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Shyam Prasad Chandrasekhara Pillai

WESTERVILLE,OH

Summary

Experienced and resourceful technical lead with a demonstrated history of working in Information technology and services industry skilled in Mainframe DB2, project management, Utilities - metering, billing and finance domain. Collaborates effectively with team members to ensure customer satisfaction.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Application Architect

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2022 - Current
  • Currently leading a team of 15 members engaged in development and support of Customer Information System (CIS) in one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States.
  • Solutioning and implementing various regulatory and non regulatory business needs.
  • Worked across various business domains within system like Metering, Billing, Payments, Finance etc.
  • Responsible for the system's proper integration with website, IVR, Maximo/Ventyx (for work order management), FCS (Field collection system - for metering), data warehouses (Oracle) etc.
  • Responsible for resource planning and team management.

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2020 - 11.2022
  • Worked as a technical lead at offshore for the same Utility client as above.
  • Lead the back end part of the Customer Digitization project which introduced utility service start/stop/move self service functionality.
  • Worked on multiple rate cases, automated deposit refunds and adhoc reporting pertaining to post COVID initiatives of the company.
  • Worked on core billing/metering COBOL modules for root cause analysis and permanent solutions to high priority defects.
  • Worked on Finance modules that deal with daily/monthly general ledger reconciliations and interfaces with PeopleSoft application.

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2016 - 06.2020
  • Worked as a technical lead for the billing and finance modules under the Customer Central (C2) application for a large Utilities customer based out of Connecticut.
  • C2 had a dotnet based frontend and mainframe backend.
  • Was responsible for maintaining the system's daily/monthly financial G/L reconciliations and to ensure that there are no out of balances.
  • Worked on multiple projects pertaining to third party electric suppliers which made use of EDI (Electronic data interchange) platform.
  • Worked on migration of all the file transfer jobs from FTP to SFTP.
  • Worked on multiple Electric/Gas rate case regulatory projects.
  • Maintained close communication with clients throughout project life cycles for accurate progress reporting and prompt issue resolution.

Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2014 - 01.2016
  • Worked as a backend developer as well as production support executive for a large utility customer based out of Berlin, Connecticut.
  • Worked closely with clients to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications for implementation.
  • Participated in regular code reviews, ensuring high-quality standards were consistently met across all development efforts.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Electronics And Communications Engineering

SCT College of Engineering, University of Kerala
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
05.2013

Skills

  • Technology stack - Mainframe DB2, COBOL, JCL, SQL, Oracle, Python, Pyspark, Azure (DP900 certification)
  • Business requirement gathering and solutioning
  • Software Deployment
  • Technical Project Management
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Effective Communication

Timeline

Application Architect

Tata Consultancy Services
11.2022 - Current

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
07.2020 - 11.2022

Technical Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2016 - 06.2020

Developer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2014 - 01.2016

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - Electronics And Communications Engineering

SCT College of Engineering, University of Kerala
Shyam Prasad Chandrasekhara Pillai