Project Manager Management

VIJAY RAJAPPA

Work Experience

. *+ years of experience in PeopleSoft Technologies, primarily around

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

. 2 years as a Campus Solutions super user - Graduate student and

Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Missouri - Rolla

. More than 8 years of Global exposure and experience in the United

States of America

. Worked with PeopleSoft modules - Admissions, Student Records, Self

Service, Academic Advisement and Student Financials

. PeopleSoft upgrade processes: From PeopleSoft 8.0 to PeopleSoft 8.9

. Completed three PeopleSoft 9.0 Campus Solutions implementations

Skills- Functional

. Very Proficient: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions - Admissions, Grade book,

Self service, Student Records

. Reasonably proficient: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions - Student

Recruiting and Contributor Relations, Student Financials and Financial

Aid

Skills - Technical

. Reasonably Proficient: Application Engine, PS Query, PeopleCode, Panel

Processor and Online component creation, Component Interface.

Project Experience

Client : Sharda Group of Institutions - India

Sharda Group of Institutions is North India's largest group of Institutions

with over 20000 students and alumni, offering more than 75 programs in

professional education. The University offers Undergraduate, Graduate and

PhD level courses along with various vocational and distance education

courses as well. Sharda University opted for a full cycle implementation of

PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft Finance and PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0

module. Apart from customizing the system delivered processes to meet the

University's requirements, we have also developed various bolt-on

applications to cater to various non-system delivered functionalities

requested by the University.

Some of the bolt-ons are:

Notice Board feature, dynamic Hostel and Mess Management, Lead capturing

during student applications and Admissions, uploading and downloading

assignments, Transportation module, and integration with SMS feature.

Title : PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0 Implementation

Modules worked on : Recruiting and Admissions

Student Records

Grade book

Self Service

Student Financials

Responsibilities : Manage the project team comprising 9 members

across all modules

Act as the point of contact with Sharda University Project

Manager

Member of the Implementation steering committee, reporting

to CxO's

Prepare Implementation project plan

Perform fit/gap analysis

Application configuration

Prepare training documentation

Assist with UAT

Prepare Functional Design Documents

Role : Project Manager

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Client : School of Inspired Leadership - India

SOIL is a leadership Institute in India (Delhi), a first of its kind

offering Post Graduate courses in Business, Human Resource and Global

Leadership. SOIL had opted for a full cycle implementation of Campus

Solution product based on US University Campus Structure. Apart from the

system delivered features, they have also opted for Bolt-ons specifically

suited for their needs.

Some of the bolt-ons are:

Notice Board feature, dynamic Hostel and Mess Management, a separate

grading scheme (apart from the system delivered), Lead capturing during

student applications and Admissions, uploading and downloading assignments.

Title : PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0 Implementation

Modules worked on : Recruiting and Admissions

Student Records

Grade book

Self Service

Student Financials

Responsibilities : Prepare Implementation project plan

Perform fit/gap analysis

Application configuration

Prepare training documentation

Assist with UAT

Role : Senior Consultant

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Client : Indian Institute of Management - Shillong

This project is a full cycle implementation of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions

product along with Financials, HCM, part of ESA and part of SCM. Besides

implementing the Campus successfully for RGIIM our responsibility was to

make sure that there was a systematic growth in the usage of the system.

Title : PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0 Implementation

Modules worked on : Recruiting & Admissions

Campus Community

Student Records

Student Financials, plus integration with

General Ledger

Academic Advisement

Contributor Relations

Campus Self Service

Grade Book

Responsibilities : Requirement Gathering

Performing Fit/Gap analysis

Design and configure the system

Functional Testing

Prepare training material

Functional Training

Ad-hoc support

Role : Senior Consultant

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Client : Citagus Software (USA) Inc., PeopleSoft Campus

Solutions Development Team - Atlanta - GA

I performed the role of the functional consultant generating functional

requirements documents and preparation of test scenarios and documents for

the development of various accelerators.

Title : Campus Solutions accelerator Development

(CSAD)

Modules worked on : Recruitment and Admissions

Campus Self Service

Grade Book

Academic Advisement

Notice Board feature

Assignments and class notes upload and download features

Library Management system

Dormitory and Cafeteria Management System

RFID and Security scan integration system

Transportation System

Responsibilities : Requirement gathering

Functional documentation

Unit test case preparation

Creating High level scenarios for functional testing

Training document preparation

Carrying out smoke test in pre-production environment

Scoping and Analysis of issue

Role : Functional Consultant

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Company: Citagus Software (USA) Inc., - Duluth, GA (2006 - till date)

Role : Senior Functional Consultant - Campus Solutions

Company: Cogensoft Inc.,- Walnut Creek, CA (2004 - 2005)

Role : Human Resource Analyst - Change Management vertical

Other positions held: Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching

Assistant - University of Missouri - Rolla, Department of Engineering

Management - 2003 - 2004.

Education

Master of Science (Engineering Management) - University of Missouri - Rolla

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication Engineering) -

Periyar University, Salem

Papers and publications

In the field of Organizational Behavior:

. Ray Luechtefeld, S. E. Watkins and Vijay Rajappa, "Differentiated Team

Training in a Multidisciplinary Engineering Projects Course",

presented at The 2004 American Society for Engineering Education

Annual Conference & Exposition. Published as a journal article in

Innovations 2006 - World Innovations in Engineering Education and

Research.

. Vijay Rajappa and Ray Luechtefeld, "Argyris' Model II interventions,

Constructive controversy and Team productivity: The mediating role of

constructive controversy", - The Journal of Management;

. Vijay Rajappa and Ray Luechtefeld, "Development of a Team Dynamics

Simulation for Engineers: The Solar Car Team Game", the Journal of

Engineering Education

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