Kushal Naidu
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http://www.kushal-naidu.com
(980) 225- 4813
Bryan, Texas 77801
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Education:
Texas A&M University, Mays Business School, College Station, TX
May 2010
Master of Science in Management Information Systems, GPA 3.62
Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai, India
July 2006
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.57
Experience:
Texas A&M University, College of Geosciences, College Station, TX
May 2009 - Present
Web Programmer/Graduate Assistant
. Gathered requirements, designed and developed a web application by using
PHP and MySQL that would efficiently maintain nomination information for
Chairs/Professorships awards, thereby streamlining entire nomination
review process.
. Design and develop websites for departments and professors while focusing
on usability, performance, search engine optimization, web metrics
calculation, cross browser compatibility and compliance with web
accessibility standards.
. Identify defect areas in websites by inspecting web pages and reviewing
code and resolving problems to ensure smooth functioning of the websites.
Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), Mumbai, India
August 2006 - July 2008
Assistant Systems Engineer
. Developed unique, timely and defect-free solutions in C, C++ and TAL for
HP NonStop Kernel Operating System by analysing defects and implementing
code changes resulting in enhanced performances of HP NonStop Servers.
. Prepared Problem Statement, Problem Resolution Statement, Change Request
and Unit Test Plan while developing solutions which facilitated smoother
functioning of Development cycle.
. Understood customer environments and accordingly designed test cases,
developed manual tests in C and TAL and automated and executed them
during QA cycle resulting in defect free products.
. Prepared Test Plan, Test Design Specifications at the start of the QA
cycle and Test Summary Report at the end of the QA cycle, which helped
decision-making regarding product releases.
. Analysed CPU dumps of halted CPUs taken from customer sites and debugged
various products including HP NonStop OS Kernel during the process of
resolving defects by using tools such as Garth, Inspect and Visual
Inspect.
. Resolved queries from customers and other product groups under HP NonStop
Servers by analysing the queries from their perspective and communicating
responses to them in a timely, effective and understandable manner.
Class Projects:
Accounting Information Systems, Texas A&M University
September 2009 - December 2009
. Created a company in SAP R/3 and used SAP FI, MM, SD, CO modules to
configure the different integrated business processes involved in an ERP
system which would provide a unified view of the entire business.
Customer Relationship Management, Texas A&M University
September 2009 - December 2009
. Developed a CRM system for a fictional B2B company in the given business
case by understanding its CRM objectives, formulating CRM strategies and
developing the system in Microsoft CRM Dynamics 4.0.
Data Warehousing, Texas A&M University
January 2009
- May 2009
. Developed a data warehouse by designing data marts for specific business
questions, performing ETL of raw data into the data warehouse with
Microsoft SSIS, creating data cubes with Microsoft SSAS and generating
reports with Microsoft SSRS.
Technical Skills:
. Operating Systems: Windows, HP NonStop Kernel, UNIX, Linux
. Computer Languages and Web Technologies: C, C++, TAL, TACL, UML, HTML,
CSS, PHP, JavaScript, Joomla
. Project Management Tools: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Integrated
Project Management System, Genesis
. Databases: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, Oracle 11g
. Software: SAP R/3, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visual
Studio, Rational ClearCase, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, SQLyog,
Microsoft CRM Dynamics 4.0, Prot g , STATISTICA
. Certifications: Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I, HP NonStop
Kernel Basics Certification, TCS Internal Performance Testing
Certification
Leadership and Honors:
. Awarded BANA Scholarship from Texas A&M University, Fall 2008
. Presented the paper "Review of Image Segmentation Techniques" at National
Conference on Information and Communication Technology, Mumbai, February
2006
Memberships:
. Technology Director, International Student Cultural Exchange, April 2009
- May 2010
. Member, Association of Information Technology Professionals, September
2008 - August 2009