EDUCATION

Master of Science - Information Management
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science and Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems : Windows, Linux, UNIX
Languages : C, C++, Java, VBA
Applications : Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Vensim PLE
DBMS & Tools : Microsoft Access, ORACLE 9.0/10g/11g, MYSQL, SQL Server 2005, OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Tool)
Cloud Computing : Hadoop, Pig Latin
WEB Development : HTML, XML, Drupal, Perl, PHP
Software Development Methodologies : Agile Software Development, Waterfall Model

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Programmer/Analyst,Confidential, 09/11 - Current

• Writing software change requests to implement new functionality in frys.com after reviewing competitor website and user feedbacks
• Interacting with third party for data download and ensuring the data feed is received and loaded in the database and enable product description on Confidential, using PL/SQL scripts
• Implementing Software Change Requests to improve content on frys.com using PL/SQL scripts
• Working on Agile Software Development Model with weekly releases

Programmer/Quality Analyst, Confidential, 05/11 – 07/11

• Developed cost effective automated solutions for financial application Purchasing Online Transaction System (POTS) for 26 Institutes and Centers (IC's) of National Institutes of Health (NIH) based upon tickets raised by NIH employees
• Documented and defined requirements for security permissions and roles
• Prepared work flow process diagrams for 26 IC's using Microsoft Visio
• Tested in house application POTS (Purchasing Online Transaction System) using QTP
• Participated in Customer support for POTS new upgrade
• Worked on Agile Software Development Model with bi-weekly releases

System Analyst, National Foreign Language Center, Confidential, 09/10 – 01/11

• Gathered requirements from US Department of Defense stakeholders over the phone for Signal Analysis Networking project (A online tutorial for technologies in Telecommunication and Networking)
• Presented analysis by documenting Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and Functional Specifications with the help of use cases, activity charts and class diagrams using Microsoft Visio
• Coordinated staff/team update meetings, video conferencing with stakeholders to demonstrate progress of the SA.NET project

Technical Analyst Intern, Confidential, 06/10 – 08/10

• Updated the Aid Management Platform (AMP) dashboard for gathering funds and donations from various organizations, countries and NGO’s for Haiti government
• Updated the Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) and Functional Specifications for Aid Management Platform to make developers required changes in the application
• Created automated test scripts for Aid Management Platform effectively reducing man-hours from 10 to 1

Lecturer, Confidential, India 12/08 – 07/09

• Handled and conducted practical sessions of courses such as Mobile Communication and Programming in C

• Mentored undergraduate & graduate students for the projects like Automation of Arms and Ammunition Licensing, Prosearch.Com, A Player for Multiple File Formats, Citizen Card Integration
• Designed website as community service for Karnataka Sugar Institute, Government of India

Software Engineer, Confidential, Bangalore, India 08/07 – 11/08

• Created automated test scripts for 787 Boeing Dreamliner using Visual Basic 6.0 for Federal Aviation Administration which passed CMMI maturity model
• Collaboratively worked with team of 4 to debug test scripts and conducted Black Box testing using 787 Boeing Dreamliner simulator that reduced 10% of the client’s total resource expenses
• Designed and managed database schema’s for Merck Pharmaceuticals as a training project

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Twitter Data Analysis Confidential, 02/10 – 05/10

• Conducted analysis such as number of hits, popular tweets and usage percentage of a user using Twitter Meta data and presented the analysis in graphical format using Perl scripts
• Queried cloud using Pig Latin query language, Pig Latin compiles the programs in Map/Reduce jobs which are executed using Hadoop

Java Based Secured Shell 02/07 – 07/07

• Developed secured shell which is used for logging in and executing commands on remote machines as final year under graduation project using Java
• Designed and developed various features for the application such as authentication, file transfer over fully encrypted network connection

Data Warehousing and Mining 09/10 – 12/10

• Built OBIEE Repository at 3 layers i.e., Physical Layer (connecting to Data sources and import schema), Business Model / data mapping (create Logical tables and data source mapping) and Presentation Layer level
  (Create presentation catalogs) on sample database schemas provided by Oracle
• Created Drill Down Hierarchies and implemented Business Logics for Facts
• Created Pivot Tables and manipulated Initialization Blocks for report analysis
• Worked on OBIEE Answers to build Interactive Dashboards with drill-down capabilities

Holographic Image Display Business Case Analysis Project 02/11 – 05/11

• Researched Holographic image technology which is not yet in the market
• Applied Porters Model for the analysis and suggested the business strategy to implement the technology in the gaming industry
• Analysis of future scope for the gaming industry in Holographic Image Display

Redesigning website for nonprofit organization CASE: Center for Adoption Support and Education 02/10 – 05/10

• Gathered requirements and designed wire frames to redesign the website Confidential.
• Implemented and deployed the design using Drupal

Users & Use Context Research Case Study 09/09 – 12/09

• Conducted user research to identify the users and their skill set to use the software product Edulix
• Managed and conducted product analysis which included Interviews, Contextual Inquiry, Usability Tests, Focus Group and Surveys on specific users which resulted to a detailed research paper on the user acceptance