ASHISH SHENDURE

**** * **** ****** **. Apt. D, Crescent Park East, Bloomington, IN 47408

www.ashishshendure.com acn4a1@r.postjobfree.com 812-***-**** LinkedIn

Passionate design enthusiast interested in helping develop usable and desirable application products that have a

balanced blend of function and aesthetics. Skilled in User Experience, Web Design and Data Visualization with

willingness to learn and explore various horizons of product design and development.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Sciences – Indiana University at Bloomington (GPA: 4.0/4.0) May 2016

Current Coursework (Spring 2015):

Interaction Design Methods, Independent Study on UX using Interactive Macroscopes, Data Visualization

Previous Coursework (Fall 2014):

Information Architecture, Human Computer Interaction, Introduction to Information Studies

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology – University of Mumbai (Distinction Class) June 2011

Coursework:

Computer, Internet and Mobile Programming, Data Structure and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Object

Oriented Analysis and Design, Information and Network Security, Database Technologies

Final Year Electives: Multimedia Systems, Cloud Computing

WORK EXPERIENCE

User Experience Analyst: Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Centre (CNS) Sept 2014 – Present

- Analyze and solve issues to improve usability of CNS applications and visualization tools

- Analyze friction points, create wireframes for redesign, usability testing, prototyping

- User studies: Interviews, Surveys, Card-sorting, Personas

Informatics Assistant: Centre for Biological Research Collections (CBRC) Oct 2014 – Dec 2014

- Built GUIs to assist data entry

- Built web interfaces to access database having 3D scanned images

- Data processing and programming tasks

- Digitizing IU's research collections of fossils, plants, and zoo-archaeological material

Systems Engineer: TATA Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS) March 2012 – July 2014

Group: Components Engineering Group – Centre of Excellence (CEG – COE)

Projects:

o Patent Portfolio Information Visualization:

- Developed data visualizations to compare patents of TCS and its competitors across various domains

- Assisted the User Experience team to develop intuitive and interactive visualization designs

- Communicated with clients on a regular basis for requirements update and status reporting

- Performed unit and integration testing using both manual and automated methods

o TCSXpress and SSSVV:

- Developed Content Management System Modules (CMS) to perform application functions

- Assisted the design and development of User Interfaces of modules

- Communicated with clients on a regular basis for requirements update and status reporting

- Performed unit and integration testing using both manual and automated methods

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ASHISH SHENDURE

3220 E John Hinkle Pl. Apt. D, Crescent Park East, Bloomington, IN 47408

www.ashishshendure.com acn4a1@r.postjobfree.com 812-***-**** LinkedIn

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Valley Isle Aquatics website redesign as a part of Information Architecture course (MIS Semester I):

Created Strategy and Scope for the website, defined personas, evaluated website architecture, created

wireframes, proposed and created interactive prototypes, presented final documented report

Instagram Mobile App Usability Test Evaluation as a part of HCI course (MIS Semester I)

DoubleMap GPS Mobile App Needfinding project as a part of HCI course (MIS Semester I)

Bachelor’s final year project: e-Campus using IBM’s AS400 Mainframes (Semester VII/VIII)

Inventory Management System as a part of ‘Software Engineering’ course (Semester VI)

Web Browser as a part of ‘Middleware and Enterprise Integration technologies’ course (Semester VI)

Time-Table Generator as a part of ‘Internet Programming’ (Sem IV).

Library Management System as a part of ‘Database Management Systems’ course (Semester III)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Master of Information Science Scholarship Spring 2015 nominated by Dr. Katy Borner & Chairman Dr. Pnina

Fichman for academic performance

Best Outgoing Student of the College award from PVPP Engineering College (Mumbai University) for

academic and all-round performance (Batch of 2011)

Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) in Dec 2009, first in the history of PVPP College of Engineering (PVPPCoE) -

An active speaker on Microsoft products, pre-release beta-testing, organized and attended Microsoft

Developers Conference, Microsoft Annual Research Symposium, part of Annual Microsoft Imagine Cup

competitions

Winner of IEEE and CSI certified technical events and Inter-collegiate Cricket Championship Tournament

COMPUTER SKILLS

Platforms: Microsoft Windows (7/8.1), Linux (RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu)

Languages: C, C++, J2SE, J2ME, JCL, COBOL, CICS, PHP

Databases: MySQL, SQL, DB2, JSON

Web Technologies: HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript, D3.JS, JQuery, XML, AJAX, JOOMLA framework

Prototyping and Wireframing: Balsamiq Mockups, Axure, LucidCharts, JustInMind Prototyper, OmniGraffle

Miscellaneous: Eclipse IDE, Adobe Photoshop, Apache

INTERESTS:

User Experience Design, Data Visualization, Web Development, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), User Interface

programming, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Android, Prototyping, Wireframing, Public Speaking

HOBBIES/ACTIVITIES:

- Worked as active head of Design and Creative committees in cultural and technical events, headed various sports

committees and part of College Cricket team during four years of Engineering

- Part of United Nations Association – Indiana University Chapter as a Founding Member and Secretary

- Educating and supporting street children under ‘AASARA’ foundation in India and support Blood Donation Camps

- Interested in Digital Photography, Sketching and Painting

SPOKEN LANGUAGES KNOWN: English, Hindi, Marathi and Kannada

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