Snehal Desai
Cell: 512-***-****
Austin, Texas 78717.
***********@*****.***
A highly skilled and experienced software professional looking for long
term growth in a reputed organization to utilize my skills and knowledge
to benefit the organization
Summary of Qualification:
Result-oriented and hard-working software professional with more than 14
years of software experience with good knowledge of software programming
and development, excellent written and oral communication skills,
excellent analytical skills, other Core Competencies include:
. Software Development and Programming in multiple software
environments
. Good software integration and deployment skills
. Good Technical Knowledge including Object Oriented Technologies
. Well versed with all aspects of Project Management
. Well versed with Agile Tools and Processes
Professional Experience
Siemens, Austin, Texas (Consulting for Montgomery County, Maryland)
Feb 2001 - Present
A core member of a diverse team who collaborated in successfully
developing and deploying an advanced traffic management enterprise
system for Montgomery County, Maryland
The highlight of my work has been adapting to multiple roles and
processes needed to accomplish the successful delivery of the system.
Also winning customer satisfaction has been a rewarding experience.
Worked in multiple roles in the project from writing code (C++, C#,
VB, Asp, Aspx, .Net technologies, crystal reports, jquery, SQL, XML,
XSLT, LINQ etc) to Requirements gathering, customer interaction,
system deployment, administration, support, tool selections etc
CSX Lines, Dallas, Texas
April 2000 to Feb 2001
Associated with multiple projects during this tenure
Developed an interface between an existing shipping application and
the mainframe db2 database. Meeting stakeholders and discussing
requirements was a regular feature in the project. My highlight on
this project was single handling working on the application across
diverse code base.
Also associated and supported web based projects for the client.
Melstar Information Systems, Bombay, India
Sept'99 to Feb' 2000
Worked as a team member in a huge diverse team to implement a Document
Management System that would be useful for storage of documents and
files that need to be identified and related as business entities
rather then folders and documents for that particular company. My
contribution was developing code and being part of the team familiar
with Microsoft's COM technology that was relatively new at the time.
Advanced Technology Labs, Chennai, India
Aug'98 to Aug' 99
Technova, Bombay, India
Oct'96 to July'98
Technical/Computer Skills:
Programming Languages: C++, VB, C#, ASP, HTML, XML, XSLT, JQuery,
Ajax, LINQ, SQL
Tools: Crystal Reports, VMWare, Agile tools and processes among others
Educational Qualifications / Certifications
Bachelor of Engineering, Pune University, Pune India
Software Project Management Certificate Program (University Of Texas -
Austin)
. Management of Software Project Teams
. Foundations of Software Project Management
. Software Quality Assurance
. Business Context and Legal Considerations for Software Projects
. Principles of Software Testing
. Essentials of Software Engineering
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Antelope and Partners (UK) training course on Object-Oriented Analysis
using the Unified Modelling Language.
Personal Activities
Working as a Volunteer with "Breakthrough Austin"
Activities include tutoring high school students in physics and
assisting them at fund raising events