SUMMARY:

• Highly accomplished Developer, Architect and Project Manager with over 9 years of experience in Web, Mobile, Desktop application development and deployment.
• Seasoned E - ecommerce Developer, Architect and Project Manager specializing in open source and cloud platforms - Magento, Bigcommerce and Shopify.
• Magento Lead Developer / Solutions Architect with a plethora of experience on both Community and Enterprise editions (1.x) having built and led over 50+ implementations for a variety of domains for both B2C and B2B.
• Magento Certified Developer with expert experience in Custom module / extension development, 3rd party integrations, Migrations and Upgrades, Performance Tuning and Optimization, Maintaining Security patches.
• Seasoned Business Analyst with experience in Requirement Gathering activities during project discovery phase.
• Creative thought leader with deep knowledge of digital commerce development, business systems, information architecture and processes.
• Setup and managed offshore development centre in India for 5 years. This has helped me to gain great skills in People Management, Client Management, Project Management, Cost / Budgeting & Project Estimation. This has become one of my key strengths rather than just being a Web Architect.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of project and scope while minimizing exposure to risk of project.
• Create accurate timeline of expectations, give status report updates, and set completion dates for each department to follow.
• Experienced team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who has the ability to work independent as well as in team under pressure, can lead, motivate and influence others; and train and mentor subordinates.
• Lead developer / architect for enterprise level applications / products using PHP, Cold Fusion, .Net and RIA (Adobe Flex) for hospitals and health systems, Financial & Insurance companies including Standard & Poor’s, Morningstar and Prudential.

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION:

• Web Development and Consultation
• Open Source Development
• Object Oriented Programming
• Ecommerce Solutions and Strategy
• Software Development Methodologies
• Project Management and Project Planning
• Web Server Configuration and Optimization
• Web Project Server Setups and Deployments
• Web Application and Server Securities
• Business Development
• Offshore Team Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: PHP, Cold Fusion, .Net C# (elementary)

Web based Development: PHP, Cold Fusion, HTML/HTML5/XML

JS Frameworks: jQuery, Prototype, AngularJs

PHP Frameworks: Zend, Symphony

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux

Databases: MySQL, MSSQL, MSAccess Open Source Applications Magento (1.x / 2.x), Wordpress, Shopify, Big Commerce (Blue Print / Stencil)

Project Management: Jira, Basecamp, Freshdesk, PODIO, Confluence

Version Control: SVN, GIT, Bitbucket, Github

Integrations / API s: Power Reviews, Yotpo, Net Suite, Sales Force, Mas90, SLI, Nextopia, Segment, Google Analytics, Go Squared, Cyber Source, Paypal, Authorize.Net, 500 Friends, Sift Science, Blue Hornet, Mail Chimp, Constant Contact, Subscribe Pro

Others: Vagrant, Bamboo, Kanban

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Magento Technical Lead and Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Lead developer and architect for E-commerce website development and maintenance using Magento, Big Commerce and Shopify. Architecture, Develop and lead custom enterprise level website development using PHP Frameworks and Cold Fusion.
• Business Analyst and Architect doing Requirement Gathering / Technical Discovery for successful project execution.
• Creating technical discovery documents including requirements, proposed solutions and exceptions/assumptions for client sign off.
• Working with offshore teams, daily planning and retrospective meetings. Schedule and assign tasks to development team members.
• Oversee analysis, design, development and testing processes. Provide regular status reporting and facilitate communication between management and development team.
• Review, retest, escalate support tickets for customers. Help to resolve support issues for customers.
• Establishing and maintaining positive business relationships with managers and clients. Demonstrating a deep understanding of the customer's business model, their processes, and using relevant and most advanced techniques to ensure that system and business meet current and future requirements and are easily scalable.
• Product / Extension Development Initiatives and Process Improvements.

Confidential

Senior Developer, Manager and Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead developer and architect for E-commerce website development and maintenance using Magento, Big Commerce and Shopify.
• Architecture, Develop and lead custom enterprise level website development using PHP Frameworks and Cold Fusion.
• Lead offshore development team engaged in developing scalable, high-performance, enterprise level business solutions. Schedule and assign tasks to development team members. Oversee analysis, design, development and testing processes.
• Business Analysis and Requirement Gathering activities during initial discovery phases of projects. Create technical discovery documents including requirements, proposed solutions and exceptions/assumptions for client sign off.
• Working directly with US management and marketing team for successful completion of projects.
• Working with clients on resolving critical business issues as well as providing recommendation and strategies for project execution.
• Site Audit, Performance Reviews/Optimizations, Third Party Integrations.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Financial & Insurance websites for blue-chip clients like Standard & Poor’s, Morning Star Inc, Prudential, 401k, Aviva using Cold Fusion and ASP.Net.
• Lead Developer for Talking Funds - A product based tool developed using Adobe Flex and Cold Fusion for presenting historic mutual fund data for over 80 countries.

Confidential

Web Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed custom web applications using Asp.Net and Sql Server