Kirubashankaran Ganesan
Senior Associate, PwC AC
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic IT professional with over 4 years and 6 months of specialized experience in Guidewire implementations, both in cloud and on-premises environments. ACE Certified Policy Center Rating and Configuration developer, proficient in SBT, custom frameworks, cloud configuration, and Advanced Product Designer (APD). Demonstrated expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter, focusing on Rating (3.6) and Configuration (1) tasks, with a solid track record of utilizing cloud-based tools for project management. Strong analytical and logical skills contribute to success in fast-paced implementation settings.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Senior Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers AC
01.2025 - Current
- Worked on the rating framework for three LOBs (PL), and took ownership of creating and stabilizing the end-to-end rating framework for one LOB (Auto - PL).
- Currently leading the Rating DEV team (offshore).
- Worked on multiple POCs during the inception phase to ensure the clients are in sync with their expectations and the current requirements frame.
- Built the entire complex frameworks around discount handling and rate capping.
- Worked on APD design of various LOBs, including other product-stabilizing functionalities, like helper classes for field configuration.
- Worked on various UW issues, activities, validation rules, and other BRs configuration.
- Worked on multiple Gosu scripts to resolve production issues.
- Built an asset, an Excel-based accelerator, which is currently being leveraged by the clients for production and conversion rate testing.
- Built and worked on various GEN-AI accelerators to improve the speed and efficiency of work in various GW modules.
- Approves pull requests from offshore.
- Handled and oversaw deployments to non-prod and prod planets.
- Provided multiple training sessions on rating development at both the firm level and the team level.
- Project: Texas Farm Bureau Insurance.
- PolicyCenter Version: Cloud – Upgraded on Niseko.
- Releases: 2.
Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers AC
08.2021 - 12.2024
- Worked on both Personal Lines and Commercial Lines LOBs for 13 states.
- Well-versed in the creation and management of rate books, rate tables, parameter sets, and rate routines.
- Worked on SBT GW products in commercial lines, involving customizing them according to client requirements, comprising complex functionalities like capping, experience rating, and SOP, etc.
- Worked on custom products in personal lines involving end-to-end rating framework development, which in turn includes the rating engine, cost/cost data, and DTO configuration, alongside any helper classes as needed.
- Handled rating design for requirements that involve both slice and window-mode rating functionalities.
- Worked on designing the rating frameworks for various other complex requirements involving taxes, fees, and discount ratings.
- Project: Grange Insurance Company.
- Policy Center Version: On-prem: V10.
- Releases: 2
Education
Master of Science - ML and AI
IIT Madras And Liverpool John Moores University
Remote 04.2001 -
B.E. - ECE
PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore04-2021
Skills
Programming: Gosu and Java
Database management: MS SQL, H2
IDE/Tools: Advanced Product Designer (On prem, Cloud), Data dog, Team city, Guidewire PolicyCenter, GCC, Postman, Jenkins, Jira
Version control expertise: GitLab and Bitbucket
Certification
Guidewire Credentials- Advanced Product Designer
Declaration
I declare that the information and facts stated herein above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Timeline
Senior Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers AC
01.2025 - Current
Associate
PricewaterhouseCoopers AC
08.2021 - 12.2024
Master of Science - ML and AI
IIT Madras And Liverpool John Moores University
04.2001 -
B.E. - ECE
PSG College of Technology