Gautam Shah

 

1735 West Diversey Unit #416                                                                                                            (773) 472-1093

Chicago, IL 60614                                                                                                                                 gautam.shah@attbi.com

 

 

 

Educated and articulate professional with over 9 years’ experience in IT project management seeking leadership position.  Possess excellent critical analysis, problem resolution, budget development and administration, and human resource administration skills.  Utilize command of written and verbal communications to easily interact with people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and professional and technical levels.  Solid technical background in application development, primarily in UNIX and Oracle based systems.

 
Work Experience

 

Independent Contractor – April 2001 – Current – Project and Technology Manager

 

Client – Paramount Studios for DrPhil.com – Project and Technology Manager – April 2002 –

October 2002

 

                        Accomplishments

·         Designed and architected approach for developing an entirely dynamic web site using Interwoven templating, Interwoven Open and Data Deploy, and ATG Dynamo

·         Led and managed architecture prototype, requirements definition, design, and development for entire application and site

·         Developed data model of 50 tables used for storage and retrieval of all dynamic content

·         Supervised and directed team of 5-7 people

·         Acted as primary liason between development team, Harpo Inc. and Paramount studios management and web production personnel

·         Acted as primary contact with 3rd party ad serving agency, design firm, and message board developers

·         Created and managed estimate of 9,000 man hours

·         Established plans for quality assurance testing, performance testing (for site expected to reach 500K – 1M page hits per day), and deployment of site

·         Oversaw the successful launch of www.drphil.com on September 16, 2002

·         Trained Paramount production and provided functional and technical support after launch

·         Will be responsible for implementation of second phase of project with increased functionality

 

Technologies Used

·   ATG Dynamo 5.1.2

·   Java 2 SDK 1.3.1

·   Interwoven 5.5 & Templating client 5.5

·   ER/Win

·  Oracle 9i

·  Solaris 8

·  Star Team 4.0

 

Client – Mascon Technologies/Oprah.com – Project and Technology Manager – May 2001 – November 2001

 

                        Accomplishments

·         Led and managed web development project for re-architecture and enhancement of oprah.com through requirements definition, design, development, test, and support

·         Supervised and directed 11 developers and 1 technical architect

·         Established, maintained, and grew relationship with lead client personnel, primarily client business director and client project manager

·         Created and managed project estimate of 10,000 man hours

·         Created functional requirements for the entire system to be developed

·         Developed entire development methodology for the project

·         Developed version control, issue tracking, and quality assurance procedures

·         Ensured client expectations were met and exceeded through every phase of the project

·         Acted as chief data architect for the creation of 30 table logical and physical data models

·         Developed performance test approaches and detailed plans for the applications developed

·         Assisted in the technical architecture design and physical hardware specifications

 

Technologies Used

·   ATG Dynamo 5.1.1

·   Java 2 SDK 1.2.9

·   Interwoven 5.0 & Templating client 5.0

·   ER/Win

·  Oracle 8.1.7

·  Solaris 8

·  Mercury Load Runner 7

 

Accenture – July 1993 – Jan 2001 – Technology Manager

 

Client - eGain (eCRM software provider)  – Project Manager for Performance Tuning – Oct 2000 – Jan 2001

 

Accomplishments

·         Developed performance test approaches and detailed plans for 4 of the client’s products

·         Created and drove issue resolution procedures with client sponsor and Sun Microsystems

·         Led team of 5 through performance test planning, execution, and documentation

·         Assessed current performance of products as well as made recommendations for application performance improvements as well as optimal hardware/software configurations

·         Managed time and expense budget of approximately $400,000

 

Technologies Used

·   Sun e4500s running Solaris 8

·   Oracle 8.1.6

·   Mercury LoadRunner 6.5

·   Solaris 8 SE toolset

·  Client eCRM product suite

 

 

Client - separateaccounts.com (Financial services Internet startup) – Project Manager – July 2000 – Sept 2000

 

                        Accomplishments

·         Led and managed Web Application development and Technical Architecture teams of 15

·         Defined client’s technical infrastructure by performing assessments of application servers, web servers, and databases

·         Designed system topology, including failover and load balancing methods

·         Managed time and expense budget of $4.5 million

·         Created and managed hardware/software budget for development, testing, and production environments of approximately $2.5 million

·         Planned and estimated entire effort for architecture design and build

·         Acted as primary technical liaison with CIO of client to drive out requirements, confirm approaches, and resolve issues

 

Technologies Used

·   Sun e450s running Solaris 8

·   ATG Dynamo 5.0

·   Oracle 8i

·   Netscape iPlanet

·   Dreamweaver 2.0

·   Rational Rose 2000

·   Rational Clearquest

 

 

Clients - Washington Mutual, separateaccounts.com, Berkshire Financial – Project manager – April 2000 – May 2000

           

                        Accomplishments

·         Led efforts to create web prototypes for all clients

·         Evaluated and recommended technical direction for two clients

·         Created project budget estimates and hardware/software estimates for two clients of approximately $2.5 million each

 

Technologies Used

·   Dreamweaver 2.0

·   Photoshop 5.5

 

Client - NetLoan (Internet lending startup) – Technology Architecture Manager - Sept 1999 – Mar 2000

           

                        Accomplishments

·         Led and managed the Internet/technology architecture team of 4

·         Determined client’s technology infrastructure

·         Created comprehensive technical requirements for execution, development, operations, and data architecture

·         Acted as chief data architect with overall responsibility for creation of the data model

·         Created conceptual design of client’s technical architecture

·         Created and managed hardware/software budget for development, testing, and production environments of $1.6 million

·         Estimated, planned, and managed time and expense budget for technology architecture team of $600,000

 

Technologies Used

·   Dell 6300s, HP-UNIX N Class servers

·   Microsoft Transactin Server, NT

·   Visual Basic

·   Oracle 8i

·   Dazel

·   Dreamweaver 2.0

·  Rational Rose 2000

·  Rational Clearquest

·  Crystal Reports

 

 

Client - Internal project - May 1999 – July 1999

 

                        Accomplishments

·         Managed the global deployment of the newest Accenture business integration methodology

 

Technologies Used

·         Lotus Notes

 

Leave of Absence - Dec 1998 – Mar 1999

 

Client - Harbor Capital Advisors – Technology Team Lead - April 1997 – Nov 1998

 

Accomplishments

·         Set client’s technical direction in conjunction with client IT director

·         Managed technical architecture team of 2-4

·         Managed technical architecture team project budget of up to $1.5M

·         Conducted weekly meetings with client Vice President to discuss status and resolve issues

·         Conducted monthly meetings with client President to gain approval for purchases and projects, and to give high level status

·         Acted as primary liaison between client director of IT and Andersen teams

·         Managed production issue resolution process with all client leads

·         Directed all technical design and code reviews

·         Participated in a large scale performance tuning and benchmarking effort

·         Oversaw implementation of high availability system for automatic failover

·         Created Disaster recovery plan

·         Led the implementation of a new Disaster Recovery site, including site setup, network and PBX setup, and hardware/software setup and configuration

·         Led effort to model existing database using ER Win – recommended improvements

·         Reviewed all SQL statements for performance

 

Technologies Used

·   Windows NT, HP UNIX K class

·   Sybase 10

·   Plexus

·   MC Service Guard

·   Business Objects

·   Powerbuilder

·  C

·  Sybase Stored Procedures

·  Early Warning

·  ER/Win

 

Client - CNA – Technology Consultant - Dec 1996 – Feb 1997

 

Accomplishments

·         Developed a Tuxedo/Oracle architecture prototype for client

 

Technologies Used

·   Oracle 7

·   Tuxedo

·   C

 

 

            Client - Walgreens – Technology Analyst and Consultant - Sept 1993 – Nov 1996

           

Accomplishments

·         Assisted in development of logical and physical Oracle data model using over 150 tables

·         Coded, tested, and designed C and Gupta SQL Windows modules for both OLTP and batch applications running in a Tuxedo environment

·         Designed and coded recovery system in case of local server failure

·         Designed, created, and supported interfaces between main system and system for doctor’s to prescribe drugs or authorize refills from their office

·         Served on production support for the rollout of the system from 100 to 800 stores.

·         Led a batch performance tuning/benchmarking effort in order to decrease the existing batch window by half

 

Technologies used

·   Tuxedo

·   Oracle 7

·   C

·   Gupta SQL Windows

·  UNIX Shell scripting

·  4 tiered architecture on Sequent and SCO

 

 

Volunteer

 

American Red Cross - Current

 

·         On call three times a week to assist with local disasters such as fires, floods, etc.

·         Assisted in various technical projects consisting primarily of creation of complex SQL queries

 

Education

 

Indiana University – Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems  - 1993