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New Brunswick, NJ
Posted:
June 03, 2014

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RAZA ALI

Piscataway, NJ

Phone#: 732-***-****

Email: ****.*******@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

. More than a decade of software development and consulting experience

. Hands-on senior application developer with in-depth knowledge of best

practices, design patterns and software development processes, in a

diverse set of technologies and business domains

. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with extensive

experience in direct interaction with clients and end users

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCIES SUMMARY

Technologies:

. C#.Net

. ASP.Net

. ASP.Net MVC

. jQuery

. Javascript

. Bootstrap UI

. Telerik

. jqGrid

. WebAPI

. Thinktecture Identity Server

. WCF

. ASP.Net Web Services

. Entity Framework Code First

. ADO.Net

. LINQ

. TSQL

. Ninject

. Moq

. MS Test

. CruiseControl.Net

. SSRS

. SSAS/OLAP

. MDX

. SSIS

. MSMQ

. Native Android development (Java)

. Native Blackberry development (Java)

. OpenERP

. Python

. PostgreSQL

. OpenID

. OAuth

. ETL

Other:

. Business analysis

. High-level User & Client Relationship Management & Training

. Technical Pre-Sales Support

. Solution design and architecture considering architectural attributes

such as security, maintainability, availability, performance,

supportability and testability.

. Experienced with applying design patterns and SOLID programming

practices.

. Working knowledge of Enterprise Solutions from Microsoft, Oracle and Open

Source stack, such as SharePoint, Dynamics CRM, RightNow CXM, Oracle

Fusion, Alfresco and WordPress.

. Experienced in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives

via Agile methods (SCRUM) and ALM tools such as TFS.

. Team management and coordination experience with geographically dispersed

resources

. Technical and user documentation

. Experienced in defining customized software architecture documentation

template with inspiration from ZACHMAN, TOGAF and DODAF frameworks.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Softions Consulting

. 05/2014 - present

Responsibilities:

. Design and develop projects for Softions clients

TRG (BPO Solutions)

. 03/2009 - 05/2014

Responsibilities:

. Design, develop and supervise software projects from pre-sales through

deployment, stabilization and maintenance

. Define and institutionalize software development processes along the

lines of Agile and SCRUM principles, using Microsoft TFS; achieved short

iterations, continuous integration, burn-down charts, and velocity

estimations, and reduced number of quality issues and schedule slippages

. Define requirement and design documentation standards; architecture

documentation standards were inspired from DODAF.

. Create a sample web-solutions template in visual studio, incorporating

patterns and practices such as dependency injection, repository pattern,

MVC, separation of concerns and unit testing.

. Define a framework for documenting software architectures

. Lead implementation and adoption of Team Foundation Server for

application lifecycle management, and Cruise Control.Net for nightly and

on-demand builds

. Lead the Business Technology Solutions practice to provide Systems

Integration and Software Development Services; perform as required in all

areas of the practice including Pre-Sales support, Portfolio Management,

Project Management, Requirement Gathering, Solution Architecture,

Programming, Testing, Deployment and Client Management

. Establish and manage partnerships with Technology Principals such as

OpenERP, Microsoft and Oracle

. Assist in performance management activities of developers for capacity

building

Projects:

. Design and development of a customer portal, agent portal and native

mobile apps for a car tracking services provider

. Design and development of a customer portal for an insurance provider

. A customizable platform for HR departments to define and manage employee

request workflows

. Multi-tenant Enterprise Feedback Management platform with sentiment

analysis of social media feeds

. Call center reporting solution that handled very large volumes of data in

a near-real-time manner

. A solution for academic institutions to keep track of student and alumni

job and internship placements

. ERP customization for several Knitted Garment Manufacturing units

. ERP customization and implementation at mineral- trading and rice-trading

concerns

. A generic utility for parsing files into a queryable MS Access database,

based on patterns configured in app.config

. Revamping data model to cater to evolved needs of a set of web-

applications and web-service APIs (which enable vendors and downstream

partners of a VAR to integrate order information)

. Consolidated visual representation of an AI-based engine to illustrate

inter-component interactions, data flows and deployment schemes

Tools and Technologies:

ASP.Net MVC 3.5/4, WebAPI, Thinktecture Identity Server, ASP.Net 4.5, C#,

Ninject, EF 5 Code First, LINQ, SQL Server, jQuery, Bootstrap, Web Service

integration, Android Development Toolkit, Eclipse, Blackberry Plugin,

ksoap2, WPF-based Visual Studio's workflow designer; 2-way SMS gateway

integration, WCF, SSIS, SSAS, MSMQ, MDX, OpenERP, Eclipse, Python, Linux,

Aeroo Reports

Softech Worldwide (Vidizmo.com)

. 11/2007 - 03/2009

Responsibilities:

. Product envisioning, marketing, pre-sales and sales for a Silverlight-

based interactive Rich Media Platform technology (now known as vidizmo)

. Attended trainings on Microsoft Solution Selling Process conducted by

Microsoft Partner Academy

. Played a lead role in setting up a new sales and marketing department for

the company's product; implemented and customized Microsoft Dynamics CRM

4 for automating the department's functions

. Achieved ISO 9001:2000 Certification for the company

Tools and Technologies:

ASP.Net, Silverlight, SQL Server 2005

Clarus Consulting (Clarusoft)

. 06/2002 - 11/2007

Responsibilities:

. Design, develop and supervise software projects from pre-sales through

deployment, stabilization and maintenance

. Provide technical assistance to business development team, and manage

partnership with Microsoft

. Develop and implement software development process using relevant

practices from Rational Unified Process and Microsoft Solutions

Framework, and guidance from CMMI, ISO

. Define quality procedures for non-development operational staff and work

environment

. Automate software-development and testing activities

. Play an active role in all aspects of organizational-development

activities to achieve quality-focused and efficient software-development

and consulting services.

. Achieved ISO 9001:2000 Certification for the company

Projects:

. Implementation and customization of SharePoint Portal at organizations

within a large business group.

. Training and support of customized SharePoint Portal implementation in a

governemnt department.

. SaaS platform designed for performance evaluation of sales teams

. Point of sale solution customized for the needs of a pharmacy

. Web and outlook-based resource-scheduling solution for a law-firm

. Utility to assist in requirement gathering and management

. SharePoint implementation for document and records management

Tools & Technologies:

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007), ASP.Net, SQL Server 2000,

ADO.Net, VB6, ADO, MSXML, MSDE 2000, Active Reports, Robohelp, MS Outlook

2000, ASP, IIS, Crystal Reports 8.5 Web server, Visio, Rational Rose

Daman Consulting

. 06/2001 - 05/2002

Responsibilities:

ETL consulting projects at various clients in the US

Projects:

. Washington Mutual (Seattle, Washington): On-site consulting for the

ETI*Extract tool suite to enable data-migration and data-interfacing

between transactional databases and data-marts

. Java interface to DB2 OLAP Server (Essbase) using JNI over Essbase

. A solution using IBM Intelligent Miner for Text, MS Analysis Services and

ProClarity reporting to display patterns of information within textual

archives

. Excel - based solution to automate marketing-contacts' list parsing

Tools & Technologies:

ETI*Extract, C, Oracle, PL/SQL, IBM RS 6000, Unix

NeoVision .

09/1998 - 05/2001

Responsibilities

. Design, develop and supervise software projects from pre-sales through

deployment, stabilization and maintenance

. Develop and implement software development process using relevant

practices from Rational Unified Process and Microsoft Solutions Framework

Projects:

. CRM offered as SaaS

. Integrated suite of products including HR Management, Email Management,

and Expense Management.

. Solution for managing budgeting and fund-allocations of government

projects.

. SQL Server 6.5 data synchronization utility for quasi-connected

environments

. Point-of-Sale and inventory management products for retail and

restaurants

. A solution for Universities' needs to manage foreign student (F1, J1

etc.) admissions and regulatory information (e.g. I-20)

Tools & Technologies:

MSXML, ADO, VB5/6, VC++6, SQL Server 6.5/7/2000, JavaScript, ASP, ISAPI,

IIS, Crystal Reports Web server, MS Access 97

Daman Consulting

. 06/1997 - 08/1998

Responsibilities:

ETL consulting projects at various clients in the US

Projects:

. Oryx Energy Company (Dallas, Texas): On-site consulting to develop

interfaces using SilverStream for developing Java applets for use by HR

staff to enter payroll-specific data into a SmartStream database; Perl

script to connect to Sybase databases and Extract metadata

. Nationwide Insurance (Columbus, Ohio): On-site consulting for the

ETI*Extract tool suite to enable data-migration and data-interfacing

between transactional databases and data-marts

. ETI*Extract Product Enhancements (Austin, TX): SQLServer DSL upgrade;

Testing Environment enhancement test DSLs for C/Oracle and COBOL/FS

. Utility to manage the specification development process of large scale

data conversion and migration projects

Tools and technologies:

Java, Silverstream, Sybase, ETI*Extract, DB2, COBOL(FS), IBM 370, C,

Oracle, Unix

NORTEL (BNR)

. 1995

PCN Tools group and CDMA Tools group

Responsibilities:

. Developed an error-logging server for Cellular Air Traffic Simulator

(CATS) on VxWorks

. Designed and developed an object-oriented version of a resource manager

for CATS on HP-UX

. Designed & developed a multi-threaded implementation of a call-routing

mechanism for CDMA Stress Tool on Solaris

Tools and technologies:

C, HP-UX, VxWorks

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION & TRAININGS

. BS . Computer Science . University of Texas at Austin . Austin, Texas .

GPA: 3.67/4.0

. Salient Courses: High Performance Parallel Computing; Network Protocol

Implementation

. PMP Certification Training (35 hours)

. ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor (examination cleared)

. ETI*EXTRACT tools training, Master User I, Master User II, Certification

for Consultant from ETI, Austin, TX

. Microsoft Partner Academy Trainings

. Oracle DBA Training

. Training on Designing Datawarehouses



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