Thota Sureshbabu

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Professional Summary

• IBM Maximo Consultant, having 13+ years of experience in analyze, design, development,
implementation, integration, upgradation, and migration of Maximo Asset Management Solution in
various industries like Oil & Gas, Automobile Manufacturing, Servicing sector, Transportation,
Energy and Utilities across the globe.

• Having strong business process analysis, process implementation skills, and Maximo functionalities
like Supply Chain Management, Work Management, Service providers and Inventory Management.

• Technologically sound on Java-J2EE, Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Architecture

Framework, technical aspects of Maximo like Application design, Database Configuration, Maximo
Business Object framework, Maximo Workflows, Maximo Integration Framework (MEA/MIF), Cron
tasks, Escalations, and various types of Maximo installations, cluster setups, and queue/JMS
configurations.

• Sound knowledge on requirement study/analysis, worked extensively on design and development of

complex Maximo Java Extensions and Customizations as per the functional requirements using
different versions Maximo Business Object framework (MBO), Java, J2EE.

• Profound speaker and a prominent member of Maximo Competency Development Program for
Maximo training and recruitment. Having good communication, client relationship skills and have
vast experience on working alongside client, at onshore.

• Worked on various versions of Maximo (from Maximo 5 to MAS 8.x) and add-ons such as IBM
Maximo Mobile Every place, HSE, Linear, Spatial and Service provider.

• Experience designing and implementing container orchestration systems with Docker, Kubernetes &
OpenShift.

• Proficient in conducting design workshops, performing GAP analysis for the requirements, designing,
and developing the solutions.

• Having good presentation skills and conducted presentations and training on various topics at client
sites and offshore for the client team and peers.
Education:
• B. Tech in Electronics & Communication engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Hyderabad.
Certifications:
• IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Maximo Manage v8.0
• Maximo Manage Infrastructure Practitioner Advanced.
• MAS and RHOCP Deployment Technical Essentials.
• IBM Certified Deployment Professional Maximo V7.5

Employment Summary

Industry IT
Organization Tech Mahindra Limited (Singapore branch)
Role Sr. Solutions Architect
Duration June-2022 to Present

Industry Automobile leasing & Servicing

Organization Goldbell Corporation Pte Ltd- Singapore
Role Assistant Manager, IT Systems
Duration August-2019 to June-2022

Industry IT
Organization Sopra Steria Asia Pte Ltd- Singapore
Role EAM Consultant
Duration August-2018 to July-2019

Industry IT
Organization Comm-IT Consultancy Services Pte Ltd- Singapore
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Duration June-2014 to July-2018

Industry IT
Organization Tech Mahindra Limited (Erst while Satyam Computer
Services ltd).
Role Sr. Software Engineer
Duration Oct-2013 to May-2014

Industry IT
Organization Envision Enterprise Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Duration July-2010 to Sep-2013
Technical Skills

Primary Skill category IBM Maximo 5, 6.2, 7.1, 7.5, 7.6, 8.x, Maximo mobile solutions,
Maximo for service providers, Maximo- Oracle Adapter, Maximo
for Health and Safety, Maximo for Linear Assets, Maximo spatial,
Docker, Kubernetes, RedHat OpenShift.
Secondary Skill category JAVA-J2EE, Actuate Reports, BIRT Reports, Web Services, REST
APIs, XML, XSL, EJB 3.0, AWS, Azure.
Project Acquired skills Oracle, MS SQL server, Web Sphere Administration, Web Logic
server, Messaging Queues (MQ), Active Directory, Single Sign-On.
Primary Domain Skill Enterprise Asset Management.
RDBMS Oracle, MS SQL, IBM DB2.
Trained Skills C, C++, OS Concepts, RDBMS, HTML, Java script, QMS - OOAD,
Oracle, JAVA, STRUTS, SPRINGS, HIBERNATE, XML,
Algorithms AND Data Structures.
Linguistic Skills English.
Report Tool Actuate, BIRT, Cognos.
Version Control Tool Accurev, PVCS, GitHub.
IDE Eclipse, RSA, NetBeans, SQL Developer, Toad.

Professional Experience

Project Domain Public Transportation.

Solution Maximo for Transportation, Health, and Safety
Environment.
Project Name: BMMS (Bus Maintenance Management System) Upgrade.
Client Land Transport Authority, Singapore
Role Sr. Solutions Architect - Maximo
Organization Tech Mahindra Limited (Singapore Branch)
Location Singapore
Duration Onsite: July/2022- Present
Project Description:
Land Transport Authority has implemented Bus Maintenance Management System (BMMS) to manage
the maintenance of Buses and Bus infrastructure assets. This system has Predictive & Pre-Emptive
features to enhance their business operations and ensure that the maintenance cycles are strictly following
the predefined maintenance regimes. It also provides up to date information on the status of ongoing bus
maintenance work orders and helps in tracking the inventories at various bus depots. This project involves
upgrading Maximo to the latest version of 7.6.x and migrating all the infrastructure from the on-premises
data center to Azure cloud.
Responsibilities:
• Upgrading the existing Maximo system to the latest version of 7.6.x.
• Migrating all Maximo servers from on-premises to Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Installation Maximo 7.6.1.1, Web Sphere Liberty, MQ on RedHat OpenShift environment using
Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implemented Docker containers to create images of the applications.
• Managing images using Quay and orchestration using RedHat OpenShift platform.
• Containerizing IBM MQ and integrating IBM MQ container with Maximo 7.6.1.1.
• Implementation of MQTT integration with Maximo.
• Installation and setup of Cognos analytics server.
• Configuring the interface between Maximo and Cognos.
• Installation and configuration of IBM Optim solution for data archival.
• Installation and setting up of web sphere cluster environment in the cloud.
• Infrastructure management and performance monitoring for Maximo.
• Preparing roadmap for upgrading to MAS 8.x.
• Conduct requirement gathering and provide effort estimation for new change requests.
• Developing and delivering enhancements & change requests.
• Onsite production support for all the issues and bugs reported by customers.
• Developing new interfaces using Maximo NextGen REST API features.
• Conducting train, the trainer sessions.
• Implementing proxy layers for masking the Maximo application URL.
• Configuring Maximo with high availability and disaster recovery mechanism for maintaining
business continuity.
• Involved in Capacity Planning, Performance Analysts, Uptime and Response time analyst.
• Responsible for day-to-day management of all Development, Test, Stage, and Production for
various enterprise applications.
• Define product vision, product strategy, product roadmap and security & controls.

Environment: Azure cloud, Maximo 7.5, 7.6, WebSphere, DB2, RHEL, OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes,
and Cognos.
 Project Domain Leasing and Servicing
Solution Maximo for Service Providers
Project Name: Oculus
Role Assistant Manager & Maximo Architect
Organization Goldbell Corporation Pte. Ltd.
Location Singapore
Duration Onsite: August/2019- June/2022

Project Description:
Goldbell is the leading brand name in Singapore for industrial vehicles, with a diversified portfolio of
commercial & passenger vehicles, industrial equipment, and financial services operating across Asia with
a presence in Malaysia and Vietnam. As part of the IT transformation initiative, Goldbell has embarked
on an exercise to implement an Integrated Solution, which consists of a new Supply chain management,
Operations & Maintenance System and core back-office systems including Finance and Human Resource.

Responsibilities:
• Requirement gathering & Functional Requirements analysis.
• Preparation of Functional Specification document based upon the requirements analyzed.
• Preparation of Use Case and Technical Specifications document based upon the requirement
analyzed.
• Developed custom adapters for integration purposes.
• Custom webservice interfaces implementation between Maximo and Microsoft Axapta for
Inventory and Purchasing modules.
• Integrating Maximo with CRM applications for Customers, Contracts and Vendors modules.
• Migrating the data from Legacy systems into Maximo.
• Creating new Object structures, Enterprise services, endpoints, and External systems as part of
integration.
• Writing new User exit classes.
• Integrating Maximo with third party Business Intelligence Reporting tools.
• Worked in screen configurations and customizations of applications in Maximo.
• Code review and Design documents review.
• Installing Maximo in a clustered environment.
• Configuring WebSphere hybrid cluster setup for production environment.
• Monitoring PROD jvms in the cluster environment (UI, MEA, CRON, BROS).
• Creation of workflows to support work orders & Material Requests through Maximo Mobile.
• Active directory integration with Maximo.
• Developed standalone applications in java for loading data into Maximo.
• Implementing SSO (Single Sign-On) for Maximo.

Environment: Maximo 7.6, WebSphere Application Server, MS SQL Server, Java AWT 1.2, Windows
Server, Rapid Application Developer RAD 7.0, SQL Developer, Serena PVCS Version Manager,
Microsoft Active Directory, Maximo Mobile.
 Project Domain Transportation.
Solution Maximo for Transportation & Linear Assets.
Project Name: Maximo - CMMS Implementation
Client Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway, Vietnam
Role EAM Consultant & Maximo Architect
Organization Sopra Steria Asia Pte Ltd
Location Singapore
Duration Offshore: August/2018- July/2019

Project Description:
The Ho Chi Minh City Metro (HCMC Metro) is a planned rapid transit network that will serve Ho Chi
Minh City in Vietnam. It is Vietnam’s first rapid transit network that will serve the business and financial
hub of Ho Chi Minh City. IBM Maximo for transportation was chosen as the CMMS solution for
managing the operations & maintenance of rolling stocks, railway tracks, depots, and passenger terminals.
This project involves implementing IBM Maximo, loading the data and providing application support
services.

Responsibilities:
• Requirement gathering & Functional Requirement analysis.
• Preparation of Functional Specification documents.
• Installation and cluster setup of Maximo.
• Configuring Maximo production environment with fail-over scenarios.
• Preparing the data loading templates and loading the data into Maximo.
• Migrating the data from legacy data sources into Maximo.
• Designing and developing the applications in Maximo as per the finalized requirements spec.
• Worked in screen configuration and customizations of applications in Maximo.
• Coordinating and participating in load testing of Maximo.
• Working with testing team in preparing the test scripts.
• Provide status reports for all the issues reported by the customer on a weekly basis.
• Implemented several custom interfaces in Maximo for integrating with in-house developed
mobile applications.
• Database Configuration changes, Application Designer changes, Conditional expression manager,
Data restrictions, Security controls etc.
• Created new end point handler classes, processing classes for Integration.
• Conducting user training sessions and participating in user acceptance testing sessions.

Environment: Maximo 7.6, WebSphere Application Server, MS SQL Server, Windows Server,
Microsoft Active Directory.
 Project Domain Transportation.
Solution Maximo Enterprise Asset Management
Project Name: Equinox - 2
Client Go-Ahead Singapore
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Organization Comm-IT Consultancy Services Pte. Ltd.
Location Singapore
Duration Onsite: June/2014- Feb/2016

Project Description:
Go-Ahead Singapore is a leading local public transport provider and subsidiary of the UK-based Go-
Ahead Group. Being one of the PTO (Public transport Operator) in Singapore, it operates and maintain
buses provided by LTA (Land Transport Authority) to them. In terms of Bus assets from LTA, they
operate and maintain more than 400 buses. Their Engineering team is responsible for maximizing
operational availability of buses and minimizing the downtime. The existing asset maintenance system
(Equinox) is unable to meet the current business needs of operations and has chosen IBM Maximo 7.6 as
a preferred solution. This would also enable Go Ahead to seamlessly exchange information with LTA Bus
Maintenance Management function which also uses IBM Maximo as the Maintenance Management
Solution.
Responsibilities:
• Requirement gathering & Functional Requirement analysis.
• Implementation of Maximo system by configuring and customizing as per the requirements
given by users.
• Discuss with customers about the existing system functionalities and suggest a possible solution
to improve the CMMS system.
• Installation and cluster setup of Maximo in Cloud environment.
• Implementing MAXIMO UI field validations.
• MBO and Bean level class customizations.
• Implementing custom features/ functionalities by using Maximo automation scripts.
• Customizing the out of the box Maximo product as per client needs using java customizations.
• Segregation of Maximo application workload by creating separate cluster for Users, Interfaces and
Reporting purposes.
• Configuring a replica of production database server for handling BIRT reporting loads.
• Configure Maximo with Office 365 SMTP server for triggering emails.
• Importing and configuring SSL certificates in WebSphere.
• Customizing Maximo to use in-house developed 2FA authentication.
• Integrating Maximo with external document management system.
• Developed various interfaces for integrating Maximo with LTA BMMS system.
• Providing training to the Business users on Inventory, Re-order, Purchasing and work Orders.
• Complete the Monthly tasks along with backup monitoring and send monthly report to customer.
• Migrating data from existing Equinox system to Maximo using customized data templates.

Environment: Maximo 7.6, WebSphere Application Server, MS SQL Server, Windows Server, AWS
Cloud.
 Project Domain Ports, Shipping and Logistics.
Solution Maximo Enterprise Asset Management, Mobile Every place
Project Name: MMS Upgrade
Client Port of Singapore Authority, Singapore
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Organization Comm-IT Consultancy Services Pte. Ltd.
Location Singapore
Duration Onsite: March/2016- July/2018

Project Description:
Maximo application is used as a one-stop platform for PSA engineering users to facilitate job
planning & scheduling, inventory management, integrated purchasing, and management reports
on equipment performance & utilization. This project is to upgrade the current Maximo v7.1 to
Maximo v7.6.0.5. and interface all the existing legacy integrations to the new Maximo system.
There were many customizations performed during the initial Maximo implementation to fulfil
end user specific requirements and these customizations should be migrated to the new system
along with enhancing Maximo v7.6.0.5 for latest requirements from the business users.

Responsibilities:
• Installation and Cluster setup of Maximo.
• Upgrading Maximo from 7.x to7.6. x.
• Handling the migration of data from the older version to newer version.
• Installing and Configuring Oracle Adapter. Creating Integration schema in Oracle Apps database.
• Running Synchronization scripts to make Maximo and Oracle data Consistent.
• Monitoring and creating inbound, outbound transactions between Maximo and Oracle Apps.
• Customizing existing old Maximo-Oracle adapter add-on to work with updated Maximo.
• Developed complex interfaces for integrating Maximo with third party applications.
• Custom interfaces implementation between Maximo and Oracle financial system.
• Customizing existing Maximo interfaces to work with legacy Mobile applications.
• Converting old Maximo data from Oracle database to SQL server database.
• Conducting training sessions for users on the new Maximo.
• Maximo integration with Active Directory using LDAP.
• Configure Active directory to Maximo user data sync.
• Onsite production support for all the issues and bugs reported by customers.
• Conduct requirement gathering and provide effort estimation for new change requests.
• Conduct administrator and user training to various users on the upgraded version.
• Automation and monitoring the daily backup of database.
• Implementation of interface between Maximo and CRANE system through java programming.
• Administration and support of Maximo application and database.

Environment: Maximo 7.1, 7.6, WebSphere Application Server, Oracle Server, IBM AIX, Microsoft
Active Directory.
 Project Domain Manufacturing
Solution Maximo Enterprise Asset Management
Project Name: Maximo Shop Floor Replacement
Client Ford Motor India Private Limited
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Organization Tech Mahindra Limited
Location Chennai, India
Duration October/2013- May/2014

Project Description:
Ford makes use of a legacy application called Shop Floor Requisition (SFR) which is mainly used to
request materials that are required for performing any task/ work order by the maintenance team.
This new implementation project is mainly aimed in migration of legacy SFR to IBM Maximo Asset
Management application. It involves migration of all the Item and Inventory records from legacy SFR to
Maximo and also migration of all transactions and history data related to Inventory & Requisitions from
SFR to Maximo. Also the legacy SFR system is being integrated with other ERP application located in
different regions of FORD. So the project also aims in migration of all those integrations from old legacy
SFR to Maximo.

Responsibilities:
• To acquire details/knowledge about existing legacy SFR system and its interfaced applications
across different sites of Ford.
• Preparation of Use Case and Technical Specifications documents based upon the requirements
analyzed.
• Implementing the technical design in Maximo 7.5.
• Database Configuration changes, Application Designer changes, Conditional expression manager,
Data restrictions, Security controls etc.
• Created complex Workflows for Requisition approval process.
• Created Python Automation Scripts.
• Written/Modified Bean Level Classes as per requirements.
• MBO Customizations.
• Messaging Queue (MQ) setup in Web Sphere.
• Interface design and development using Messaging Queues (MQ).
• Interface development with other Inventory systems by using Maximo Integration Framework.
• Created new user exit classes, processing classes for Integration.
• Developed/Migrated data from legacy system using MIF.
• Report Design & Development using BIRT.
• Configuring User level security settings.
• Implemented High Available Reporting Database (HARDS) to offset reporting load on the UI
layer.

Environment: Maximo 7.5, WebSphere 6.1, 8.1, Oracle 11g, BIRT, Linux, Accurev, RSA, Maximo
Everyplace, Oracle active data guard.
 Project Domain Manufacturing
Solution Maximo Enterprise Asset Management
Project Name: Maximo for Maintenance
Client Ford Motor India Private Limited
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Organization Envision Enterprise Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Location Chennai, India
Duration Onsite: November/2011- September/2013

Project Description:
FORD uses Maximo for their plant’s maintenance activities across the globe. This project includes an
upgrade from Maximo4.x to Maximo7.5x and setting up new infrastructure to move the application from
the distributed environment into FORD data center.

Responsibilities:
• Participating in requirements gathering meetings with business users.
• Preparing the technical documents as per the requirements.
• MBO, Bean, Actions and Cron task classes customizations.
• Writing SQL scripts for data migration from maximo4 to maximo7.
• Developed new interfaces to integrate with other applications.
• Creating new Object structures, Enterprise services, and External systems as part of integration.
• Writing new classes for web service interactions & invocation channels.
• Import/Export the data from Maximo using MIF.
• Migrating the build packages from QA to PROD environments.
• Applying IBM hotfix/ fix packs in Production environment.
• Configuring SAN storage for Attachments/doc links in Maximo.
• Scheduling/Monitoring database as well as application backups on a regular basis.
• Working with testing teams for finalizing automation and load testing scenarios.
• Participating in the load testing and analyzing the test results.
• Creating or modifying attributes in Database configuration application.
• Technical Coding of applications based on user requirement.
• Monitoring PROD jvms in the cluster environment (UI, MEA, CRON, BROS.).
• Setting up education environments for training the end users.

Environment: Maximo7.1, 7.5 WebSphere 6.1, 8.1, Oracle 11g, BIRT, Linux, Accurev, Maximo
Anywhere.
 Project Domain Oil and Gases
Solution Maximo Enterprise Asset Management
Project Name: IBM Maximo Implementation
Client HOEC, India
Role Maximo Technical Consultant
Organization Envision Enterprise Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Location Chennai, India
Duration Onsite: July/2010- October/2011

Project Description:
HOEC was the first private company in India to enter field of oil and gas exploration. IBM Maximo was
chosen to improve their global business processes and operations. This project consists of implementing
a new CMMS solution and providing application support services in different geographies.

Responsibilities:
As a Maximo Technical Consultant & On-site coordinator worked closely with Maximo Business
Analyst & key users of HOEC plants at Chennai, was responsible for
• Functional Requirement analysis.
• To acquire details/knowledge about existing business processes across different sites of HOEC.
• Collecting the requirements from client.
• Mapping the requirements with Maximo functionality.
• Creating the MBO classes by extending OOB class files for new applications.
• Writing the field classes for business logic and creating the lookups for custom fields.
• Java Customization of Bean Classes to create new Select Action Menu Options.
• Designing complex workflows.
• Writing custom action classes.
• Participating in functionality testing.
• Giving training to the end users.
• Developing the Actuate reports and deploying into live server.
• Maximo 6 design, implementation, and deployment.
• Migration of data from various sources like Microsoft Excel and flat files into Maximo.
• Extensively worked on screen configuration and customizations of applications in Maximo.
• Configuring MBO Relationships, Domains, Custom Lookups and Menus, CRON Tasks.
• Extending Maximo 6 class files using Java.
• Creating Different Kinds of Applications Such as fleet management, Financial Accounting.
• Designing locations, users, and department-based workflows.
• Administering Workflows, escalation, and Communication templates.

Environment: Maximo 6.2, WebSphere Application Server 6, Acuate, BIRT, MSSQL Server 2005,
Windows Server 2003.