Veeresha Shettru

Results-driven Mainframe professional with over 15 yrs of experience designing, developing, and maintaining mission-critical applications on IBM z/OS platforms. Adept in COBOL, JCL, DB2, and CICS, with a strong track record of delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions. Proven expertise in legacy system modernization, batch processing optimization, and cross-platform integration.

Passionate about mentoring junior developers and driving continuous improvement in mainframe engineering practices.

Capgemini

June 2010 – June 2025

• Developed and maintained core banking applications for deposits and loan servicing
• Modernized legacy batch jobs using REXX and streamlined JCL libraries for better maintainability
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate mainframe APIs with cloud-based services
• Automated reconciliation processes using Easytrieve and VSAM, improving audit compliance
• Participated in z/OS upgrades and regression testing for critical financial applications
• Successfully led a deposit platform modernization program by migrating approximately 800 assembler programs to COBOL.
• Worked with technologies including S/390, PL1, COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IMS, REXX, CLIST, ASSEMBLER and FOCUS.
• Partner with cross-functional deal teams to shape winning proposals and recommend deal-specific solutions
• Partner with clients to identify operational efficiencies, cost optimizations, and talent strategies
• Prepare and maintain KPI dashboards, progress reports, and financial materials for internal governance and leadership visibility.
• Familiarity with ITIL or ITSM practices, including incident, problem, and change management.
• Clients - Fidelity Investments, LPL Financial Services, Associated Bank, and MUFG.

UST Global – Associate Consultant

June 2009 – May 2010

• Streamlined processes and methodologies across delivery as part of the Delivery Excellence Team.
• Coached and mentored new associates through the GA Menon Academy.
• Active participation in the Mainframe Centre of Excellence.
• Worked with retail domain and technologies including S/390, COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IMS, REXX and CLIST
• Worked in production support project for a leading retail client (H.E. Butt Grocery) in Texas and Mexico.
• The Production Support project involved Maintaining and Supporting the entire Finance HR and Retail division of all their Grocery stores on an SLA based 24 x 7 basis.
• My responsibilities included supporting all the 56 related applications (including critical applications like Scan Maintenance, Direct to store, Store office Automation) on a 24 x 7 basis and ensuring that the system is up and running smooth at all times.
• The Online (CICS) Module comprises three functional Branches for Data Entry (For Vendor Invoices), Browsing of POs raised by Stores (from DB2 Tables) and the Process of Matching and Approval of Vendor Invoices (Involving the POs raised by the Stores and the corresponding Invoices sent).
• BATCH Module: Generate various kinds of Reports; generate Data back-ups and necessary Data sets. Generate Reports pertaining to Settlements, Reconciliation, Retrieval Requests, Charge backs and mismatch in sales between the General ledger and the relevant tables and also generate necessary Output Data sets (files)

Bachelor of Engineering – Electronics & Communication

S.I.T Tumkur, Bangalore University, India