ASHISH DHARIA
Permanent Resident
Mobile No.: +1(647)-410-5110 E-mail:adharia@hotmail.com
IBM AS400 ( iSeries)Professional
PROFILE SUMMARY
ITIL& Scrum Master Certified Multi Linguist (Hindi, English & a Peu French), result-oriented IT professional having
competitive years of multi-national competitive experience in complex IT Deliveries and Delivery Processes, a solid foundation
in IT application development on IBM iSeries platform, having successfully delivered large-scale global IT programs/projects
in Banking (LTSB, Deutsche Bank), Telecom (BT), Retail (Canadian Tire),(M&S), Logistics (Stolt Nielsen) domains,
Manufacturing (ST Microelectronics). Led the ICT structures for VCONSYST B.V. for their Indian operations.
Recently designated as the go-to person for Upgrade program from V5R4 to V7R3 at the Canadian Tire.
Experienced team member of multi-location projects, for various clients across various industrial domains.
Responsible for supportingthe projects into steady state operations after successful KT, parallel run and warranty phase.
Responsible forreporting of Program Metrics using KPI dashboards and RAG dashboards that have improved the accuracy,
transparency and compliance of financial reporting and planning for numerous client businesses.
Effective in change management using tools like TurnOver, Perigrine.
EDUCATION
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BE (Electronics Engineering) from M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
PROFESSIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
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IBM Certification for AS400, CLP, DB2, RPGIII, RPG IV/ ILE, SYNON, SQLRPGLE
IBM i Access for Windows / Emmulators 5250
Beyond Compare,Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint, Quality Center, HP Service Now,
ITIL V3 Foundation (HP)
Quality Centre (HP), UFT
CORE COMPETENCIES
Application Development experience on AS400/Synon
Demonstrating expertise in technical support and development for iSeries applications.
Experienced in SYNON and utilizing DB2, RPG, RPG IV, RPGILE, CLP, SQLand AS400 query skills.
Expertise in Change Management, Deployment’s software patches /Upgrades and responding to CAB meetings.
CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Aug 22 – Feb 23 Bank Of Montreal (BMO)
Key Result Areas:
 BMO Financial group acquired Bank Of The West (BoTW) making it the biggest acquisition in Banking domain with assets
as of September 30, 2021 of approximately C$135 billion (US$105 billion).
 Led the $7M initiative to migrate Commercial Deposit accounts from the BoTW Source systems to BMO’s on-prem US
Deposit systems.
AS400 , RPG , RPGLE , ILE , OS400 , CLP, CL , DB2 , iSeries , Program Management , Change Management , Service Management, PMO , Test Manager , Tester ,
Technical Support , Incident Management, Service Now , Project Manager , AS400 system administrator, EDT , Banking , Retail , Logistics , ITIL , Quality Analyst ,
Business Analyst
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Led process discovery and requirement workshops with sponsors and key stakeholders to identify requirements.
Communicate and validate process requirements throughout the customer engagement. Handling Change engagement
work flows, integral participation with Program Office for the success of the transformation.
Ensured all process related deliverables are complete, consistent, high quality, on time and deliver valued outcomes.
Interactions with Third Party teams. FIS & West Monroe.
Collaborate and contribute to the organization to support continuous improvement of delivery, best practice processes,
collateral, and team development using Agile methodology. Juggle multiple complex projects or initiatives.
Since Jul 19- May 22
Canadian Tire through Ness Digital Engineering
Key Result Areas: Enhancing/Testing of Equity application on iSeries for the version upgrade from (V5R4 to V7R3 )
 Ensuring the successful delivery of multiple iSeries upgrade (V5R4 to V7R3)programs involving highly scalable and
complex distributed systems towards their retail business solutions. The applications in the V5R4 were developed in
SYNON and RPGLE.
 Supporting and implementing enhancements to the upgrade programs as per scheduled milestones. Responsible for
checking the Equity applications functionalities and performance were not affected after the upgrade.
 Incident handling and reporting, driving communications to ensure uptime, coordinating with multiple teams to get the
issue resolved within strict timelines.
PREVIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
Since 5th Nov 2004- Jul 19 ( 14.5 yrs )
SOPRA STERIA INDIA LTD
Key Result Areas:Client Engagement
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Provided 24*7 Support for Lloyds TSB on 27 applications on AS400 (UICM was SYNON based application).
Worked on production support for onshore-offsite working model for LTSB and provided them support for all stages of
software development lifecycle (analysis, coding, testing, implementing) .
Involved in testing phases, System Integration & acceptance.
Experienced project control, project planning, schedule, and risks. Whilst developing an excellent relationship with key
stake holders and producing clear and timely documents and reports (RAG status ) for client
Coded and tested programs written in RPGIV/ILE Free Format and also in Synon.
Conducting Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) & Transitioning activities with an eye for fine
tuning and safe guarding customer environments with experience in knowledge management.
Establish Project Governance, Manage Proejct Compliance, Manage Change Control, Manage Work Orders.
Perform Due Diligence, Identifying risks in Schedule and establishing buffers in baseline schedules.
Experienced in Change Management, Incident management and Problem Management using servicenow.
Since Jan 2004- Nov 2004 (11 Mnths) TATA INFOTECH LTD.
Key Result Areas:24*7 Support for AS400 based application to cater to the business needs of Stolt Nielsento Generate Quote,
Create/Track Moves, and provide reports.
Platform: AS400 (RPG , ILE, CL)
Role: Responsible for coding, development, unit testing and user interaction
Since Jun 2003- Dec 2003 (6 Mnths)
True Line Systems
Key Result Areas:Conversions of the green screen using the WEB FACING TOOL.. We converted around 9000 screens in the
duration.Platform: AS400 (RPG , ILE, CL), Websphere WSDC 5.0
Role: Team Member, Coding and designing ( Screen Conversions) , Quality initiatives ,Testing the application
AS400 , RPG , RPGLE , ILE , OS400 , CLP, CL , DB2 , iSeries , Program Management , Change Management , Service Management, PMO , Test Manager , Tester ,
Technical Support , Incident Management, Service Now , Project Manager , AS400 system administrator, EDT , Banking , Retail , Logistics , ITIL , Quality Analyst ,
Business Analyst