About

Vishal Thakrar is a highly skilled and experienced Programmer Analyst with over 11 years of experience in application support and maintenance, software development, business analysis, and project management in the banking and finance domain. He is a creative, dynamic, and performance-driven professional with a proven track record of delivering successful projects. Vishal's expertise in performing Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving has helped in improving and stabilizing the application support process. He is adept in end-to-end development, unit testing, documenting, implementing, code review, and data validation of software products. Vishal has worked on several automation, self-initiated, and innovative projects such as Six Sigma - JDI [Just Do It] and Best Practices. He has single-handedly enhanced and maintained Scheduler application used by several teams and helped in saving cost by avoiding the need for any third-party scheduling tool. Vishal is very proficient in MS SQL and has extensive experience in creating and maintaining SQL Data Dictionaries and Data Mapping from end-to-end legacy systems. He has designed, developed, and maintained a complex Data Warehouse using RDBMS for banking and reporting data. Vishal has excellent business analysis skills and is adept in performing in-depth research and accurate analysis of user requirements, Cost-Benefit analysis, Data Analysis, Impact Analysis, and user acceptance testing. He has managed multiple migration and adoption projects to integrate data from various legacy systems into a centralized data warehousing system. Vishal's strong communication and presentation skills have always helped him in creating high standard LLD, HLD, Technical, Functional, and Process Flow documents. Currently, Vishal is working as a DevOps Engineer at Rogers Communications. Previously, he has worked as a Senior Analyst - Application Programmer at Bank of America and as an Engineer - Software Development at Countrywide Financial Services. Vishal holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai. Vishal is an excellent team player and exhibits great leadership skills by taking initiatives with a client-first mentality. He has a strong technical background in DevOps, SQL, test, software engineering, data warehousing, and research. With 16.45 years of relevant experience, Vishal is a valuable asset to any organization that values creativity, dynamism, and performance-driven professionals.