Software Engineer .Net

Current Status: H*B - Alliance Bernstein L.P, New York.

** ***** ** **** ********** split between 10 years in Finance domain on the Equities, FX, Fixed Income side and 6 years on Health, Logistics and Telecom industry.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Application Support Analyst at AllianceBernstein L.P ( April 2011 - Present ) Responsible for providing day to day support to Equity traders, FX traders and Portfolio Managers, covering Europe and US to ensure smooth trading process and assisted with ad hoc Fixed Income technical & trading issues.

Programmer Analyst, AllianceBernstein L.P (May 2007 – April 2011) – Developing applications using .NET framework and sybase to support Equity Trading especially on Longview, Portware.

Project Lead/ Technical Lead/Onsite Coordinator, at Nutrisystems (May 2006 – May 2007) – Developed applications (health domain) using .NET framework for to support Order Management and Client Support and was the Onsite coordinator for the offshore team at Nuware Technology Corportaion, India.

Project Lead/Technical Lead (Oct 2004 – May 2006) – Working from India developed applications using .NET framework for various clients and was the Onsite – Offhsore coordinator various teams during this duration.

Team Lead/Sr.Software Engineer (Aug 2002 – Sept 2004)

Software Engineer (Aug 2000 – Aug 2002)

Alliance Bernstein L.P., New York April 2011 – till date

Longview Trading System, Portware & Commission Administration and Reporting System (EIMT)

AO/Application Support Analayst for the Equities and FX trading desk at Alliance Bernstein, Newyork

The following are part of my skills and responsibilities:

Troubleshooting complex technology and financial trading applications

Working with FIX teams/brokers to troubleshoot any fix-related issues or trade executions.

Utilizing SQL and relational databases such as MS SQL and Sybase for production problems troubleshooting and exposure to UNIX and PERL scripts.

Leading conference calls with development teams during problem identification and solving sessions.

Timely communication of issues and status updates to business users, second level support, and development teams.

Ability to keep calm and focused under pressure.

Building and maintaining a knowledge base to ensure that knowledge transfer takes place within the team.

Working knowledge of securites Industry systems and terminology

Developing and maintaining quality check reports in SQL and SSRS, looking into FIX logs/messages, exposure to UNIX and PERL scripts.

Overall skills and experience:

Demonstrated ability to work well with a wide variety of people at various levels.

A self starter with positive attitude, willingness to learn new concepts and eager for new challenges.

Proven ability to understand complex business processes, deal with multiple projects simultaneously and understand technology issues for projects with n-tier architecture.

An enthusiastic and goal-oriented team player possessing excellent communication, interpersonal skills and leadership capabilities with high level of adaptability.

Sound knowledge of Project Documentation and CMM Implementation.

Experience working in Agile Methodology (SCRUM).

Window server operating systems and unix.

Experience in healthcare, logistics, finance, telecom domains.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS:

Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Calicut University, India.

Diploma in Computer Applications and Ecommerce.

Microsoft certified professional (MCP) in Web Applications with Microsoft VB .NET.

PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Experience in healthcare, logistics, finance, telecom domains.

Experienced in all phases of software development life cycle – Design Documentation, Development, Unit Testing (Test Scripts), User Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Implementation and Post Implementation Support and Maintenance.

Involved in analysis, database design & development, implementation & trouble shooting of internet/intranet applications.

Experience in Coding, Staging, Implementation and support of software applications.

Experience in database desi gning, programming & developing databases using Sybase, SQL Server 2000/2005.

Extensive exposure in C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Visual Studio .NET 2008/2005/2003, Web Services, COM+, SQL Server 2005/2000, T-SQL, SSIS, XML/XSL,XSLT/XPATH, ASP, VB6, TSQL, Sybase, Crystal Reports XI, CSS.

Extensive experience in using Web Forms, Win Forms in C# & VB.NET

Developing and Deploying integrated Web applications.

Develop and maintain trading application on the C# & VB.NET

Strong Object Oriented Programming skills.

Skills

C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VB.NET, ASP, Visual Basic 6.0, CSS, HTML, DHTML, Java Script, VBScript, T-SQL

Environments

Windows 2003/Windows XP/2000/Window NT4.0/Windows 9x

RDBMS

Sybase, SQL Server 2005/2000

Tools

Visual Studio.NET 2008/2005/2003, Visual Studio 6.0, Microsoft Visio, Front Page, Crystal Reports

Version Control

Visual Source Safe, Subversion

NUWARE TECNOLOGY CORP.

Alliance Bernstein L.P., New York May ‘07 – April 2011

Longview Trading System & Commission Administration and Reporting System (EIMT)

Tech Lead/Programmer Analyst (Placed at Alliance Bernstein, Newyork)

Working with the client Alliance Bernstein L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded global asset management firms in the world and is one of the world’s leading global investment management organizations. This project is internally split into numerous other projects. The main projects would be Longview Trading System, Portware and Commission Administration and Reporting System.

Responsibilities:

Developed Web Forms using ASP.NET with C#

Developed Win Forms with C# & VB.NET.

Develop and maintain trading applications on the C# & VB.NET

Involved in Requirements gathering and preparation of Functional Specification(Usecase diagrams and Activity diagrams)

Development of the UI in Web Forms using ASP.NET & C# and proposed various UI changes for improving the usability

Created stored procedure to implement business logics.

It is a n-tiered web based application developed in which UI is developed using ASP.NET, C#, Business layer using .NET Components, and Database being used is Sybase

Created COM+ Middle Tier application in VB.NET

Involved in Source Code Management using Subversion.

Actively participated in fixing production issues.

Extensively worked on Data Sets of ADO.NET.

Environment: C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, SOA Architecture, Visual Studio .NET 2005, AJAX, T-SQL, Sybase, Visio and Subversion.

NutriSystem, Horsham, PA May ’06 – May ’07

Order Management System & Other Back office applications

Software Specialist (Project Lead/Tech Lead)

NutriSystem, Inc. had requirement to develop an Order Management System, which would replace their existing OMS. The existing version of OMS is built on VB6 with COM+ handling the Middle tier. OMS integrates with CAPS, BOOMI, and MAS500 etc which are third party applications. The new OMS is intended to be built on .NET framework using C#. The main objective of this project is to re-engineer the existing OMS with stability, recoverability, robustness and reduce failure points as key features.

Responsibilities:

Requirement gathering at onsite, working closely with the client in documenting the business process and requirements.

Developed customer support application in ASP.NET/C# to support the sales that help generate over quarter million dollars in profit next quarter.

Onsite coordinator for a 6 member offshore team.

Developed Win Forms for the order management system in C#.

Supported/Maintained and re-wrote parts existing order management system in VB.NET.

Developed ASP.NET Web Forms containing .NET server controls using C#. NET.

Designing the backend database using MS SQL Server 2000.

Middle tier components were created using COM+.

Created stored procedures to implement business logic at the database level.

Generated reports by exporting data into Excel Spread sheet using Excel writer in ASP.NET pages.

Involved in code review. Source Code & Release Management was done using Visual Source Safe.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2005/2003, C#, ASP.NET, COM+, SOA Architecture, JavaScript, ADO.NET, Windows XP, Windows 2003 server, IIS 6.0, SQL Server 2000, T-SQL, AJAX, MS-Excel, Visual Source Safe.

ERASMIC CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED (merged with NUWARE TECNOLOGIES)

G.L.Huyett, Minneapolis, KS. Mar ‘06 – May ’06

Order and Shipping Management System, Sr.Software Engineer (Tech/Project Lead)

G.L.Huyett uses Prophet21 CommerceCenter, which streamlines processes from order receipt through invoicing and payment. Prophet21 ties together the warehouse, inventory management, and purchasing functions that keep the business running smoothly, effectively, and successfully. While Prophet21 meets most of the business requirements, it has been determined that the assignment and picking portion of the software will need fundamental changes in order to meet the specific shipping requirements.

Responsibilities:

Requirement gathering at onsite working closely with the client in documenting the business process and requirements for the project by creating Use Case diagrams, Process flow diagrams using MS Visio.

Team Lead for 8 member team at offshore.

Worked closely with the Architect to implement the n-tier architecture for the project.

Designed the presentation layer using Win Forms C#.NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Integrated the Win Form applications with external hard wares like barcode, scanners, weighing scales, printers etc.

Responsible of designing C# classes and components for reusability.

Analysis of Prophet21 database to work with the new application that was yet to be created.

Created test environments and carried out unit level, system level testing.

UAT with the client and rolling out the application to production at the client site.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, Web Services, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Unified Trust, N.A. Jan ‘06 – Mar’06

Asset Calculator and Reporting system, Sr.Software Engineer (Tech Lead)

Unified Trust, N.A has a vast library of investment resources that can help investors, plan sponsors and investment advisors traverse the investment world. This application is for Unified Trust to generate a report for its customers based on the investment plan for the customer. One of the main reports generated was the Asset allocation report.

Responsibilities:

Interacted with the client to document the business process/requirements for the project.

Tech Lead for 4 member team at offshore.

Worked with the UI Design team and the client to achieve better usability experience in the website.

Worked closely with the Architect to implement the n-tier architecture for the project.

Designed the presentation layer using ASP.NET Web Forms using C#.NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Responsible of designing VB.NET classes and components for reusability.

Worked with the database programmer to create stored procedures and views in SQL Server database.

Reviewed the test environments, unit test cases created by the developers and worked with QA team for the system level testing.

UAT with the client and rolling out the application to production.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Family Physicians Group, Florida May ‘05 – Dec ‘05

Project – Health Care System, Sr.Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Description: Family Physicians Group (FPG) is an organization of physicians and health care professionals dedicated to serving the health needs of individuals, families and communities in Central Florida.

Responsibilities:

Interacted with the onsite coordinator in understanding the business requirements and creating technical specification for the project.

Tech Lead for 6 member team.

Created Usability Design & prototype to enhance user experience.

Designed the presentation layer using ASP.NET Web Forms using VB.NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Designed the database, created stored procedures and views in SQL Server database.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Web Services, VB.NET, Windows 2000, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Advisors Capital Resource Walker MacRae Oct ‘04 – Apr ’05

On-line proposal generator, Sr.Software Engineer (Tech/Team Lead)

Description: Generate proposals for the users based on the investment plan for the user. Mostly the various kinds of retirement plans were designed for the users using the proposal generator.

Responsibilities:

Documented the business process and technical specifications for the project.

Team Lead for 7 member team at offshore.

Created Business Process Flow and Use Case diagrams using MS Visio.

Worked with the UI Design team and the client to achieve better usability experience in the website.

Worked closely with the Architect to implement the n-tier architecture for the project.

Designed the presentation layer using ASP.NET Web Forms using C#.NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Responsible of designing C# classes and components for reusability.

Worked with database programmer to have optimized stored procedures as most of the business logic was implemented in the backend.

QA was of high importance to the project and hence worked closely with the QA team, apart from working on the unit test cases with the developers.

UAT with the client and rolling out the application to production.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, Web Services, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

BRIGHTSWORD TECNOLOGIES

Supra Telecom Inc Apr ‘04 – Sep ‘04

Billing Data Reporter, Sr.Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with the client in documenting the business process and requirements for the project.

Team Lead for 5 member team.

Created Business Process Flow and Use Case diagrams using MS Visio.

Worked closely with the Architect to implement the n-tier architecture for the project.

Responsible of designing C# classes and components for reusability.

UAT/intermediate demos with the client and rolling out the application to production.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, Web Services, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Your Practice Online, Australia Jan ‘04 – Mar ‘04

Medical Websites, Sr.Software Engineer (Sr.Software Engineer - Analyst)

Your Practice Online, Medical Website Designing company providing high quality web solutions for health professionals and medical organizations.

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with the client in documenting the business process and requirements for the project.

Team Lead for 5 member team.

Designed the presentation layer using ASP, ASP.NET Web Forms using C#.NET in VS.NET 2003.

Created Stored Procedures to update and retrieve data from SQL Server database.

UAT with the client and rolling out the application to production.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, Web Services, IIS 5.0, XML, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP, ASP.NET, ADO, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Supra Telecom Inc Aug ‘03 – Dec ‘03

Sales and Analysis System, Sr.Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Worked closely with the client in documenting the business process and requirements for the project.

Team Lead for 5 member team.

Created Business Process Flow and Use Case diagrams using MS Visio.

Worked closely with the Architect to implement the n-tier architecture for the project.

Designed the presentation layer using ASP.NET Web Forms using C#.NET in Visual Studio .NET 2003

Responsible of designing C# classes and components for reusability.

Created test environments and carried out unit level, system level testing.

UAT with the client and rolling out the application to production at the client site.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, Web Services, IIS 5.0, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

Rapid Application Development Jan ‘03 – Jul ‘03

Rapid Application Development Tool, Sr.Software Engineer

Description: Code generation tool for the software developers to build database-driven web applications in ASP, ASP.NET, and JSP using the point click method of development.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the creation of the UI for the RAD application using C#.NET Win Forms.

Developed a CSS/UI Designer tool, a component for the RAD tool using C#.NET, XML.

Source code Manager and handling the releases using Visual Source Safe..

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, XML, HTML, JavaScript, C#, Visual Source Safe

TVS Motors, India Aug ‘02 – Dec ‘02

TVS Follow-up & Sales Module, Sr.Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Created Business Process Flow and Use Case diagrams using MS Visio for the responsible modules.

Designed the Presentation Layer using ASP.NET Web Forms, C#.NET in VS.NET 2003.

Responsible of designing C# classes and components for reusability.

Created stored procedures and views in SQL Server database.

Created test environments and carried out unit level, system level testing.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, IIS, HTML, JavaScript, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

HITECH INNOVATIVE SYSTEMS

Hitech Innovative Systems, India Sept ‘01 – Jul ‘02

Project – Sales Management System’s, Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Developer for the allocated modules.

Created Stored Procedures and Views to update and retrieve data from SQL Server database for the allocated modules.

UI was created in VB.NET Win Forms.

Created unit test cases and worked with the QA team.

Environment: Visual Studio .NET 2003, Windows 2000, VB.NET, Win Forms, ADO.NET, Visual Source Safe, T-SQL.

SPRINT TECHNOLOGIES

Sprint Technologies, India Aug ‘00 – Jul ‘01

Project – B2B and C2C Ecommerce Websites, Associate Software Engineer - Trainee

Responsibilities:

Developer for the allocated modules.

Created Stored Procedures and Views to update and retrieve data from SQL Server & Oracle database for the allocated modules.

UI was created in ASP, JavaScript and HTML.

Created unit test cases and worked with the QA team.

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