SUGANDHA NAOLEKAR
***, ***** *** ** ******** of Engineering, Computer Science
#**** ********, *********** ********* ** Technology, Pune
WA – 98004 University of Pune, India
+1-425-***-**** ********.***@*****.*** http://in.linkedin.com/in/sugandhanaolekar/
Technical Learnings
Languages/Scripts: Core JAVA, Ruby, Javascript, XML, GAML(interfacing language
of GAMA - simulation tool), HTML, SQL, CSS, C, C++
Tools/Frameworks: Eclipse, jQuery/UI, Ruby on Rails, Map Reduce/Hadoop,
d3.js, Phantom.js, Express.JS with Node.JS and Socket.io, Foundation.js, Bootstrap.js
GIS Libraries: Openlayers.js, Leaflet.js, Google Maps
Web/Queuing Services: Amazon’s SQS and SES, RabbitMQ
Databases: PostgreSQL(with PostGIS and Pgrouting), NoSQL(MongoDB)
Versioning Systems: Subversion, GIT
Domains: Agent Based Modelling (ABM), GIS (Geographic Information Systems),
Distributed Computing, Linux, Windows
Research Engineer Oct 2012 – Sep 2014
Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore
Worked in the sectors of Emergency Management, Transportation, Urban Planning in
India
Developed following Agent Based Models (ABM) using GAMA simulation software
o Traffic model to determine congestion on roads using Pheromone’s principal
o Biological model to determine the probability of a person getting infected if
he/she comes in contact of a diseased/suspected person
Developed web-based GIS simulations in Ruby on Rails using various third party
visualization libraries and frameworks and open source GIS tools
Was responsible for geo processing (operations like intersection, buffer, etc.) in Map
Reduce.
Independent Researcher May 2012 – Sep 2012
Was working on internal security tool which would identify the future threat
patterns
Modelled a generalized system which would classify any type of
virus/Trojan/spyware, etc. in terms of behavior, vulnerability, damage,
performance like characteristics.
Software Engineer Jan 2012 – Apr 2012
eGestalt Technologies Pvt. Ltd. – Unifying GRC and IT Security, Bangalore
Researched various aspects of threats and vulnerabilities (Threat detection and
Vulnerability Assessment) w.r.t. National Vulnerability Database (NVD).
Enhanced the existing security data normalization implementation with the idea of
CONSEQUENCES, which helped to simplify connectivity to Asset Risk Modeling using
CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability).
Worked on design and implementation of a service framework for Nexpose
vulnerability scanner - topmost vulnerability assessment vendor.
Web Explorer Sep 2010 – Sep 2011
Digital Canvas – A bootstrapping Web Startup, Mumbai
Developed multiple iframe and FBML Facebook Applications for many Retail and
Entertainment brands which would highlight product cataloging and advertising
Also developed social media applications as store locators using Foursquare and
Google maps API
Research Intern Jan 2009 – June 2009
SecurView Pvt. Ltd. – A research conducive Network Security company, Pune
Was responsible to setup a seven node Hadoop cluster
Perform multiple file operations like fetch, dump, etc. through Hadoop File
System(HDFS)
Churn out security related keywords from tons of scan reports generated daily using
Map Reduce paradigm.
Volunteer Nov 2009 – December 2013
Pankhudi Foundation – A home for underprivileged kids
Taught 5-7th grade kids and few dropouts
Conducted health camps, cleanliness drives, etc.
Volunteer Oct 2010 – December 2012
Headstart Foundation – A non-profit organization for startups and entrepreneurs
Was responsible for the integration of documents of all the chapters across the nation
and uploading them for Startup Saturday Events.