Debabrata Panda
Kolkata
Summary
Results-driven IT professional with over 13 years of experience in Mainframe technologies, specializing in VisionPLUS for credit card processing. Expertise in analysis, design, development, testing, and support of financial applications. Skilled in REXX for automation and process improvement, with a strong ability to lead teams and foster client relationships. Utilizes sound judgment and decision-making to enhance operational success.
Overview
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1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant
Infosys
12.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded implementation of collection setup, dialer integration, alert generation, KYC journey, and fraud tagging.
- Facilitated continuous business improvement by providing insights from client implementations and proposing innovative ideas.
- Identified and recommended changes for improvement in existing processes and systems based on thorough analysis.
- Analyzed existing processes and systems to pinpoint improvement areas and recommended actionable changes.
- Reviewed deliverables prior to release, ensuring accuracy and adherence to quality assurance standards.
- Monitored project progress to ensure objectives were met within specified time frames.
- Contributed to software development for the flagship Amex project across subsystems CMS, CTA, and LMS.
- Developed new batch online and COBOL programs tailored to diverse business needs.
- Created and modified online real-time services, including JSON and MQ platforms.
Assistant Manager
Synechron
Kolkata
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Managed a 14-member acquirer mandate team, ensuring project outcomes met client expectations.
- Formulated business solutions by capturing client requirements and providing high-level estimates.
- Conducted in-depth analysis of business schemes, clarifying requirements and assessing potential impacts.
- Reviewed design test plans while executing development projects effectively.
- Executed development, system integration testing, and user acceptance testing processes thoroughly. coding testing and delivery processes completely.
- Supported client functional tests and maintained routine operational assistance.
- Analyzed post-mandate support performance, identifying specific areas for enhancement.
- Planned RLA activities and executed them throughout the mandate.
Team/Tech Lead
HSBC
03.2017 - 10.2022
- Directed team of 11 in infrastructure initiatives, successfully delivering project goals on time and within scope.
- Oversaw management of development, sit, uat, and pre-production environments for projects spanning 15 countries.
- Facilitated engagement planning, sharing estimates across various interface teams.
- Collaborated in design discussions with senior leads to improve user experiences across applications.
- Reviewed and refined design test plans to ensure successful project implementation.
- Conducted detailed analysis of business requirements and their potential impacts.
- Formulated business solutions by gathering client requirements and estimating costs.
- Oversaw change implementation activities related to specific releases.
Developer & PROD Support
HSBC
04.2014 - 01.2017
- Facilitated major/minor production releases while leveraging REXX for batch statistics automation.
- Reviewed components for production migration, ensuring timely and accurate client delivery.
- Collaborated with clients and onsite teams to efficiently troubleshoot and resolve project issues.
- Facilitated production releases, utilizing REXX for automated batch statistics reporting.
Developer
HSBC
06.2013 - 04.2014
- Designed and developed software solutions for banking operations and customer services.
- Implemented coding standards and best practices to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance system functionality and performance.
- Coordinated execution of shake-out tool with team members, generating comprehensive shake-out reports.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - ECE
West Bengal University of Technology
HS-12th -
West Bengal Council
SSC-10th -
West Bengal Board
Skills
- Project management
- Staff supervision
- Performance assessments
- Training and development
- Strategic planning
- Recruitment and interviewing
- Database management: DB2, COBOL, C, Groovy, Python, REXX, JCL, CICS, JSON, MQ
- Tools: Easytrieve, File Manager, Endevor, ChangeMan, Git, VSAM, GDG, Blue Prism
- Schedulers: TWS (IWS), Control-M, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Checkmarx (SAST/DAST)
- Domain knowledge: CTA, CMS, LMS (VisionPlus credit card processing)
- Leadership and management skills
- Application development
- Agile methodologies
- Agile practices
Certification
- Trained on Mainframe Technology (Capgemini), Basic Learning certification in JCL, COBOL, DB2, Completed VisionPLUS Certifications from HSBC, Trained on Blueprism from HSBC, Attended Agile Workshop, Completed Acquirer certification at Synechron
LANGUAGES
English, Bilingual or Proficient (C2), Bengali, Bilingual or Proficient (C2), Hindi, Advanced (C1)
Personal Information
Title: Senior Consultant
Accomplishments
- Received Surpass Award in 2024 Q1 for excellent contributions in the 24.01 Mandate deliveries at Synechron.
- Received "Customer Excellence" award for seamless delivery at Synechron.
- Got "Pat on the Back" Award in Capgemini and HSBC for deep reasoning and project perspective contribution.
- Received Rising Star for a zero-defect SIT release at Capgemini.
- Client appreciation on multiple occasions for outstanding work.
Timeline
Senior Consultant
Infosys
12.2024 - Current
Assistant Manager
Synechron
10.2022 - 12.2024
Team/Tech Lead
HSBC
03.2017 - 10.2022
Developer & PROD Support
HSBC
04.2014 - 01.2017
Developer
HSBC
06.2013 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Technology - ECE
West Bengal University of Technology
HS-12th -
West Bengal Council
SSC-10th -
West Bengal Board