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Deeban Durairaj

Deeban Durairaj

Guidewire Consultant
Chennai

Summary

Result oriented and innovative professional with overall 14+ years of experience and 12+ years of experience in Guidewire implementation. Excellent record of leading multiple teams in enterprise-wide development projects. Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous person.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Program Manager

EY
01.2024 - Current
  • Managed cross-functional teams across Guidewire Insurance Suite for successful project completion within deadlines and budgets.
  • Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
  • Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring support for program initiatives.

Associate Project Manager

EY GDS
02.2022 - 12.2024
  • Proficiency in Delivery and Management of enterprise-based applications using Guidewire Policy Center.
  • Good understanding of CMMI quality concepts and SDLC.
  • Experience in Effort Estimation, Capacity tracking, CAPA analysis.
  • Adept in end-to-end development of Guidewire products from requirement analysis to system study, designing, testing, documentation and implementation.
  • Played a major role in documenting coding standards and ensure the team adhere to the same.
  • Responsible for Offshore - Onsite Co-ordination & Defect Triaging during warranty support phase.

Technical Lead

EY GDS
03.2016 - 01.2022
  • Involved extensively in code and design of various Guidewire components like PCF's, plugins, Workflows, Batch jobs, product model and different modules of Guidewire Suite.
  • Experience in Product Model configuration for Multiple LOB's using Traditional Product Designer approach as well as APD.
  • Experience in implementing Guidewire Rating module from scratch for multiple LOB's.
  • Good knowledge in Guidewire Policy Center data model for Insurance Policy processing.
  • Experience of working directly with different product vendors - Guidewire, Thunderhead, Pitney Bowes, New Relic, IVANS, Lexis Nexis.
  • Involved in business workshops and requirement discussions and proposing technical solutions.

Senior Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
05.2011 - 02.2016
  • Was involved in complete implementation of Policy Center engagement for couple of clients based in USA and Canada.
  • Good experience in analysis of requirements, good skills and proficiency in Unit testing and Configuration testing.
  • Led the rating development at offshore which involved creation and maintenance of rate book, rate table, routines, cost objects.
  • Ability to handle client effectively.
  • Exposure to Agile Development and Feature Based implementation process.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University
08.2007 - 04.2011

Skills

  • Guidewire Policy Center

  • Guidewire Rating

  • Gosu

  • Core Java

  • SQL

  • Project management

  • Risk analysis and management

Certification

Guidewire Certified Ace, 09/2022

Accomplishments

  • Managed the offshore delivery with 35+ associates directly reporting across multiple streams focusing on Release, Maintenance and Conversion activities.
  • Experience working on 20+ proposals for Guidewire implementations.
  • Created 10+ accelerators in Guidewire for feature projects and active involvement in Guidewire COE activities.
  • Trained 60+ resources on Guidewire Policy Center and Guidewire Rating.
  • 2 years experience as an Onsite Co-Ordinator, responsible for transparency, communication, feedback management, and review of the delivery.

Timeline

Program Manager

EY
01.2024 - Current

Associate Project Manager

EY GDS
02.2022 - 12.2024

Technical Lead

EY GDS
03.2016 - 01.2022

Senior Software Engineer

HCL Technologies
05.2011 - 02.2016

B.Tech - Computer Science and Engineering

Anna University
08.2007 - 04.2011

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