VENUNATH GOPALAN LEELA

• Collaborated with laboratory owners, stakeholders, product managers, and technical teams to gather requirements and prioritize initiatives.
• Led delivery quality integration, reporting, and business process initiatives across laboratory management ecosystem.
• Established testing strategies and maintained quality standards throughout project lifecycle.
• Managed functional integration, regression, UAT, pilot, and production validation activities efficiently.
• Monitored defects and risks, implementing mitigation plans to ensure project success.
• Ensured software releases aligned with business and operational requirements for optimal performance.
• Facilitated agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospective meetings.
• Coordinated issue resolution across development, QA, and support teams to maintain system stability.

• Achieved timely delivery of complex technical projects by leading cross-functional teams.
• Ensured clarity and alignment among stakeholders through coordinated project timelines.
• Utilized agile methodologies for effective management of software development lifecycle.
• Gathered requirements in meetings to tackle project challenges proactively.
• Maintained consistent communication of project updates to executives and team members.
• Developed risk mitigation strategies based on thorough risk assessments throughout projects.
• Collaborated with end users, administrators, and testers for successful solution implementations.
• Revised project plans according to shifting objectives, specifications, and staffing changes.

• Collaborated with business stakeholders and technology partners on healthcare data migration initiative.
• Analyzed workflows, business rules, and system requirements for DDS to E-Hub migration.
• Led data validation, verification, and quality assurance to ensure data integrity.
• Designed and executed strategies for data quality and system integration in ETL processes.
• Partnered with teams to identify, track, and resolve data quality issues throughout project lifecycle.
• Supported system integration testing and user acceptance testing for successful deployment.
• Developed validation metrics and quality reports to facilitate stakeholder decision-making.
• Contributed to technology modernization initiatives by enhancing data reliability and operational efficiency.

• Collaborated with healthcare business stakeholders and technology teams to enhance enterprise systems and improve operations.
• Coordinated project planning, delivery schedules, testing strategies, and resource allocation across multiple workstreams.
• Facilitated requirements review sessions and stakeholder communications to ensure alignment of business and technology objectives.
• Managed requirements traceability, issue resolution, risk tracking, and quality assurance throughout project lifecycle.
• Supported healthcare process validation and system integration efforts to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Optimized resource utilization by coordinating onsite and offshore teams for enhanced project execution efficiency.
• Monitored project progress, identified delivery risks, and collaborated with stakeholders to implement corrective actions.
• Contributed to healthcare technology initiatives by enhancing system reliability and improving customer service capabilities.

• Supported a healthcare technology modernization initiative involving the migration of legacy Interactive Voice Response (IVR) applications to a scalable Linux-based platform, improving system reliability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.

• Collaborated with business stakeholders, operations teams, and technical resources to analyze existing workflows, define future-state processes, and support digital transformation objectives.

• Developed business process flow diagrams, system workflows, wireframes, and solution designs to facilitate technology implementation and stakeholder alignment.

• Coordinated system migration activities, data integration efforts, and production deployment support to ensure business continuity during platform transition.

• Analyzed and resolved production issues, performed root-cause analysis, and implemented corrective actions to improve service availability and customer experience.

• Supported cross-functional teams in requirements gathering, solution validation, system testing, and production readiness activities.

• Contributed to process improvement initiatives by streamlining customer interaction workflows and enhancing operational support capabilities.

• Assisted in architecture planning and technology migration strategies supporting long-term platform modernization goals.

• Reviewed business/technical requirements and source-to-target mapping documents for ETL projects.
• Prepared and executed ETL test plans, test cases, and scripts for data validation and transformation.
• Performed source-to-target verification, data completeness, and backend testing using SQL/PLSQL.
• Validated SSIS packages and ETL jobs for correctness, performance, and error handling.
• Logged, tracked, and verified defects using JIRA/HP ALM and coordinated resolution with developers.
• Supported production deployments by performing data integrity checks and post-load validations.

Tools & Technologies: SSIS, HP ALM, SoapUI Pro, Selenium WebDriver (Java), MKS Issue Tracker

• Tax Preparation System (TPS)
• Gathered and analyzed business requirements, translating them into functional specifications and workflows.
• Developed Delphi7 web service applications (XML/SOAP/WSDL) and provided backend SQL Server support.
• Defined testing strategies and UAT criteria, collaborating closely with QA teams.
• Created and maintained technical documentation, including process flows and test artifacts.
• Participated in design/code reviews and assisted in production issue resolution.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams for smooth deployment and release management.
• Tools & Technologies: UML, MS Visio, Oracle 10g, SQL
• Loader, TOAD, Delphi7

• Plant Systems Maintenance
• Developed backend code in Delphi7/PLSQL, prepared import/export scripts, and cleaned legacy code.
• Tools & Technologies: Oracle 9i, SQL Server 7.0, PL/SQL, Delphi 7, UNIX scripts, CA-Unicenter, Mercury ITG

• Supported production databases, performed requirements analysis, DB design, and data migration from DB2 to Oracle.
• Tools & Technologies: HP-UNIX, Oracle 8i, COBOL, TOAD, PL/SQL, Unix Shell Scripts

• Logistics
• Developed backend interfaces using PL/SQL, Pro
• C, packages, triggers, optimized SQL queries and automated data loads.
• Developed Oracle Forms/Reports 6i and conducted code reviews.
• Tools & Technologies: PL/SQL, ProC, SQLPlus, Oracle 8i, Forms/Reports 6i, SQL
• Loader, K-Shell, HP-UNIX, PVCS