Project Developer

HARSH B. SHAH

Contact: 202-***-**** **** Virginia Ave NW, #E616, Washington DC-20037 *******@******.***.***

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking for a fulltime/internship position in the software field wherein I can contribute to the company’s growth and

hone my skills and gain experience in an environment of growth and self-development.

EDUCATION:

(May’14)

The George Washington University, Washington DC

Master of Science, Computer Science GPA: 3.78

(May’12)

University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science GPA: 3.6

RELEVANT COURSES:

Advanced Algorithms, Advanced Data Structures, Database Systems, Android Development, Advanced Software

Paradigms, Computer Security, Software Engineering Development, Computer Architecture, Object Oriented Design

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages : Java, C, C++, C#, ASP.NET, PHP, Visual Basic

Web Designing Technologies : HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, XML

Databases : Oracle SQL, Microsoft Access, SQL server, MySQL

Applications : Eclipse, Visual Studio 2012, Android Studio, Adobe Photoshop

Hardware Skills : Computer assembling and management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

(May - Aug’13)

Software Developer, Intern at American Institutes for Research, DC

Part of the team that worked on the TIDE(Test Information and Detection Engine) website for the schools in the state

of Minnesota and Delaware for managing student grades and allowing different people to view-edit the grades

authenticating them at different access levels from Institute level up to the State level.

Hands on experience developing in asp.net using C#, with some modules requiring use of JavaScript and jQuery

Worked with the database and the testing team in a few critical tasks during the course of the internship

(Dec’11- Feb’12)

Web Developer, Intern at Pentasoft Technologies, India

Training and experience as a web developer developing various application mostly in Java

Expertise by working in the web technologies like CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery and AJAX

Organized and managed the database at the firm for maintaining customer entries using MySQL

Learnt about managing relational database, maintaining data integrity, backup and security of the critical data

PROJECT/TRAINING EXPERIENCE:

(Oct’13)

Note Share (Android project)

Features included: Group notes sharing using a server, Separation of notes using colors, Checklists, Lock protection,

Timed reminders for tasks for the group concerned, Online back up with easy sync over other phones and tablets

(Dec’12)

Secure Chat System (Security project)

Password protection by hashing it 500times before storing, and the messages were encrypted using MD5

Integrity was checked for all messages using Message Authentication Codes (MAC's)

(Sep’12)

Movie Catalogue (Database Project)

Used a framework called Grails to develop the application with MySQL Workbench being at the backend

It allows people to maintain their list of favorite movies and gives them a chance of rating and sharing the list with

friends with an option to directly stream the movie online.

(May’12)

Search Engine (Final Undergraduate project)

An institute level search engine for organizations that want to limit their search to a certain amount of information

Main focus was not only on building the Search Engine, but also Search Engine Optimization.

Used PHP to design a web crawler, HTML and XML to design the web interface

(Dec’11)

E-Wishes and Utilities (CSIM technologies)

Designed a web based s ocial networking application in the .NET technology using ASP.NET in the front-end

Standout features were the photo gallery, chat window, e-wishes greetings and the event planning page for parties.

Other Mini Projects

Weather App(Android), Steganography(Security paper), Restaurant management system, Design Patterns(paper)

SEMINARS & ACTIVITIES:

Presented a live working demo on Cloud computing in the Engineering Expo 2009

Attended workshops on Android programming, Wired and Wireless Robotics, Adobe, Microsoft Dreamspark Yatra

being the active member of Computer Society of India and IEEE

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