Developer Project

Gautam R. Budidha

Cell Phone: 412-***-**** . Email: *********@*****.***

Address: **** * ********** ***, **** 2, Chicago, IL 60618

OBJECTIVE

Seeking full-time, team-oriented position as a software developer or

HCI/UI/UE developer with a user-focused, ambitious company that is

innovative and growing.

EDUCATION

University of Illinois

Urbana-Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Science, August 2007

Major: Computer Science, Application Sequence in Human Factors

SKILLS

. .NET Developer, frameworks 2.5, 3.0, and 3.5 utilizing Visual

Studios 2005 and 2008

. Programming languages: C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, XSLT, XSL-FO,

Scheme, OCaML

. Tools for GUI development: SWT, Swing, ASP.NET, Wireframing and

prototyping

. SQL concepts, practices, scripting and optimization. Experienced

with SQL Server 2005/2008.

. Build and Deployment Tools: Nant, InstallShield, and associated QA

practices

. User interface design and user-centered design principles

. Experience with programming for Unix and Linux environments,

including SuSE and Redhat

. RUP and XP software development lifecycles, along with the

appropriate documentation

EXPERIENCE

Canopy Financial, Inc.

Chicago, IL

Product Support Analyst February

2009 - November 2009

. Microsoft.NET shop. Developed with 3.5 frameworks.

. Responsible for post-release code maintenance, data fixes/updates,

and fulfilling ad-hoc client requests

. Wrote SQL scripts for ad-hoc reports, intricate data changes across

several subsystems.

. Wrote and updated stored procedures in SQL.

. Identified and fixed bugs at both the front-end website and the

back-end core functionality, as well as making enhancements to

the front-end for administrative use

. Setup and administrated a new case management application

. Application utilized in tracking support cases, including

workflow management, escalation, notification, email

servicing to generate support cases, and data validation.

. Additional features included automated SLA and internal

reporting, external and internal change requests, internal IT

helpdesk cases, and asset management.

. Required an iterative lifecycle of prototyping and user

feedback, moving from specifications to wireframing to high-

fidelity models and refinement of the finished product

On Point Technology, Inc.

Oak Brook, IL

Developer January 2008 -

January 2009

. Microsoft.NET shop. Developed with 2.5 frameworks and later.

. Implemented IBM MQ Series functionality and data cleansing routines

into data warehouse software used for fraud detection.

. Produced high-fidelity prototype for a new software product. This

prototype was the first in the company to pass an expert

consultant review on the first submission.

. Acted as a build and deployment engineer for a new benefit

overpayment recovery system utilized by three state governments.

Utilized Nant and created InstallShield packages.

. Learned XSL-FO from scratch to dynamically generate database-driven

PDF documents.

. Created and optimized SQL procedures for statistical reports

collecting as many as 10 years of account histories and detailed

payment information. Utilized SQL Server 2005.

. Volunteered to aid at-risk projects, so far as even joining a

special task force devoted to 60-hour weeks to maintain several

deadlines over a 4-month period.

Investor Analytics Urbana-

Champaign, IL

GUI Designer/Developer, Portfolio Optimizer

Fall 2006 - May 2007

General Developer and Documenter, Portfolio Optimizer

. Work for school credit/school project. Developed in Java using

Eclipse IDE

. Helped design, code, and test packages for the back-end of a

financial portfolio optimizer program for Investor Analytics, a

risk-analysis company in New York.

. Redesigned user interface for beta release and eventual final

release of program. Interface was redesigned with SWT and was

refactored to follow the model-view-controller (MVC) pattern.

. Documented development of the program during inception and

elaboration phases using RUP standards in addition to coding

packages.

. Program would read portfolio data from an XML file and apply

optimization using constraints and targets defined by the user.

Results presented as 2D/3D efficiency frontiers or as a

statistical readout exportable to Excel.

. Followed RUP software development cycle from inception to initial

beta release, when the project was passed to the home office for

in-house testing and development.

Digital Menu Project Urbana-

Champaign, IL

Developer February

2007 - May 2007

. School project

. Designed, developed, and tested an exploratory prototype of a touch-

screen digital menu interface for use in low-to-mid-priced

family restaurants.

. Project created in Java using NetBeans IDE. The GUI was developed

with Swing.

. Focused on implementation of user-centered design principles in

graphical user interface.

. Development started at requirements and progressed to paper

prototypes and eventually high-fidelity prototypes, with user

feedback gathered at each step.

. Relied on formal and informal user-testing with males and females

from teens to mid-fifties.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITES

Engineering Outreach Society, 2005-2006

Volunteer Information Desk Attendant, Carnegie Science Center, 2000-

2002

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