Vijayashankar S.M.

To work in a World class organization and the best clients in the Technology field, that utilizes my skills for a long rewarding career.

Vijayashankar is an accomplished senior technology manager offering over 20 years of demonstrated career success developing and executing operational strategies to promote organizational growth and optimal utilization of technology. He has extensive experience leading operations for Technology, Business Development and Application Development. A Result oriented professional, recognized for taking on major initiatives, adapting to rapidly changing environments and resolving mission critical issues to ensure bottom line success.

He is a change agent and problem-solver; passionate towards work; skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, and implementing solutions, and partnering closely with business leaders and C-level executives. Vijayashankar excels in developing and motivating highly focused teams that successfully meet and exceed company objectives.

Specialties

• Technology Architecture & Integration
  

• Enterprise Systems Planning
  

• Global IT Delivery & Project Mgmt.
  

• Budgeting & Cost Control
  

• Organization & Staff Development
  

• Strategic Analysis & Internal Consulting
  

• Executive Leadership & Communication
  

• R&D and Full Development Lifecycle
  

Experience in Architecting solutions using Java / J2EE Framework. Have a solid understanding and a Practitioner of Object Oriented Programming. Have very good exposure in the Unix, Linux operating systems along with Microsoft Windows OS.

There were career changes in 1999, 2001 and 2008 owing to an entrepreneurial venture! In those he drives delivery management, capacity growth, and process initiatives, proactively nurturing key alliances and leveraging business partnerships.

Lead the architecture team in the design of new PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) framework called IzmoIndy for handling deals, dealers and online sales. Izmocars is the US front end company for sales and support. Integrated acquired companies and its products (ReckonUp, Add.on.Auto & JATO). Managed multiple Programs / Projects and Delivery of Web-based applications. Involved in day-to-day Client interactions for their project features.

Engaged in all phases of SW Delivery Management activities of architecting and developing projects for Mellon Bank, USA and RaboBank, Netherlands, and involved in a Healthcare domain project, for payment processing of a major healthcare provider from Minnesota, USA.

Involved in the activities of Architecting and developing projects for an entire division (FaST -Film and Surface Technology) semiconductor tools Major KLA-Tencor based at San Jose, CA, USA with project various software life cycle process responsibilities including Requirements Analysis/System Study, Technical Architecture, Project Resources, for multiple projects and Delivery Management, directly interacting with the client on a day to day basis. Supported the onsite Account manager in pre-sales support, working in tandem with Indian Offshore Sales and Marketing team and closely working with the vertical head. Interacted closely with QA, Product Management, Documentation, Services and Technical Support Teams.

Handled the Technical Architecture and development of projects for FedEx, USA & EMEA during Dec 2002 to June 2003. Responsibilities were handling of various software development phases including Requirements Analysis/System Study, Technical, Project, Resources and Delivery Management, for multiple projects and teams. Worked with the onsite Account Manager in pre-sales support, working in tandem with Indian Offshore Sales and Marketing team.

Involved in Architecting and development of Wireless Communication Test products, Aurora fast track program to design, qualify and manufacture hand-held piece of test equipment for use in wireless market and Turnstone, DSP based program to test T1/T2 lines.
Architect and Design, handle the development of Generic Trace control, which is plug-in software component, to dynamically display and for off-line analysis tools for communication group testing products.
Worked in System Testing and Final stages of Logic Analyzer product, which was unique in execution working with Sony-Tek (Tie-up at Tokyo, Japan by Sony with Tektronix) and the Principals at Portland, Oregon

Worked as a consultant at client site, Penske Truck Leasing in a project called Salesnet to enable their Salesforce. Worked on multiple versions of the product with an excellent team. Architected Vehicle Specification System, Rating System and Contact Management System. Wrote some utilities programs to synchronize and update the backend SQL Server database.

Worked at CMC R&D in the SCADA group, working on the SCADA kernel ( serverside ) and MMI (user interface ) projects.

BRI, Inc., USA (unit of CMC Ltd., India)
Systems Engineer July 1994 - Oct 1995 USA

Worked at clients site as consultant.

(1) GE ED&C, Plainville, CT - for a project called Power Leader, interfacing the power measurement devices over COMMNET

(2) UMI Inc., Ann Arbor, MI - for a project called Proquest Direct. Worked on the UI, Image Overlay and Storage modules.

Experience in requirement analysis of Information Systems and Systems Integration for Customers in various fields. Support of CADSTAR, VISULA ECAD products from RACAL REDAC and Informix.