Sailaja Thota

Experience

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  Indian Telephone Industries

  Sept 1989 - Aug 1992

  Communication Apprentice

  Developed a High-speed data communication link protocol for Indian Telephone Industries. This project was developed as are search in developing High-speed data link namely, 64Kbps,which later has been commercialized as ZERO ORDER MULTIPLEXER.

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  Indotronix Pvt. Ltd

  Sept 1992 - Feb 1993

  Software Trainee/assistantship

  Trained for Unix & c software.

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  UUNET India Pvt. Ltd

  Feb 1993 - Aug 1993

  Programmer

  Interface and verbally assist network users experiencing s/w application errors via phoneSupport, email and support tracking ticket system.

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  Future Electronics & Computers

  Nov 1993 - May 1995

  Sr. Customer Support Engineer

  Provide technical support in installation, configuring, upgrading, and troubleshooting of all type of PC's and networking software's.

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  Datacom Technologies

  May 1995 - May 1996

  System Administration

  Coded SQL scripts to retrieve and organize information for upper-level management using MS Access and FoxPro database software. Generated weekly cost Reports for customers concerning billing and telephone usage. Updated and maintained company database regarding structure and data validation/integrity requirements.Designed and implemented NT network security Provide technical support in training installing, configuring, upgrading and troubleshooting client or server s/w, and n/w connectivity. Experience in Unix system administration. Show less

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  Advance Computer Education

  May 1996 - May 1998

  Senior Team Lead

  Led Technology team at ACE to build intranet online training and registration system for students and also to provide certified IT training programs

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  U.SA

  Nov 1998 - Aug 2004

  Freddie Mac

  Freddie Mac a Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, was aiming to build HVE (Home Value Evaluator) application to appraise value of homes based on various geographical criteria.Responsible for design, development of the business layer in java, java servlets framework. Responsible for all database related activities for data loads and drops.Involved in writing RFP's for outsourcing the application hosting with Quest & Loud Cloud.Managed distributed vendors outside Freddie network like Transunion, Experian, Citi, and Microsoft's HomeAdvisor.com etc. Show less

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  Freddie Mac

  Nov 1998 - Aug 2004

  • Tech Analyst

    Jun 2000 - Aug 2004

  • Technical Consultant

    Nov 1998 - Jun 2000
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  IIT

  Nov 1998 - Jun 2000

  Web Developer
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  Freddie

  Jun 2000 - now

  Development Tech Lead/ Manager
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  CTB

  Sept 2004 - Nov 2006

  Technical Lead

  Conducted meetings with the client to discuss Valuation and Validation Process for Grids and DRRD application.Actively Review market assumptions/inputs used in valuation with VRMC team Effectively identified stakeholders including external vendors. Maintain all contracts and SLA's with external vendors involved in the valuation processRegularly conducted meetings with the client to update on the project status and resolve outstanding issues.Developed Scope, Time, and Cost estimates for the entire project.Coordinated the Systems Integrated and User Acceptance testing by proactively getting the issues or defects fixed as a result of Dev Integration testing.Closed the project successfully within the timeline which is still actively used everyday in the valuation process Show less

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  Freddie Mac

  Sept 2006 - Nov 2007

  Technical Lead

  SUMMIT and GO Initiative Client: MAAC Team, VRMC, Debt & Derivative; Managed the consolidation efforts for all the three initiatives (PAD Re-write; GO).Participated in lot of Brainstorming sessions to decide the best approach or alternative approach that fits both GA (Guaranteed Assets) and Summit Needs.Conducted meetings with TAP (Technology Acquisition Process) Team to procure licenses for Webmethods GLUE softwareDefined the scope and provided level of estimates for the project to determine the timelines Involved in prototyping new procured GLUE software to interact with downstream consumers which eliminated lot of Security and Audit issuesConducted periodic status meetings to communicate progress and milestones to the stakeholders. Show less

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  TBA

  Jan 2009 - Jun 2009

  Technical Lead

  Valuation & Risk Metrics Control (VRMC)Responsible and Instrumental in managing and re-writing legacy application which helped to break Freddie Mac's dependency on individual vendor (Lehman) who provided TBA Process.Conducted and Facilitated internal team meetings for understanding legacy applications & establishing functional, and non-functional Business Process flows for proposed solutionFacilitated number of Joint Application Development sessions with different stakeholder groups to break huge initiative into Short Term and Long Term ProjectManaged Resource schedules.Provided inputs and reviewed feasibility and cost benefit analysis developed by the team.Managed and led business flow demos with the upstream and downstream consumersTechnical Lead, Alternate Platform, PSL Automation, Float and Trust IOPOClient: Architecture Services, Valuation & Risk Metrics Control (VRMC Show less

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  Freddie Mac

  Jun 2009 - now

  Development Manager

  Client: Valuation & Risk Metrics Control (VRMC)Working collaboratively with Business and IT Teams to support multiple portfolios for the FAS140 / FIN46 (R) project which will provide the ability to maintain GAAP compliance under the amended accounting policiesManage and Lead the FAS140 / FIN46 (R) project through manual and / or automated processes.Applying tailored project management processes and best practices to successfully meet the stakeholder requirements and to manage the activities.Managed team of 15 with analysis, design and construction schedules. Managed defects in several application codes, addressed performance bottlenecks, and explored alternate solutions.Engaged in effective communication with distributed teams to successfully address the concerns in a time constraint environment.Collaborated testing efforts with all Stakeholders to minimize gaps and risks and improve product efficiency.Coordinating with external vendors, cross reference teams and integration program manager on various project activities from planning to implementation.Plans projects, estimates and scopes projects, creates project plans and follows the RUP iterative development approach to complete projects from analysis to implementation phase.Identifies and defines client needs, analyzes business requirements, converts them into project plans and tracks to timely completion and implementation.Conducting risk analysis, Identifying, tracking risks on the project and developing risk avoidance and mitigation strategies. Show less