About

Kalparaj Biswal is a highly experienced Portfolio Manager in the Financial Services industry, specializing in Duck Creek Practice. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, he has developed expertise in program management and team leadership. Kalparaj has a strong background in project management, project monitoring, and problem-solving skills. He is well-versed in project management tools like MS Project and has a good understanding of the complete software development cycle. He is also familiar with software quality processes and SEI CMM Level 5 processes. In terms of technical skills, Kalparaj has extensive experience in various kinds of projects, such as web application development, application development, application maintenance and support, and product development. He has over 8 years of experience in content development using the Duck Creek Technology platform and is a certified content developer. He also has over 7 years of experience in Java-based distributed application development and business integration with application servers like WebSphere and WebLogic. Kalparaj has a broad domain expertise in insurance (P&C), banking, retail banking, credit card services, and pharmaceuticals. He is well-acquainted with testing life cycle, concepts, and methodologies like integration testing, regression testing, system testing, acceptance testing, automated testing, security, load, and performance testing. Throughout his career, Kalparaj has gained valuable client interaction experience. He has over 2 years of experience as an onsite coordinator and project lead, successfully leading projects in India and abroad (USA, UK), while working with clients like Amgen, JPMorgan Chase, Credit Suisse, and GMAC. He has worked with leading insurance clients like AIG, Zurich, Mercury, RSA, One Beacon, and Horace Mann for Duck Creek implementation. Kalparaj's specialties include project management, quality management, Duck Creek-based product implementation, Java-based distributed application development, and insurance (P&C). He is currently working as a Program Manager at Capgemini and has previously worked at Mindtree and Syntel in senior project manager and project manager roles, respectively. Kalparaj holds a B. Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering and Technology and completed his 10th grade from Govt. Boys High School, Unit-IX, Bhubaneswar. His relevant experience in the industry is 21.70 years.