Ramanandan Prabhakaran
Apt ***, ****, Alta Vista drive
Ottawa, ON, K1G3N9
E-mail: **********.***********@*****.***
Mobile: (613)- 400- 8890
SUMMARY
Highly motivated and committed Software Engineer/Assistant Web Master with 5+ years of experience.
Proven ability to user interface design, development of database system, workflows and web based application.
Expert in providing technical solutions - Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE using C#.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET.
Skilled at writing stored procedures,triggers and developing relational databases using Microsoft SQL server 2012.
Vast experience in developing, testing and integrating software components and web applications.
Demonstrated key competencies like planning, initiative, team work and customer service.
Worked intensively in data modelling, quality assurance, documentation and change management.
Experienced in software development lifecycle, web services programming, troubleshooting & debugging.
Expert in writing, modifying of software code, modelling, building frameworks and CMS.
Experienced in using SSH file transfer (SFTP), Adobe Dreamweaver, MySQL work bench.
Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP).
Experienced in analyzing requests, prioritizing, application support group (AGS) and customer service.
A team-oriented player with the ability to work in all sorts of environment.
Domain knowledge in banking, telecommunications, academia and bioinformatics field.
Excellent in oral presentation and written communication skills (IELTS certified).
CORE COMPETENCIES
PROGRAMMING SKILLS
Languages :C, C++, C#, Java, PERL, PHP, VB,Python basics, BIOPERL, CGI
Front end tools:C#. NET, ASP.NET,ADO.NET, Ajax
Web Technologies:HTML, XML, CSS, Javascript, CSS
Databases: MySQL, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, Reporting services
Content Management System (CMS):DRUPAL 7.0
Statistical Tools: SAS and R programming
Web site development tools:MS Visual Studio, Adobe Dreamweaver, flash
Database tool:MySQL Workbench
Protocols: LDAP, SSH File Transfer Protocol, Citrix server
Incident management:Bridge Clarify tool
Office tools: Microsoft Office packages (Excel macros, MS Access)
Servers: IIS, Apache, Xampp
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
International Admission Scholarship from University of Ottawa -(2011 – 2013)
ICIBM 2013 conference Travel Award -(Aug 2013)
Travel award from University of Ottawa - (Jul 2013)
First prize in paper presentation at “Next Generation Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Symposium 2010” -(Nov 2010)
TCS GEM Award 1 - Technical contribution to the project in Java and .Net technologies -(Mar 2010)
TCS GEM Award 2 - Reduced the capacity incidents from 5.2% to 1.5% across 4 Line of businesses-(Mar 2011)
EDUCATION
Masters of Science, Specialization in Bioinformatics - University of Ottawa, Canada -(2011 – present)
o Expected date – July 2014
Bachelors of Technology in Bioinformatics – VIT University, India -(2004 – 2008)
PROFESSIONAL WORK, RESEARCH & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Webmaster - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Official Languages & Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) website (Jan 2014 – May 2014)
o Maintaining a website developed using PHP, MySQL (RDBMS), SQL server, AJAX, CSS & Javascript (OS- Windowx7).
Enforced university style guide throughout web site to maintain university standards and software metrics.
oImplemented security, compatability, and confidentiality of internet operations in the OLBI websites.
oDemonstrated key competencies like planning the deliverables on time to the client and providing
ocooperation and constructive feedbacks to the development team.
o Experienced in designing and developing DRUPAL application (http://web5.uottawa.ca/grilt).
o Extensively experienced in following production/live support projects (Bilingual projects – English and French).
o www.olbi.uottawa.ca/, web5.uottawa.ca/www3/ilobcrl2/catalogue.php, www.immersion.uottawa.ca/
Community Life Services website (July 2013 – Dec 2013)
o Maintained a website developed using PHP, MySQL (RDBMS), CSS, Javascript (Windows Vista and 7).
o Experienced in designing and developing DRUPAL application.
o Provided technical support for migration of PHP website to DRUPAL environment.
o Was responsible for deploying media distribution (JPG files, Slideshows, videos).
o Worked closely with IT services with various web and technical needs. Unit testing of the fixes and enhancements.
o Experienced in following production/live support projects (Bilingual projects – English and French)
o http://www.communitylife.uottawa.ca/en/, http://www.unitedway.uottawa.ca/
IT Assets website (Sep 2012 – Feb 2013)
o Gained experience on ASP.NET, C#.NET, ADO.NET, XML, IIS, AJAX, Microsoft SQL server 2008, javascript and CSS.
o Demonstrated key competencies planning in completing the deployment and taken initiative in implementing new
functionalities in the project for generating reports.
o Worked extensively with Data Adapter, Data reader, Dataset to access and update database.
o Developed an intranet production support application in Windows Vista .
o Debugged code and performance tuning.
o Involved in presentations, testing and technical documentation.
o Generated reports based on many search criteria’s like Owner, Asset, Department etc.
Bio-Graduate Student Association (BGSA) (Sep 2012 – May 2013)
o Developed Uottawa BGSA website using basic HTML, PHP, MySQL, CSS.
o Maintained the website, updated student events and news.
Software Engineer - Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), Chennai, India (Jul 2008 – Oct 2011)
Resource Capacity Planning Developer and Administrator (Received 2 awards)
o Meet with business users and involved in designing, developing & deploying a web based application for
prestigious client in UK.
o Prepared technical documentation such as system architecture, design documents.
o Gained experience on Citrix, ASP.NET, C#.NET, ADO.NET, XML, IIS, CSS, Ajax, javascript and Perl scripting.
o Created, developed & deployed website using ASP.NET (server side web application framework) in windows 2000.
o Used C# source language coded the web pages in ASP.NET, password encryption technologies and caching, Azure.
o Developed a database using Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
o IIS server for hosting the web application.
o Validation of server side script using Javascript and presentation semantics using Cascading style sheets (CSS).
o Generated reports using Inner Join, Left Join, Right Join from various tables in database.
o Written 90 stored procedures and 15 functions for this RCP web portal.
o Developed around 35 tables and 15 views for capturing the client requirements.
o Handled around 40,000 to 50,000 records in the database.
o Created error handling pages.
o Provided technical support for migration of Access database to SQL server 2005 environment.
o Demonstrated key competencies in project management like
o Managed client expectations and relationships through daily communications, weekly priority setting meetings,and by leading daily development team meetings.
o Gained real time practical exposure in developing a website to produce reports and dashboards for the Resource
Capacity Planning teams, to forecast the future requirements and troubleshooting.
o Capacity Planning database will provide the current and future trend of virtual infrastructure like CAAS Windows,
CAAS Linux, CAAS Solaris, Storage like SAN, NAS, NETAPP SAN, and backup for various storage.
Software Engineer - Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS), Chennai, India (Jul 2008 – Oct 2011)
Incident Management Support Analyst
o Experienced as an Incident analyst working on Bridge Clarify tool.
o Experienced in handling incidents, change and problem request.
o Adhere to established SLAs for acknowledging, engaging, communicating, and resolving P2/P3 Incidents.
Research student - Tuberculosis Biomedical Research Centre, Chennai, India (Dec 2008 – Jan 2010)
An Integrated Database for Drug Targets of Resistant Pathogens (DDTRP)
o Developed a bioinformatics database using PHP, MySQL, CSS, Javascript & XAMPP Server.
o The database can be accessed at http://bmi.icmr.org.in/DDTRP
Clinical database (Research volunteer)
o Designed the intranet clinical database, to capture the information about the patients for doctors and scientists.
o Developed using PHP, XAMPP Server and MySQL.
Research assistant - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (Sep 2011 – present)
Perl Programmer
o Developed in-house perl programs in Linux for the above dataset in order to accomplish the following tasks
- To download the GenBank, FASTA files.
- To fetch the host information and tRNA gene list for all the viruses from GenBank files.
- To extract rRNA, mRNA sequences from all the phage and bacteria .gbk files.
- To calculate the codon frequency at third codon position of genes.
- To generate codon usage tables for bacterial species and viruses.
- To write common biomarker, genes from all the viruses in to their respective FASTA files.
Teaching Assistant - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (Sep 2011 – present)
Demonstrator for the Organismal Biology course and Bioinformatics course for the final year students.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
My research poster selected in “SMBE conference (8-12 June 2014)”, Puerto Rico.
Presented a research paper in “ICIBM conference (11-13 Aug 2013), Nashville, TN, USA”.
Presented a research poster in “ACM-BCB conference (7-10 Oct 2012) at Orlando, Florida, USA”.
Presented a research paper in “Next Generation Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Symposium
2010” organised by IEEE Hyderabad section in collaboration with BioAxis DNA Research Centre.
CERTIFICATIONS
Successfully completed the “Sun Certified Java Programmer- SCJP” examination
Certifications in Biotools and biological database
Bioprogramming (PERL, BIOPERL, CGI)
Completed two basic levels of French course.
REFERENCES
Ms. Naima Messadh
Web Developer
Official languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI)
University of Ottawa, Canada
Email : *******@*******.**
Mr. Pierre Renaud
Webmaster
Faculty of Arts
University of Ottawa, Canada
Email : ******.******@*******.**
Mr. Venkata Subramanian Ramaswamy
Project Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai, India
Mail id: ******.*********@***.***
Ms. Myriam Hugron
Marketing and Communications Officer
Community Life
University of Ottawa, Canada
Mail id: *******@*******.**