DHRUV THAKKAR
*** ******* **. • Bridgeport, CT **604
*********@*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Masters in Computer Science, Expected 2016
University of Mumbai, India May 2013
Usha Pravin Gandhi College - Bachelors of Science in Information Technology TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
Programming Languages: C++, Java, Android, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, XML, NodeJS Softwares: Visual Studio, Eclipse, Android Studio, Adobe Photoshop, SVN, Git, MongoDB Frameworks: Bootstrap
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Engineer 2013-2014
Bonzai Digital Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai, India
Implemented Bootstrap for responsive websites
Used jQuery 1.10 for building Web App components
Implemented a handler for application request using Php5 and MongoDB
Used AJAX to store data from HTML forms to database
Performed migration of MongoDB from one server to another server
Handle advertisement request using a basic NodeJS application to support multiple concurrent connections
Debugged web and mobile applications using tools such as Charles Proxy Web Designer / Venturer 2010-2011
V4run's Blue Pencil Studio Mumbai, India
Optimized existing website for better performance by adding metadata, tags and sitemaps
Handled search engine optimization of client’s domains by adding keywords, alternative text to images and validating webpages by W3C standards
Handled web servers for clients websites by performing time to time maintenance and optimizing resource hogging elements
Installed, configured and managed WordPress websites for Clients
Executed and monitored standards for user interfaces and page design MY PROJECTS
Buzzinga – Implemented an open source chat application using XAMPP protocol in Android and built a fully functional chat application with features like block users, emoticons and much more
Magnum Advertisement – Implemented balloon pop effect along with burst effect
Unoblues – Implemented a game of UNO over Bluetooth connectivity with a maximum capacity of 5 Players wherein 4 players and 1 main Server are connected to each other
TicTacToe – Implemented a tic-tac-toe game in python Dhruv Thakkar
COURSEWORK
Advance Database Management, Object Orientated programming, Network Security, Operating Systems, Smartphone Application Development, Data and Computer Communication, Python Programming, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Big Data Systems & Analysis
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Class Representative [CR] (2010 – 2013), acted as a liaison between students and Staff
Committee Member, Aahan 2011 IT Committee, contributed to the Usha Pravin Gandhi College Festival website and live streaming, Jan 2011
ACHIEVEMENTS
Featured in a Newspaper Article in India Unbound Magazine – February, 2011 & Times Of West Mumbai – May, 2011 for being one of the youngest entrepreneurs to venture in a Web Design Company at the age of 18.
Received bonus for developing Mobile Responsive website for the company.