Manager Developer

RESUME OF BALASUBRAMANYAM GANAPATHI (BALA)

Mail: ***************@******.*** Phone: 404-***-****

Experience Summary:

Experienced developer and UX professional currently pursuing a masters degree in HCI, with over 5.5 years of industry

experience in design and development of applications for a variety of platforms.

Skills

Extensive experience in C#, XAML and Objective C

Programming Languages

Java, VB, C++ and HTML, PERL.

Extensive experience in .net, WPF, WCF, Windows Forms, Silverlight

iPhone/iPad development using XCode/Objective C

Technologies

Exposure to game development using XNA, Unity3D and Cocos2D

Working knowledge of ASP.net and SQL server database.

Visual Studio, Microsoft Expression Blend, Microsoft Expression Design, XCode, SQL

Tools Server Management Studio

Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Empirical usability analysis

Other Requirements Analysis and Information architecture

Rapid prototyping and wireframe design

Education:

Qualification Institution Year GPA

Standard XII Prince Matriculation H.S. School, Chennai, India 2001 3.9 (91.7%)

Graduation in B.E (EEE) Anna University, India 2005 3 (71.9%)

MS in HCI (Computing

Georgia Institute of technology 2013 (expected) -

track)

Work Profile:

Senior Software Analyst - Bally Gaming Inc., India Division (Casinos and Gaming) Jun. 2008 Jun. 2011

Led a team of 2 designers to design and engineer LOB apps in the Casino and Gaming space.

Designed and prototyped over 10 different products for a variety of form factors and devices.

Was the lead web client developer for a multiplatform application called Service Tracking Manager. The system used

Silverlight for desktops and HTML 5/CSS for mobile devices (http://ballytech.com/Systems/Service/Service-Tracking-

Manager)

Acted as a WPF and Silverlight technology consultant for products teams across the organization that were adopting

Silverlight for their implementation

Conducted Silverlight, WPF and WCF training programs for product teams across the organization.

Designed and implemented simple games for Windows (using XNA ) and iPhone/iPod (using Cocos2D)

Functional Analyst iSoft R&D Pvt. Ltd., India (Healthcare) Oct. 2005 - Jun. 2008

Prototyping and proof of concept developer.

Responsible for evaluation of new technologies and developing proof of concepts to study feasibility for adoption.

Communication with with SMEs and other stakeholders to define product functionality.

Responsible for creating accessibility guidelines and features for the product over the course of 2 years.

Freelance consultant and Trainer Information Dynamics Private Ltd.

Acted as a freelance trainer and technology consultant for Information Dynamics Private Ltd.

(www.infodynamic.net)

Conducted multiple training sessions and workshops in advanced Silverlight and WCF for their product team.

Current Project:

Currently working on a special research project for designing and developing Mobile Handheld Augmented Reality

games, in Georgia Tech s Augmented Environments Lab with Dr. Blair Macintyre. These are designed to allow players

to play interactive games on top of real world objects augmented with audio/visual input generated by the device.

We use additional markers such as targets or fiduciaries to establish reference points for game rendering and to

increase player s physical interactivity with the game world. I use C# and Unity 3D for game development along with

Qualcomm AR toolkit.

Miscellaneous

Nationality: Indian

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Tamil

Date of Birth: 5th July 1984

Other Interests: - Learnt Indian classical music for more than 5 years

- Amateur cook

- Avid fan of Real Time and Turn based Strategy games.

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