BALAJI DONTHI
Post Box No: 584,
S+I Division,
Manama,
Bahrain.
Phone : Res : (+973)-710775 (available from 6:00 P.M to 7.00 A.M GMT 3+)
Off : (+973)-727177 (available from 7.30 A.M to 6.30 P.M.GMT 3+)
email: [email protected]
URL : http://members.tripod.com/~balajid/
SUMMARY
 
The objective is to excel in Database Programming / Administration preferably in PRO-IV / SYBASE. The aim is to achieve a status of excellence in the field of PRO-IV / SYBASE administration / development, preferably using PRO-IV or Powerbuilder which are my primary skills.
 
Other areas of experience include a long sojourn in the telecommunications sector of IT, Support and Administration of large databases, System administration, software support , Operating systems, Custom applications etc.
 
Other assets include good communication skills and the ability to handle multiple customers. During my 3 years in the Information Technology field, I have had the chance to implement and support many projects in the Telecom sector.
 
I am presently working with an ISO 9002 certified company in Bahrain, and shall be available for joining work in Aug/Sep - 1997.
 
 
EDUCATION :
 
Master of Computer Applications,
Osmania University, 1994
 
B.Sc.(M.P.C),
Osmania University, 1991
Professional Courses Undergone:
 
* Sybase 10.X (Fast track/ DBA)
* Power Builder 5.0
. * Oracle 6.0, Oracle 7.0, Oracle Forms 4.5,
Oracle Report Writer 2.5
* PASCAL, UNIX and C
 
SOFTWARE KNOWN
 
Pro-IV, SYBASE 10.x, Power Builder, Oracle 6.x, Oracle 7.x, Oracle Forms 4.0/4.5, SQL FORMS 3, PL/SQL, SQL, Sybase, Pro-IV, Client/Server, MIS, 'C', MS DOS, UNIX, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95
 
  
EXPERIENCE
 
Systems Analyst/ Programmer
INTERCOL(ISO 9002), Bahrain; March 1996 to Present
 
Involved in a project called ‘ISIS’. This is a comprehensive software system designed to automate customer service and billing activities of landline and cellular telephony service providers. This software has been developed by CSC Telecom Division, U.K. It is an operations support system which can help for landline, GSM, Paging services to
a) Install and maintain customers
b) Acquire call data from switch
c) Rate different types of calls
d) Bill customers
e) Collect payments
f) Maintain accounts.
g) Maintaining Roaming partner.
ISIS runs on Oracle 7.2.3, on an HP 9000 K400 series machine. The software front end is written in Pro-IV. The primary job responsibility includes:
 
* Coordination of Support and development. This requires working from the London Office.
* Provision for full time onsite / off-site system support.
* The job involves a good amount of database administration.
* Analyzing the present system used by the customer and conduct analysis/tests.
* System Integration and Testing of the Computing facility and software provided to the customer.
* 24 hour support for the existing GSM billing system.
* Developing ad hoc reports.
 
Hardware : HP9000 Series
O/S : HP Unix
Software : PRO-IV (Ver 2.2)
 
Involved in a project called ‘Service System’ This is a comprehensive software system designed to automate Intercol Service Centre for GSM and Radio Phones an in-house project using SYBASE as backend database and Powerbuilder as Front-end. It is an operations support system which can help to
a) Log customer complaints including workorders.
b) Generating invoices.
c) Maintain Purchase orders, Goods received and stock sold.
d) Maintaining Accounts.
c) Complaint tracking system.
The primary job responsibility includes a good amount of database design and development, System Integration and Testing.
 
 
Hardware : COMPAQ
O/S : SCO Unix
Software : Powerbuilder 4.0 and Sybase system 10 as back end.
 
Software Engineer
From July 1994 to February 1996
 
TCIL BELLSOUTH LTD. is a joint venture of Telecom Consultants India Ltd. and BELLSOUTH International (U.S.A). TBL's emphasis is on development of software for Telecom sector. It has successfully computerised several Telecom Districts for Department of Telecom in India as well as in
Malaysia, UK, Ukraine, Indonesia and Zimbabwe.
 
 
From JULY 1995 to FEBRUARY 1996
 
Customer Administration and Billing System (CABS2000) is a comprehensive software system designed to automate customer service and billing activities and associated areas for GSM. This software has been developed by SEMA Group Telecom Division U.K. It is an operations support system which can help to
a) Install and maintain customers
b) Acquire call data from switch
c) Rate different types of calls
d) Bill customers
e) Collect payments
 
Responsible to study and design of additional requirements to customize CABS 2000 for SkyCell Communications. Designed and developed programs to read call data acquired from switch and delete call data records for special types of calls like calls to customer service center from a mobile phone subscriber which should not be charged, interface to credit card data to payments module, bill printing utility using multi-stationary etc. These routines are developed using C and ESQLC.
Hardware : VAX 4505A
O/S : VMS 5.5
Software : INGRES and ESQLC
 
 
JULY1994 to JUNE 1995
 
Customer Service module and Billing and Accounting module of ADMINISTRATOR for Land Line in Andhra Pradesh/Kerala Telecom Sectors.
The Customer Service Module caters to processing of the service requests from both potential and existing subscribers of the telephone, telex and leased network. It provide on line access to customer database to process requests, work order, waitlist management and to provide queries on requests. It provides facility to register and process several types of subscriber complaints. It also provides integrated signature verification and retrieval system about rules and facilities provided by Department of Telecommunications.
 
The Billing and Accounting module helps in Customer Billing which includes both local and long distance calls and also process payments. This module presides onetime access to active and post computer records. It also maintains the accounts and gives month wise and year wise financial statements showing the revenue flow in the organization.
 
Involved in design and development of 'Administrator'. This is an integrated application software designed to automate different telecom operation areas for Public Switching Telephony Networks. It is an operations support system which provides to
a) Register and maintain customer information
b) Billing and payment collection
Responsible for design and development of Customer Service and Billing and Payment Collection modules. Developed several programs to collect payments using online collection centers, different reports for outstanding balances, collection center wise payments, sub-ledger for Billing and Payment Collection module. Developed software for service request acceptance, waitlist management, work order processing and integrated signature storage and retrieval system for Customer Services module.
 
Hardware : INTEL 80486 based mini, Mixed Local Area VAX cluster consists of VAX 3300,
VAX 3400 and Micro VAX 3100-80, DEC server DS200, DS90
O/S : SCO UNIX V Release 4VMS 5.5, 5.3 and Open VMS
Software : PRO IV and C