing need for scaling up to cloud solution by promptly addressing questions from management, enterprise architecture , cyber security and information management teams.
  • Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement

Lead SAP Fiori Developer, SAP ABAP Developer

Salt River Project (SRP)
Tempe, AZ
06.2018 - Current
  • Participated in process improvement initiatives and explored innovative solutions.
  • Architected and Developed shopping cart like experience in new Fiori Application for creating SAP Reservations with simple workflow cutting hours of work into minutes by replacing usage of SAP t-codes (MB21, MB22, Mb23).
  • Architected and Developed Master data request approval process in new Fiori application for requesting to manage IO, CBI, General Ledger.
  • Conducted design thinking sessions for getting right UX design sessions to solve complex interaction scenarios.
  • Implemented agile process (Kanban) by teach Kanban concepts to team and implement support documentation for new work intake.

SAP ABAP Developer

Salt River Project (SRP) - SAP Technical
Tempe, AZ
07.2012 - 07.2018
  • Developed Material master data Request in SAP Fiori based technologies to reduce manual data validation as replacement for MM01 t-code in SAPGUI.
  • Architected and built SAP Fiori Applications for Vendor Search, WBS/IO Search, Material Search, PO and PR Approval to improve SAP User-experience and adoption.
  • Architected and built Workforce Management System unique web application to handle Organization Hierarchy for tracking approved, actual, and budgeted positions.
  • Successfully developed and implemented Overtime Calculator for Field Crew to tackle complex union rules for overtime pay.
  • Conceived and built Material Search - Web Application to reduce 17 click search experience in SAPGUI (MM03 t-code) 15 times per day to new web based tool with only 2 clicks to search by any criteria.
  • Performed necessary code (ABAP) changes to upgrade from oracle to SAP HANA database .Supported and developed custom programs (Z programs) for SRP's unique needs . Enhanced critical apps that needed performance improvements. Performed callout duties to validate system performance and troubleshooting in SAP environment.
  • Assisted implementation partners in testing and building new interfaces and reports with assembly, integration and volume testing with partner systems.
  • Responsible for SAP transport release process.

Principal Computer Analyst/Senior .NET Applications Developer

Salt River Project (SRP) - Power Operations
Tempe, AZ
03.2008 - 06.2012
  • Troubleshot and resolved performance issues for databases and software.
  • Analyzed, evaluated and documented critical legacy applications .
  • Participated in highly complex projects with customers, managers and end-users.
  • Implemented single-sign on feature for web applications to reduce 20 calls per week for password assistance.
  • Designed, developed and implemented 22 critical web solutions and several single purpose SOA microservices to serve needs of power operations.
  • Revamped existing legacy applications with new code thus reducing high-priority incidents from 2 per day to ZERO calls.
  • Fully managed team in absence of System Manager, enabled customer-oriented forward-thinking agile team of professionals.

Senior Software Developer

ImageTag Inc
Chandler, AZ
02.2005 - 03.2008
  • Managed development milestones from initial steps through final delivery
  • Took initial concepts and developed project plans
  • Reviewed code, debugged problems and corrected issues
  • Researched and integrated design strategies, product specifications, development schedules and user expectations into product capabilities for the flagship product of the company KwikTag.

Education

Certified RPA Developer – UiPath -

UiPath Academy
Online
07.2019 - 07.2019

Innovation, Leadership & Strategy (Executive Series -

Arizona State University – WP Carey School of Business
Tempe, AZ
01.2016 - 07.2016

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
07.2008 - 08.2010

Postgraduate in Applied Computer Sciences - Computer And Information Sciences

CMC Limited
India
06.1990 - 06.1991

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering Technology

Osmania University
Hyderabad, India
06.1985 - 06.1989

Skills

Web-based software engineering

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Accomplishments

  • Microsoft Certified Professional in Developing and Implementing Web Applications C# .NET (070-315)
  • Speaker on “Technical Journey with SAP Fiori UX ” at SAP Annual Conference | June 2018 |Orlando, FL
  • Attendee Certified Scrum Master Training, Phoenix, AZ - 2014
  • ABAP Fundamental and ABAP Objects at SAP Labs, San Francisco CA
  • Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services, SharePoint Development and Administration
  • Web Application security training, Project Management, SAP R/3 Financial Accounting and Reporting, ISO 9000 in Software





Software

JavaScript, React JS, Nodejs, AngularJS, HTML5

UiPath (RPA)

SAP, ABAP Development, PI

SAPUI5 (SAP Fiori)

Android/Java mobile Application Development

AWS (EC2,DynamoDb,S3, Lambda)

ASP, MTS, IIS, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic v60 & v50 , COM, DCOM, Oracle v8i & v73, PL/SQL

MS SQL Server, Access, TSQL, Data Warehouse, DTS (SQL Server)

LINQ, TFS , TDD, ASPNET, C#, NET

XML, XSL, XSLT, C, C, Visual C, UML , PHP, MySQL, Perl, Java

Timeline

Certified RPA Developer – UiPath -

UiPath Academy
07.2019 - 07.2019

RPA Solution Architect

Salt River Project (SRP)
06.2018 - Current

Lead SAP Fiori Developer, SAP ABAP Developer

Salt River Project (SRP)
06.2018 - Current

Innovation, Leadership & Strategy (Executive Series -

Arizona State University – WP Carey School of Business
01.2016 - 07.2016

SAP ABAP Developer

Salt River Project (SRP) - SAP Technical
07.2012 - 07.2018

MBA - Business Administration And Management

Arizona State University
07.2008 - 08.2010

Principal Computer Analyst/Senior .NET Applications Developer

Salt River Project (SRP) - Power Operations
03.2008 - 06.2012

Senior Software Developer

ImageTag Inc
02.2005 - 03.2008

Postgraduate in Applied Computer Sciences - Computer And Information Sciences

CMC Limited
06.1990 - 06.1991

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering Technology

Osmania University
06.1985 - 06.1989

Special Recognition Awards

1/15/21 $500 - For your contributions to the development and implementation of the Fiori Reservation form. We recognize and appreciate your efforts and want to thank you for your expertise and dedication in making this endeavor a success. Thank you!

4/9/20 $500 - Murali was fantastic in developing our "bot" using UiPath for helping process our sales and use tax reconciliation. He was extremely responsive while we developed the "bot" and made the entire process easy. The "bots" Murali developed do a job that use to take us about 20 hours and does it in two 5 minute intervals with a human intervention in between. Thank you Murali!

4/3/19 $500 - For Murali's role and contributions leading to a successful launch of IT Services POC using Robotic Process Automation. Murali demonstrated extra-ordinary leadership and organizational skills, coordinating with business users, and participating technical teams. Murali also displayed his initiative and dedication to this project by completing several online training programs offered by UiPath Academy.

3/8/19 $250 - This award is being presented in recognition of your valuable contributions toward the support of the Kanban training. You went above and beyond by assisting with the preparation and coordination of the training. This wouldn’t have been possible without your dedication and hard work! Thank you.

10/5/17 $500 - Thank you for your dedication to User Experience through the Fiori work that you completed. You managed a tight timeline and collaborated across the organization for a successful release. We appreciate your foundational efforts that made Fiori a success at SRP now and in the future.

11/7/16 $400 - Murali was Key to the development of the UI for the Workforce Management System rewrite UI. React (a new technology) was used to develop the UI This enhanced the screen refresh rate, when compared to Angular, which is widely used across the company. He also helped in knowledge transfer of the new technology to the rest of the team.

04/19/16 $500 - Murali has done an incredible job of coding overtime calculation formulas for what may be the most complex set of overtime rules in the utility industry. He subsequently has been able to make very precise code modifications to enhance the program, while maintaining a very high level of accuracy in the overall calculation results.

Murali Kothapalli