Software Engineer

Fahad Ahmad

Cell # - 404-***-**** *****.**@*****.***

Houston, TX 77070

Objective

A software engineer / data scientist position in a dynamic and creative setting, where I can use and extend my

experience in developing innovative software solutions, applied machine learning and big data analytics. The

ideal position would employ and challenge my solid problem-solving and learning capabilities and

multidisciplinary background.

Summary of skills

• 11+ years of software design and development experience with large engineering applications.

• Machine learning and optimization algorithms – Decision trees, Linear models, SVM, Neural networks,

Bayesian methods, PGM, Recommender systems, Ensemble methods, Unsupervised learning (Clustering,

PCA)

• Model evaluation and optimization

• Statistics and Machine learning libraries and packages – Numpy, Scipy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Vowpal

wabbit, MS Azure Machine Learning Studio, Weka, Octave, R

• Big Data technologies – Hadoop, MapReduce, Pig

• Programming languages – C, C++, C#, Python, Java, Ruby

• Version control systems – SVN, Git

• Databases – MySQL, SQL Server, NoSQL systems

• Operating systems – Windows, Linux

• Data Visualization – Tableau, ggplot2, matplotlib, Seaborn

• Software development methodologies (waterfall and agile), data structures, algorithms, OOD and

programming, design patterns, performance optimization.

Independent Coursework

• Coursera – Introduction to Data Science Data Mining with Weka

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• Coursera – Machine Learning Edx – Learning from Data

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• Coursera – Data Analysis and Statistical Udacity – Introduction to Parallel Programming

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Inference using CUDA

• Coursera – Mining Massive Datasets Udacity – Intro to Hadoop and MapReduce

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Independent projects

• Participant in Kaggle and DrivenData competitions.

- https://www.kaggle.com/users/106849/f623

- http://www.drivendata.org/users/f623

- https://github.com/fahad623

• Analyzed properties of a billion vertices graph using Pig/Hadoop on AWS.

Experience

Hewlett-Packard, Houston, TX December 2010 – Current

Systems/Software Engineer

• Conduct/participate in multidisciplinary research and collaborate with various software architects and

software engineers in the design, development, and utilization of Value-add software solutions on HP

notebooks.

• Process improvements such as getting legacy code under unit tests and refactoring.

• Maintain and add features to kernel mode Windows drivers.

• Contribute to the design and architecture of a cloud based manageability solution.

Environment:

Visual Studio 2013, MFC, C#, WPF, WDK, STL, ATL-COM, Python, Windows Internals, Ruby on Rails

Solidworks, Concord, MA July 2008 – November 2010

Software Engineer

• Develop new features and maintain existing features in the drawings functionality of Solidworks MCAD

product such as section views, break views, detail views etc.

Environment:

Visual Studio 2008, MFC, C#, Parasolid, OpenGL

Autodesk/Hanna Strategies LLC, Atlanta, GA January 2006 – July 2008

Software Engineer

• Build and maintain Autodesk Inventor tools and applications.

Environment:

Visual C++ 2005, ATL-COM, MFC, Visual Basic, Parasolid, ACIS, Granite

D.P. Technology, Camarillo, CA July 2004 – December 2005

Software Developer/Programmer

• Build practical applications and programs for D.P.Technology’s CAD/CAM software ESPRIT which

involved implementing new code and code maintenance.

Environment:

Visual C++ 2003, ATL-COM, MFC, GDI, OpenGL, Visual Basic

University of California, Davis, CA

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS-Mechatronics) Lab

Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

- Post Graduate Researcher October 2003 – June 2004

- Graduate Student (M.S. Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering) Sept. 2001 – Sept. 2003

• Worked on the project titled ‘A Real Time Scheme of Intelligent NURBS Interpolation for CNC systems to

Machine Sculptured Surfaces’. The project involved developing tool path interpolation module, and

achieving a vibration free motion of the tool utilizing DSP and filter techniques in order to get the fastest

possible interpolation.

Environment:

Visual C++ 6.0, Matlab

Education

University of California, Davis

Master of Science, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering (Specializing in CAD, Computational Geometry)

V.J.T.I (University of Mumbai), India

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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