Engineer Software

Anjali Kucheria

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PROFILE

Software developer with over 5 years experience in successful software design and enterprise software development.

Strong knowledge and experience and in User Interface design principles and best practices

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 98/NT/XP/2003.

Languages: Java, Flex 3, Flash, MXML, XML, ActionScript, SWT, HTML, UML, SQL,

JSP, JSF, JFace

Applications/Servers: MS Office Suite, MS Visio, Apache Tomcat, JBoss, SQL Server

IDE: JBuilder, Intelli-J, Eclipse, NetBeans, FlexBuilder

Other Tools: Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest/Rose, Ant

Related Training: C#, XML, Computer Networks, Computer Graphics, Software Engineering

Theory

UNIX, Linux, Solaris, CVS, AJAX, Visual Basic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VISUAL i o

Flex / UI Engineer Newton, MA

! Created multiple components including custom charts and custom navigation components for interactive

data visualization software using Flex 3 (MXML and ActionScript) .

! Adhered to Agile software development methodology principles

! Worked on both the UI side as well as middle tier for the components in a highly complex flex application

with a complex data binding and event passing model

! Involved in creation of framework that supported contextualization as well as interaction between charts

! Led styling for application including programmatic styling enhancements as well as CSS working in

conjunction with UI Design team in an effort to maximize the customer experience

! Styling involved gathering input and leading discussions with various stakeholders and those close to the

customer product management, marketing, CTO and utilizing user interface design principles to generate

the ideal user interfaces

! Responsible for defect fixing of legacy code

NATIXIS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

Application Developer Boston, MA

! Worked on creation of new Portal for Mutual Fund Managers using JSF/JSP, JavaScript and enterprise Java

Beans; was involved in gathering customer requirements, designing UI screens and implementation of

those screens as well as the middle tier utilizing user interface design best practices

! Worked on various enhancements using Swing as well as JSP/JSF in the user interface area to

METATOMIX Dedham, MA

Software Engineer 5/07-2/08

! Created a store browser (similar to Windows Explorer) to view files in various stores ( file explorer,

database) using JFace/SWT

! Spearheaded usability efforts- Identified usability issues, collected feedback from customers/professional

services and made enhancements according to feedback

! Made UI enhancements to software using Java Swing

NCR CORPORATION San Diego, CA

Software Engineer 12/05-3/07

! Worked on company’s web-based application UI (primarily JSP ), adding features, fixing defects

! Created (partial) an HTML demo of product to be shown to customers using JavaScript for interactivitys

! Worked on refactoring of code base for improved readability and maintenance

! Conducted preliminary usability analysis on software and presented results which precipitated usability

enhancements

EMC CORPORATION San Diego, CA

Associate Software Engineer 7/03 – 11/05

Software Engineering Intern 6/01-7/03

! Responsible for brainstorming, designing and implementing complex user interfaces within a global web-

based as well as standalone application using Object-Oriented methodology, designed user interface (UI)

components such as dialogs as well as designed custom UI components (not a part of Java Foundation

Classes (JFC)) combining existing JFC components (done in Java Swing). Used SQL Server as the

backend database.

! Worked with management to define and analyze business requirements, participated in UI feature design

and developed prototypes as required

! Full Software Development Lifecycle experience: wrote Functional Specification Documents, Software

Design Specifications (including UML diagrams) and Test plan documents to supplement the UI work;

gathered requirements from Marketing and translated those requirements into preliminary mockup and user

interface storyboarding; Test plan docs were explained to the Quality Assurance Engineer how to test UI

components

! Assisted in ongoing sustenance of product code (bug fixing), product enhancements and code refactoring

! Worked closely with cross-functional teams including product management, engineering and quality

assurance to ascertain that final UI is complete and meets specifications, while adhering to the marketing

requirements

! Created internal tools (Java) that were used by developers for internationalization using various Java API’s

using Java Swing

! Aided Quality Assurance team in manual testing of UI as well as usability testing and usability evaluation;

thereby gaining thorough understanding of usability design principles

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO San Diego, CA

B.A. Computer Science; Minor: English Aug. 2003

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Languages Spoken: Hindi, Conversational Spanish

Citizenship: USA

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