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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