Developer Engineering

Senthil Kumaran S

http://www.stylesen.org/, ********@*****.***

HandPhone: +91-996*******

SHORT BIO Committer at Apache Software Foundation and Subversion developer. Ranked 800+

among 448632+ Open Source developers 1

Author of popularly selling OpenSource book in tamil language. OpenSource book

in Tamil 2

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Software Systems

Birla Institue of Technology and Science, Pilani CGPA 7.29 December 2010

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai CGPA 8.39 April 2006

Languages Python, C

COMPUTER

Operating Systems GNU/Linux, UNIX

SKILLS

Web Drupal, mod-python, Cheetah

Databases PostgreSQL, MySQL

Tools Subversion, GIT, CVS, GCC, QT4, GTK+, wx-

Python, L TEX, emacs

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Administration Apache2, FTP, DNS, Trac, Redmine

EXPERIENCE Python Lead Analyst From Aug 11 to till date

Global Markets and Research Technology

Bank of America, Chennai, India

Design/Architect and development of Risk Analysis framework and related ap-

plications.

Python Developer - Technical Lead From May 11 to Aug 11

NetApp Rapid Response Engineering division

NetApp India Pvt, Ltd. Bangalore, India

Developed Data Migration related tools in Python for storage devices.

MeeGo 3 Developer OS and MW From Oct 10 to Apr 11

Nokia Research and Development division

Nokia India Pvt, Ltd. Bangalore, India

Designed and developed prototype for Meego SDK Manager.

Developed mem-cpu-monitor plugin for QtCreator instrumentation dashboard.

Established Redmine based collaborative development environment and helped

the team to adapt it for development work.

Software Engineer From Jul 07 to Oct 10

Version Control Group

CollabNet Software Pvt, Ltd. Chennai, India

Obtained Full committer 4 access for Subversion code base within a very short

1 http://www.ohloh.net/accounts/stylesen

2 https://www.nhm.in/shop/***-**-****-489-2.html

3 http://www.meego.com/

4 http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#subversion

period of time ie., one year.

New features and bug xes for open source Subversion.

Solved Subversion related issues for CollabNet customers.

Developed Subversion related modules for many CollabNet products.

Associate Software Engineer From Jun 06 to Jun 07

Solutions Engineering

SpikeSource Software Pvt, Ltd. Bangalore, India

Owned and managed di erent SpikeSource OpenSource solution o erings.

Instrumental in developing di erent SpikeSource products to expand product

portfolio.

TEACHING Part-time Tutor From Apr 09 to Aug 09

EXPERIENCE Nace Solutions

Drupal content management systems April 2009

Apache web server May 2009

MySQL database June 2009

Subversion version control systems July 2009

PHP August 2009

ACADEMIC Best Outgoing Student of Computer Science and Engineering Department 2006

HONORS Excellent master s thesis. BITS, Pilani 2010

SUCCESS TCENet Role: Co-Founder and Developer

STORY College intranet solution - Python, Cheetah, PostgreSQL - GNU/Linux

The Most Innovative Project of the year 2007 by PCQuest

This project has helped to achieve paper less administration in Thiagarajar

College of Engineering - PCQuest

It has persistent creation and maintenance of features like online attendance, online

assignment, e-circular, message boards, exam results, alumni db, news, email. Cus-

tomized and integrated Free Software collaboration tools like wiki, subversion, bug

trackers, mailing list. https://dev.tce.edu/projects/show/tcenet

TCE Server Management Role: Member - Admin Team

Successfully setup and supporting the huge server farm of Thiagarajar College of Engi-

neering. It gave the college a complete Free Software solution on top of Debian servers.

http://www.us.debian.org/users/edu/tce-india

TCE Dev Site Role: Maintainer and Administrator

Rolled out new environment for http://dev.tce.edu/ replacing Trac with Redmine

which is very fast and easy to administer. Ensured the data of all hosted projects are

migrated with history. Runs on Apache2 over mod rails.

FOSS Subversion Role: Developer (Full Committer)

WORK Full Committer of Subversion project, contributed new features and many non-trivial

patches to the Subversion project. Second Indian Full Committer 5 for the project.

Gnome-subtitles Role: Debian Package Maintainer

Debian GNU/Linux Package Maintainer for Gnome-subtitles - a video subtitle editor

for gnome. http://gnome-subtitles.sourceforge.net/

5 http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#subversion

GetEz Role: Creator and developer

A GUI for GNU wget tool - C, gtk+, glade - GNU/Linux Serves as an easy to use

interactive interface to download les from HTTP and FTP sites in a recursive way.

http://getez.sourceforge.net/

PROJECTS Alfresco Stack Role: Owner and lead

Lead the development e orts of Alfresco 2.0 in GNU/Linux on top of SpikeIgnite 3.2

platform.

JasperSoft Stack Role: Owner and Developer

Identi ed the components and integrated them with the SpikeIgnited platform.

Drupal Stack Role: Developer

Integration e orts for drupal with SpikeIgnited platform

SpikePA Role: Designer and Developer

SpikePA is a performance appraisal system used inside SpikeSource for giving peer

ratings and 360 degrees feedback. Developed using PHP and AJAX.

ACADEMIC AAOSK Role: Developer

PROJECTS An application adaptive OS Kernel - C, Assembly - GNU/Linux

A multi-boot compliant OS kernel, which has dynamic scheduling algorithm according

to the application being run on the operating system.

http://cepserver.tce.edu/~virtusa/

I-Intellects Role: Designer and Developer

Interfacing Intellects - Java, JSP, Oracle - Windows An interface to conduct On-line

Programming Contest by organizations. It creates the arena for the programmers along

with facilities for uploading their solutions.

PUBLICATIONS Subversion 1.6 features walk through - Linux for You magazine April 2009

http://www.stylesen.org/walk_through_subversion_16_linux_you_april_

2009

Subversion 1.6 Security Improvements Illustrated - Linux for You magazine May

2009

http://www.stylesen.org/subversion_16_security_improvements_illustrated_

linux_you_may_2009

SubConf 2009 A Report -Linux for You magazine December 2009

http://www.stylesen.org/subconf_2009_report_linux_you_dec_2009

Subversion Version Compatibility - Linux for You magazine December 2009

http://www.stylesen.org/subversion_version_compatibility_linux_you_

dec_2009

Damn Simple Linux - Linux For You magazine January 2010

http://www.stylesen.org/damn_simple_linux_linux_you_jan_2010

An OS for Personal Computing - Linux for You magazine February 2010

http://www.stylesen.org/os_personal_computing_linux_you_feb_2010

A Roundup on Microblogging clients - Linux for You magazine March 2010

http://www.stylesen.org/roundup_microblogging_clients_linux_you_march_

2010

Professional Presentations With Latex - Muktware March 2011

http://www.stylesen.org/professional_presentations_latex_muktware

TALKS Speaker at Foss2007 held at Thiagarajar College of Engineering campus in Jan-

uary 2007 http://www.stylesen.org/foss_2007_tce

Speaker at FossConf08 organized by Ilugc and AU-KBC in February 2008.

http://www.stylesen.org/fossconf08

Gave a session on Introduction to Drupal at Sri Krishna College of Engineering

and technology, Coimbatore

http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/KonguFossWorkshop

Speaker at Nokia India Pvt. Ltd, on the topic Contributing to Free Software -

20th November 2008.

http://www.stylesen.org/files/misc/contributing-to-free-software.pdf

Speaker at RMD College of Engineering on the topic Subversion, a special seminar

organized by The Hindu and RedHat

Speaker at FossConf09 organized by Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Ilugc

and National Resource Center for Free OpenSource Software (NRCFOSS) in

February 2009. http://www.fossconf.in/

Conducted Python Programming workshop in SRM University, Chennai.

http://www.stylesen.org/conducted_python_programming_workshop_in_srm_

university

Speaker at Faculty development program on FOSS at Jaya Engineering College,

Chennai.

http://www.stylesen.org/fdp_on_foss_at_jaya_engineering_college

Speaker at Faculty development program on FOSS at Thiagarajar College of En-

gineering, Madurai.

http://www.stylesen.org/fdp_on_foss_at_thiagarajar_college_of_engineering

Speaker at gnuNify 2010 on the topics Collaborative Software Development and

Version Control Systems.

http://gnunify.in/cfp/23/collaborative-software-development

http://gnunify.in/cfp/23/version-control-systems

Speaker at Velammal College of Engineering, Madurai on Open Source Tech-

nologies Emerging Trends - 8th and 9th April, 2010 organized by Department of

Master of Computer Applications.

Guest Lecture at Kalasalingam University, Krishnankovil on Introduction to Free

Open Source Software - 17th April, 2010 organized by Department of Computer

Science and Engineering.

Conducted Python Programming workshop in Velalar College of Engineering and

Technology, Erode on 18th July, 2010 - organized by FSF TN.

http://www.stylesen.org/conducted_python_programming_workshop_velalar_

college_erode

Panelist member and speaker at OpenSource India Days 2010 (OSIDays) on the

topics The Rapidly growing market for FOSS in India and Subversion 1.7 and

the future of features.

http://www.stylesen.org/open_source_india_osi_days_2010

Conducted Free software workshop in Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi

- 30th September, 2010 organized by Department of Computer Science and En-

gineering.

http://www.stylesen.org/conducted_free_software_workshop_mepco_faculty

PRIZES Secured rst prize for Paper Presentation at Velammal College of Engineering,

Computer Science Department National level Technical Symposium in 2005.

Won second prize in Software Presentation at Karunya Institute of Science and

Technology, CSE National level Technical Symposium in 2005.

Won the title Mr.CyberX 04 for winning the maximum number of prizes in Cy-

berX 04.

ACTIVITIES Moderator of GLUGOT, GNU/Linux User Group of TCE and GLUG-Madurai,

GNU/Linux User Group of Madurai, TamilNadu.

Website designer, Maintainer - Bangalore Python User groups website

http://bangpypers.sf.net

Website designer, Maintainer - Fstival website http://www.fstival.org

Head of Technical Committee and Organizer of Cyber 04, a national level techni-

cal symposium conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Website designer and maintainer of http://www.fossconf.in

Organizing committee member of FOSSConf 08 and FOSSConf 09.

Active member of Indian Linux User Groups, Chennai (ILUGC) chapter.

OTHER Passport number: F7752276

DETAILS Possess US B1 visa valid upto April 2018.

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