Gokul Navaneethan

Email: abolhm@r.postjobfree.com M: +971-**-******* (UAE) H: +91-44-225***** (IND)

Website: http://www.thegokul.com/ LinkedIn: http://in.linkedin.com/in/gokuln/

IT Project Lead

IT Project Lead with 10+ years of experience in IT Industry with experience in Project Planning,

Execution and Management, in tune with core business objectives.

Extensive experience in managing enterprise IT project life cycle through all phases

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including requirement analysis, design, development, testing, maintenance and

support.

Expertise in grasping new domain concepts quickly.

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Having hands on experience in multiple domains like Banking, Engineering, Oil & Gas

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services, e commerce, pharmaceutical and lot more.

Good in mapping requirements, finalization of product specifications and selection of

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appropriate techniques.

Expertise in grasping new technical concepts and utilizing same in productive manner.

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Expertise in Microsoft Technologies, including DOT NET, SharePoint, SQL Server, RS232

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programming, Mobile programming, Web services, Website designing, Website standards,

Internet security standards and Web server administration.

Expertise in Engineering tools automation, including Aveva P&ID, SmartPlant P&ID,

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SmartPlant Instrumentation (INtools), Tekla Structures and Bently MicroStation.

Knowledge in Android Applications, Objective C (iPhone apps development), Linux, Java,

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J2EE, PHP, Oracle, SAS and MySql.

Knowledge in Network Setups and Configuration.

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Technical Skills

: SQL Server, Oracle, PL/SQL, MYSQL.

RDBMS

GUI : Microsoft Expression Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Basic, Crystal

Reports, Active X, Visual FoxPro.

WEB TOOLS : SharePoint, SilverLight, WCF, WPF, WF, C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP.NET,

AJAX.NET, ADO.NET, ASP, PHP, Installation Routines, ActionScript,

JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, DHTML, XML, XAML.

LANGUAGES : C, C++, C#, Java, Visual Basic.

DESIGNING TOOLS : Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dream Weaver, Adobe Flex

programming.

SERVERS : IIS, APACHE, WebSphere.

TOOLS : Visual Source Safe, MyGeneration, Orca, SAS, Monarch, MSBuild.

DESIGNING TOOLS : Aveva P&ID, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, Tekla

Structures, Bently MicroStation.

Professional Awards

“Eve Award” for Sure Shot Erection (Barcode Implementation), from Petrofac, Sharjah, UAE.

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“GEM Award”, from Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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“On the SPOT Excellence Award”, from Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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“Quphoria Award” from Quality Management, Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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“Best Automated System Award” for Central Bank Check Automation System, from

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Citibank, Dubai, UAE.

Education

Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,

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INDIA (2002 2005).

Bachelor of Science (Physics) from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, INDIA (1999

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2002).

Professional Experience

Working as Senior IT Systems Analyst / Senior Project Lead in Petrofac International Ltd.,

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Sharjah, UAE, since Jun 2011.

Worked as Project Lead in Rasmala Investment Bank Ltd., Dubai, UAE through Akshay

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Software Technologies Ltd., from Dec 2009 to May 2011.

Worked as Project Lead, Polaris Software Lab Ltd., Chennai, India, from Feb 2008 to Nov

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2009.

Worked as Team Lead in Citibank, Dubai, UAE through Akshay Software Technologies Ltd.,

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from Apr 2006 to Jan 2008.

Worked as Senior Software Developer, Rushmore Consultancy Services (P) Ltd., Chennai,

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India, from Jun 2004 to Apr 2006.

Worked as Software Developer, Rushmore Consultancy Services (P) Ltd., Chennai, India,

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from Apr 2002 to Jun 2004.

Engagement History

Senior IT Systems Analyst / Senior Project Lead

Petrofac International Ltd., Dubai, UAE (http://www.petrofac.com/)

Responsibilities

Defining project plans & schedules, resource allocations as per budgets.

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Conducting interviews to select the competent team for the Project.

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Estimating cost and scheduling the activities.

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Defining architectural design, database design, user interface design, coding standard, setup

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& deployment.

Interacting with internal business users and identify the tasks which require automation and

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define projects.

Analyze business requirement and translate to technical requirement and define functional &

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design specifications.

Mapping requirements and selecting appropriate technology for the business requirement, as

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per budgets.

Mentor the development process and giving technical guidance to the developers.

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Coordinating with vendors for outsourced applications and maintenance & support.

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Highlights

“Eve Award” for Sure Shot Erection (Barcode Implementation), from Petrofac, Sharjah, UAE.

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Key Projects

Material Take Off Control & Management System (MCMS): P&ID, PDMS, PDS, ASP.NET,

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C#, WCF, WF, .NET Windows Service, Winforms, Oracle 11g, Microsoft Reports, JavaScript,

Microsoft Active Directory.

Description: Intranet web based application to interface with different engineering

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applications and download data into MCMS and manage the model data flow across

departments till end of construction, with revision control.

SmartPlant Instrumentation: Aveva P&ID, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant P&ID Macro,

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SmartPlant Instrumentation, ASP.NET, C#, WCF, WPF, Oracle 11g, JavaScript, Microsoft

Active Directory.

Description: Intranet web based application and a P&ID add in application to

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interface with P&ID and SPI to control instruments and process data transfer with revision

management.

Tekla Structure DGN Converter: Tekla Structures, Bently MicroStation, C#, Microsoft Active

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Directory.

Description: An add in application to interface with Tekla Structures and Bently

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MicroStation APIs and convert .DG file to .DGN.

Structural Steel Management System (SSMS): Tekla Structures, ASP.NET, C#, .NET

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Windows Service, WCF, Oracle 11g, Microsoft Reports, JavaScript, Microsoft Active Directory.

Description: Intranet web based application to manage the structural steels for civil

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department to keep track of Petrofac Warehouse Stocks and fabrication vendors stock.

Sure Shot Erection (Barcode Implementation): ASP.NET, Mobile.NET, C#, WCF, Oracle

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11g, Microsoft Reports, JavaScript, Microsoft Active Directory.

Description: Mobile application for handheld Barcode device designed for

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construction site inspectors to scan the materials and track status from fabrication to erection.

Project Lead

Rasmala Investment Bank Ltd., Dubai, UAE ( http://www.rasmala.com/)

Responsibilities

Coordinating with vendors for outsourced applications and maintenance & support.

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Interacting with internal business users and identify tasks which require automation and define

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project to automate them.

Analyze business requirement and translate to technical requirement and define functional &

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design specifications.

Mapping requirements and selecting appropriate technology for the business requirement, as

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per budgets.

Defining project plans & schedules, resource allocations as per budgets.

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Defining architectural design, database design, user interface design, coding standard, setup

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& deployment.

Mentor the development process and giving technical guidance to the developers.

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Provide recommendations to management concerning issues of programmer productivity and

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software development management.

Research and select appropriate software, open source tools and libraries to reduce cost and

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development time.

Key Projects

Rasmala Report Center: ASP.NET, C#, .NET Windows Service, SQL Server 2008, Crystal

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Reports, JavaScript, JSON, JQuery, Microsoft Active Directory.

Description: Web application to share reports within the business with extreme

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flexibility with admin portal to plugin report targeting to any database server into the system.

Delta Rasmala (http://www.delta rasmala.com/): ASP.NET, C#, WCF, Windows Service, XML,

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JavaScript, JQuery.

Description: Website developed for Egypt branch, which displays live EGX market

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stock updates for every two seconds with an interactive flash based graph let users to go

through EGX index history.

Rasmala Document Center: SharePoint 2010, InfoPath 2010.

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Description: Internal SharePoint portal as collaborative document repository for

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authoring documents and accessing documents within the business with workflow to

controlling the life cycle.

Rasmala CRM (https://www.crm.rasmala.com/): AJAX.NET, ASP.NET, C#, WCF, Windows

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Service, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Report Viewer, Microsoft Active Directory,

JavaScript, JSON, JQuery.

Description: Intranet web based client relationship management application for share

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brokers to manage their prospects, clients, accounts, transactions and tasks with to do list.

Project Lead

Polaris Software Lab Ltd., Chennai, India (http://www.polaris.co.in/)

Responsibilities

Understanding & coordinating client's requirements, enhancements, customization, software

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related issues, provide solutions in adherence to delivery schedules.

Achieving customer satisfaction by ensuring service quality norms and build the brand image

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by exceeding customer expectations.

Mapping requirements, participating in the finalization of product specifications and selection

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of appropriate techniques.

Defining project plans & schedules, resource allocations like number of Team Leads / Senior

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Developers / Junior Developers required for the project, as per budgets.

Handling various technical aspects like software design, categorization and coding of

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modules, monitoring critical modules & giving appropriate solutions.

Reviewing developer codes and module level design specifications.

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Giving technical guidance to the team leads and developers.

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Meeting deadlines without compromising quality norms & adhering to CMMI Level 5.

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Leading implementation of Load Balance servers, Onsite Implementation, 24X7 UAT support.

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Highlights

“GEM Award”, from Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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“On the SPOT Excellence Award”, from Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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“Quphoria Award” from Quality Management, Polaris Software Lab Ltd., India.

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Key Projects

A2B Benefit Screening Tool (http://www.a2b.org.uk/): DotNetNuke, C#, ASP.NET, AJAX,

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WCF, Windows Service, Winforms, XML, NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System),

JavaScript, WCAG Priority Level 2, Adobe Life Cycle.

Description: A2B Benefit Screening Tool is a Content Management System features

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a benefit calculator on the internet which will allow older people to check their benefit

entitlement anonymously. The website has been developed to support WCAG priority level 2,

to enable access to people with disabilities.

The questions and rules required to calculate benefits can be dynamically defined in

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admin portal using extensive web based graphical Rule Builder. These rules will get

dynamically executed based on the user responses for the questions when screening and

presented with the eligible benefits and the amount entitled.

Technical Lead

Citibank, Dubai, UAE (http://www.citigroup.com/uae/)

Responsibilities

Interacting with internal users and analyze their manual works involved on their day to day

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activity and automate them.

Converting business requirement into technical and define functional specification and design

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specification.

Mapping requirements and selecting appropriate technology for the business requirement, as

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per budgets.

Research and recommend software tools.

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Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for

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junior programmers.

Giving technical guidance to the team members.

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Define architectural design, database design, user interfaces design, coding, setup &

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deployment.

Highlights

“Best Automated System Award” for Central Bank Check Automation System.

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Key Projects

Central Bank Check Automation: C#, .NET Winforms, XML, Excel, Visual Studio Setup and

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Deployment.

Description: Multi thread windows application to de dupe bulk of customers with

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Central Bank. The application will post values to the Central Bank System URL & and

generate the output in user defined report template.

Telephone Billing Reporting System: ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Ajax,

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JavaScript Visual Studio Web Setup & Deployment.

Description: Web based reporting system developed to prepare telephone bills from

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the Telephone Billing System’s database server.

Mail Extractor: .NET Outlook Add In, C#, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, XML and Visual

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Studio Setup & Deployment.

Description: Outlook add in application to extract customer email applications (like

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Credit card application, Loan application and etc.,) submitted through Citibank website based

on the rules defined and exports in CSV/PDF format and record in the database.

CLC Training System: ASP.NET, C#, AJAX, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Visual Studio Web

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Setup & Deployment.

Description: Intranet web application for Citibank Core Compliance Training (CLC).

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Admin will create department wise trainings with questions & answers with marks.

Department users can login and go through the training presentations and question sessions.

At the end of questionnaire, mark will be published and the user can print the certificate

immediately.

Member Get Member Program: ASP.NET, C#, AJAX, SQL Server, Crystal Reports, Visual

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Studio Web Setup & Deployment.

Description: Intranet web application to calculate rewards for the referral customers

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based on existing CMR (referral customers) list and NTB (new to bank) customers list. A

scheduled batch picks the files from network location & calculates the referral rewards

automatically.

Loan Calculator (http://www.citigroup.com/uae/gcb/loans/loan_calculator.htm ): Adobe Flash

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and ActionScript with XML.

Description: Flash based calculator to calculate EMI of loan amount. The flash tool

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read the minimum and maximum Loan amount, interest rate and number of installments from

XML.

Fixed Length Parser: C#.NET, Winforms, SQL Server, Excel, CSV, XML and Visual Studio

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Setup & Deployment.

Description: Tool for the regional insurance system to convert and exchange files

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between underwriters and insurance system.

Senior Software Developer

Rushmore Consultancy Services (P) Ltd., India (http://www.rushmorent.com/)

Responsibilities

Planning, processing and performing all jobs in an efficient manner with no assistance from

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the supervisor.

Developing new programs and proofing the program to develop needed changes to assure

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production of a quality product.

Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of

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the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural,

modular and database level.

Tests new programs to ensure that logic and syntax are correct, and that program results are

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accurate; assists lower level programmers with programming assignments.

Responding promptly and professional for bug reports.

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Maintain positive client interactions.

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Highlights

Onsite Implementation and UAT support.

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24X7 Support.

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Key Projects

Audience Responder (http://www.audienceresponder.com/): C#.NET, Winforms, .NET

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PowerPoint Add In, PowerPoint, RS 232 Port Integration, Infrared Keypad, XML, Visual Studio

Setup and Deployment.

Description: Power point add in application integrated with Bluetooth keypads for use

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in Seminars/presentations during Questions & Answers session to the audience. The

Audiences can respond their answers/feedback via an external Bluetooth keypad device. The

device will interact with the power point instantly and list the answers received in the

presentation with graphical charts showing the percentage of answers against each choice.

Purchase Build: C#.NET, Winforms, SQL Server and Visual Studio Setup & Deployment with

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custom Installation Routines for .NET Framework, MSDE installation and Database

configuration.

Description: Purchase order system which specifically designed for procurement,

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financial control and comparison of all materials and plants on the construction projects.

Outsourcing Ireland Website (http://www.outsourcingireland.com/): Macromedia Flash,

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ActionScript, AMFPHP, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Description: Flash based business website developed for Outsourcing Ireland Ltd.

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The website includes flash based contact us forms using AMFPHP.

Computer Aided Maintenance Management System (CAMMS): Visual Basic, SQL Server,

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Crystal Reports, XML, Install Shield.

Description: Centralized information capturing and analyzing system. The system

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captures information pertaining to equipments, work orders, preventive maintenance, work

instructions and cost tracking. The inbuilt analytical engine is capable of analyzing the

information in various perspectives and can alert using inbuilt alerting system, which helps

departments to take up preventive and predictive maintenance.

Case Stack Website Maintenance and Development (http://www.casestack.com/):

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ASP.NET, SQL Server, JavaScript and IIS.

Description: Web application provides logistics outsourcing services to mid sized

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consumer packaged goods companies that sell products to retailers, distributors and other

manufacturers. Case Stack combines an advanced transportation and warehousing system

with web based software to provide end to end fulfillment services that enable customers to

reap the benefits.

Online shopping Cart (http://www.well again.com/): osCommerce, PHP, Java, MYSQL,

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JavaScript and APACHE Server.

Description: Online Shopping Cart to sell various health care products through

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online. There are 5 different websites for various products under single admin portal with

secure credit card transactions through http://www.authorizenet.com/ and feeds into the same

Shopping cart and CC transaction system.

Telecom CG (http://www.telecomcg.com/): PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript and APACHE Server.

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Description: Web application for Telecom Consulting Group aims to perform a

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thorough audit of their clients’ internal telephone department to ensure maximum profitability.

Flat Calendar (http://www.mentoryouthwrestling.com/): PHP, MYSQL, JavaScript and

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APACHE Server.

Description: Web application for a wrestling coaching center aims to automate the

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registration process and publish events online through web calendar.

Software Developer

Rushmore Consultancy Services (P) Ltd., India (http://www.rushmorent.com/)

Responsibilities

Designing, coding and debugging applications in various software languages.

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Front end graphical user interface design.

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Testing new programs and logging errors.

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Document code consistently.

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Responding promptly for bug reports.

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Key Projects

Medikit 2003: Visual Basic, MS Access and Crystal Report.

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Description: A complete product for medical whole sale retailers to manage

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suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, salesmen, purchase, purchase return, sales, sales return,

bank transactions, accounts and reports.

Real Spy: Visual Basic, Windows API, Windows Registry and MS Access.

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Description: Spy monitoring security tool records all network PC activities without

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their knowledge and generate a log file in the server.

Insight onto Your Future: Visual Basic and MS Access.

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Description: Multilingual astrology application to view Horoscope, Numerology, Star

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Matching and etc.

ICHESS: C++.

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Description: Dos based two player chess game with full graphical interface like GUI

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applications and interrupt handling to trace mouse actions.

Inventory Bulletin: ASP, DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Photoshop and PWS.

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Description: Intranet web application for The India Cements Ltd., to maintain entire

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transaction of materials, goods, equipments and etc. This system is aimed in automating the

raw material handling and financial accounting involved in India Cements Ltd.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 12 Aug 1982

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Passport No : F2076135

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Marital Status : Married

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Known Languages : Tamil, English

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Permanent Address : 5A Deshma Green Park,

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Subashri Nagar, Extension I,

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Muhaliwakam, Porur,

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Chennai – 600116,

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Tamil Nadu,

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India.

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