RIKIN M MEHTA
**** ********* ***** ***#** - Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-***-**** - ********@***.***
Website: http://www.mehtarikin.com
EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA May 2013
Masters of Science, Computer Science GPA 3.55/ 4
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India May 2010
Bachelors of Technology, Information Technology GPA 8.7/ 10
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: C, C++, JAVA
Applications: MS office, MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans, Wireshark, Opnet
WORK EXPERIENCE
UtopiaCompression Corp.
Software Engineer Intern Jan 2013 May 2013
Software development for the demonstration of UC s translation gateway with focus on protocol translation for
relevant application e.g. video streaming and text chat
Test and evaluate application protocol translations, and perform source-code interpretation
Infosys Technologies Limited
Systems Engineer - Finacle CRM - Loan Originating System Jan 2011 May 2011
Developed UI screens (presentation logic) using a proprietary tool of Infosys
Fixed minor and major tickets (bugs) in the product under different platforms as a part of the testing team
Systems Engineer Trainee Jun 2010 Dec 2010
Completed training at Infosys with a CGPA of 4.98/5.0 by completing modules on C/C++, PL/SQL, JAVA etc.
COURSES
Database Systems, Computer Networks, Multimedia Systems, Operating Systems, Web Technologies, Analysis of
Algorithms, Object Oriented Programming, Core Java, Internetworking and Distributed Systems Lab
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Internetworking and Distributed Systems Lab (CS - 558L) Aug 2012 - Dec 2012
OpenV : A visual network management tool for OpenFlow networks
Designed a visual tool which learns the state of the network in real time
Implemented a network wide view of the network by recreating the network topology on the fly
Integrated a traffic classification module that summarizes all traffic across the network and present a view to
the administrator that will allow to easily locate anomalies in the network
Worked in a team of 4 to develop each phase. Language used: C/C++, Open Frameworks library
Custom IP Router
Designed a custom router to communicate between LANs encapsulating basic functionalities.
Pre-configured Kernel functions were blocked from interfering with user-space functionalities. Language used:
C/C++
Fast Reliable Data Transfer
Designed a custom protocol using TCP/ UDP to transfer 1GB file over a 100Mbps link, with 20% data loss and
200 ms delay to achieve 50Mbps throughput. Language used: C/C++
Operating Systems (CS - 402) May 2012 - Jul 2012
Distributed Supermarket Operating System
Used Operating systems concept to simulate working of a Supermarket divided into four parts
Implemented using Thread Synchronization, System calls, Virtual Memory management and Client -Server
paradigm
Coded the entire application to run on hardware and operating simulator called NACHOS which has its own
scheduler and context-switching mechanism.
Worked in a team of 3 to develop each phase of the project. Language used: C/C++
Multimedia Systems (CS - 576) Jan 2012 - May 2012
Video Searching and Browsing
Worked in a team of 2 to develop each phase of the project i.e. AV Player, Video Browsing, Offline Processing
and Video Searching
Language used: Java
Web Technologies (CS - 571) Jan 2012 - May 2012
Android Application for Hotel Searching on the go
Developed an android application enabling Hotel search based on specified location
Displayed search results on the client phone as a list with user having the option of posting s elected hotel
information as a story on his/her Facebook wall