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Srisathya Thirumalai

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Senior Project Manager & Technical Head at MEPRA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

MEPRA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIESUniversity of Madras

10 years of experience working in USA to build Telecommunications Expense Management Software. 10+ years of experience in leading cross-functional distributed off-shore teams and delivering projects on track ensuring customer satisfaction. Expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies, AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Cognito), Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. Successfully managed multiple enterprise application deliveries, ensuring alignment with client business goals, timelines, and quality benchmarks.

Experience

Senior Project Manager & Technical Head

MEPRA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

•Jan 2021 - Present•Chennai, India

Built and led multiple Agile teams, improving release predictability, delivery velocity, and stakeholder transparency through effective Scrum practices. Managed product backlogs, user stories, and sprint tracking using JIRA and used Confluence to maintain project documentation. Partnered closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to prioritize features and manage scope changes. Oversaw RPA solutions for downloading invoices from carrier portals. Spearedheaded development of HRMS web and mobile application, Savings scheme web application, and Chit Fund web application. Led the redesign and enhancement of the web portal for India's non-profit motor sport regulatory organization. Architected the MCQuick web and mobile application for School Students. Led development of POCs and contributed to client proposals. Guided the development of AI powered Resume Parser and Screener, Time Log Digest AI Agent, and MCQuick Question/Answer upload using AI parser.

Technical Architect

MEPRA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

•Jan 2016 - Dec 2020•Chennai, India

Responsible for System architecture and enhancement of Telecommunication Expense Management System - ManageRight. Drove the end-to-end migration of legacy Java applications (Servlets, JSP, Struts) to a cloud-ready architecture using Spring Boot for backend services and Angular for the frontend. Participated actively in technology evaluations and selection processes for reporting tools. Guided the revamping of the legacy reporting to Flex monster.

Senior Software Engineer

MEPRA SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES

•Jun 2011 - Dec 2015•Chennai, India

Delivered projects using Agile Scrum framework across distributed teams in India and the USA. Delivered an automatic invoice reader and processing system, leading the project end-to-end. Played a key role in technology selection and reporting tool decisions.

Senior Software Programmer

TELEBRIGHT SOFTWARE CORPORATION

•May 2001 - Apr 2011•Maryland, USA

Developed Pricing and Network Design Assistant (PANDA) web application for BellSouth using Java Servlets, Java Server Pages and Oracle on Unix platform. Led application migrations from iPlanet -> JBoss -> Tomcat. Lead database migration from Oracle -> PostgreSQL. Developed GIS-based geographical maps using ArcIMS. Founding and critical leader of the flagship ManageRight product (Telecommunications Management System).

Software Programmer

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

•Jan 1999 - Feb 2000•Chennai, India

Developed web interfaces for an international financial application using ASP, JavaScript, DHTML, and MS SQL Server. Created a database migration tool to automate migration from Access 2.0 to Access 97 with detailed logging.

Education

University of Madras

M.C.A.

Master of Computer Applications

Jan 1999•Grade: University Second Rank

Meenakshi College - University of Madras

B.Sc.

Mathematics

Jan 1996•Grade: University First Rank

NIIT

Diploma

Software Technology and Systems Management

Jan 1995•Grade: Grade E+ for Outstanding

Software Solution Integrated Ltd

Diploma

Oracle

Jan 1996•Grade: Grade A

Licenses & Certifications

Sun Certified Java Programmer

Sun Microsystems

Oracle Certified Application Developer

Oracle

Skills

Java
Java Servlets
Java Server Pages
J2EE
JavaScript
jQuery
PHP
HTML
C
C++
Unix shell scripting
Oracle
Microsoft SQL Server
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Elasticsearch
Flex Monster
Kibana
Jasper Reports
iReports
CanvasJS
Spring Boot
Hibernate
JPA
Spring MVC
Angular
Apache AXIS
Microservices
REST APIs
AWS
EC2
S3
RDS
Lambda
Cognito
Maven
Gradle
Git
JIRA
Confluence
Bitbucket
Scrum
Sprint Planning
Daily Stand-ups
Retrospectives
Kanban Boards
Apache Tomcat
Linux
Windows