Anand Khekale

Anand Khekale

IBM i (AS/400) Consultant/Developer

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Summary

Over 20 years of experience designing and developing applications on IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) system. Hands-on knowledge of COBOL, RPG36, ILE RPG, RPG FREE format, CLLE, SQL, etc. Excellent knowledge of JavaScript, NodeJS, Python. Instrumental in writing web-services/RESTful APIs.

Experience

Sep 2013 - Current - G N Solutions Pvt. Ltd. - Senior Solutions Architect

  • Review current technical setup of clients. Provide consultation for modernization of applications on IBM i.
  • Write web-services on IBM i to consume and/or publish data in JSON/XML format.
  • Manage or rewrite old legacy applications using current tools on IBM i, like DDL, SQL, ILE.
  • Maintain/enhance current bespoke application for a large Steel processing organization at Kentucky, US.
  • Mentor team members on technical, communication and interpersonal skills.

Dec 2005 - Aug 2013 - Cognizant Technology Solution - Senior Software Engineer - Project Manager

  • Managed various Data warehousing projects for one of the largest UK banks, with team size ranging from 8-20.
  • Maintained AS/400 applications for a US bank, for their collections and recoveries division.
  • Provided Level 2/Level 3 support for Fixed Income accounting software of a large US bank.
  • Maintained and enhanced the application using RPGLE, CLLE, QRY/400, SQL.

Jan 2005 - Nov 2005 - Hexaware Tech Ltd - Senior Software Engineer

  • Written and supported data migration utilities and developed reconciliation programs for UK’s leading Insurance company.
  • The utilities were written on iSeries (AS/400) using RPGLE, SQL, DB2.

Jun 2002 - Dec 2004 - SunGard Offshore Services (FIS) - Senior Software Engineer

  • Was part of team, which was involved in maintenance and enhancement of GMI application on AS/400.
  • Was part of many projects including OCL to CL conversion, conversion of RPG36 to ILE RPG code.
  • Was involved in Preparation of Technical Specifications, Coding, Unit Testing, Code Reviews, System Testing, Regression Testing and Application documentation.
  • Developed a plug and play Email utility to be used from various parts of the application.

Sep 2000 - May 2002 - Consult400 - Programmer

  • Coding of various changes or report generation using RPGLE, CLLE, DB2, WRKQRY and SQL.
  • Starting my career at Consult400 helped me build the foundation for a strong IT career.