Magazine : Simon Ravindar
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Computer software
Education
Bsc in Physics, Matha & electronics
Industry
IT-Software/Software Services
Simon Ravindar ’s experience
Principal Support Consultant
at
SAP Labs
, Bangalore, INDIA
January 2009 – Currently Working
Industry: IT-Software/Software Services
Functional area: IT Software - Other
Jan 1, 2009 – Current
Description
Business Objects is an
easy-to-use and powerful BI tool that enables users to access,
analyze, and share information stored in multiple data sources
within and beyond the enterprise. It basically provides end users
with autonomous access to the data they need for better
decision-making. Product Knowledge • Worked on
different version of Business Objects Products like Samba, 6.1.3,
6.5.1, 6.5 SP2, 6.5 SP3, 6.5 SP4 and XIR2 • Good knowledge on
deployment of BO Products on different OS with a combination of
different web servers and App Servers • Can Analyze BO and
third party trace files and identify the root cause for issue.
• Able to troubleshoot deployment issues and provide
solutions or suggest workarounds to customers. Role
and Responsibilities • As a Part of Customer Intelligence
and Escalations Team my responsibilities are • I was
handling escalations raised by Business Objects Customer
Assurance • Helping other Team members in their escalations
which are quite complex • To replicate BI applications that
Customer uses by discussion with BI specialist and Technical
contacts from Customer side. • To build up strategies in order
to leverage the Customer Environment to Business Objects Product
Group for effective testing of future releases and
patches. • To Migrate 6.x and 5.x Customer repositories that
is of huge size, with some complex reports to XIR2 • Writing
Pattern Books and technical articles • To answer technical
queries of Customer Assurance through Internal Product
Forum. Deployments worked with :
• Deployed BO Products on various OS platforms like
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Windows • Deployed BO Products with
a combination of different Web Server and Appserver like IIS,
IIS-TOMCAT, Tomcat standalone , Apache-Tomcat, Iplanet-Wblogic,
Sunone Standalone • Configuration of DMZ and
BLITZ. • Configuration of BO with LDAP Servers like Iplanet,
Active Directory and Novell Directory. • Configuration of
SMS Server and deploying BO products through SMS
Server. • Configuration of Citrix Server and working on BO
Full Client products through Citrix. • Configuration of BO
with Third party tool SiteMinder. • Replicating Customer BI
Applications and their deployment topology in-house, so that
these environments can be used by BOBJ Internal Customers for
their testing during Product releases.
easy-to-use and powerful BI tool that enables users to access,
analyze, and share information stored in multiple data sources
within and beyond the enterprise. It basically provides end users
with autonomous access to the data they need for better
decision-making. Product Knowledge • Worked on
different version of Business Objects Products like Samba, 6.1.3,
6.5.1, 6.5 SP2, 6.5 SP3, 6.5 SP4 and XIR2 • Good knowledge on
deployment of BO Products on different OS with a combination of
different web servers and App Servers • Can Analyze BO and
third party trace files and identify the root cause for issue.
• Able to troubleshoot deployment issues and provide
solutions or suggest workarounds to customers. Role
and Responsibilities • As a Part of Customer Intelligence
and Escalations Team my responsibilities are • I was
handling escalations raised by Business Objects Customer
Assurance • Helping other Team members in their escalations
which are quite complex • To replicate BI applications that
Customer uses by discussion with BI specialist and Technical
contacts from Customer side. • To build up strategies in order
to leverage the Customer Environment to Business Objects Product
Group for effective testing of future releases and
patches. • To Migrate 6.x and 5.x Customer repositories that
is of huge size, with some complex reports to XIR2 • Writing
Pattern Books and technical articles • To answer technical
queries of Customer Assurance through Internal Product
Forum. Deployments worked with :
• Deployed BO Products on various OS platforms like
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Windows • Deployed BO Products with
a combination of different Web Server and Appserver like IIS,
IIS-TOMCAT, Tomcat standalone , Apache-Tomcat, Iplanet-Wblogic,
Sunone Standalone • Configuration of DMZ and
BLITZ. • Configuration of BO with LDAP Servers like Iplanet,
Active Directory and Novell Directory. • Configuration of
SMS Server and deploying BO products through SMS
Server. • Configuration of Citrix Server and working on BO
Full Client products through Citrix. • Configuration of BO
with Third party tool SiteMinder. • Replicating Customer BI
Applications and their deployment topology in-house, so that
these environments can be used by BOBJ Internal Customers for
their testing during Product releases.
Technical Lead at Business Objects an SAP Company , Bangalore, INDIA
June 2006 – December 2008
Description
Business Objects is an easy-to-use and powerful BI
tool that enables users to access, analyze, and share information
stored in multiple data sources within and beyond the enterprise.
It basically provides end users with autonomous access to the
data they need for better decision-making. Product
Knowledge • Worked on different version of Business Objects
Products like Samba, 6.1.3, 6.5.1, 6.5 SP2, 6.5 SP3, 6.5 SP4 and
XIR2 • Good knowledge on deployment of BO Products on
different OS with a combination of different web servers and App
Servers • Can Analyze BO and third party trace files and
identify the root cause for issue. • Able to troubleshoot
deployment issues and provide solutions or suggest workarounds to
customers. Role and Responsibilities • As a Part
of Customer Intelligence and Escalations Team my responsibilities
are • I was handling escalations raised by Business
Objects Customer Assurance • Helping other Team members in
their escalations which are quite complex • To replicate BI
applications that Customer uses by discussion with BI specialist
and Technical contacts from Customer side. • To build up
strategies in order to leverage the Customer Environment to
Business Objects Product Group for effective testing of future
releases and patches. • To Migrate 6.x and 5.x Customer
repositories that is of huge size, with some complex reports to
XIR2 • To answer technical queries of Customer Assurance
through Internal Product Forum. Deployments
worked with : • Deployed BO Products on various OS
platforms like Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Windows • Deployed BO
Products with a combination of different Web Server and Appserver
like IIS, IIS-TOMCAT, Tomcat standalone , Apache-Tomcat,
Iplanet-Wblogic, Sunone Standalone • Configuration of DMZ and
BLITZ. • Configuration of BO with LDAP Servers like Iplanet,
Active Directory and Novell Directory. • Configuration of SMS
Server and deploying BO products through SMS
Server. • Configuration of Citrix Server and working on BO
Full Client products through Citrix. • Configuration of BO
with Third party tool SiteMinder. • Replicating Customer BI
Applications and their deployment topology in-house, so that
these environments can be used by BOBJ Internal Customers for
their testing during Product releases. Achievements
: • Best Performance Award was given during May 2007 Insight
program for providing solutions to Customer support cases and
also providing technical assistance to Level 2 support
internally. • Traveled to Sydney for giving training on third
Party tools and completed successful training on configuring and
deploying XI R2 with LDAP Directory Server and SiteMinder.
tool that enables users to access, analyze, and share information
stored in multiple data sources within and beyond the enterprise.
It basically provides end users with autonomous access to the
data they need for better decision-making. Product
Knowledge • Worked on different version of Business Objects
Products like Samba, 6.1.3, 6.5.1, 6.5 SP2, 6.5 SP3, 6.5 SP4 and
XIR2 • Good knowledge on deployment of BO Products on
different OS with a combination of different web servers and App
Servers • Can Analyze BO and third party trace files and
identify the root cause for issue. • Able to troubleshoot
deployment issues and provide solutions or suggest workarounds to
customers. Role and Responsibilities • As a Part
of Customer Intelligence and Escalations Team my responsibilities
are • I was handling escalations raised by Business
Objects Customer Assurance • Helping other Team members in
their escalations which are quite complex • To replicate BI
applications that Customer uses by discussion with BI specialist
and Technical contacts from Customer side. • To build up
strategies in order to leverage the Customer Environment to
Business Objects Product Group for effective testing of future
releases and patches. • To Migrate 6.x and 5.x Customer
repositories that is of huge size, with some complex reports to
XIR2 • To answer technical queries of Customer Assurance
through Internal Product Forum. Deployments
worked with : • Deployed BO Products on various OS
platforms like Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, and Windows • Deployed BO
Products with a combination of different Web Server and Appserver
like IIS, IIS-TOMCAT, Tomcat standalone , Apache-Tomcat,
Iplanet-Wblogic, Sunone Standalone • Configuration of DMZ and
BLITZ. • Configuration of BO with LDAP Servers like Iplanet,
Active Directory and Novell Directory. • Configuration of SMS
Server and deploying BO products through SMS
Server. • Configuration of Citrix Server and working on BO
Full Client products through Citrix. • Configuration of BO
with Third party tool SiteMinder. • Replicating Customer BI
Applications and their deployment topology in-house, so that
these environments can be used by BOBJ Internal Customers for
their testing during Product releases. Achievements
: • Best Performance Award was given during May 2007 Insight
program for providing solutions to Customer support cases and
also providing technical assistance to Level 2 support
internally. • Traveled to Sydney for giving training on third
Party tools and completed successful training on configuring and
deploying XI R2 with LDAP Directory Server and SiteMinder.
Principal Support Consultant at NESS TECHNOLOGIES (India) LIMITED , Bangalore, INDIA
November 2002 – June 2006
Description
Business Objects is an easy-to-use and powerful BI
tool that enables users to access, analyze, and share information
stored in multiple data sources within and beyond the enterprise.
It basically provides end users with autonomous access to the
data they need for better decision-making. Product
Knowledge • Worked on different version of Business Objects
Products like Samba, 6.1.3, 6.5.1, 6.5 SP2 and 6.5 SP3
. • Good knowledge on deployment of BO Products on different
OS with a combination of different web servers and App
Servers • Can Analyze BO and third party trace files and
identify the root cause for issue. • Able to troubleshoot
deployment issues and provide solutions or suggest workarounds to
customers. Role and Responsibilities • Test bed
setup. • Test Plan Design along with Test and Configuration
Requirements and Execution. • Test Repository Management
Using QA-Center. • Test Plan/Cases Execution for various
configurations across Platforms like SunOS, AIX, Win2000 with JSP
and ASP. • Analyzing Application Issues/Defects based on the
FR, BR and CR and designing test cases based on Defect for Fix
Validations and Customer Enhancement Request
Validations. • Executing the Automation test Scripts using
Silk Test Achievements : • For extra ordinary
performance shown during the release of SP2 , which involved the
introduction of Cumulative Patch process in Business Objects,
PGCM was awarded to TEAM.
tool that enables users to access, analyze, and share information
stored in multiple data sources within and beyond the enterprise.
It basically provides end users with autonomous access to the
data they need for better decision-making. Product
Knowledge • Worked on different version of Business Objects
Products like Samba, 6.1.3, 6.5.1, 6.5 SP2 and 6.5 SP3
. • Good knowledge on deployment of BO Products on different
OS with a combination of different web servers and App
Servers • Can Analyze BO and third party trace files and
identify the root cause for issue. • Able to troubleshoot
deployment issues and provide solutions or suggest workarounds to
customers. Role and Responsibilities • Test bed
setup. • Test Plan Design along with Test and Configuration
Requirements and Execution. • Test Repository Management
Using QA-Center. • Test Plan/Cases Execution for various
configurations across Platforms like SunOS, AIX, Win2000 with JSP
and ASP. • Analyzing Application Issues/Defects based on the
FR, BR and CR and designing test cases based on Defect for Fix
Validations and Customer Enhancement Request
Validations. • Executing the Automation test Scripts using
Silk Test Achievements : • For extra ordinary
performance shown during the release of SP2 , which involved the
introduction of Cumulative Patch process in Business Objects,
PGCM was awarded to TEAM.
Software Test Engineer at BMC Software (Through Mphasis-BFL ) , Bangalore, INDIA
April 2000 – November 2002
JUNE 2001 to November 2002
TUSCANY for BMC Software Ltd.,
Houston, TX. Description: Tuscany is designed to provide
new value to customers by rolling out the initial components of
the new PATROL architecture with minimal migration. Management of
PATROL product using a web console. The Tuscany release has the
following new major functionality, which includes the working of
the following components Web Console, Migration, Deployment
Server, COS Agent Adapter and Install. Patrol Web Console is a
full function web-based console. This includes the Console Proxy
and the Web Console infrastructure that will allow us to provide
additional roles based on web console functionality. Web console
is based on Java technology. The web console will communicate
with the console proxy. Patrol provides a set of tools designed
to assist a database, network and system administration. TCP/IP
and SNMP protocols are used to collect the data to monitor the
systems across the network using console proxy. BMCIC is
management console, which hosts other snap-ins Role &
Responsibility: Module Leader • The work comprises of
Test plan preparation, Test scenario preparation and
execution. • Installation of TUSCANY product and configuring
on different platforms. • Maintenance of NT and W2k
server. • Installation of NT, W2kAS and W2k server and
configuring them to DOMAIN. • Performing functional and
regression testing the product for a particular
Module. • Following up the issues with the development
team. • Preparing defect reports and submitting the same to
Leads and Project Managers. • Taking part in weekly meetings
to discuss task completed, list of problem faced and report to
the Team Leads about the Current Testing status Environment:
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows- NT, Test Director, Vantive,
Terminal Server, Citrix Client, Silk Test,
TCDrivers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AP
RIL 2000 - JUNE 2001 “PATROL FOR INTERNET SERVICES” for BMC
Software Ltd., Houston, TX. Description The PATROL
for Internet Services component suite provides a complete
end-to-end view into the e-business environment.
Application-independent and general-purpose, Internet Services
manages Internet based services, with particular emphasis on
Web-based applications. You can easily configured it to manage a
wide range of Internet services, including web sites, web
applications, and non-Web Internet services such as FTP, SMTP,
and POP3. It compiles this information and presents it through a
web console and a reporting system Role & Responsibility:
• The work comprises of Test plan preparation, Test scenario
preparation and execution. • Installation of TUSCANY product
and configuring on different platforms. • Maintenance of NT
and W2k server. • Installation of NT, W2kAS and W2k server and
configuring them to DOMAIN. • Performing functional and
regression testing the product for a particular
Module. • Following up the issues with the development
team. • Preparing defect reports and submitting the same to
Leads and Project Managers. • Taking part in weekly meetings
to discuss task completed, list of problem faced and report to
the Team Leads about the Current Testing status Environment:
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows- NT, IIS ,Test Director, Vantive,
Terminal Server, Citrix Client, Silk Test, TCDrivers.
Houston, TX. Description: Tuscany is designed to provide
new value to customers by rolling out the initial components of
the new PATROL architecture with minimal migration. Management of
PATROL product using a web console. The Tuscany release has the
following new major functionality, which includes the working of
the following components Web Console, Migration, Deployment
Server, COS Agent Adapter and Install. Patrol Web Console is a
full function web-based console. This includes the Console Proxy
and the Web Console infrastructure that will allow us to provide
additional roles based on web console functionality. Web console
is based on Java technology. The web console will communicate
with the console proxy. Patrol provides a set of tools designed
to assist a database, network and system administration. TCP/IP
and SNMP protocols are used to collect the data to monitor the
systems across the network using console proxy. BMCIC is
management console, which hosts other snap-ins Role &
Responsibility: Module Leader • The work comprises of
Test plan preparation, Test scenario preparation and
execution. • Installation of TUSCANY product and configuring
on different platforms. • Maintenance of NT and W2k
server. • Installation of NT, W2kAS and W2k server and
configuring them to DOMAIN. • Performing functional and
regression testing the product for a particular
Module. • Following up the issues with the development
team. • Preparing defect reports and submitting the same to
Leads and Project Managers. • Taking part in weekly meetings
to discuss task completed, list of problem faced and report to
the Team Leads about the Current Testing status Environment:
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows- NT, Test Director, Vantive,
Terminal Server, Citrix Client, Silk Test,
TCDrivers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AP
RIL 2000 - JUNE 2001 “PATROL FOR INTERNET SERVICES” for BMC
Software Ltd., Houston, TX. Description The PATROL
for Internet Services component suite provides a complete
end-to-end view into the e-business environment.
Application-independent and general-purpose, Internet Services
manages Internet based services, with particular emphasis on
Web-based applications. You can easily configured it to manage a
wide range of Internet services, including web sites, web
applications, and non-Web Internet services such as FTP, SMTP,
and POP3. It compiles this information and presents it through a
web console and a reporting system Role & Responsibility:
• The work comprises of Test plan preparation, Test scenario
preparation and execution. • Installation of TUSCANY product
and configuring on different platforms. • Maintenance of NT
and W2k server. • Installation of NT, W2kAS and W2k server and
configuring them to DOMAIN. • Performing functional and
regression testing the product for a particular
Module. • Following up the issues with the development
team. • Preparing defect reports and submitting the same to
Leads and Project Managers. • Taking part in weekly meetings
to discuss task completed, list of problem faced and report to
the Team Leads about the Current Testing status Environment:
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Windows- NT, IIS ,Test Director, Vantive,
Terminal Server, Citrix Client, Silk Test, TCDrivers.
Simon Ravindar ’s education
Bsc [in Physics, Matha & electro...],
st.Josephs College [Currently,Studying]
, Bangalore, INDIA
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