Murugarajapandian Ravikulasekarapandian
IT Project Manager II - LIS/Laboratory Information Systems @ The Mount Sinai Hospital
About
Software IT professional with 17 years of experience and a passion for working in the Health Industry, I have extensive experience in building, Integrating, and supporting lab application software spanning across genetic platforms like HLA testing, Reproductive testing with data collation, lab operations, care coordination, and EMR integration. Deep understanding of healthcare knowledge areas, concepts, and issues. Commendable experience in customizing, building, implementing, and supporting laboratory software systems applications workflows, either homegrown or vendor based. Extensive experience with instrument integration for laboratory workflow pipelines and Instruments/Robotics automation. Experience in build and integrating new test products on EMRS and in-house LIS/LIMS systems from end to end. Experience in designing and developing high throughput HLA sequencing applications with Illumina, Ion torrent, and pac-bio for analysis, ambiguous resolving, and resulting. Extensively worked on the readiness of the laboratory during CLIA, ASHI, and FDA inspections and represented from IT department. Very good troubleshooting skills in detecting medical records flow issues and reporting flow issues into EMRS and LIS/LIMS systems. Subject matter expert in various laboratory software application migration from legacy to modern technologies including migrating to AWS cloud. Experience in automating the data pipeline between instruments to in-house LIS/LIMS systems Good in defining SLA, Managing SLA, and leading the team to run preventive maintenance periodically to keep the systems in a healthy state. Strong communication skills with over 10 years of experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams. Very good at translating business requirements to technical requirements and documenting the system requirements and interface using tools like JIRA, and Confluence. Strong understanding of the software development process, methods, and tools. Strong managerial skills and managed teams of various sizes. TECHNICAL SKILLS: Cloud services and technologies: AWS, EC2, S3 buckets, SQS queue, Cloud watch Programming languages: C#, .Net, VBA, Excel macros Web Technologies: HTML, ASP.Net, PHP, Web services, WCF services Scripting: Python, VBS, Java scripts, R Databases: MYSQL, FoxPro, MSSQL, Relational Databases Source safe: GitHub, TFS, VSS Tools: DBhawk, JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio, Wireshark
United States
Cortlandt Manor
Hospital & Health Care
ASP.NET, WCF Services, OOP, Web Applications, Software Design, Use Case Diagrams, Unit Testing, Object Oriented Design, SQL 2008/2005/2000, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Functional Specifications, Production Support, Software Documentation, Visual Studio, WPF, VB.NET, LINQ, AJAX, XML
Experience

Associate Director, Laboratory Information Systems
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Subject matter expert, technical lead software engineer, and architect for developing, implementing, and integrating laboratory software applications for the laboratory by collaborating with in-house engineering teams and vendors. Successfully lead the team to build and integrate new product test launches like ECSV2, HC, and PGx on EMRs and in-house LIS and LIMS systems from end to end. Conducted bi-weekly, monthly cadence with cross-functional teams, department leads, stakeholders, and management on identifying production urgent issues, and workflow gaps and provided optimized solutions. Defined SLA, Managed SLA with the team, and effectively unblocked the lab during a major crisis. Executed period preventive maintenance on the IT systems to keep the systems in a healthy state. Automated daily worklist for the Pre-PCR, DNA Extraction, Biochem, NGS, Reporting team, and Genetic counseling in the laboratory using modern technologies like DBHawk. Reviewed and updated the AWS Infrastructure to reduce monthly costs to the company. SKILLS: EMR Integration, API Integration, Instrument integration, AWS, High-performance cloud computing, AWS resource optimization, MYSQL, MSSQL, DBHawk, Excel Macros, JIRA, Confluence, Incident report management, and communications.

Senior Manager, Lab Information Systems
Subject matter expert, technical lead software engineer, and architect for developing, implementing, and integrating laboratory software applications for the laboratory by collaborating with in-house engineering teams and vendors. Developed and implemented a batch reporting process that significantly reduced TAT and improved efficiency in the lab. Harvested the clinical data from the laboratory software systems for various paper publications, clients, and clinical research projects. Lead successful migration of legacy Medgis system to AWS cloud and managed a team that build cloud scientific computing for lab informatics pipelines. Implemented data pipeline automation, and monitoring which significantly saved time for the lab users and lab directors. User training/coaching on any system-wide changes. SKILLS: Python scripting, VBS scripting, API Integration, Instrument integration, AWS, High-performance cloud computing, AWS resource optimization, MYSQL, MSSQL, DBHawk, Excel Macros, JIRA, Confluence, Incident report management, and communications.

LIMS manager
Newyork
Managed Lab Information Systems for Mount Sinai genomics carrier screening testing facility Supported DNA Extraction, Biochemical, Cytogenetics, and NGS Sequencing lab using legacy LIS system, Excel macros, python scripts, and VBS scripts in Windows OS on Virtual servers and GCP platforms. Developed and implemented a blender tool that significantly improved reporting team turnaround time Designed, Developed, and implemented NIPT test workflow in the LIS system from end to end. Designed, developed, and implemented a sample tracker tool in VBA Designed, developed, and implemented the Pre-PCR Extraction LIMS tool in VBA Helped the lab to handle double the sample volume while still maintaining the expected turnaround time. Worked as a lead data analyst for generating various monthly reports, statistics, and forecast reports using SQL, MYSQL, and Excel macros. Project managed, coordinated, and implemented EPIC, EMR, and LIS/LIMS Integration. SKILLS: Python scripting, VBS scripting, API Integration, Instrument integration, AWS, High-performance cloud computing, AWS resource optimization, MYSQL, MSSQL, DBHawk, Excel Macros, JIRA, Confluence, Incident report management, and communications.

Senior Software Engineer
Histogenetics
United States
Designed and developed DNA analysis software for HLA and KIR genes, defined data model, storage, consumption, integration, and management of genetics databases, including housing all known alleles and those newly discovered. Supported and maintained a document library application primarily used for laboratory inspection purposes, and helped the laboratory readiness for the CLIA, ASHI, and FDA inspection. Designed, developed, deployed, and supported LIMS system for high throughput lab using C#.Net, MSSQL, and WCF services. Designed, developed, deployed, and supported samples tracking system using C#.Net, MSSQL, and WCF services Designed, developed, deployed, and supported reagent, and machine maintenance system using C#.Net, MSSQL, and WCF services Troubleshot LIS hardware, peripherals, and interfaces. SKILLS: C#.Net, ASP.NET, MSSQL, TFS, VSS, Javascript, WCF, Web services, instrument integration, and instrument automation.

Software Developer
Chennai Area, India
1. Developed GUI, Web Methods, Business layers and Data layer functionalists and implemented in N-tier Architecture. Designed and Developed the Database in SQL Server 2005 Wrote Stored Procedures, Query and Unit Testing. 2. Actively participated in PCMM level 5 process.

Programmer
Shriram CyberTech Systems (P) Ltd
Chennai Area, India
Developed GUI, Web Methods, Business layers and Data layer functionalists and implemented in N-tier Architecture. Designed and Developed the Database in SQL Server 2005 Wrote Stored Procedures, Query and Unit Testing.
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