Venkata Reddy

More than 16 years of IT background with around 6 years of international (USA) and 10+ years of offshore experience. Leverage 12+ years of Mainframe experience in Development, Maintenance & Support, and Decommissioning projects.

Experience in Healthcare and Banking industries. Executed various roles as Team member, Technical Lead, Module Lead, Senior Developer, and Scrum Master while engaging in project management activities.

Technical Lead - Tech Mahindra

(2023-03 - 2024-09)

Worked in Tech Mahindra for 1 year 6 months as Technical lead.

Various roles (Team member, Technical Lead, Module Lead, Senior Developer, Scrum Master) - Tata Consultancy Service Ltd

(2008-01 - 2023-02)

Worked in Tata Consultancy Service Ltd for 15 years in different roles.

Developer and Technical Lead - Tech Mahindra / Vanguard - Offshore

(2023-03 - 2024-09)

Revamped FundID field to alphanumeric format, allowing for increased capacity for additional funds in future. Developer and Technical lead at offshore with full accountability for customer delivery managing a 12 Members Team.

• Reviewing Requirement Analysis, Design, Code, Implementation plan, Deployment activities, and Documentation
• Conducted requirements discussions to clarify project specifications
• Executed coding tasks to develop functional software solutions
• Performed unit testing to ensure code quality and reliability
• Documented unit test results for future reference and compliance
• Delegating tasks to team members and monitoring daily delivery status
• Compiling project status metrics and delivering updates to customers weekly and monthly
• Evaluating code and test results generated by team
• SIT assistance and defect resolution
• Developing and preparing supporting documentation for CR
• Participating in CAB meetings to secure necessary approvals for CR
• Implementation and post implementation Assistance

Developer and Scrum Master - TCS / National Australian Bank (NAB) - Offshore

(2019-03 - 2023-02)

Payment applications project involving multiple initiatives: Uplift FIP/AEG Applications – Upgrade Cobol version, ICP fee charge changes, Customer payments to the domestic bank using NPP, Tag52 field (In Swift message) Changes. Developer at offshore and Scrum master at offshore working with 6 Members Team and directly with customer.

• Requirement Analysis, Design, Code, Implementation plan, Deployment activities, and Documentation
• Conducted code and test results walkthroughs with customers to obtain necessary production implementation sign-offs
• Executed release management tasks, developed implementation plans, and migrated code to production system
• Developing and preparing supporting documentation for CR
• Participating in CAB meetings to secure necessary approvals for CR
• Implementation and post implementation Assistance

Team Lead and Scrum Master - TCS / New York Life - Offshore

(2018-08 - 2019-02)

FUELS application project requiring regular Maintenance, enhancement and Production support. Project required onsite team to handle all critical production problems.

• As Team Lead at offshore (6 Members Team): Optimize resource allocation and oversee internal activities related to resource management
• Assigned tasks to team members and tracked daily delivery status
• Guided team on technical activities to enhance productivity
• Compiled project status metrics and presented to customers and business teams on weekly and monthly basis
• As Scrum Master (14 Members Team): Facilitated daily scrum meetings to enhance team collaboration
• Coordinated sprint planning sessions, creating and assigning stories effectively
• Facilitated meetings with product owner and customer for backlog refinement and prioritization
• Represented team in Sprint retrospective meetings to evaluate performance and enhance processes

Senior Developer and Module Lead - TCS / Kaiser Permanente - Onshore

(2013-08 - 2017-07)

Multiple maintenance and support projects: Patient Appointment Reservation and Reporting System (PARRS) - Patient Appointment Reservation and Reporting application supporting online booking of patient appointments on physician daily schedules with appointment history tracking; Transcription Results Reports System (TRRS) - Transcriptionists use built-in word processing to transcribe radiology results into tracking system for diagnostic imaging reporting; PATDEM - Clinical data warehouse for patient demographic information supporting Northern CA clinical applications with MRN research and synchronization of clinical and membership information.

Senior

Developer and Module lead at Onshore managing 15 Members Team.

• Engaged in Requirement Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment, and Documentation
• Facilitated offshore activities while delivering guidance on daily operations
• Provided real-time bug fix support and tracking during acceptance and end-to-end testing
• Conducted code and test results walkthroughs with customers to obtain necessary production implementation sign-offs
• Executed release management tasks, developed implementation plans, and migrated code to production system
• Assumed responsibility for implementation, post-implementation, and production support activities
• Developed and presented weekly presentations and trackers on production issues to customers
• Monitored service level agreements for each request to ensure compliance
• Tracked production issue resolution progress, providing updates to stakeholders weekly
• Addressed ad-hoc requests from users and business teams
• Streamlining offshore maintenance and production support activities
• Facilitated application and business knowledge sessions for offshore teams to enhance understanding

Developer - TCS / Kaiser Permanente

(2011-10 - 2013-07)

Decommission of Legacy applications project involving: Patient Follow-up System, Cardiovascular Information System, Optical Eligibility Verification System, Admission, Discharge, and Transfer System. Patient Follow-up System (PFS) designed to track patient's positive laboratory results for the OB/GYN department and Women Health Clinic/Center by way of Alerts, Cases and Events.