Ganesh Balasubramanian
Chennai
Summary
• Overall, I have over 19 years of experience in the IT industry.
• Hands-on experience in life sciences, clinical research, and pharmaceuticals domains, with IVR and web-based systems and applications.
IRT System Development and Maintenance.
• Clinical Trials and Pharmaceutical Industry Expertise.
• Data Security and Compliance (21 CFR Part 11)
• Clinical Trial Patient Data Analysis and Reporting.
• Worked on Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, User Requirement Specifications, and System Requirement Specifications review, documentation, and programming/component testing, and was involved in installation procedures for various environments (Development, Validation, Production).
• Worked in healthcare IT and Cerner application management in Cerner Millennium, PowerChart, and other Cerner solutions to drive improvements in clinical workflows and system optimization.
• Worked on project estimations, quality assurance, SDLC deliverables, feasibility analysis, and impact review.
• Worked on Core Java, ASP.NET 3.0, DotNetNuke, C#, VB.NET, Oracle & SQL databases, Hadoop-Big Data, AWS/GCP, ServiceNow, Workday, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Programmer Analyst
ICON plc
Chennai
04.2022 - 03.2025
- Supervise and support other programmer analysts.
- Responsible for the programming of technical operation software.
- Recognize, exemplify, and adhere to ICON's values, which center around our commitment to People, Clients, and Performance.
- Embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs
- Program IVRS/IWRS and other software applications at all levels of complexity are designed in a timely manner, in adherence with ICON SOPs, clinical practices, and appropriate project specifications.
- Participate in functional and/or technical discussions with the project team and/or client.
- Keep the project team informed of the project status in relation to quality and timelines.
- Ability to thoroughly review design specifications and/or user requirements.
- Write study installation procedures, if applicable.
- Prepare and perform a code review of IVRS, IWRS, and other software applications.
- Perform IVRS/IWRS configurations, and related activities, if applicable.
- Ability to thoroughly component-test code to minimize the number of programming errors.
- Write unit tests for software applications, if applicable.
- Optimized database queries for improved efficiency and scalability.
- Identified areas for improvement in existing systems and processes.
- Assist other programmers with tasks as needed, including install procedures, code reviews, component testing, and programming.
- Ability to complete projects and other tasks efficiently, and within the allocated timelines, with little or no supervision.
- Develop and maintain system-wide programming standards and guidelines as needed to improve efficiency, promote quality, and ensure consistency.
- Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.
- Managed Cerner application configuration and customization, supporting various clinical departments, including ICON Labs, Imaging team, and radiology.
- Worked in healthcare IT and Cerner application management in Cerner Millennium, PowerChart, and other Cerner solutions to drive improvements in clinical workflows and system optimization.
- Ability to determine and make improvements to current processes and applications.
- Resolved technical problems encountered during development process and assisted junior programmers with programming tasks.
Programmer Analyst II
ICON plc
Chennai
04.2016 - 03.2022
- Review of Functional and Technical Design document
- Programming systems to match design documents
- Program complex projects including dynamic randomization and dairy studies
- Use Validation experience to improve component test documents and lead in initiatives in lowering bug counts for the programming team
- Assist with creating tools and mentor new programmers
- Design and Create Relational Tables, Triggers, Views, Stored Procedures in SQL Server that interact with IVR and Web interfaces using Delphi, HTML and ASP
- Create complex Study reports using PL/SQL and ASP
- Completed numerous complex projects with Diary, Complex# Randomization, Dispensation/Resupply, and Drug Managements for high priority clients and studies requiring understanding of complex protocols
- Work on Standard Modules and Templates
- Participate in process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and quality whilst maintaining aggressive timelines
- Meet aggressive timelines on complex projects while maintaining the initiative for low bug counts
- Mentor new team members
- Assisting in building workflows for current process for continues improvement initiative
- Assist with creating tools and create presentations as needed for training
Programmer Analyst I
ICON plc
Chennai
11.2010 - 03.2016
- Responsible for the programming of Technical Operation software
- Recognized, exemplified and adhered to ICON's values, which center on our commitment to People, Clients and Performance
- Programmed and developed IVRS/IWRS and other software applications at all levels of complexity as designed in a timely manner in adherence with ICON SOPs and appropriate requirements and/or specifications
- Participated in functional and/or technical discussions with project team
- Keep project team informed of project status in relation to quality and timelines
- Ability to thoroughly review design specifications and/or user requirements
- Wrote study installation procedures
- Prepared and performed code review and impact review of IVRS/IWRS and other software applications
- Performed IVRS/IWRS configurations and related activities
- Ability to thoroughly component test code to minimize the number of programming errors
- Wrote unit tests for software applications
- Assisted other programmers with tasks as needed
- Ability to complete projects and other tasks efficiently and within the allocated timelines with little or no supervision
- Embraced and contributed to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs
Software Engineer
Cherrytec Intelisolve Limited
Chennai
02.2010 - 11.2010
- Gathered requirements and planned for the Development Phase
- Interacted with clients for developing the software applications
- Designed, Programmed, as per the client requirements in Dot Net Nuke and SQL
- Performed unit testing, Integration Testing (programmer level)
- Recognizing module customization needs and recommend features to enhance user experience
- Supported project development, testing and Project Estimation and Quality Management activities
Senior Software Engineer
Icom Soft Solutions, Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
03.2006 - 03.2010
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, high-performance software applications.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code, following best practices and industry standards.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, and improve team performance.
- Mentored junior engineers, and led training sessions on best practices and new technologies.
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design features, and implement new functionality.
- Contributed to the development and maintenance of internal tools to enhance team productivity.
- Performed unit testing on application components prior to release.
- Coordinated installation of software systems and collaborated with user experience team on design and implementation of new features.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE - Computer Science
Anna University
Jayam Engineering College, Dharmapuri.03-2005
Higher secondary -
Seventh Day Matriculation school
Skills
- Oracle Database
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Project Management
- Collaborative Problem-Solving, and Debugging
- Team Leadership and Mentorship
- Pharmaceutical Industry SDLC
- Cross-functional team
- Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Version Control (SVN)
- Cerner Consultant
- Core Java
- AspNet
- IVRS programming
Languages
- Tamil, Native or Bilingual
- English, Professional Working
- Hindi, Limited Working
Timeline
Senior Programmer Analyst
ICON plc
04.2022 - 03.2025
Programmer Analyst II
ICON plc
04.2016 - 03.2022
Programmer Analyst I
ICON plc
11.2010 - 03.2016
Software Engineer
Cherrytec Intelisolve Limited
02.2010 - 11.2010
Senior Software Engineer
Icom Soft Solutions, Pvt. Ltd.
03.2006 - 03.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - BE - Computer Science
Anna University
Higher secondary -
Seventh Day Matriculation school
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