Maharajapuram Ramchandran

Current

• Consultant at Sallie Mae

Past

• Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions
• Consultant at ADP Taxware
• Consultant at Nielsen Media Research

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Education

• Anna University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Summary

Application developer with a sound knowledge of RDMBS/J2EE/Unix. Currently working at client location.

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Specialties:

RDBMS - Sybase, Oracle, MS-SQL Server
J2EE - Java, JSP, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Jboss, Websphere, Tomcat
OS - Solaris, Linux, Windows

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Experience

• Consultant

  Sallie Mae

  (Public Company; SLM; Financial Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Digital Security Consultant at Sallie Mae.

• Programmer Analyst

  Cognizant Technology Solutions

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CTSH; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2006 — July 2009 (3 years 2 months)

• Consultant

  ADP Taxware

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Consultant at ADP Taxware.

• Consultant

  Nielsen Media Research

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VNU; Market Research industry)

  January 2008 — May 2008 (5 months)

  As a primary member of the development team at the client location, I am responsible for doing the requirements gathering, analysis, design, coding, testing and production support for the various enhancements and bug fixes requested by the users / Business.
  
  Some of the specific details are listed below:
  
  • Only member from Cognizant on board a development team with 3 members from the client side and 3 members from Offshore.
  • Project lead for any new release activity undertaken by the offshore team. Last worked on an enhancement to the system with a total capacity of 2000 Person Hours involving a hybrid team consisting of Onshore Business Analysts, Onshore developers, Onshore DBA’s, Offshore developers and Onshore QA team.
  • Having built up substantial subject matter expertise in the project over the years, I was the primary contact for the IT Support team interacting directly with the application users.

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Education

• Anna University

  B.E. , Mechanical Engineering , 2002 — 2006

  College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025

  Activities and Societies:

  • Organizer and Event Co-Ordinator : Pinnacle 2005 and 2006, a National Level Technical Symposium by Society of Mechanical Engineers, CEG, Anna University
  • Student Member - AU-TVS Centre for Quality Management.
  • Founder: ApTiCluB, an intra departmental club.

Additional Information

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Interests:

Photography - http://www.flickr.com/photos/me_ram/

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Groups:

•    The Nielsen Company Alumni and Associates
•    Cognizant Technology Solutions
•    College of Engineering Guindy Alumni (CEG, Anna University)
•    Guindy Engineering College Alumni
•    ADP Sales & Use Tax Services
•    The Indian Startup Fraternity

Maharajapuram Ramchandran’s Honors:

• District III Rank (Tanjavur District) in Matriculation Examination : April 2000
• District III Rank (Tanjavur District) in Higher Secondary Examination : March-April 2002
• First Class With Distinction in the Bachelor’s Degree : April 2006
• Above & Beyond - Best Performer Award : Information, Media and Entertainment Practice, Cognizant : July 2007

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