Karthik Reddy

Mike Thomas,
Global Systems LLC
Ph :+1-240-348-1362, mike@globalsyst.com

Proficient Summary:
 Over 6 years industry experience including Strong Knowledge of SDLC methodology and project life cycle
 Excellent communication and presentation skills. Good experience working with business users as well as
with executives.
 Excellent Skills in Performance Management to support strategic planning, goal setting, strengthen
accountability, enhance decision making, and improve customer service.
 Proficient in creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class
Diagrams, Business Intelligence Tools etc.
 Capable of performing under pressure and handling the situation accordingly.
 Sound Experience to analyze and document business requirements and system functional specifications
including use cases.
 Conducted successful projects with the help of development and testing teams to achieve deadlines timely and
proficiently
 Conducted JAD sessions for communicating with the all Project directors and stakeholders.
 Meticulous individual member of the team and also very flexible to meet and maximize the team’s growth.
 Academic Experience in conducting SWOT analysis, Gap analysis, Risk analysis, Net present value
(NPV) analysis, Return on investment (ROI) analysis.
 Sound knowledge of industry standard methodologies like Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), as
per Rational Unified Process (RUP), CMM (Capability Maturity Models) and rational tools used during
phases of RUP. [Defect tracking toll as test director].
 In Depth understanding of the AS-IS and TO-BE business processes and experience in converting these
requirements into technical specifications for preparing test plans.
 Never loosing attitude and keep working to accomplish responsibilities.
 Creative and Aggressive person capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive team
environments and with integrative thinking skills.
 Experience in writing SQL queries/scripts for data analysis and QA report testing.
 Extensively used the defect tracking tools like Test Director
 Strong Knowledge of UML, RUP, Rational Suite including Rational Rose, RequisitePro etc.
 Proficient in creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class
Diagrams, Business Intelligence Tools etc.

Technical Expertise

Analysis Methodologies RUP, UML, Waterfall methodology, CMM

Operating Systems: Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP
Business Modeling Tools Rational Rose, Microsoft Visio
Version Control Systems Rational Clear Case
Project Management Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office
Programming Language VB6.0, VB.NET, C#, HTML, SQL, XML, PL/SQL
Testing Tools Rational Enterprise Suite, Test Director, WinRunner, QTP
Professional Experience:
Bandag, Muscatine, IA Feb’06 – till date
Business Analyst /QA Analyst
As the NO DETOURS Company, Bandag look down the road and set the best course to new opportunities for
fleets. From application-specific tread products to uptime-critical Bandag Services that go beyond tires, we offer
customized fleet services that cut costs and increase uptime. Built an in-house application for automating the
change requests and handling customer queries.

Responsibilities:
 Analyzed As-Is system, gathered user and business requirements through interviews, surveys,
prototyping and observing from portfolio managers and UI (User Interface)
 Incorporated Rational Unified Process (RUP) to create Business Requirement Document Specifications
using MS Visio and MSWord
 Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors, users and other stakeholders for open and
pending issues
 Analyzed and prioritized user and business requirements as system requirements that must be included
while developing the software
 Involved in Inception Phase and prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of diagrams and BRD’s
(Business Requirement Documents) supporting documents containing the essential business elements,
detailed definitions, and descriptions of the relationships between the actors to analyze and document
business data requirements
 Planned and defined system requirements to Use Case, Use Case Scenario and Use Case Narrative using
the UML (Unified Modeling Language) methodologies
 Created Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and ER Diagrams in MS Visio
 Worked on Wire frames during the Elaboration Phase
 Scheduled meetings with developers, SAs (System Analyst) and testers to collaborate resource allocation
and project completion using MS Project
 Used power point presentations for conduction walkthroughs with the stakeholders
 Played a major role in Interface testing both functionally and manually
 Assisted the SA to document all custom and system modification
 Assigned problems to appropriate software development team for fixes
 Created and managed project templates, use case project templates, requirement types and traceability
relationships
 Developed strategies with Quality Assurance group to implement Test Cases in Mercury Test Director
and UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
 Prepared Test Cases and Test Plan based on Business Line Functional Requirements and managed all
requirements using TestDirector
 Involved in the Manual Testing of some test cases
 Involved in the Backend Testing of the application by executing SQL commands
 Coordinated with developers to fix the problem and enhancing the application
 Suggested measures and recommendations to improve the current application performance

Environment: MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Access, RUP, Test Director

ABN AMRO, Chicago, IL Oct 04 – Jan 06
Business Analyst
The scope of the project was to build enterprise reporting system to support multiple business areas including
Asset management, Portfolio management and Risk management. Bank of New York operates in more then thirty
countries with an asset of more than $101.8 Billion, which was founded in 1784.

Responsibilities:
 Analyzed, defined and managed stakeholder needs
 Conducted individual and group (JAD) sessions with business stakeholders and technical units
 Established the business analysis methodology using Rational Unified Process technique
 Did functional testing of the application and helped the users to do the UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
and logged the defects identified by the users
 Involved in developing project plans and to manage project scope
 Assisted in building the business analysis process model using Rational Rose
 Worked extensively with RUP methodology and Rational Suite Analyst Studio using Rational Rose, and
Rational Requisite Pro
 Performed GAP analysis of business rules, business and system process flows, user administration, and
requirements
 Provided strategic support in development of detailed project plans, work assignments, target dates etc
 Developed strategic partnerships with the business unit to develop a solid knowledge base of the
business line, including the business plan, products and processes
 Responsible for setting up weekly meeting and walkthrough’s for project updates and to detect
bottlenecks and devise a plan to handling the bottlenecks
 Developed Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class
Diagrams, and Business Intelligence Tools etc
 Research operational procedures and methods and recommended procedures for improvement – with an
emphasis on automation and efficiency
 Provided key project inputs by working with users in defining the project and system requirements
 Assist the PM in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the
organization and plans accordingly and conducted project related presentations
 Experience creating design documentation related to system specifications including user interfaces,
security and control, performance requirements and data conversion
 Played a key role in the planning, testing, and implementing system enhancements and conversions
 Assisted Test Lead, Testers understanding business process and help them successful completion of Unit
Testing, Integration Testing and Requirements Testing
 Developed strategic partnerships with the business units to develop a solid knowledge base of the
business line; including the business plan, products, and process and revenue streams
 Used Rational Clear Case as Version Control System for any changes to common documents related to
project like Use Case documents and Activity/Sequence Diagrams
 Project management update and controlling to ensure on time delivery using MS Project
 Identified and documented Issues, Risks and Gaps and their descriptions and impact, and provided
recommendations and alternatives. Analyzed the Gaps for Training purposes
 Gave Presentations periodically to the management and end users during various phases of Software
Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and also trained end users
Environment: Windows, MS Office(MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Visio), J2EE Technology,
Oracle, RUP, UML, SQL, SWOT analysis, GAP Analysis, Win Runner

Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Cambridge MA April 03- Sep 04

Business Analyst,
Novartis Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets leading prescription medicines for humans and
animals and many of the world's best-known consumer brands.
Project is to cut cost for Novartis by migrating the active applications and Servers to the single point Data center
in Cambridge, MA. Novartis will have a centralized data farm with separate hardware and software architecture
which will support entire NIBR functions. This will eliminate the cost of having multiple centers

Responsibilities:
 Played the role of a Business Analyst in planning, analysis, design and deployment phases of SDLC to
draft vision and scope document, analyze the data in the repository, draft functional design document and
conduct UAT testing in target architecture
 Collected Business requirements (BRD) from Business owners for applications that are owned and need
to be bundled and converted them to Hardware required and documented them in Functional
Specification
 Prepared AS –IS and TO-BE process flow diagram and workflow documents to prepare for Transition
from Business Technology(BT) to PGRD using MS Visio
 Used Rational Rose to model Use cases and Activity Diagrams to gather Functional Requirements
and depict Business workflow and Process models
 Prepared Return on investment analysis(ROI) to evaluate the financial impact to ongoing projects
 Prepared Cost Benefit Analysis to control changing requirements and Scope Creep
 Prepared series of documents like Disaster recovery plan, Traceability matrix, and Change Request
form
 Conducted Gap and Fit Analysis to verify whether proposed functionality is attained
 Assisted in formulating Test plan, Test case, Test Indices for the migrated applications along with
testers
 Prepared Defect status report, script status report and Mitigation plan to assess defects and track
them using Mercury Test Director
 Complied with CFR part 11 standards in applying digital signatures in FDA documents

Environment: WebLogic, Documentum, Oracle, J2EE, Visio

New York Life Insurance, NY Dec 01 – March 03

Business Analyst

New York Life Insurance is one among the oldest mutual insurers in the United States. For more than 160 years,
New York Life Insurance Company's unwavering financial strength and time-tested investment strategies have
provided consistent value and solid financial protection for their clients. They provide Auto, Home and Life
Insurance where all these come under Property and Casualty. New York Life’s Web Portal incorporates a
wide range of features for Policy holders and new customers. I worked as an Business analyst on applications
that take care of online account services which include Bill paying, Checking the bill history, Changing
customer profile, Ordering auto insurance ID cards, storing GAP Insurance details and Loan Provider
Details. The above systems are implemented in high end systems like mainframes where huge data can be
stored and retrieved in terms of security

Responsibilities:
 Implemented an integrated RUP solution with complete line of traceability for all the artifacts of web
development projects
 COBOL is used as a front end application and DB2 is used as a back end
 JCL is used as an interface between COBOL and DB2
 Data Models are designed and Use Cases are written that could match the Mainframe work flow
environment
 Involved in the creation and maintenance of the Workflow plans and artifacts
 Prepared Business Process Models that includes modeling of all the activities of the business from the
conceptual to procedural level. Followed top down, leveled technique for building Business Process
Models
 Worked with the UI team to create the User Interface screenshots to be presented to the Business
 Examined, analyzed and model Test plans Use Case Model cases & Test procedures based on RUP
methodology
 Designed and developed Quality Assurance standard and processes to all levels of project team
 Performed GAP analysis for the modules in production, conducted feasibility study and performed
impact analysis for proposed enhancements
 Verified the functional aspect as per the Business Process and validated the interfaces with the other
systems and data conversion from the legacy system
 Performed Back end testing, performance testing and load testing via navigation and workflow of the
Application
 Used Rational Clear Case, Configuration Management tool, to maintain different builds of the
application with descriptions about all changes and versions
 Tracking and managing requirement changes using Requisite Pro
 Involved in walkthroughs and meetings with development team to discuss related issues
 Used Rational Rose to visually determine the proper structure, key elements and optimal design for your
database and to aid efficient creation of tables, stored procedures
 Wrote clear, concise detailed system requirements specification (SRS) documents and user
documentation in accordance to guidelines and standards of a level where developers can interpret,
design and develop the application with minimum guidance

Environment: Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, Db2, Rational Rose, Soda, Requisite Pro, RUP, UML, SQL, MS-
Office, MS Project

National Insurance Company Ltd, Hyderabad, India May 00 – Nov 01

Business Analyst

National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) is one of the largest Insurance Companies in its class with
approximately 4000 contractor agents. The requirement was to integrate and upgrade the claims processing
system and various disparate systems on a common environment to enhance CRM by providing real time
monitoring and services for their Life Insurance division. The project covered the integrating of all the disparate
systems into one synchronized system, providing remote access through a web interface and maintaining the
infrastructure required for these systems.
Responsibilities
 Studied and assessed the clients systems and business processes
 Addressed all aspects of the claim processing lifecycle, starting from identifying a claim right up to
closure
 Established a business Analysis methodology around the Rational Unified Process
 Researched the various steps in the lifecycle and then constructed the system in such a way that the riskier
claims could be easily identified and monitored
 Streamlined clerical work processes and mapped to the automated system
 Developed project plans and managed scope
 Assisted in building a business analysis process model using Rational Rose and Visio
 Performed requirement analysis, went through all the use cases and workflows
 Developed requirement reports for day to day servicing needs for loan monitoring, Inspection, Insurance
using Rational SODA
 Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, OOD using UML
 Played a key role in the planning, User Accepted Testing, and implementation of system enhancements
and conversions
 Provided key input in working with users in defining project and system requirements
 Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas
throughout the project cycle
 Performed User Acceptance Testing
 Used Date warehousing for the arrangement of customer data
 Implemented Traceability Matrix and User Requirement Specification Document (URS) verified the
functionality coverage

Environment: Windows 95, MS Office, Oracle 8i, RUP, UML, SQL, Rational Rose, Ms Visio, SWOT analysis,
Rational SODA

Educational Qualification:
 M.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois at Springfield
 B.S. Computer Science and Information Technology, JNTU, India

Certifications:
 Oracle 9i SQL Developer Certified Associate (OCA)
 Oracle 9i PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate (OCA)