# Saravanan Neelakantan PMP CSM > Software Consultant EDI/RPG iSeries Location: Ronkonkoma, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/saravananneelakantanpmpcsm Goal-oriented Senior Project Manager, adept at taking over support initiatives. Proven ability to manage complex, resource-intensive support project budgets for both North American and European projects. Respected team player, equipped with powerful communication, coordination and analysis skills. Fully committed to providing and implementing dynamic, compelling solutions to the ongoing support and delivery functionalities handled so far. Have Wider range of expertise in Retail and Finance. Multiple international exposure and an acclaimed analyst. ## Work Experience ### Software Developer iSeries RPG / EDI Analyst @ VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.) Jan 2021 – Present | Ronkonkoma, New York, United States Software development in iSeries RPG in EDI and S2K, CLEO/EXTOL. Specialize in solutions and EDI implementations. ### Software Development EDI/RPG @ Communication Experts, Inc. Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Long Island, NY Software development/Support - Henry Schein Inc. a distributor of Health care and services in the iSeries RPG with EDI team ### Project Manager/Senior Programmer Analyst @ Quinnox, Inc. Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | India Extensive experience on iSeries development and Project Management and in charge of deliveries. Support and development for various iSeries projects including KRONOS, Sales Commission, Indirect Sales and Integration services AS/CORE, integrating Time and Sales data with other applications like SAP, linking business modules like Invoicing, accounting, HR. etc; Nine years of experience in USA with Weyerhaeuser group and Coca-Cola Co.; Extensive experience on Development and maintenance in an Onsite-offshore model and in charge of deliveries. Functional expertise in Finance and Retail domains Project Lead in multiple projects on iSeries (AS/400) environment and extensively worked on RPG/400 , RPGILE, CL/400, DB2/400, COBOL/400 ### Team Lead/Senior Programmer Analyst @ Quinnox, Inc. Jan 2007 – Jan 2013 | Greater Atlanta Area Provided production support on six major applications in Coca-cola which run on AS400/iSeries. Manage a team at offshore and provide technical assistance to keep production systems running smoothly. Role: Technical Project Lead/ Senior Programmer Analyst Project Brief: Support and development for various iSeries projects including BASIS(Order Entry to Distribution), KRONOS, Sales Commission, Indirect Sales and Integration services AS/CORE, integrating Time and Sales data with other applications like SAP, linking business modules like Invoicing, accounting, HR. etc. Responsibilities: Design and implementation of new modules and provide support; Writing and managing technical Specification documents, system documentation; Developed RPGLE programs, moving all changes into production using TURNOVER; Helped analyze and debug RPGLE programs and suggest changes on RCA and resolution; Responsible for monitoring, coordinating for helping all AS/400 application related issues; Trained team on RPGLE, assisted in critical issues bringing to closure within agreed SLA; Planned and executed smooth transition of Europe during Gemini split of Coca-Cola co. Managed a 7 member team on iSeries, provide centralized support for KRONOS users in US and Europe, Indirect Sales users in US and Canada Handled applications from Order Entry through Distribution of orders including Invoicing Environment: AS/400, RPGILE, RPG/400, CL/400, COBOL/400 ### Team Lead/ Programmer Analyst @ WIPRO Jan 2002 – Jan 2007 Technical lead on iSeries applications and managed a team at offshore. Worked at various locations of Fortune 500 customer. Developed a new application and provided production support for various applications. Proposed improvements to replace existing systems and provided technical suggestions, providing value add in the engagement across Washington DC, Seattle regions. Project Brief: Westwood Shipping project is to enhance and support West plus system a VMS system which interfaces with EDI tools, AS/400 and SAP. It operates carriers between Far East – Japan, Korea, China and Seattle/Vancouver -enable booking, consignment management, EDI communication Responsibilities: Design, architecture and implementation of interfaces, involved in creating User Files, trading partner relationships , partner address book entries and Configurations of partners Responsible for EDI monitoring and working with customs, fixing issues with files from AS/400 system to corporate accounting into West Plus. Spearhead transition from AS/400 to SAP and Supported accounting in providing End Balances to IRS Design, architecture and implementation of new modules in RPGILE on the iSeries. Existing MS Access system was re-engineered to RPGIV to support the Safety modules which greatly assisted the Safety Director and top management team Winchester Homes - Weyerhaeuser Co Responsible for creating & moving new programs (around 90 including 36 report programs) into production. Was highly appreciated for this unique module. Supported users 24/7 and directly interacted with the 100 plus user group ### Project Engineer @ iGate Ltd. Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 Acitve team player of a major Re-engineering project for conversion of iSeries applications- COBOL to RPG/400 for German bank, Involved in Analysis of Cobol programs, preparation of design documents, Writing Technical Specification documents, unit Test plans and user testing documents, Coding, testing of RPGLE programs into production, Part of the QA team to test and ensure programming standards to be followed, Handled the conversions of hard coded Euro-currencies / ISO currency validations Provided support for GE Penske application and was involved in enhancements and fixing issues,  Writing Technical Specification documents, unit Test plans and user testing documents Responsible for creating & moving new programs into production; Developed, Analyzed and debugged RPGLE programs to identify and fix RCA findings; Distributed data management were used in connecting various AS/400 systems; Was involved in Analysis and development of the Payroll Projection of two years, upgrading of RPG/400 RPG ILE programs and the new developments for Payroll projection were in RPGIV, Involved in changing of Warranty System ## Education ### B.E.Ag. in Mechanical, Civil, Electrical College of Agrl Engineering ### High School Jawahar Higher Sec School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/saravanan-neelakantan-pmp-csm-8a452b15 --- Source: https://flows.cv/saravananneelakantanpmpcsm JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/saravananneelakantanpmpcsm/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13