Engineer Software

NIKITA ASHOKKUMAR VALECHHA

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Summary

Masters in Computer Science Graduate with more than 5 Yrs of Experience

building applications using C, C++, Java, Web Technologies, Scripting

Languages and Proven success in delivering high quality software

deliverables awarded with Client Excellence Award seeks a position of an

Operations Analyst where these skills will contribute to the growth of an

organization.

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

May 2010

Master of Science, Computer Science

GPA: 3.57/4.0

University of Mumbai, India

May 2006

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering

Coursework

Software Engineering, Introduction to Computer Networks, Web Technologies,

Analysis of Algorithms, Databases, User Interface & Design, Directed

Research at CSSE (Center of Systems and Software Engineering, USC),

Directed Research at the USC GamePipe Laboratory, Advanced Mobile Gaming &

Consoles, Robotics

Technical Skills

Programming Languages => C, C++, Java, Objective C, JSP, ASP, PL/SQL,

JavaScript, XML, XQuery, JQuery, XSLT, PERL, PHP,

Shell Programming, Visual Basic

Web Technologies => AJAX, HTML, DHTML

XML Schema Languages => DTD, XSD

Networking tool => WireShark and Opnet

Blog Tools => WordPress

Graphing Tool => RRDtool

Application Servers => Apache Tomcat, IIS

Operating Systems: => Windows, Unix, Mac, Ubuntu

Professional Training => Six Sigma, Business Process Modeling,

Business Etiquette, Impactful

Presentation, Leadership & Team Development

Professional Experience

California Association of Realtors (C.A.R), Los Angeles, CA

(June 2009- Present)

Software Developer Intern

. Successfully built Blackberry App in 2 weeks using XML, XSLT &

Javascript and Increased hits for the iPhone App by providing data

management of the App using XML.

. Designed & Developed Mobile Content Manager using Visio, Java, ASP

and Javascript to update data on the iPhone App to successfully

create iPhone apps for other Realtor Associations. C.A.R iPhone App

converted to NSBAR App.

. Built Web Application using PHP for auto-generation of WebPages

decreasing hours of manual work required for typing data from excel

sheets to create reports for Clarus Market Metrics, Created C.A.R.

Blog using WordPress and Customized a Shopping Cart Software called

Modular Merchant using PHP used for rebsonline.com.

Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Mumbai, India (December

2006 - June 2008)

Software Engineer

. Strategic Accounting Management System (SAMS): Customized and

enhanced the application to generate reports containing transaction

information using VB and MySQL.

. Gentran: Customized application using Shell Scripts and MySQL

providing secure file transfer services using FTP, SFTP, NDM(Connect

Direct) and MBI(Mailbox Interface)between External Partners of GE

Money Americas and its internal applications.

. Kronos: Customized application to enable its usage across various GE

Aviation locations for workforce and employee management.

Academic Experience

University of Southern California

Software Engineering:Living Advantage VALE (Virtual Assistant living

and Education) System: Performed the role of Requirements Engineer &

Shaper for achieving WinWin in rapid collaborative requirements

negotiation. Developed application using .NET & MySQL for better

management of organizational information.

Runic Chain: A tile game played by creating runes to achieve goals

in the game developed using cocos2d.

Databases: Designed and developed application that keeps track of

Wireless Access Points. The application was built using Swing API

and queries a Spatial Database created in Oracle 10g to retrieve

People and Buildings covered by each Access Point.

User Interface & Design: Successfully Designed iPhone app help

prospective drivers in the United States to learn driving rules in a

fun way using Balsamiq Mockups and MockApp. Developed iPhone App.

Developed the app using Objective C and performed Task Analysis and

Usability Evaluation of the App.

Opnet Labs: Examined Performance of the following:

Ethernet Network in a bus topology in terms of traffic generated by

each node in the network and performance of the network under

different load conditions

Different implementations of local area networks connected by switches

and hubs

Configured and analyzed the performance of the Routing Information

Protocol (RIP) model, and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing

protocol.

Wireshark Packet Sniffer: Examined DHCP Packets captured by a Host

after running ipconfig/release & renew commands on the command prompt.

Investigated SSL Protocol focusing on SSL records sent over a TCP

connection by analyzing records exchanged between the host and a

ecommerce website.

Socket Programming: Simulated a race among 4 mobile units to find

their way with the help of two checkpoints and reach a target before

running out of battery or going out of range. All communications took

place over TCP and UDP sockets in client-server architecture. The

project had 3 major phases: Bootstraping, Route discovery and

Contacting Target. The project was implemented using C on a SunOS

machine at USC.

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Fleet Card Cash Management System: Developed application using Sybase as

the backend & Java as the front end to generate reports according to the

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