Dr. Ravi Rampalli

Experience

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  Dun & Bradstreet Satyam Software (CTS)

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  IT Analyst

  Software Developer & Offshore Coordinator for maintenance projects of AETNA P & C Insurance, US & Canada; and ABN AMRO Bank, Netherlands

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  CHC - Westfield Insurance, AMEX, Vanguard Mutual Funds

  Feb 1998 - May 2004

  Project Lead->Project Manager->Account Manager

  Delivery / Account Manager – Westfield Insurance, US (April 02 – June 04) Managed projects for CHC Account at Westfield (P & C) Insurance & CHC India. Responsible for Pre-Sales / Business Development, Delivery / Account Management, CRM – Ownership for $5 Mil. USD Projects: De-commissioning of Obsolete applications, COBOL Conversion, Backlog Clearance, CLAIMS Maintenance / QA, Enterprise Symbolics, Telephone Application consolidation, Configuration Management - Identification of the resource requirements & preparation, presentation of RFPs – SOWs - Issue resolutions for Westfield Management / SMEs & CHC Team, Project Scope determination, Schedule/plan finalization, Cost management- Delivery / Acceptance from Customers on Production Support resolutions Project Manager - AMEX, Hyderabad, India (Feb 01 – March 02)- Delivery Management for Offshore Dev / Production Support; Coordination with Bankers Business- Delivery Design & SLA requirement procedures for all Production Support issues- Framework of Integration, Implementation and deployment strategiesSystem Test Lead - Vanguard Mutual Funds, Philadelphia, US (Feb 98 – Feb 01) - Spanned in two phases, System Testing initiative for VISION, VISTA, VOICE - Coordination with Business Teams to define the requirements for individual applications- Lead and manage the initiatives till final delivery within time, budget, contractual terms Show less

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  Franklin Templeton

  Jun 2004 - Sept 2005

  Consultant->Sr.Consultant

  Role : Delivery Manager, Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds Overall responsibilities include Delivery Management, Resource/People Management and Client-Relationship. Managed Multiple Projects/Clients across the Globe (US, UK, Singapore) - TITAN II – BOT & Non-BOT for Franklin Templeton Investments; Responsible for IT development of new fund launches, internationally. Managed Annual IT budget of $5 M. USD; Team Size - 90- Intellikey Labs - Intranet / Extranet Product development for a US customer in .Net & Oracle- Acu-COBOL – Challenging Testing product to a new platform. Product development initiative- Establishing the teams & Day-to-day management of engagement activities Show less

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  Verizon Telecom

  Sept 2005 - Oct 2008

  Project Manager->Sr. Project Manager

  Role : Sr. Program Manager, Dev & Testing - Telecom Retail National Billing, East USGoal : Lead a team of Dev managers & Testing managers in IT Global Delivery for East, uCSR, VPF, RiBS, Arbor teams. Product Delivery / Test / Release / Program Management, People Management, Budget Planning, Employee Engagement – Cost Center ownership for $ 12 M. USD; Team size 110 - Responsible for Strategic & Tactical planning to meet CIO / ED / Director imperatives- Responsible for Delivery Ownership of about 30+ applications (.Net Framework, Legacy) - Kept annual resource attrition less than 10% ; Trained team on Motivation, Communication- Formulated & Lead Telecom Retail Billing Architecture Groups (TRAGs)- Transition of App Dev & Testing to Offshore from large vendors like Infosys, TCS , Wipro etc. Show less

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  CNO Financial Group

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  Asst. Vice President - Delivery, Networks & Infrastructure, Operations

  Delivery & Operations Director - Life, Health & Annuity Insurance LOBOwnership : Product / Business Solutioning, Delivery; Networks, Infrastructure, Transition from Vendors (Infy); HR; Operations; $21 Million USD; Team size 150+- Policy Admin Products -Life (LifePro – NAP $900 Mil.), Health (SHARP- NAP $1.4 Bil.), Annuity (RPS – NAP $350 Mil.) – Business Analysis & Enterprise Application Integration- Customer Communication Products - (CCA); Documenting & Mailing Applications (DOCUMERGE/MAKER); Claims Applications(BICPS); CRM & Data-warehouse applications;- Business Process Management (BPM) & Agent Commissions - AiM/Front Office/DSS/P+ ;- Actuarial & Underwriting support applications; Product Setup / Testing - Ratebook; Bloomberg feed verification; APS / ADW); Decision Making Data Analytics - Developed & maintained Life Insurance products - LifePro/Cyberlife/CK4/Vector applications - Successfully delivered Enterprise Health Insurance Products – PLC design methodology- Business Skill Improvement Program (BSIP) & Insurance Lab Development; RFQs & RFPs- Organizational Capability Assessment & Transfer Models; Predictive Risk Heat Map- Enterprise Infrastructure &Data Center Support- DR & BCPKey Result Areas & Performance Indicators- Attrition–Below 9%; TCO Reduction–19%; Employee Productivity Improvement– 16%- Responsible for all IT Road map Planning, Implementation & Support for Global Delivery - Hire and Manage geographically dispersed teams of different cultures. Design & implement Knowledge Management Practices & Retention Techniques; Exceed Score Card Objectives - Engineer turnaround of IT's performance and service levels. Transform team into strategic business partner. Deliver multiple large scale projects along with Lights-on maintenance- Execute Process Excellence methodologies like Capacity projections, Defect Removal Efficiency improvements, RMI (Risk Metered Index), Traceability Matrix, Portfolio Dashboards etc.. Show less

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  CHAMPS'​ India Pvt. Ltd.

  Jun 2014 - Mar 2022

  CEO & Managing Director

  CHAMPS'™ is an entrepreneurial startup that delivers exemplary academic & professional courses at global standards & uses cutting edge technology platformsRole: Total Ownership - Cash Flow maintenance; Technology / Product / Vertical Vision; Team Building; Investor Management; Brand Management; Corporate Development; and P & L !!!- Partner & Auto-Pilot Entrepreneurial Software Organization in “Academics” Domain- Design & Deliver Product Applications with AI & Cloud Backbone Infrastructure for different Data Management requirements- Market penetration plans ; Horizontal & Vertical Integration designs and execution- Maximize Commercial bottom-line (Delivery PE) and Top-line Funnel (Technical innovation)- Accountable for Org. Strategy, Enterprise Information Systems, Portfolio Management, HR & Marketing Management Show less

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  Fission Labs

  Apr 2022 - now

  Director of Engineering