KANIKA GERA [pic]
Phone: +91-971*-***-***
Email: ******.*****@*****.***
Designation: Technical Support Consultant
Organization: Adobe Systems India Pvt.
Ltd.
Current Role Description:
Close to 4 years of rich experience in Java/ J2EE Development, handling a
role of Technical Support Consultant at Adobe Systems for Adobe Experience
Manager - Web Content Management System for past 2 years. Working on
various Adobe CQ versions CQ6.0, CQ5.x, CRX 1.x, 2.x, CRXDE, DAM, ADEP also
known as ADOBE CQ5 / AEM. Key technology skills include Apache Sling,
Apache Felix, OSGi, Apache Jackrabbit, Java Content Repository, Java
Specification Request, Apache Web Server and Microsoft IIS.
My role includes providing Adobe CQ5 technical support to clients for all
kinds of product related issues e.g. Architecture, infrastructure,
functionality, development, integration, migration.
Current Role Responsibilities:
Handling Customer communication and escalations with ownership and due
diligence to help customer achieve success
Analyzing critical issues for providing RCA and taking corrective measures
to avoid recurrence of similar issues
Recognizing areas that require patching and up gradation for fixing
vulnerabilities
Providing better experience to customer by blogging, tweeting and sharing
the knowledge base articles and important fix/releases.
Worked closely with the key Customers business users, analysts,
infrastructure team, and project managers for complex issue to come up with
the designing & implementation of a solution.
Review and influence design, architecture, standards and methods across the
application and infrastructure technology stack.
Respond to and resolve Production issues in a timely manner within SLA to
minimize impact.
Contribute to the company blog and write related kb articles to support the
customers.
Coordinate, prioritize, and plan changes to the Production environment to
ensure robust and problem free systems.
AEM Skills Training:
Adobe CQ 5.x Author Training
Adobe CQ 5.x Developer/Advanced Developer Training
Adobe CQ 5.x System Admin Training
Adobe CQ 5.x Architect Training
Apache Sling, Jackrabbit and Clustering
Apache Felix, OSGi, Multisite Manager, Digital Asset Management
AEM Product Integration with Various Marketing Cloud Solutions (Site
Catalyst, Test & Target etc.)
AEM E-Commerce Integration (Hybris)
AEM Integration with Adobe LiveCycleForms
AEM Strengths:
Extensive knowledge of CQ's technology stack i.e. Sling, REST, Jackrabbit
and JCR API's
Familiarity with CQ Application Development model. In depth knowledge of
web content creation using CQ as an application.
Development knowledge of templates, components and basic EXTJS.
Knowledge of Workflows- Creation of workflow models, creation of process
steps, defining launchers etc.
Knowledge of Apache and IIS Webservers. Have worked quite extensively on
dispatcher module.
In-depth and hands on knowledge of CQ's core functionalities like
replication, reverse replication, clustering, workflows, DAM, MSM
Have a good knowledge of J2EE, core JAVA and JavaScript.
Working knowledge of different Application servers like JBOSS, Apache
Tomcat, Web logic
Familiarity with software development lifecycle
Experience Summary:
Technical Consultant-AEM Support, ADOBE - August'12-Present
Software Engineer -ACCENTURE (AI-Research & Development) - November 2010
Onwards till July, 2012
Achievements:
Awarded with Quarter Excellence Award Twice in 2011 and 2012 in Accenture
Published Flex assets and whitepapers on performance tuning in Accenture
Services Pvt Ltd, under Accenture Asset Library,
Certified by Accenture in Informatica, Data warehousing and Business
Intelligence at Intermediate Level
Performance Excellence Award, Adobe Q4 - 2012-13 and Q1 2014-2015
Most Valued professional award in Q4 from Adobe CQ5 team in year 2014-15
Participated in Click Asia Summit 2012, Mumbai, India
Awarded as the Fastest Automated Robot developer and Calibrator by "Next
Sapiens"
Awarded as Best GPTW team member in Accenture
Awarded Best speaker at symposiums, debates and won National Level IT
quizzes
Technical Skills:
Platforms & Servers: Windows OS, Linux, JBoss, Apache, Oracle
iPlanet,
Languages & Tools: Java, J2EE, Adobe CQ/AEM, Server Console -
Secure Shell and Putty
SDLC Skills: Requirement analysis, Live Deployments
and Testing, Agile Methodology, Load Monitoring, Configuration
Management, Environment support
Scripting Languages: JQuery, FLEX 4.5 with Cairngorm and PureMVC
frameworks, HTML5 and CSS
Backend: SQL server 2008, Oracle 10g
IDE: Visual Studio 2010, MATLAB, Eclipse Helios
Analytics: Accenture AMAP, Adobe Omniture Site Catalyst, Google
Analytics, Google Webmaster tool, Accenture Digital Diagnostics
Engine and Accenture Digital Optimization
Professional Experience Summary:
Accenture Services Pvt Ltd (Accenture Interactive - R&D):
Marketing Analytics (Java/Flex Development) :
0. Worked on an Agile Marketing Analytics Product, using marketing
methodologies and marketing concepts of Sales optimization,
Simulations - Predictive Analytics for Future Investments, Data
Modeling, Marketing Plan, Customer relationship Lifetime value, Power
and Adbudg functions, Lindo and SAS.
0. Delivered coded modules of automatic customized database generations
and optimized performance tuning.
0. Self Initiatives on Product Performance Improvement, proposed and
implemented major design changes in the marketing analytics product
to bring about provide performance tuning, worked with Accenture US
and Accenture UK teams for the same.
0. Migrated complete Application from Flex 3 to Flex 4, with 3 more
junior resources assisting them in migration.
0. Independently handled various module deliverables with Flex 3 and
Flex 4 using Parsley, Cairngorm and Pure MVC frameworks. Limited
hands on Swiz framework.
0. Developed Customized Flex Components like smart search filters,
calendar picker state, forms, product landing page and many more,
also contributed in designing new functional designs for the product.
0. Handled Integration of Flex Applications using SOAP and remote
objects.
0. Build Configuration Management: Made Client deployments for many big
clients and ensured complete release configurations also prepared
release notes for each release maintain the release quality.
0. Development, Coding and Testing of Java modules and Server Frameworks
used in the marketing analytics product. Developed functionalities
like Optimization of Sales using Saas and Lindo licenses, Implemented
Pagination, Snapshot Management and other Marketing Plan related
modules.
0. Worked on development of Test Framework, Flex Unit Tests, JUnits and
Provided support to Onshore team for defect fixing.
Digital Marketing Experience:
0. Help drive online generated growth for Multiple Brand names through
Online and select campaign web pages by leveraging customized,
automated improvements including design and implementation quality
enhancements, strategic search analytics and multivariate
experimentation.
0. Facilitated a working relationship between corporate marketing and IT
to achieve unprecedented collaboration to define and implement
processes in order to create a culture of preventive and corrective
management of key performance impacting issues.
0. Identified & mitigated performance barriers which undermine or
interrupt conversion process or performance, user experience for
Multiple Clients
0. Worked on corporate risks/liabilities via security or privacy
protection issues based upon customer specific goals, objectives and
desired outcomes for a major US Banking Client
0. Worked collaboratively with corporate marketing, IT and creative
agencies to define and instrument multivariate testing to optimize
targeted conversion behaviors in support of select promotional
campaigns.
0. Worked on tools like Google Analytics and Google Webmaster tools to
establish consistent set of mutually agreed-upon implementation and
design quality standards to help identify and remediate systemic
performance issues across-client portfolio in order to help drive
volume, optimize experiences and control development costs.
0. Supported the implementation of search attributes and alignment
including meta data enhancements across targeted pages to improve
organic search rankings
Projects, Research & Publications:
0. Developed many Flex reusable components assets which are now are part
of Accenture Asset library.
0. Written a Research Paper on "Snapshot Management - Performance Tuning
of AMAP"
0. DTMF CONTROLLED ROBOT: Developed, calibrated and coded DTMF
controlled robot has been developed using 8051 microcontroller. The
robot is controlled by any GSM controlled network in the world. It
performs different programs according to the different DTMF tones. It
uses C/C++, KEIL Compiler, 8051 microcontroller.
0. AUTONOMOUS OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE ROBOT: This is an autonomous obstacle
avoidance robot which has been developed using ATMEGA 16
microcontroller and LDR based color sensor. It uses BASSCOM-AVR
BASIC, ATMEGA 16 microcontroller.
0. Managed the developed of major Research Projects under the
supervision of Next Sapiens:
Arial Vision Parachute System
Un-manned Arial Vehicle
Certifications and Courses:
Title Version Acquired From
Adobe Certified CQ 5.5 Adobe - 30th
Component Developer May, 2014
Java /J2EE Project training 1.6 Ducat, Noida
Autonomous Robot Na Next Sapiens,
Development Roorkee
Passport Details:
Passport Number Date of Issue Expiry Date Place of
Issue
G5601250 04-Oct-2010 03-Oct-017 Ghaziabad
(UP)
Academic Credentials:
Accurate Institute of Management and Technology (AIMT), Greater Noida,
India
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, U.P.T.U., July 2010
71.00%
Cambridge School, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
0. All India Senior School Certificate Examination(AISSCE),Cumulative
Percentage, May 2006 75.00%
Somerville School, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
0. All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE), Cumulative
Percentage, May 2004 82.80%
Personal Details:
Nationality Indian
Date Of Birth 04-09-1988
Permanent Address B-198, Sector-14, Noida, Uttar
Pradesh, India -201301
Father's Name Mr. S.K Gera