Developer Computer Science

ANSHUDEEP MATHUR

*********.******@*****.***

http://www.anshuweb.com/

ACADEMIC PROFILE

MSc in Computer Science.

January 2012 - ongoing

School of Computer Science, University of Guelph. Canada.

September 2006 - December 2010 University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Canada.

Honours Bachelor Degree in Applied Computing and

Diploma in Wireless & Telecommunications Technology

Additional language skills: Speak, read and comprehend German and Hindi uently.

Partly conversant with French.

COMPUTER-BASED SKILLS

Writing clean PL/SQL code, and optimizing SQL Python. Intermediate level.

queries. Expert level. Coding in ASP/VB. Limited .NET experience.

Quest s SQL Navigator and Toad, Oracle s SQL Developing Adobe AIR applications. Using HTML/

Developer. JS/AJAX, with SDK.

C++, Java, Ruby on Rails. Intermediate level. HTML, JS and CSS code. Ef cient, cross browser

Con guring LAMP (and variations) and Apache compatible, accessible and mobile friendly code.

modules. Adobe Creative Suite. Expert level.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Database Applications Analyst, Research in Motion, Waterloo September 2012 - present

http://www.rim.com/

Continuing on the Database Systems Developer role, with more focus on building reports as well as integrat-

ing external systems into our Oracle-based platform.

Database Systems Developer, Research in Motion, Waterloo January 2011 - September 2012

http://www.rim.com/

I lead a small team of developers with the aim of designing and developing large scale web applications and

tools for internal users.

Provide support for business critical applications that are used by over two thousand internal users on a daily

basis.

Leveraging my technical background to assist developers with complex technical problems, including code

optimization and debugging.

Responsible for platform code review and deployment process, as well as maintaining platform stability.

Optimized Oracle Text for business-speci c needs resulting in improved result retrieval time for the bulk of

search queries. The index searches across ~1.5GB of data.

Building various reports used by higher management to make business critical decisions using advanced

SQL techniques.

Junior Quality Analyst, 8 Months Co-Op, Research in Motion, Waterloo 16 Months over 2008-2010

http://www.rim.com/

Worked closely within a small team of database architects and developers to manage and create a large

variety of web-applications for use by over 2000 RIM employees on a daily basis.

Completed a number of projects using Oracle Text, for both full-text searching as well as document

classi cation.

Developed and deployed a Blog-extraction application based on RSS feeds. Connected projects included

pre-processing the data and creating a user-friendly interface (with advanced functionality).

Developed Adobe AIR applications to speed up various tasks using JS and HTML. Certain features were im-

plemented to be only available when connected to RIM s internal network.

Working in collaboration with fellow co-op students and staff to upgrade and redesign the internal Library

website site, thereby increasing the speed of its operations signi cantly.

Utilized XML, XSL, HTML5, Python, PHP, Visual Mining NetCharts, SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS Text Miner,

Oracle 11G, and a multitude of other technologies to develop web-applications for internal use.

Redesigned The Riverwood Conservancy Web site, Volunteer Winter 2007 - Summer 2009

http://www.riverwoodconservancy.org/

Worked with staff at the Riverwood Conservancy to completely re-architect their previously static Web site

and convert it to use a content management system.

Trained and instructed staff in a 6-hour session, as well as providing brief documentation and support, on

how to use the CMS tool and integrate their own content correctly.

The Riverwood Conservancy s Web site has been featured on TYPOlight s showcase and has received praise

from its Board of Directors.

Creating The Illuminated Plant Cell: A novel web-resource for education and research. Winter 2007/2008

http://www.illuminatedcell.com/

Designed and customized a free online resource for biology students and researchers providing them

state-of-the art information on advances in modern plant sciences. Article contributors include leading Interna-

tional scientists.

Utilization of TYPOlight as the CMS tool, but with extensive custom coding to incorporate various forms of

multimedia, while maintaining a simple interface for the content owners.

The Web site receives over 1000 page views weekly, from all over the Globe, with over 60% of the visits

being completely new (Google Analytics).

Part-time position in IT Project Mgt. & System Services Dept. TDSB, Toronto Summer 2007 - Summer 2008

http://www.tdsb.on.ca/

Successfully completed more than 15 projects that directly impacted the Toronto District School Board

(TDSB) and its students over the course of the Summer.

Designed, programmed and successfully carried out the launch of the redesigned TDSB public and internal

home page which caters to around 160,000 visitors every month. This work was done in co-operation with

individuals from more than 4 departments.

Programmed the majority of the Living and Learning Together campaign Web site whose advertisements

ran for a short period on public transportation and on billboards across Toronto.

Researched and incorporated Google Maps into the existing School pro les using Google s API.

University-related projects July 2004 - ongoing

Designed, assembled content for and programmed more than six Research-related Web-sites for three

well-known Universities. Websites include:

Winter 08 - The Plaxton Lab, Queen s University

Summer 07 - Biomedical Photonics, University of Manitoba

April 07 - Paleoclimate and Geobiology Research Group, University of Toronto

November 06 - The Gradinaru Lab, University of Toronto

Summer 06 - MEDCRT Website and Layout Design, University of Toronto

Summer 05 - Nano-Microscopic Biological and Medical Physics Lab, University of Toronto

July 04 - Laboratory of Plant Development & Interactions, University of Guelph

Designing, creating and maintaining the ITC Alumni Webpage, Volunteer

January 2004 - Summer 2007

http://www.itcalumni.org/

Forged a web-forum for alumni of the International Training Course, Biological Research Center, Szeged

Hungary.

A Symposium resulted from this site, which was held in October 2006 in Szeged, Hungary and

involved more than 300 scientists from around the globe.

The page is now of cially sponsored and supported by BRC, Szeged, Hungary.

HONORS/AWARDS

1st place in The Toronto Star High-school newspaper contest for both the "Electronic Newspaper, Layout and

Design" and "Best Electronic Newspaper" categories for Jarvis Jargon, 2006.

1st place and 2nd place in The Toronto Star High-school newspaper contest for the "Best Electronic Version"

and "Overall Electronic Newspaper Version", respectively for Jarvis Jargon, 2005.

1st place in Siemens JoinMultimedia 2003 Europe-wide competition shared with PAAC Media

EyeVision teammates. Earned a position in Siemens JoinMultimedia Hall of Fame 2003.

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