Engineer Customer Service

Mahesh Kommareddi EIT, CSDA

U.S. BORN CITIZEN

****-*** ************ **** . *******, NC 27606

PHONE 919-***-**** . E-MAIL ******.**********@*****.***

SUMMARY

OVER 7+ YEARS OF COMPUTER AND IT EXPERIENCE. WITH A WIDE AREA OF PROGRAMMING

EXPERIENCE, I HAVE RELEASED 3 PROGRAMS AND 2 PRODUCTS IN A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS.

RELEASED PROGRAMS INCLUDE USING PHP, JAVA, JAVASCRIPT, DHTML, CSS, FIREBUG, C/C++,

INFORMIX, AND MYSQL. SEVERAL OF THE RELEASED PROGRAMS INCLUDED RICH DYNAMIC WEB 2.0

APPLICATIONS AND WORKING ON BOTH THE FRONTEND AS WELL AS BACKED COMPONENTS. RELEASED

PROGRAMS WERE DEPLOYED TO FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND WERE ALL WEB 2.0 OFFERINGS.

RELEASED PRODUCTS INCLUDED TWO EMBEDDED DEVICES IN LINUX ON AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACT

LEVEL. ALL WHILE USING SOFTWARE PRACTICES, SUCH AS AGILE DEVELOPMENT AND ITERATIVE

PROGRAMMING PRACTICES.

WORK EXPERIENCE

03/09 - Present Independent Contracts

Embedded Engineering/Software Developer

PHP, Linux, Embedded Systems, PSoC, Microcontroller, Flash, C, Perl, Bash, Wireless,

RTOS, Netburner

Lead hardware/software development of custom Linux Wireless Broadband (3G) to Wi-fi

(Wireless G) Router on read-only Linux on flash hardware using Debian Linux

Firmware, physics/hardware, and software frontend for custom laser scanner with a

microcontroller

05/06 - 02/09 Security Management Consulting Raleigh, NC

Lead Software Developer / Software Engineer

Linux (CentOS, RHEL, Fedora), Windows, AIX, C/C++, Core Java, MVC, PHP, CakePHP, HTML,

CSS, Relational Databases, mySQL, MS SQL, Informix, NetBeans, Eclipse, Javascript

(AJAX, Scriptaculous, ExtJS, Prototype, JSON), Firebug, LAMP, IIS, Ant, CVS,

Subversion, TRAC, LDAP

Used all levels of software engineering and design to job including customer

requirements acquisition, software planning, evolutionary programming, code testing

and debugging, code maintenance, design implementation, and customer service

representation to ensure quality standards and reduce time spent on projects

Virtualized physical servers and reduced server loads and power consumption using

VMware Server

Leveraged Cisco (IOS) and Linux routing rules to efficiently route TCP/IP traffic

Administered UNIX (AIX), Linux (RedHat and Debian), and Windows 2003 services

including FTP, Apache HTTP, Internet Information Services, MySQL, Informix, CUPs,

DHCP, LDAP (Active Directory and Fedora Open Directory), DNS, and mail exchange and

services.

Created monitoring application for bandwidth utilization and intrusion detection

Created VPN and DMZ environment through router-based rules

Created three new software offerings to be revenue sources by placing in Fortune 500

companies including two Web 2.0 Applications by customer requirements acquisition and

agile coding practices. Utilized OO Javascript and DOM-Scripting

Introduced a brand new Web 2.0 Site Assessment Tool application to Duke Energy and

potential future clients creating future revenue stream by generalizing application

settings and utilizing OOP, MVC, and agile methods in PHP and

AJAX/Javascript/Scriptaculous. Optimized application load times and speeds.

Independently introduced Web 2.0 based "Room Reservation" system using PHP, ExtJS, and

Prototype to create an "Outlook-style" WebOS to interface with existing and upgraded

access control system in Carolina's HealthCare System creating a future revenue stream

Created PixelPerfect, a face detection and image enhancement program using Artificial

Intelligence in C and Linux along with OpenCV, that was used as a contracted service

on AEP, Duke Energy, 5/3rd Bank, and Wachovia servers to modify images based on faced

position to reduce database load, reduce table and disk space to 10%.

Managed and supported three existing software applications and as well as ensuring

current code quality and customer requirements completion by using Agile development

methods

Lead the completion of BadgePoint, a web based decentralized badge access application,

for 5/3rd bank

Directly in charge of updating and maintaining Scrounger, a badge management

application in Java, for new clients as well as existing clients such as Mastercard

and Duke Energy. Supported Scrounger and JNI and JDBC elements.

Updated and ported Incitrack, a PHP based web application for incident tracking for

use on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft IIS

Created and prototyped two products for showcasing in conventions and potential

customers for future revenue and product offering

Created tray/icon based widget for Windows PC in C# with XML-RPC for door control and

access control for guards

Created touchscreen based Web 2.0 application for "lockdown" and door control in PHP

and AJAX

Created software environment for future expansion and knowledge transfer including

Wiki for documenting techniques, source code repository (Web-based Subversion), bug

tracking (TRAC), and software management

04/03 - 05/05 NCSU - Union Activities Board Raleigh, NC

Web Developer

PHP, mySQL, Sun Solaris, Linux, Photoshop, LAMP

Automated event notifications and mailing lists

Worked with publicity to created themed websites and banners to market events

Modified, themed, and reworked CMS to work with secured University logins and account

10/05 - 12/05 Petronella Computer Consultants Raleigh, NC

Contract Developer

Linux, C

NDA - Prototyped custom Linux distribution for BulletProof PC, a secure custom solid

state PC solution, and provided roadmaps and cost projections for future rollout

Provided service for virtualized Windows 2003 and RHEL servers at local co-location

01/98 - 07/05 G & R Casters and Wheels Charlotte, NC

IT Engineer

Created G & R email, web, and EDI system, catalogs, barcodes, website, and network

setup

Understood customer requirements and mobilized barcoding system (Code 39 and 128) for

existing products to organize and monitor inventory

Mobilized EDI system for Grainger for FIFO based supply and scheduled delivery

Technical

Programming: C/C++, Java, Fortran, Verilog, PHP, C# .Net, Javascript

OSes: Strong Linux and Windows background, AIX

Databases: mySQL, Informix, Microsoft SQL

Software: Unigraphics, Solidworks, Firebug, Subversion, CVS

Hardware: Embedded Systems / Microcontrollers (PIC, NetBurner, Renesas) FPGA (Xilinx)

Memberships: IEEE (2004), AIAA (2005), ASME (2008), AOPA (2008), ASIS (2009)

Certifications: EIT (Engineer Intern in Training- June 2005)

Certifications: IEEE CSDA (Certified Software Development Associate - May 2008)

Certifications: Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) Certified

Languages: Strong Native English Speaker, Basic Spanish, Basic German

Education

2000 - 2005 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

B.S., Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical Engineering (Triple

Major)

Minors, Economics and Physics (Double Minor)

2006 - 2008 Lifelong Learning/Post-Bach at NCSU Raleigh, NC

Fluid Dynamics of Combustion, Wing Theory, Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion

2007 - 2009 Wings of Carolina Flying Club Sanford, NC

VFR (Visual Flight Rules) Student Pilot with 40+ hours of logged flight time

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