RASHMI M PANTHANGI

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High potential Java Software Engineer with ability in managing technology projects from concept to completion. Proficient across the life cycle of the software design process, including requirements definition, prototyping, proof-of-concept validation, implementation, and testing. Possess deep expertise in building web applications and implementing Java SOAP based Web Services. Extensive experience working in teams with diverse technical and cultural backgrounds. Fluent in English and German.

Technical Expertise

Languages

Java1.5, SQL, XML, HTML

Frameworks

Swing, Spring2.5, Hibernate3.0, JPA, JSF, MyFaces (Core, Tomahawk, Trinidad)

Tools (RAD, Build, Control, Testing, and Modeling)

Eclipse Helios, MyEclipse6.x, NetBeans, SVN, CVS, Ant1.7.x, Maven2.0.x, Apache JMeter, SoapUI 2.5.x, TCP Monitor, MS Visio, Rational Rose, Sybase PowerDesigner

Databases

Oracle 10g, MySQL5.0.x

Concepts

OOA/OOD (UML, Design Patterns)

Methodologies

Rational Unified Process (RUP), Extreme Programming (XP)

Web Service Frameworks

Apache Axis2

Servlet Container

Tomcat5.5.x, Tomcat6.x.x

Unit Testing Frameworks

JUnit3.x, JUnit4.x, EasyMock2.x

Miscellaneous

MS Office, MS Project, CSS, Maven – PMD & Checkstyle

Professional Experience

SEAT Germany GmbH, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany June 2007- June 2010

Software Engineer

Worked as part of a 10-member IT Services team responsible for outsourcing IT operations and software projects at SEAT, Germany. (wholly-owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group)

Involved in defining the meta-architecture document, which included coding standards, technical architecture, and testing/deployment processes for implementing SEAT projects

Enhanced the existing Mobility Guarantee web application, by developing an administrator module using JSP-Spring-Hibernate frameworks, which would allow application admins to enter new vehicle data into the Oracle database

Built and consumed Java SOAP based web services – SEAT Club Registration service and CRM services respectively using Apache Axis2 framework

Developed a highly functional web application prototype using JSF, Spring, Hibernate and JPA technologies. This was used as a reference for building future web applications

Configured and optimized Tomcat in development, test and production environments on Windows, for hosting internal and external web applications

Installed Apache HTTP Server and configured SSL certificates on Windows. Additionally, setup the apache tomcat connector using mod_jk, configured load balancer and defined rewrite rules using mod_rewrite. Integrated over 20 existing web apps using mod_jk

Liaised with the internal development team and Volkswagen / Audi counterparts to discuss technical issues and status during the development of major CRM project

Experienced in gathering requirements from customers and creating functional requirement documents, software specification documents and test case documents

Imporved the efficiency of web application deployment time by 80% in development, test & production environments by configuring Atlassian Bamboo Continuous Integration Server on Windows Server and by defining maven scripts to run the builds

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany September 2006 - May 2007

Internship Student

Topic: Renovation of a large scale web application for handling safety data for chemicals using reverse engineering techniques

Worked as part of an 11-member Bayer Business Services (BBS) team to re-engineer the Lab Logistics System, ICS VC, used in R&D departments of all Bayer AG sub-groups

Worked closely with Project Manager in creating Requirement Specification document and defining the UI design of the new revonated ICS VC system

Developed a highly-functional visual prototype of the renovated ICS VC system using JSF - MyFaces framework, which became the reference for the development team to re-engineer the existing system

Reverse engineered, redesigned and reimplemented the existing central safety reporting module of ICS VC using Java technology, MyFaces FW and optimizing SQL queries in Oracle Database

Assisted the testing/QA team by performing Black-Box testing and manually verifying that the re-engineered ICS VC system functioned according to the specifications defined in the requirement document

Scandent Solutions Corporation Limited, Bangalore, India January 2005 - September 2005

Software Engineer, Enterprise Network Security Practice

Worked as part of a 5-member team, responsible for offshore development of a network security product for an US-based leading Network Security Solutions vendor, netForensics (nfX)

Normalized and aggregated enterprise-wide security data, and determined the risk of occurrence by incident type to identify threats in real time

Designed and implemented a user-friendly Java Swing application to reduce the time spent on mapping security events returned from nfX Agent supported products

Churchill Software Services (India) Pvt. Limited, Bangalore, India August 2003 - January 2005

Software Engineer, Product Development

Client: SeeBeyond, acquired by Sun Microsystems Inc. in August 2005

Enhanced the functionality of SeeBeyond EAI product, ICAN, by developing modules to support stored procedures and triggers on widely-used databases such as Oracle and DB2

Designed and implemented a GUI based SQL query builder as an additional add-on module in ICAN, which helped in easing the dynamic generation of complex SQL queries

Client: Blue Titan Software, acquired by SOA Software in August 2006

Developed a Java Swing application used to synchronize information between various nodes running on systems within the same network

Liaised with the customer and offshore team to discuss project issues and status

Education

University of Applied Science, Stuttgart, Germany

Master of Science in Software Technology

October 2005 - May 2007

Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

July 2000 - April 2003

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