Nimisha Patel

Ab-Initio Consultant
Plano, TX
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Over 18 years of experience in the industry, involved in analysis, design/develop, testing and
implementation.
Strong experience in ETL Ab-Initio , Perl Script,C/C++,JavaScript, HTML, CGI, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle,
and Shell Script.
Experience in design and development of Client Server applications using Object Oriented
Methodologies.
Ability to lead small team and exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts and applications.
Constantly striving to expand existing knowledge base to keep up with the latest technological
advancements.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and team player.

Work Experience

Ab-Initio Consultant
AT&T - Plano, TX
November 2011 to March 2012
AT&T BizComp Project - Worked on architectural design decisions which have been made in preparation
for the new compensation plan changes using Ab-Initio Data Warehousing tool, PL-SQL store
procedures and functions, & ksh Scripts.
Worked on new requirements, analysis, development, and daily System Support of BIZCOMP BID
data file processing.
Worked on re-design/re-architect of existing bizcomp project, re-built using Ab-Initio, for performance
improvement, better production support (Ab-Initio 3.X, PL-SQL Store Procedure, Functions, Complex
SQL and ksh/Perl Script)

Ab-Initio Consultant
PepsiCo, Inc - Plano, TX
July 2010 to November 2011
R7 Master Data Integration hub Project - Worked on R7 Master Data Integration hub project as Ab-Initio
Consultant and as a Release coordinator for the Ab-Initio ETL Data-warehousing Teradata environment.
(Ab-Initio 3.x , ksh/Perl Scripts)
Worked on architectural design for the Ab-Initio graphs code promotion automation of the R7 Master
Data projects
Manage all release plan, production support plan, server upgrade plan and project plan for the R7
Master Data projects.
Manage Weekly Reporting for all the projects defects, team status report, and report creation for upper
management.
Worked on re-design/re-architect of existing Ab-Initio graphs for the performance improvement.

Ab-Initio Consultant
AT&T - Richardson, TX
September 2009 to July 2010
AT&T Revenue Assurance Processing (RAP) Project - Worked on Wireless Information Technology
Revenue Assurance Detection And Recovery Tool (RADAR) and Ab-Initio Data Warehousing tool.
Worked on new requirements, analysis, development, and daily Production Support of RAP for MAF/
BID Billing data.
Worked on setting up RAP Ab-Initio projects in EME and setup different server for the developer and
tester for Ab-Initio
Worked on re-design/re-architect of existing 'rdr' project, built using Ab-Initio, for performance
improvement, better production support, and changing operation system SunOS to Linux. (Ab-Initio 3.x,
and Perl Script).

Senior Software Engineer

Epsilon - Irving, TX
September 2008 to September 2009
Worked on Epsilon Interactive system to support Citi Cards email communications programs.
Worked on requirements, analysis, development, and Production Support of DREAM project
Worked on re-design of this email distribution project mainly for the performance improvement and
using latest software technology (Ab-Initio and Perl).
Supported citi email-distributions project (DREAM) to add new clients and functionality. Writing scripts
for the testing automation process. Working on GUI to add many new customized web pages for the each
citi bank clients in DREAM system. Writing many PERL scripts to expedite the troubleshoot processes
and to check the current system from the daily monitoring/support/performance basis.

AMD - Senior Software Engineer

Data Warehouse - Austin, TX
February 2005 to September 2008
Project is an end-to-end implementation of a Data Warehouse in Oracle with Ab Initio as ETL tool and
Perl script as the wrapper tool. Worked on 3 different release of CPG DataMart Project.
Release 3.0 was to fix most of the bugs and load some new test data from Singapore and Germany
Fabs.
Release 4.0 was a big release where we redesign the all loaders that load the test data to CPG
Datamart. Also upgrade the database version from 9i to 10G, EME version from 2.13 to 2.14, and
apply the star schema to various database tables for the faster data loading purpose. We have gain 4X
performance for most of the loaders with this new redesign of CPG Datamart.
Release 4.0.1 was addition and enhancement for the performance improvement in the CPG Data Mart.
CPGDM was built for the Gathering Test data and equipment data. AMD Marketing users used this
Warehouse for evaluation of campaigns, overall performance of products and identify cross selling
opportunities. The AMD users used the Warehouse to identify the different product performance and
history information about the product.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Responsible for building, peer reviewing and unit testing complex Ab-Initio graphs for population of
Data Warehouse for Testdata, performance, and correctness of Data Marts.
Responsible for conversion of SQL's to Ab-Initio graphs of certain tasks to improve efficiency
Developed the PERL script wrappers for Ab-Initio graphs and automated the data transfer process
between the different graphs.

 Responsible for building test cases for various Ab-Initio graphs and automated the graph testing using
Perl, and plsql.
Responsible for Performance Tuning of the systems and tested each loader using 10K to 50K files to
tune each graph settings.
Worked on archiving the test file using Net-Backup. Bring archiving process to 30 minutes of backup
time form the 5 hours.
Designed various validation processes using Perl Scripts for validating the data warehouse after one
time loads using Ab-Initio.
Responsible for a building a data cleanup system using Shell/Perl scripts that purges data from the
system on a frequent basis.
Responsible for CVS Source Configuration Management for Legacy loader and also using the EME
for the AB-Initio Graphs
Worked on requirements, analysis, quality assurance, product development, product maintenance and
Production Support. Responsible for providing all the documentations for design, testing, support and
deployments for the project
Responsible for providing technical support and managing the legacy development work for the
international teams.
Responsible for Acceptance testing, production releases coordination, and release deployment work for
legacy loaders.
Worked with TSMC/ASEKHT/SPGAMD customers to load their testing data to SAPPHiRE System
using Perl, C, Pro*C and C++ loaders and Worked with CPG customers to load their testing data to CPG
Datamart using Perl, and ETL Ab-Initio
Develop Ab-Initio graphs to extract data from Database tables as well as flat files, applying
transformation logic and loading into Oracle database tables.
Performed various transformations on source data using various Ab-Initio components
Environment: Ab-Initio EME, Ab-Initio Co>Operating system 2.14, Ab-Initio GDE 1.14.37, Shell Scripting,
Perl Script, Oracle10g, Tode of Oracle 9.0, MS Excel for reports, MS Power Point for Presentations, C/
C++, Pro*C, CVS

Senior Software Engineer

IBM - Piscataway, NJ
February 2004 to September 2004
NIS - Basic8
This was a project, which I had to design and develop new enhancement for existing Basic8 system,
this project provides 1800 number routing and billing/feature information. Project was build using Java,
IBM Aglets Software Development Kit. Agents (Java Applets) have purpose in that they are created to
complete some task on behalf of a person or another process. They can be found in computer operating
systems, networks, databases, and so on. These agent processes have control over their own execution
cycle (to varying degrees of course) and can make their own decisions during the course of their life.
Roles and Responsibilities: As a Senior Software Engineer * Designed the database changes and implementing it on Oracle and PL/SQL on Unix/Linux server. (it
involved in adding more feature for supporting 1-800#)
* Developed the Java Server packages, Servlet/JSP and Perl administration tools. Used JDBC for Linux
for database connections
* developed Java (Swing/AWT) client to work like an Application and Applet using the server via RMI
* Supported the message exchange system in Java, XML and CORBA for Basic8 enhancement
* Designed and implemented a complete 1800# transactions and life cycle configuration management
system in PERL on top of Clearcase.
* developed the Web Pages using JSP, Java Applets, JavaScript, DHTML and graphics tools
* Involved in testing and supporting the GUI enhancement.

Environment: Java, Shell Script, Perl Script, PL/SQL, Oracle9i, TODE, JavaScript, HTML, XML, JSP,
Unix/linux, Apache Tomcat, ILC (time report tool), TMT (Testing Tool), RMT (Requirements tool),
Sablime (Source Code Management Tool)

GUI team lead

AT&T/IBM - Piscataway, NJ
April 1996 to February 2004
30 Knighbrige Rd, Piscataway, NJ 4/96 - 2/04
LNP-SMS
Worked on a Local Number Portability project, which facilitated the customer to switch between local
carriers without changing their telephone number. It was an industry wide project, which was developed
concurrently by all long distance providers, like AT&T, MCI, Sprint etc. This project used message base
TCP/IP multi threaded technology for the transmission of messages from one LNP-SMS subsystem to
another, From LNP-SMS to 2NCP/GTR network switch and from LNP-SMS to industry (RSMS)
Roles and Responsibilities: As a GUI team lead Responsible for building, peer reviewing and unit testing for a complex C/C++/HTML/JVA Script/PerlCGI/Perl script legacy loaders.
Worked on requirement gathering, analysis, quality assurance, application development, web
development, application maintenance and Production Support.
Responsible for providing all the documentations for design, testing, support and deployments for the
project
I was responsible for providing all the technical support, Communication with user community for their
requirements/enhancements and provided the estimated time and cost for the each GUI (Graphical User
Interface) work.
Identified the GUI high level impacts for each production release.
Contributed majority of the GUI detail design content for each release.
Provided technical leadership for the GUI in each production release.
Provided the GUI work plan for each week.
Distributed work assignments amongst the GUI developers.
Tracked the GUI work progress and reported it to upper level management.
Represented the GUI team at the weekly MRRB meeting.
Worked on the GUI architecture/implementation issues.
Contributed in analyzing the most business initiatives that impacted the GUI.
Roles and Responsibilities: As a GUI developer Architected, Designed, Developed and verified the GUI (Graphical User Interface) Provisioning, Query,
Static Report and Dynamic report screens using CGI, HTML, Perl Script and Java Script
Designed and developed common library for User Interface, Automated load data system for various
UI screens, Customize User Interface provisioning system for different User Classes using Java Scripts
and Web Cookies.
Designed and developed various reports to track the GUI activity using PL/SQL Views/Functions and
Shell Script
Designed and developed Reports, Inquiry subsystem using C, C++, Oracle, AT&T tools. (G2, NIPC,
Data Complete) Used the message based technology for transmission of messages between GUI and
backend processes.
Designed and developed automated ORACLE Database table's cleanup system using PL/SQL Store
Procedures, Functions, Views and Unix Shell Script to clean different tables via Oracle cron job (which
runs on DB server).
Designed and developed automated file cleanup system using Unix Shell Script to remove old UNIX
files.

 Improved Queries/Reports performance by creating many different PL/SQL Views, Functions, Store
Procedures
Worked with the user community for the design/implementation issues and helped them to their
satisfaction.
Designed and implemented a complete general-purpose database management system in PERL on
top of Oracle.
As a System Test Engineer Verified LNP-SMS features with Industry Data in each Production release.
Actively involved in the Industry Group testing.
Performed System and regression testing for the system's new/old features.
Environment: C, C++, CGI, Shell Script, Perl Script, PL/SQL, ORACLE, JavaScript, HTML, Unix/
linux, Apache Tomcat, SoftBench(code debug tool), Lotus Notes (e-mail tool), TMT (Testing Tool),
RMT (Requirements tool), & various AT&T's tools NIPC, G2, Data Complete, Sablime (Source Code
Management Tool), EDL, TimeTrax(time report tool), XMS (voucher tool)

GUI developer
KMS - Somerset, NJ
July 1997 to December 1997
500 Atrium Drive, Somerset, NJ 07/97 - 12/97
Knowledge Management System (KMS), and Coach's Desktop training System of AT&T is to enable
employees/manager to have ready access to the organization's based knowledge facts, sources
of information (in CBT) , require knowledge solutions/training for future projects, and sharing skills
information organization wide. This system also registers/tracks all the knowledge improvement over
the time for each employee.
Roles and Responsibilities: As a GUI developer Architected and documented all the specifications/requirements for the GUI screens.
Design and Developed GUI (Graphical User Interface) screens (above 150 screens) using Live Wire
(Netscape product which has Programming language like C++), HTML, Java Script, PL/SQL, and
ORACLE.
Responsible for Unit/Integration testing & improving performance by creating many different SQL views
and Functions.
Environment: Live Wire, PL/SQL, ORACLE, JavaScript, HTML, Unix/linux, SoftBench(code debug tool),
Lotus Notes (e-mail tool), Sablime(Source Code Management Tool), TimeTrax(time report tool), XMS
(voucher tool)

software Engineer
ACS, Inc - Somerset, NJ
August 1995 to April 1996
Somerset, NJ 08/95 - 04/96
Fannie Mae Loan Search Project
This project was mainly used by the Fannie Mae Agents for the perfect loan search for individual. With
this project, it was easier for all the Fannie Mae agent to work with different customers and banks for
different products, registering all the loan/customer information into the centralize database using the
user friendly interface. This project made very easy life for all Fannie Mae agent to find top ten/twenty/
etc.. proper loans for customers by using very user friendly screens that access the centralize banks/
customers data.
Roles and Responsibilities: As a software Engineer Designed and Developed database table's structure/relationship according to requirements using
Access database.

 Designed and Developed many screens using Visual Basic 3.0 , Tab_Pro 1.1, Grid_Vbx 1.0, Access
Database.
Designed and Developed Loan Search Reports, which keep track of loans approved/rejected from
Banks and customers.
Developed software for transferring data from one format to other format using Visual Basic, Access.
Developed script to transfer customer's data from ASCII to Access Database and Access Database
to ASCII.
Used UUSCAN (testing software from Fannie Mae) to check error while transferring data from one
format to another.
Worked on requirement gathering, analysis, application development and provided the documentations
for design, testing, support

Fountain Technology Inc - Somerset, NJ

March 1995 to August 1995
Worked on online system, which guides customers step by step to resolve various multimedia PC
problems.
* Responsible for technical support for providing solution to customer computer's software/hardware
problems.
* Responsible for registering new computer's problem in to the system and updating system with proper
solutions.

software engineer
Lumina Corp
January 1994 to August 1994
Worked on the Database Project using Paradox 4.0 & SQL
* Designed and Developed a Database application, which keep track of formula and procedure for
manufacturing different Colors and Dies. It also stored information regarding inventory, customer, and
venders. This application handled various reports generation regarding company's sales, stocks, order,
delivery and multiple reports for color processes.
Courses:
Took many Computer Programming Classes from Job Place: Advanced Perl Programming, ETL AbInitio, CVS Source Configuration Management, Oracle 10G, Lean Manufacturing Process.
Middlesex County College (NJ): 1995 - 1998: Advance Computer Programming classes
Somerset College (NJ): 1996: Advance Visual Basic Programming Class
Infer Data institute 2004 - 2005: Learned JAVA, J2EE, XML, UML, JSP, WebLogic, WebSphere, JDBC,
and other Java related Classes from Infer Data institute
STATUS: US Citizen

Education

Master in Computer Science

Monmouth University - Major, NT, CA

2000
Master in Applied Mathematics
M.S. University of Baroda - Vadodara, Gujarat

1993
BS in Mathematics
M.S. University of Baroda - Vadodara, Gujarat

1991

Links

http://www.linkedin.com/in/nimishapatel

Additional Information

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Languages: ETL-ABInitio, C, C++, JAVA, HTML, JSP,PL/SQL, SQL*PLUS, PRO*C, Pascal
Script: Perl Script, Java Script, Awk, UNIX Shell/Kshell/Cshell Script, CGI Script, XML, UML
Operating Systems: UNIX, LINUX, DOS, Microsoft Windows
Hardware: SUN, HP, IBM PC & Compatible
DBMS: ORACLE 7.*; 8.*; 9i; 10G, Access, MySql