Rajendra Rao

PA101, Purva Panorama,

Bannerghatta Main Road,
Next to Meenakshi Temple,
Bangalore, Karnataka,
India – 560076.
rajendrarao@hotmail.com
# 9741905911
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Professional Profile

• Principal Software Consultant with thirteen plus years of experience in Supply Chain
Execution and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).
• Adept at all stages of project lifecycle, from business requirements and technical
definitions to development, testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), production support,
and completion.

• Collaborate well with project management, business analysts, and department

management teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and spirit of teamwork.

Technical Skills

Hardware: IBM SP2, Sun Solaris, HP 9000, Pentium Systems.

Software: Oracle Applications 11i ERP (Ver. 11.5.10.2), ORACLE 10g/9i /8i
/7.3, JDeveloper, Oracle Forms 6i/4.5, Reports 6i/2.5, ESS (IMI –
ERP), Designer2000, Visual Interdev 6.0, SQL Loader, SQLPLUS.

Operating Systems: Unix AIX, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux 4.0, Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows XP.

Languages Known: PL/SQL, SQL, C, PRO*C, ASP, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript,

UNIX Shell Script, Java, JSP.

Tools: JDeveloper, Oracle Workflow, Oracle Forms/Reports Builder,

Designer2000, CVS, PVCS Source control, Auto Sys scheduler, PC
XWare, FTP, Toad, SQL Navigator, IBM MQ Series, Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Office, Visual Source Safe, Visual Interdev 6.0, Microsoft
Front Page.

Highlights

• Oracle 11i E-Business Suite Supply Chain Certified Professional Consultant (Business
Fundamentals, Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management).
• Oracle 11i E-Business Suite System Administrator Certified.
• Oracle Database 10g/9i Administrator Certified Professional.
• Increased customer orders by seamlessly integrating order entry in Order Management
System in addition to working in core modules of Supply Chain.
• Integrated EDI systems (East & West) of Canon USA.
• Successfully converted merchandise Item codes in Master of ERP to Global Item Codes
including Pricing and Promotions.
• Streamlined advertising promotional program of merchandise items.

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 Professional Experience

Consultant, Canon USA Feb ‘97 to Dec ‘07

Oracle Applications Techno-Functional Lead

BRIEF: Responsible for implementation, customization and integration of Order to Cash

(Customers, Purchasing, Order Management, Inventory, Receivables, Cash Management, GL)
and Procure to Pay (Suppliers, Purchasing, Inventory, Payables, Cash Management, GL)
process flows between Canon Business Solutions CBS (subsidiary of Canon USA) and Canon
USA. CBS dealt mainly in products such as printers, copiers, scanners and fax machines both
industrial/SOHO which was under Imaging Systems Group (ISG) business unit.

• Provided design recommendations based after assimilation of application requirements.

• Maintained proactive interaction with the client to understand business practices to aid in
system configuration.
• Configured distribution modules as per legacy requirements.
• Handled the implementation stages for EDI, Purchasing build/configuration using
interface for Order Management system. Inbound and Outbound PO transactions were
processed with help of concurrent program manager which initiated data load and
extraction programs for import and creation of interface data files, respectively.
• Involved in Gap Analysis and Order management lifecycle.
• Assisted in design of tables, databases, forms, and reports; connected forms with Oracle
Applications.
• Helped design custom data models that integrated with Oracle Applications.
• Developed various Oracle Applications using PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, Forms, Reports,
Workflow Builder, and Application Object Library.
• Developed control files for SQL*Loader and PL/SQL programs for loading and
validating the data into interface tables from the Legacy system.
• Created Alerts to notify business users.
• Troubleshoot issues, including creation/follow-up of service requests (SRs). Conduct
quality reviews of code developed by other development staff.
• Mentored and reviewed work items of team members.
• Familiar with AIM Methodology in Implementing Oracle Applications.
• Experienced in performance Tuning and analyzing using Tkprof, SQL Trace, and Explain
Plan.

Environment: Oracle Apps 11.5.10, Oracle 9i, Workflow, Forms/Reports 6i, SQL*Loader,
Toad 8.0, Sterling Gentran EDI translator, SQLPLUS, PL/SQL, Unix AIX
Shell Scripts, AutoSys scheduler, PVCS.
Modules: Order Management, Purchasing, Inventory, Cash Management, General
Ledger, Account Receivables, Account Payables, System Administrator.

Wholesale System ESS ERP (IMI)

BRIEF: Responsible for the database design, development, testing, smooth functioning and
continuous availability of the wholesale system used to process orders from corporate
customers of Canon USA. The project was managed by IBM Global Services.
System ESS is an open systems, client/server demand chain management solution that
provides full capabilities for managing and executing the entire order fulfillment process,
including order management, logistics management, demand replenishment, price and
promotion management, customer and product management, global organization
management, electronic commerce and decision support.

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• Prepared Detail Design document for the custom applications.
• Designed the database of the custom applications.
• Developed Java applications using JDeveloper IDE.
• Coded several forms and reports using Developer/2000 suite of products.
• Coded PL/SQL server stored procedures and packages.
• Coded Unix PRO*C batch jobs to create and read data files.
• Prepared and executed unit test plan for each deliverable.
• Supported system integration testing.
• Supported training activities and interacted with clients for knowledge transfer.
• Supported production migration.
• Interacted with end users to resolve production issues.
• Tuned SQL queries using explain plan, tkprof utility to improve performance.

Following is a brief description of each custom application worked on:

Oracle Workflow Maintenance

Oracle workflow tool was used to in sales organization matrix and payment terms
applications to streamline business process. Due to limitations of tool, web based
application was developed to govern maintenance of oracle workflow as per business
user requirement.

Promotions

Canon USA has various kinds of promotions namely COOP advertising, off-invoice,
warranty, monthly etc. that affect pricing of products. The system allowed the users to
track the promotions and issue proper credits. The system generated reports that
allowed the user to judge the effectiveness of a particular promotion.

Sales Summary & History

The sales summary system identified the dollar amount of orders under various
categories like future order, back order, credit / sales hold, reserved, shipped and
printed by business unit. Invoiced information was available in sales history. The
system allowed the user to drill down/ view detailed data both by product and
organization structure using complex queries against order database.

Sales Quota / Commission system

The system allowed Canon business users to setup DAE (district authority executive)
target quota and assumed commission for business unit by quarter or half year and by
product category. Commission rates were calculated based on above setup.
Commission was calculated by actual sales and commission rates of DAE and
updated to payroll system each month. CSM (channel sales manager) commission
was rolled up by summing commission of DAE’s under him. Application also
allowed for adjustments, bonuses to be added. Access to compensation reports were
available based on database roles established to which login ID of employee was
assigned.

Loans and Trial

Asset management system allowed business users to ship product on loan or on trial
(newer products) to customers both external and internal for defined period. The
system also allowed disposition (change of ownership / sale / return) of loan or trial
order. Monthly depreciation was accounted on loan orders for two year period with

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 goods value exceeding two thousand dollars. Financial transactions were created as
required to accounting system.

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)

Canon manufactured components of printers, faxes, scanners, copiers and accessories

which were utilized by other companies and re-branded. Business unit referred to was
CPPD (computer peripheral product device). Goods were drop shipped to customers
based on original purchase order. Sales order was created in order management
system based on ETA of vendor invoices and dealer was billed.

Third Party Vendor Order Fulfillment

The system facilitated third party vendor order fulfillment process. Purchase orders
received through extranet and EDI carried products that would be fulfilled by third
party vendors. Such products defaulted to virtual warehouse in order management
system. The system in turn would generate purchase orders to respective vendors via
EDI/XML/Email. Dealer orders were invoiced in order management system upon
receipt of vendor invoice raised against goods shipped.

Environment: IBM SP2, Unix AIX, Oracle 7.3, Forms 4.5, Reports 2.5, SQLPlus,
PL/SQL, C, PRO*C, Shell Scripts, Auto Sys, PVCS.

EDI Application Development

BRIEF: Responsible for the requirements study, analysis, design and development of EDI
applications of Canon USA. Broad array of EDI transaction sets (ANSI X12), both inbound
and outbound, with Trading Partners were exchanged and integrated with primary software
creating seamless information flow. The project was managed by IBM Global Services.

Active EDI transaction sets list:

214 - Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message
810 - Invoicing
816 - Organizational relationships
824 - Application Advice
830 - Planning Schedule with release capability
832 - Price/Sales Catalog
846 - Inventory Inquiry/Advice
850 - Purchase Order
852 - Product Activity Data
855 - Purchase Order Acknowledgement
856 - Advance Shipment Notice/Manifest
860 - Purchase Order Change Request
864 - Text message
867 - Product Transfer and Resale Report
888 - Item Master
997 - Functional Acknowledgment

Following activities were performed.

• Specs from trading partners for various transaction sets were studied and analyzed.
• Prepared detailed design documents.
• Created entity relationship diagrams and logical data models.
• Designed normalized database tables, indexes and constraints.

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• Estimated database growth and sizing requirements.
• Created database objects like views, sequences, synonyms, database links and snapshots
required by the application.
• Defined triggers on tables as required.
• Developed UNIX batch jobs using PL/SQL, PRO*C, Unix Shell Scripts, Java.
• Developed procedures, functions and packages using PL/SQL.
• Developed web deliverables for Microsoft IIS Server using ASP, OAS using JSP, HTML,
JavaScript, VBScript.
• Loaded data using SQL Loader via conventional and direct load.
• Executed code walkthrough and unit test for software deliverables.
• Performed system integration testing.
• Coordinated user acceptance testing.
• Defined production schedule in Auto Sys.
• Requested production migration of all software deliverables.
• Monitored parameters to ensure optimal application performance.
• Performed export and import to load production data into test instance.
• Provided night batch support for applications.
• Ensured smooth transition to application support group after system became stable in
production.
• Participated in disaster recovery plan DRP.

Environment: IBM SP2, Unix AIX, Sterling Gentran EDI translator, ORACLE 10g, 9i / 8i /
7.3, Visual Interdev 6.0, SQLPLUS, PL/SQL, C, PRO*C, Unix Shell Scripts,
ASP, AutoSys scheduler, PVCS, Java, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Internet
Explorer

Programmer, Cirlacs Data Systems Limited Dec ’95 to Dec ’96

Personnel and Payroll System

BRIEF: Responsible for the database design, development and testing of personnel and
payroll system. Employees were classified based on their department and designation
numbers. Employee records carried casual, sick, earned leaves. System facilitated calculation
of gross/net salary based on basic pay, dearness, house rent, city compensation allowance,
deduction such as loans, provident fund, by applying formulae in functions and procedure.
System kept track of vacancies in different departments and recorded candidate details for
recruitment.

• Designed database tables and views.

• Coded Forms and Reports using Forms 4.5/ Reports 2.5.
• Coded PL/SQL server stored procedures and functions.
• Fixed defects reported by the testing team.

Environment: U6000/430 server and Pentium (front-end), Unix, Oracle 7.1, Forms 4.5
Reports 2.5, SQL *Plus, PL/SQL.

Programmer, Trinity Systems & Software Pvt. Ltd. July ’94 to Nov. ‘95

Inventory Management System

BRIEF: Responsible for the database design, development and testing of inventory
management system. System covered various activities like, purchase, invoice, stock and
customer information. System provided facility to maintain inventory of structural materials
which were consumed by various departments. Goods receipt note (GRN) and Store Issue
Voucher (SIV) were raised when items were received or issued from stores respectively.

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System generated warnings for items in excess and out of stock. Custom reports were
generated purchase orders and invoices as per requirement.

• Designed database tables and views.

• Created various forms for entry/update/view of PO’s and invoices.
• Coded PL/SQL server stored procedures and functions.

Environment: 486 server, VT100 terminals, Unix, Oracle 7.0, SQL *Forms 3.0, PL/SQL,
SQL*Plus

Support Engineer, Powerline Electronics Sep. ’90 to May ‘94

BRIEF: Responsible for installation, support and service of medical electronics

equipments/accessories in accordance to customer requirements. Equipments included blood
infusion warmer, blood bank refrigerator, x-ray units, hearing aids, laser beam devices etc.
These equipments were supplied to hospitals and clinics.

Education

B.E. [Electronics &Communication], B.V.B College of Engineering & Technology, 1989,

Hubli, Karnataka, India.

Reference:

Mr. Noorali Sonawalla

President,
Sunrise Systems Inc., New Jersey.
U.S.A.
noorali_s@sunrisesys.com
# (732) 603 2200

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