Project Engineer

Nikhil R. Kedia *** Hemenway Street, Apt *, Boston, MA 02115

Email: ******@*****.*** Cell: 617-***-****

Education MS Information Systems, Northeastern University, Boston GPA: 3.46, December

2009

BE Computer Engineering, University of Mumbai Grade: Distinction, June 2007

Skills Languages / Technologies: Platforms:

C, C++, Java, Servlets, JSP Windows 2k3/Vista, MSDOS

HTML, CSS, JavaScript Linux, Mainframe, Open Systems

Basic ASP, Perl, BASH Testing Tools:

SQL, PL/SQL QTP, LoadRunner, Bugzilla, Junit

Web: Other:

Apache, Tomcat Object Oriented Analysis & Design

XML, MySQL, MSSQL Agile Development, SDLC, UML

Source Control: MS Project, MS Visio, Rational Rose

SVN, CVS, ClearCase NetBeans, Dreamweaver, Visual C++,

Pentaho

Work EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA: Software Test Engineer, Summer 2008 - Fall

Experience 2008

Validated software modules by conducting Sanity, smoke and regression

testing; created test plans, generated test cases and scripts

Played a key role in installation and testing of patches, detecting and

reporting bugs

Optimized web based application to support collaboration between various

departments, allowing sharing of resources among users in order to maximize

utilization by 40%

Researched and tested Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) which improves

host-independent data replication for disaster recovery and business

continuity by 50%

Northeastern University, Boston: Supervisor (Residential Safety), Summer

2008 - Summer 2009

Managed over 30 employees, and coordinated assignments and duties for the

same

Functioned as point of contact for students, staff and outside parties

Responsible for on-site inspections of personnel and equipment

HCL Technologies Ltd, Mumbai, India: Associate Consultant, Summer 2006 -

Summer 2007

Led a team of three whose task was to implement Stream Management using

Version Control Algorithm, a SCM framework controlling & tracking

modifications to documents, that led to 1.0 release of software

Carried out all phases of SDLC such as planning, analysis and gathering

requirements for design and implementation of software following a

distributed-client server architecture and backend consisting of SQL and FTP

server

Infosys Technologies Limited, Mumbai, India: Trainee, Spring 2006 - Summer

2006

Completed training under the Infosys Technologies "Campus Connect Program"

which included computer hardware & system software concepts, OOAD concepts,

RDBMS

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Mumbai, India: Academic Assistant, Fall

2005 - Spring 2007

Worked with faculty to implement a comprehensive online search utility for

specific academic articles and data analysis, assisted website development

and maintenance of the institute and conducted event planning, coordinated

meetings and conferences with staff and faculty

Projects Online Library System: Stimulated a physical library using HTML, CSS and XML

prototypes, JSP and Tomcat

Real-Time Bidding Portal, using LAMP stack and Google Web Toolkit

Supply-Order Management System: A multi-tier framework for a retail chain

using UML, Java and Swing API

Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence: Created SSIS packages to populate DW

and developed OLAP cubes from data marts using SSAS to create BI reports

Image Document Management: Developed a detailed project plan to implement a

new integrated IDM system, set up project goals, timeline charts adopting

structured approach to project management

"Airbus A-380" Business Plan Analysis: Analyzed and evaluated the business

and manufacturing processes, strategies used by Airbus to develop its next

generation superjumbo jet

IT Auditing: Developed an audit strategy of firewall and network security

for an online media company by identifying the control objectives, control

evidence and audit steps

Activities Coordinated two inter-collegiate Technical Competitions, 2005 - 2007

Secured first position in Robotics at the Annual Regional Student

Convention, India

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