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Arun Alias

Guidewire Cloud Certified ACE -Claim Center & Insurance Suite Integration, TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Practitioner
North York,Ontario

Summary

Senior Developer with 12 years of International IT experience constitutes 7+ years in Guidewire Modernization Programs. Successful track records in both Implementation and Upgrade projects of Insurance Product Suites to renowned Insurance market leaders. Technically competent with Configuration and Integration streams of the application development. Experienced with Agile environment to work closely with different stakeholders in the multiple facets of the project. Proficient in Onsite-Offshore model of handling the projects from the client's office and from captive locations.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Guidewire Consultant

Aviva Insurance
08.2023 - Current
  • Lead developer in integrating ClaimCenter with vendor systems for property estimation
  • Leveraged ClaimCenter event driven messages to create synchronous SOAP based communication channel with vendor systems with mTLS as the default authentication.
  • Contributes technical suggestions and perspectives from the discovery phase all way through the implementation and delivery phase of the project.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features

Product Consultant

Nationwide Insurance Company
09.2021 - 08.2023
  • Technical Lead for ClaimCenter v10 Elysian run support team with 8 developers.
  • Successfully managed ClaimCenter cloud(self-managed) instance, with parallel security/business enhancements ensuring tech currency.
  • Lead developer for major financial enhancements in check processing, policy/coverage/aggregate limit validations and expense payment calculations.
  • Integrated alternate policy source system using Guidewire REST API Client library to enable claim center to process claims from new programs.
  • Participation in work intake, design , story mapping , development, code review and delivery phase of claim center enhancements.
  • Developer with hands on experience on all major Guidewire Integration mechanisms.(Integration views, Messaging, File based -Batch Jobs, Integration-database, Webservice -SOAP & Rest)
  • Established long term customer relationships by using effective communication and active listening skills.
  • Optimized product performance with rigorous testing and continuous improvement initiatives.

Senior Product Specialist

Great American Insurance Group
03.2017 - 08.2021
  • Offshore developer lead for ClaimCenter v10 projects
  • Worked on ClaimCenter v10 integration with downstream systems.
  • Implemented new JSON based integration reporting all claims data leveraging Integration views.
  • Upgraded claim center from V7 to V9
  • Analyzed security aspects on ClaimCenter and provided solutions to make application ready for cloud implementation.

Associate

Hartford Insurance
03.2015 - 03.2017
  • Worked as Java/Spring developer for multiple insurance clients.
  • Worked on Spring and Hibernate to implement batch job to sent reporting data to downstream system.
  • Developed portal application to view claims summary in 3 weeks.

System Engineer

Sears Holdings Company
10.2011 - 03.2015
  • Worked as Java/Spring developer for one major E-com website in North America
  • Implemented checkout and payment process using REST API's , which cleared out proprietary software dependency, resulting in 50 percent reduction in application maintenance cost.
  • Established good client relationship in very short span.
  • Led the migration of critical applications to cloud-based platforms, providing increased flexibility and scalability for business operations.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Mahatma Gandhi University
Kerala, India
06.2007 - 05.2011

Skills

Insurancesuite Integration & configuration

Java/Spring

Oracle/SQL Server

Team collaboration

Relationship building

Customer Delight

Certification

Guidewire Cloud Certified ACE- Insurance suite Integration

Timeline

Guidewire Cloud Certified ACE- Claim Center configuration

12-2024

TOGAF® Enterprise Architecture Practitioner

10-2024

Guidewire Consultant

Aviva Insurance
08.2023 - Current

Guidewire Cloud Certified ACE- Insurance suite Integration

08-2023

Product Consultant

Nationwide Insurance Company
09.2021 - 08.2023

Senior Product Specialist

Great American Insurance Group
03.2017 - 08.2021

Associate

Hartford Insurance
03.2015 - 03.2017

System Engineer

Sears Holdings Company
10.2011 - 03.2015

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Mahatma Gandhi University
06.2007 - 05.2011

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