Abhiram Upadhya Email & Phone Number

Irving, Tx, Us

New York, New York, Us

Manage & guide a talented group of individuals, to provide state of the art solutions, to fulfill operational risk regulations globally.Provide BoW oversight , identify upcoming risks & mitigating controls

New York, New York, Us

Build mission critical solutions to manage firm wide Operational Risk.Support senior management in decision making and strategic initiatives delivery.

New York, New York, Us

Coordinate ORM(Operational Risk Management) application enhancements between technology, business users, data quality and reporting teams.Perform impact analysis on changes induced in process and application due to changing business focus, MRAs and audit feedback.Proactively enhance ORM business processes to streamline BAU activities.Support regulatory changes across Citi Franchises in all geographies.Plan UAT, implementation and post-production support process for new products and enhancements.Assist in change management initiatives across applications and processesDrive business requirement sessions with stakeholdersProvide SME guidance for key strategic initiatives across the firmWork with SQM and PMO peers to ensure we are in compliance with all CTO initiatives

New York, New York, Us

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Created data models using SQL Datamodeller and implemented on Oracle 11g Database for medication reminder and monitoring application.Conduced research on effective strategies for IT risk communication.Conceptualized innovative map solution for safe commuting.Designed POC process flow and application system for mass shooting incident management based on design science theory.Managed concurrent projects from different domains with effective time managementPaper published :“Medication Adherence Reminding, Motivation and Monitoring System.” Mulgund, P., Han, W., Jayaprakash, A., D., Parab, H., V., Jayaraman, J., Jiwane, K., Upadhya, A., K., Singh, G., Singh, R. Forthcoming in Workshop on Information Technology and Systems (WITS), Milan, Italy, 2013

Tampa, Florida, Us

Responsible for delivery of Quality Assurance efforts for some of the Enterprise Provisioning products in Roaming Line of Bussiness.Led the QA efforts of 3 Bussiness products in multiple release cyclesPrepared test plan and traceability matrix for more than 10 major releasesConducted Design ReviewsPrepared effective Test strategy Performed Test Execution and defect reportingParticipated actively in Release Notes and MOP review MeetingPerformed Security Vulnerability audit of Web based application using WebScarabHeld the position of Employee Association(EA) Secretary, responsible stakeholder for smooth execution of EA Activities in the Organization's Bangalore OfficeTools: SQL Developer, HP ALM, QC, QTP, BMC Remedy, Putty, X/Term, OWASP Web ScarabTechnology familiarity: Oracle ADF, Java, HTML, XML,Application Servers: Sun One WebServer and WeblogicDatabase : Oracle 10gOS : Linux and SUN Solaris

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Managed the testing efforts for technical track of Finacle architecture testing team Created effort estimates and prepared test strategy involving risk identification and mitigationActively prepared test cases and executed the testsCoordinated with other test teams for product integration testingMentored new team members in Finacle architectureResolved Unix environment issues and ensured maximum up-timeTracked defects raised by team and took it to closureCollated knowledge artifacts across teams and managed repository on SharePoint ServerCoordinated planned downtime for critical Unix boxes for maintenance and patchingTools: Microsoft Project, Customize Eclipse IDE, JUnit, Exclusive reporting and charts in MS Excel and MS Sharepoint ServerApplication & Web Servers: IBM Websphere, Microsoft IIS and JBossDatabase : Oracle 11g and DB2OS : Linux and Windows Server edition

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Performed configuration control of multiple Finacle release environment in testCreated full production replicas of Finacle implementation for major banks on test serversMentored new team members in Finacle application administration and implementation Executed test cases for bug fixes and enhancements on channel banking and EOD/BOD processing.Specialized in functionality of channel banking.Created and maintained Oracle databases (9i,10g) on unix servers(IBM-AIX,HP-UX and Solaris).Achived maximum uptime of system test areas by ensuring quick resolution of user issues.Performed data migration of banking databases from version as old as Oracle 8i to Oracle 10g and up, involving multi stage migration.Constructed complex Finacle implementation scenarios which were cross platform and cross versions as part of migration testing.Tools: Unix CLI Clients, Oracle Installer, UNIX, Inhouse tools for patch management.Technology: Advanced SQL, Shell scripting, UNIX Service architecutreApplication & Web Servers: IBM WAS, RESIN and APACHEDatabases : Oracle 9i and 10gOS : UNIX( flavours - HP-UX, SUN-Solaris and IBM AIX)

Master'S Degree, Management Information Systems

Bachelor Of Engineering, Mechanical