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Adith Iyer
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**** ******** ***, *** ****, CA 95148
EDUCATION
M.S. Information Systems, New York University (Stern School of Business), USA [Aug 2009 – May 2011]
Current GPA: 3.9/4.0
Business Courses: Marketing, New Product Development, Innovation & Design, Data Mining for Business Intelligence, Decision
Models, Foundations of Finance, IT & Business Strategy
Technical Courses: Algorithms Design, Networks and Distributed Systems, Advanced Databases, Software Management Systems
B.E. Computer Science, MSRIT, Bangalore, India [Aug 2003 – Jun 2007]
Overall GPA: 3.91/4.0
Technical Courses: Algorithms, Object Oriented Analysis & Design, Operating Systems, Data Communication Networks, Database
Management, Software Engineering, Compiler Design, Programming Languages, Mobile Communication, Distributed Systems
WORK EXPERIENCE
Product Manager Intern, Postling [Dec 2010 – Present]
Worked for Postling s “Suggestion Engine” product that aggregates all the social media presence of the small businesses, helps them
manage their reputation and provides online marketing advice by insights based on data
Conduct Market Research through direct user interaction to identify marketing problems faced by the small business owners
Write product specifications and craft user experiences for “Suggestion Engine” product based on the insights from market re search
Prioritize and manage the features through product lifecycle. Develop product with PHP as the front end and PostgreSQL as database
“Suggestion Engine” product helped Postling raise funding during Q1 2011and increase the user base by 30%
Summer Technology Analyst, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking [Jun 2010-Aug 2010]
Developed accounting application that validates trades, applies accounting policies and updates the corresponding positions to the
traders and auditors. This application was used for daily/weekly/monthly accounting of futures trades
Effectively worked with Traders and Accountants in finalizing the features and priorities for the application and managed the features
through all phases of development.
Reduced the accounting time of the future trades by nearly 50% using the newly developed Accounting application
Technologies: Java, JSP, JavaScript, SQL, SQL Server 2008, JDBC, Weblogic 8.0
Software Developer, America Online (AOL) [Full Time Employment] [Sept 2007-Aug 2009]
Worked for Affinity Webmail product: An exclusively customized email system for the corporate clients
Designed and developed a Control Panel for Affinity Webmail that allows the owner to create a domain, setup email boxes for the
domain, customize the inbox for users of that domain and also customize the registration process for the new users of the ema il
Effectively worked with Product Management team in finalizing the features and developing strategies to attract new clients
Worked in all phases of product development for 5 consecutive releases of the Affinity Webmail in Waterfall/ Agile environmen t
Increased the user base by 42% and attracted companies like Coca Cola , Redskins to AOL using Affinity Webmail
Awarded Star Performer Q4 2008 in recognition for work during a release
Technologies: Java, JSP, SQL, JDBC, Sybase, Tomcat, NetUI, JavaScript, XML, XSL/XSLT, JIBX
Software Developer Intern, America Online (AOL) [Mar 2007- Sept 2007]
Developed and maintained an in house AOL product called SUDS (Software Update and Delivery System)
SUDS was used to create, manage and deliver update patches for AOL products like AIM, AOL Desktop to the end users
Decreased the time to deliver update patches to users by 32% using SUDS
Technologies: Java, JSP, SQL, Sybase, Tomcat
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Indoor Navigational System for Visually Impaired (Android Phone App) [Mar 2010 – Dec 2010]
Worked with a PhD student in developing an Indoor Navigational System for visually impaired on Android platform. This system
was based on the concept of “Wi-Fi Fingerprinting” and was aimed at submitting a research paper as well as for commercial usage
Formulated new features through direct interactions with the visually impaired users and also gathered feedback from them
Gathered data, performed data analysis on system to validate the working of the system under different circumstances. Accurac y of
the system was 80%
Technologies: Java using Android Libraries
Research & Identify New Opportunities in Music Player Industry [Sept 2010 – Present]
Research under the guidance of Prof Vishal Singh for a top-tier Technology company on the current Music Players and demographic
and psychographic profiles of its users
Develop key insights about Music Player's Marketplace and identify unexplored opportunities for Music Players
Create user experiences and formulate features of music players that can be implemented in the next 3 years
Build and evaluate prototype/sample of the new Music Players
Recommendation System for Amazon Mechanical Turks [Sept 2010 – Nov 2010]
Designed and developed an automatic recommendation system that rates requesters and workers who use Amazon Mechanical Turks
(a crowd sourcing internet market place) using supervised data mining techniques with an accuracy of 80%. This project is aim ed at
replacing the manual recommendation system
Technologies: Java
Distributed Database System [Sept 2010 – Dec 2010]
Implemented a Multi Server DB System with Replication (Available Copies) and Concurrency Control (2 -Phase Locking), with
support for Multi Version Read Consistency (RO Transactions) and Dead Lock Avoidance (Wait Die Protocol)
Technologies: Java
Analysis on Google’s Marketing Strategy [Nov 2010 – Dec 2010]
Detailed analysis on Google s current Marketing Strategy for its products Google Wave & Buzz to come up with recommendations
that will attract more users for these products
SKILLS
Language Skills: Java, C, C++, HTML, JSP, Perl (Beginner), PHP (beginner), JavaScript, SQL, XML, XSL/XSLT
Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX
Databases: SQL Server, Sybase, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Misc: Apache Tomcat, Weblogic, MS Office, WinCVS
Development Methodologies: AGILE/SCRUM, Waterfall
AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXTRACURRICULARS:
Participant, Microsoft Firenze Competition
Representing NYU in a University level annual innovation competition hosted by Microsoft to focus on a specific problem area and
come up with innovative ideas that have significant strategic values and are of a current focus to Microsoft
Beta Tester, Google: Volunteered to test the Google s Wave application
Beta Tester, Facebook: Volunteered to test the Facebook s “Facebook Lite” application
Grader, Department of Computer Science, New York University
Technology Assistant, Steinhardt School, New York University
Seminar on Video on Demand [Undergrad]:
Researched and presented a seminar on the VOD s concept, architecture, usage and future scope to IEEE committee.
Top one percentile in the Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical Sections of the Graduate Record Examination & Graduate Management
Admission Test
Interests: Cricket, Formula 1, Music, Automobiles, Gadgets, Travel
Community Service: Member of AOL s Corporate Social Responsibility team, Volunteer for Sankalp - A blood donation organization,
Initiator and Coordinator for Kargil War Relief Fund
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