Thillai Vasuki Balakrishnan

Dynamic Solution Designer and Architect with a proven track record at National Australia Bank, excelling in large program management and Agile methodologies. Recognized for delivering projects on time and within budget, leveraging strong leadership and technical skills in J2EE and Core Java to drive significant cost savings and enhance team performance.

Large Program and project management, effectively managing diverse teams of 150+ team size, distributed across the globe to achieve critical and complex business goals, leveraging Agile framework-based delivery approach., Core Java, J2EE (JSP, Servlets, JDBC, JMS, JNDI), Frameworks (Struts 2.0, Spring Core, Hibernate), HTML/XML, Angular, DB2, IDE- Eclipse, RAD8.0, WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) 6.2, Toad 9.0 Configuration Management-Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, CVS Application servers - Jboss 4.1, WebLogic 8., WebSphere(WAS) 6.2 Databases - DB2, MySQL Others - HP Quality Center, Jira, Banking & Finance Services, Insurance, Strong communication, leadership and people management skills.

• Certified with Contextual Master @ TCS
• Recognized with Delivery Excellence award with TCS - BOA & TCS - CBA relationships.
• Awarded with certificate and Momentum in Prognosis event (Runner up in code builder) conducted in the BOA-TCS relationship during Techvaganza '10.
• Merit Certificate and recognitions for getting into Top 100 level in TCS wide Java Coding Contest.
• I received certificate in town hall (during client visit) for my excellent work in the BOA-TCS relationship and received multiple client appreciations.
• Innovation Pride Award, 04/01/21
• Learning Achievement Award, 08/01/19
• Trainer in Initial Learning Program, 01/01/12
• On the Spot Award, 09/01/13
• Best Team, 06/01/10
• On the Spot Award, 08/01/09

• Certified with TCS Scrum Master
• Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP 1.5)
• IBM-DB2 700 Certification

• National Australia Bank (NAB), Solution Designer / Architect, 04/01/23, Present, Liaise with Enterprise Architecture to understand the Epic Architecture., From the Epic Architecture, develop the Solution Design and exercise Design Authority on Solution Design Documents where they impact Edge program., Solution Architecture to bridge the gap between Enterprise and technology., Involve in requirement analysis, solution designing to architect a solution that would fit into the corporate ecosystem., To work with Asset teams inside Edge to ensure that development understands the architecture (the WHAT) and the engineering (the HOW)., To work the Asset teams as embedded resources if needed or with their Solution Designers and RTEs to ensure that Edge's needs and timelines are well understood and to confirm that the Asset teams technical approach with meet those needs., To work with Enterprise and Solution Architects from customer side to bridge the gaps between requirements and existing proposed solution.
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Delivery Manager - Pega Projects, 06/01/18, 03/31/23, Meets and exceeds obligations in service delivery with respect to all Service Level Requirements (SLA's)., Ensure that team continues to deliver all required services under the outsourcing agreement to the highest quality., Delivery of project plan, proposal preparation, project estimation., Manage project delivery., Engage business champions to gather user churns and data validations, engage vendor team, handle the pilot rollouts and gather user experience for major rollouts., Co-ordination with all stakeholders for delivery planning and regular governance., Liaise with Business teams and technical teams for new / enhanced application contracts.
• New India Assurance (NIA), Project Manager - NIA New Portal, 12/01/14, 05/31/18, Provide recommendations for new services/software and / or changes to existing services/software which could benefit the Client in achievement of their business objectives., Interaction with various operations teams to improve performance and functionality of new and existing systems., Be aware of forthcoming platform and software enhancements and plan for their impact to the Operations team. Also, Install and manage Service Delivery testing environments., Responsible for leading the Team and also ensure that the Project deliverables are adhering to the Deadline., Responsible to follow up the issues with Team members & Interfacing applications.
• Bank of America (BOA), Technical & Project Manager - Fraudulent Activity and Verification (FAV), 12/01/12, 11/30/14, Involved in the core development activity in J2EE environment., Be responsible for the overall quality and timeliness of the deliverables., Direct Interaction with Business clients and client managers, which involves estimate preparation, release management and code delivery., Carry out Quality assurance activities (reviews, walkthrough etc.) as defined in the Project Plan., Mentor team members to understand the Bank's business standards., Co-ordinate with Expert groups for special support.
• Lloyds Banking Group LP&I, Technical Lead, 07/01/10, 12/31/12, Involved in the core development activity in J2EE environment., Plan, design, Code, troubleshoot and resolve problems related to life cycle of various types of service orders. Analyze and solve complex fault issues as well as contribute to corrective actions., Be responsible for the overall quality and timeliness of the deliverables., Carry out Quality assurance activities (reviews, walkthrough etc.) as defined in the Project Plan., Mentor team members to understand the Bank's business standards.
• Bank of America (BOA), Developer / Technical Lead, 10/01/06, 06/30/10, Involved in the core development activity in J2EE environment., Be responsible for the overall quality and timeliness of the deliverables., Direct Interaction with Business clients and client managers, which involves estimate preparation, release management and code delivery., Carry out Quality assurance activities (reviews, walkthrough etc.) as defined in the Project Plan., Mentor team members to understand the Bank's business standards.
• CRM On the Go, Developer, 05/01/05, 09/30/06, Plan, design, Code, troubleshoot and resolve problems related to life cycle of various types of service orders., Involved in the core development activity in Java environment.

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