Pinaki Bhowmik

Experience

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  Nov 2003 - Jan 2006

  Software Development Engineer

  Department of Industrial Engineering & Management-----------------------------------------------------------------------Involved in the development of several modules of CoalNet application from scratch for Coal India Ltd (under ministry of Coal, INDIA). Extensively worked on CoalNet - eTendering and B2B Portal projects.CoalNet - is a customized ERP product developed for Coal India Ltd to ensure the standardization of process, platform and technology across the corporate level of Coal Industry in India. Show less

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  Capgemini

  Jan 2006 - Nov 2014

  Client: StoneRiver, Inc. - A Sapiens Company---------------------------------------------As Technical Specialist of Capgemini Americas, inc (FKA - IGATE Technologies) and a contractor to StoneRiver™ - A Sapiens Company, worked on development and customization of StoneRiver's PowerSuite® product for Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (Ohio BWC), Idaho State Insurance Fund (IDSIF), SCF of Arizona.PowerSuite® - is StoneRiver's flagship Policy and Claims administration system for the large and middle tier Worker’s compensation insurance LOB.Accomplishments:--------------------------• Performance Tuning of the application, which include - root cause analysis, re-designing, query optimization, caching strategy implementation, indexing etc.• Batch processes migration into spring batch framework for Powersuite.• Designed and implemented several enhancements on critical areas and functionalities like – Claim Overpayment Recovery, Child Support Allocation Calculation and Indemnity Payment Batch Process etc. Show less As Technical Lead of Capgemini Americas, inc (FKA - IGATE Technologies), worked on StoneRiver’s PowerSuite Idaho SIF project at onsite (San Francisco) for development and integration of PowerSuite® application for Idaho sate insurance fund. Also worked on PowerSuite Development Support (PDS) project at offshore (Mumbai) to provide maintenance and support for PowerSuite® Base product.Accomplishments:--------------------------• Oversee the offshore development team and manage team leading activities like - resource utilization, assigning tasks, deadline determination, coaching and mentoring team members.• Design and implementation of new enhancements and also to ensure the quality of delivered solution that meets the technical specifications and design requirements. • Actively involved in root-cause analysis, programming, design & code review, help team members with the isolation and resolution of technical issues.• Involved in handling delivery management activities – Rebase Streamline, Baseline code merges and Activity merges using rational ClearCase. Show less FKA - IGATE Global Solutions-----------------------------------------Worked on PowerSuite - SCF Arizona project for development and customization of the product for State Compensation Fund (SCF) of Arizona.Accomplishments:--------------------------• Worked on design and implementation of Content Management System (CMS) for PowerSuite® product.• Involved in design and implementation of several complex functionalities like – Rating Algorithm, Claim Benefit Calculation, Indemnity Payment Calculation, Bill Payment Process, Case Tool Authorization etc.• Review design and codes delivered by offshore team to ensure the quality of delivered solution meets technical specifications and design requirements.• Involved in delivery management activities – Rebase Streamline, Baseline code merges and Activity merges using rational ClearCase. Show less

  • Technical Specialist

    Feb 2013 - Nov 2014

  • Technical Lead

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2013

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Jan 2006 - Jan 2008
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  Ernst & Young

  Dec 2014 - now

  Manager - FSO - IT Consulting

  As a Technical Manager in Financial Services - IT Consulting practices of Ernst & Young, Pinaki helped major insurance companies to transform their legacy policy and billing underwriting system into Guidewire's PolicyCenter and BillingCenter.Roles & Accomplishments:----------------------------• Lead Product Model & Rating workstream development towards the modernization phase of one of the EY's client's Legacy Policy underwriting system into Guidewire PolicyCenter. It involves the plan, manage, design and development of PolicyCenter-9.0 product model, rating and configuration work for Personal Auto and Homeowners LOB.• Worked as PolicyCenter configuration workstream Lead and managed distributed scrum teams in onshore-offshore model towards the system integration of one of the EY's client's legacy Policy & Billing underwriting system into Guidewire’s PolicyCenter and BillingCenter 9.0.• Involved in PolicyCenter-9.0 to PolicyCenter-10.0 cloud upgrade project.• Involved in planning and execution of production release and deployment process. Also worked in Production Support project of Guidewire’s PolicyCenter and BillingCenter implementation.• Worked as Guidewire PolicyCenter Data Conversion & Migration workstream Lead in the project and helped one of the biggest US insurance carrier in modernizing their Commercial Auto and Business Fire Line LOB into Guidewire PolicyCenter 8.0 implementation.• Actively worked in design/development of Rating engine configuration, Integrating PolicyCenter application with external Property Valuation and Assessment Service, Peril Determination service, VIN Intelligence, MVR Ordering service, Billing & Payment system. Show less