Summary

Seven years of consulting experience in leadership and individual contribution roles such as Developer, Business

Architect, Client Liaison, Project Manager and Software Business Analyst.

Four years of experience with .Net and related technologies. Five years with Ruby on Rails (special focus on

TDD/BDD methodologies using Rspec & Cucumber, special interest in Backbone, Resque, MongoDB, Node.js,

Coffee Script, Parallel Tests etc). Developed mobile web applications for various small businesses in the area (rails

backend) with JqTouch, SenchaTouch and some iOS Development. Certified Scrum Professional, highly biased

towards Agile and TDD development methodologies but have worked in larger organizations with more conventional

set ups.

Experience

Foster.ly, Fairfax, VA Jan 2011 Present

Volunteer RoR Developer, help foster.ly and other start ups in the DC Metro Area create web applications using

RoR. Wear multiple hats, delivering end to end solutions. Often collaborate with local UI designers.

McKinsey & Company, New York, NY/ Telecommute March 2012 – Present

Lead Ruby on Rails Developer and Architect on multiple enterprise projects, involving development of complex APIs

and integration with a suite of internal applications within McKinsey.

Office of Data & Accountability, Government of District of Columbia Aug 2010 – March 2012

Software Analyst and Ruby on Rails developer for a portfolio of Data Governance Projects across various agencies

in the District’s government. Technical liaison to the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). Responsible for

solution design, development, vendor negotiations, technology selection and supervising implementation of a suite

of Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing solutions across agencies.

Independent Consultant, Fairfax VA Nov 2008 – Present

Ruby on Rails Developer and Technical Lead on various projects including gohealthhero.com, nolopi.com,

stealthanalytics.com, movielala.com and about 20 other sites, primarily deploying to Heroku, Amazon and Engine

Yard.

Rationalize IT, Fairfax VA Nov 2008 – Present

Founder and Partner at Rationalize IT, LLC. Rationalize IT delivers Business Analysis & Project Management

training and consulting services to corporate and individual clients across the US.

Kaiser Permanente, Silver Spring MD Sep 2009 – Aug 2010

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Business and Solutions Consultant to the Mid Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. Consulted on various EAI

initiatives across the organization working directly with regional and national architects. Established new

infrastructure (ESB) and SOA architecture based on industry best practices. Lead multiple projects enhancing and

building transactional and analytical applications in both the clinical and insurance space.

Genworth Financial, Rockville, MD Apr 2008 – Aug 2009

Consultant IT Systems Analyst on Corporate Risk Applications & mentor to Junior Analysts. Established new

processes for software testing and business user acceptance. Conducted market research for COTS products to

support Private Wealth Management Line of Business (LOB), made recommendations on technology selection.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Owings Mills, MD Jun 2007 –Mar 2008

.Net/SQL Server Developer on Claims Processing Systems (Facets, NASCO, Flexx) and Operational Data Store

Projects.

1800 FLOWERS, Westbury, NY Dec 2006 – May 2007

Consultant on multiple projects across various departments including Marketing, Finance, Sales and Fulfillment.

Technology stack included Oracle Financials (E Business Suite), Oracle 9i, Business Objects, CoreMetrics, Endeca,

UltraSeek, AS400 and IBM WebSphere Portal.

Education

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA Aug 2005 – Dec 2006

M.S in Computer Science. Minor in Financial Engineering (Theory of Financial Risk).

Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology May 2001 –May 2005

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications.

Technologies

Ruby on Rails, MongoDB, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Teradata, Business Objects, Crystal Reports, Cognos,

Oracle E Business Suite, Facets, NASCO, Flexx, Informatica, Ab Initio, TIBCO, IBM Websphere DataPower,

Tools

Git, MacVim,Visual Studio, Jira, Pivotal Tracker, Sequel Pro

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FARAAZ KHAN

3200 Shandwick Place, Apt 101 Fairfax, VA 22031

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