Praphulla Rao

Profile of Praphulla Rao, Enterprise Architect, Business Solutions, Total IT Experience - 20 + years
Email : praphullaprao@gmail.com
Specialization:
• In-depth experience in Enterprise Architecture using Zachman’s and TOGAF Frameworks - Industry standard Enterprise Architecture approach for As-Is and To-Be Gap Analysis, Business Process centric IT Solutions, creation of Enterprise Business Process Models, IT Application landscape assessment for Business fulfillment.
• Certified Enterprise Architect from www.eacoe.org, USA, which provides practitioner’s approach to applying EA principles (Zachman’s approach) to large enterprises. Possess excellent blend of Business process background, Enterprise Architecture expertise, Program Governance and IT implementation experience in multiple business domains.
• Well experienced in Enterprise Architecture Project planning – Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps, end to end Planning and project scoping, Straw models
• Excellent skills in Enterprise modeling – creation of Enterprise architecture models -Goal models, Business process models, Enterprise Data models
• Well experienced in Enterprise model analysis and implementation models – creation and analysis of Enterprise views connecting Business Process, Enterprise Data, IT Applications, and Technology, mapping Business processes and pain areas, identification and formulation of business IT initiatives for addressing gaps and improving functions, and Ranking initiatives for implementation.
• Well experienced review and verification of initiatives for business fulfillment, gaining consensus on the initiatives, transitions to systems teams.
• Well experienced in As-Is assessments of IT Application landscapes for Business value driven strategy and transformation, Rationalization of IT Application landscape for business fulfillment, creation of Application score cards, Gap analysis, identification/creation of future state recommendations.
• Possess in-depth experience and understanding of L1 to L5 Business processes and KPIs for industry domains – Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Paper, Retail, Consumer Goods, Finance, Supply Chain, Transportation, Government
• Very well experienced in the areas - Pharma Business Value Chain, Product Life Cycle, Drug Discovery/ Development, Clinical Trials - Phases, Pharma Manufacturing, Marketing/ Sales, LIMS processes, SCOR Model, LMS Processes, Drug Safety & ICH Quality Risk Management Processes, ICH Q8, ICH Q9 Risk Analysis Model, FDA Regulations, CGMPs, CAPA, Supply Chain Risks.
• Adept in Business Process Architecture and management for alignment of business practices with business strategies -Model Conceptualization and design, Industry standard Process Classification, Business process governance methodologies for times, costs and productivity improvements.
• Adept in Business Analysis, Business Requirement Gathering, Requirement Analysis, Documenting, Requirements Modeling, Requirements Development & Effective Requirement Management, Problem Analysis, Expectation Management, Change / Traceability Management, Version control.
• Excellent Documenting skills in developing User Requirement Analysis Document, Vision and Scope Document, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and Use Cases, UML Models.
• Well experienced in Business Data Analysis - Data Trends, Enterprise Data Modeling, Master Data Modeling, Data Quality, Gaps, Data Profiling, Data Mapping, Data Alignment, Data Harmonization.
• Excellent client facing and communication skills in -conducting meetings, effective facilitation, elicitation and presentation skills, well focused on delivering a high quality solutions to internal and external clients.
• Excellent Team development, leadership and management skills, strategically oriented, but able to lead all aspects of technical delivery, business value added SLA/ BLA supporting skills and effective project/time management skills.
• Sound background and experience in Project Management, Application Design/ Development, Testing, System Development Life-cycle (SDLC), RDBMS, Project Management, Software Development Methodologies and Practices- RUP, Waterfall, Agile, UML.

• Excellent technical understanding covering areas – Application development/ Testing – J2EE, Power Builder, VB, C++, COBOL, HP Quality Center, Test Director, Turbo Analyst, Oracle Designer 2000, TOAD, SQL Navigator, MS-Visual Source Safe, SQL Loader, Power Builder, MS-Project and MS-Office Suit Products- EXCEL, WORD, POWERPOINT, MS Front page express, Operating Systems – UNIX, Windows, RDBMs – UNIFY, Oracle, DW/OLAP – Informatica, Cognos, Enterprise Applications – Functional understanding of R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, WMS, Logistics, PLM, CRM, MDM modules in SAP, Oracle, JDA, Red Prairie, IBM suite of products, Enterprise modeling, BPM and Business Analysis - UML, Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, Enterprise, MS VISO, ARIS, Case-Wise Corporate Modeler, IBM Websphere Business Integration Modeler, ERWIN IDFE0, IDEF3, Logical understanding of digital technologies – EAI, SOA, AWS Cloud, Big Data and Analytics, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), IoT.