Artificial Intelligence Master's

SHANKAR NAGVEKAR

+919********* ****************@*****.*** Mumbai, MH, India linkedin.com/in/nagvekars/ nagvekar.medium.com/ EDUCATION

Reva University August 2020 - September 2023

Master's, Artificial Intelligence GPA: 7.9

University of Mumbai August 2002 - June 2007

Bachelor's, Computer Engineering

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

F2F Remote

IT Consultant June 2024 - Present

• Led the Proof of Concept (POC) for upgrading CakePHP framework from version 1 to the latest version.

• Conducted comprehensive analysis of existing codebase to identify areas requiring updates for compatibility with PHP 8 and newer CakePHP versions.

• Upgraded and refactored legacy code to adhere to modern PHP standards, ensuring improved performance and security.

• Managed the upgradation of necessary packages and dependencies, ensuring seamless integration with the latest CakePHP version.

• Implemented best practices for code quality, testing, and documentation to facilitate a smooth transition and maintainability.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure that the upgraded system met all functional and non-functional requirements.

• Provided detailed reports and documentation on the POC outcomes and the upgrade process to stakeholders. Pivotroots Mumbai, MH, India

Head Of Technology September 2023 - June 2024

• Spearheaded the adoption of new technologies and methodologies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.

• Established and maintained technology standards and practices within the organization, promoting a culture of innovation and continuous learning.

• Collaborated with executive leadership to define and execute technology strategy, contributing to overall business growth and efficiency.

• Overseen the IT budget, optimizing investments and ensuring the effective allocation of resources.

• Designed and implemented scalable and resilient solutions based on microservices architecture in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

• Provided strategic leadership in the adoption of CI/CD practices, resulting in a 30% reduction in time-to-market.

• Fostered a DevOps culture by implementing continuous improvement initiatives and cross-functional collaboration.

• Evaluated and onboarded vendors for procurement of infrastructure, networking, security, and software solutions.

• Estimated and established cost parameters, budgets, and potential ROI.

• Mapped client requirements, performed system analysis, and finalized technical/functional specifications and high-level design documents for projects.

• Designed roadmaps for further development based on business needs and extended post-implementation support.

• Spearheaded the adoption of Burp Suite to enhance code security and streamline vulnerability assessments, significantly bolstering cybersecurity and reducing risks.

• Followed SSDLC for secure code development, integrating OWASP best practices from design to release and support. Zee Entertainment Bangalore, KA, India

Technical Lead October 2020 - September 2023

• Build, support, and managed B2B and B2C partner Site developed in PHP & Node

• Played a key role in the design & implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and high-performance applications

• Experienced with Web Services (REST) development with both server and client operations.

• Performing the responsibilities of implementing and hosting systems on a web server

• Analysed requirements and used systematic approaches to implement and document the tasks.

• Collaboration with business and project team to estimate work, and establish project timelines, scopes,and deliverables.

• Worked closely with Project Managers, Directors, and other developers to define parameters and plan detailed specifications with clear project deliverables and timelines to meet strict deadlines.

• Performed troubleshooting of technical issues within a production environment.

• Regularly updated knowledge of the latest industry trends in web development and related technologies.

• Led a team of software developers and engineers in the creation and implementation of technological solutions Shinetech Software (USA) Remote

PHP Developer November 2018 - June 2020

• Build, support, and managed Ecommerce Site developed in Magento.

• Played a key role in the design & implementation of low-latency, high availability,and high-performance applications.

• Performing the responsibilities of implementing and hosting systems on a webserver

• Analysed requirements and used systematic approaches to implement and document the tasks.

• Gathered pricing data from different aggregators by performing web scraping in Python for competitive analysis.

• Processed structured/unstructured data & gained insights by leveraging predictive modelling, statistics, ML & data mining.

• Deployed Predictive Modelling techniques including ML & advanced Statistics to conceptual scalable business Solutions.

• Cleaned, merged, and manipulated datasets and conducted feature engineering using Pandas.

• Created various charts in Jupyter Notebook using Matplotlib to perform a preliminary analysis on the collected data.

• Developed/Tested/Maintained internal text-processing libraries using NTLK

• Developed NLP models for Topic extraction, sentiment Analysis.

• Deployed ML algorithms like k-NN, Naive Bayes, SVM, Random/Decision Forests,

• Logistic Regression etc. Regularly updated knowledge of the latest industry trends in web development and related technologies.

Ridlr Mumbai, MH, India

Technical Lead August 2016 - October 2018

• Collaborate with web design and development team to create a new website for the Internal Team,assisting with coding and beta testing.

• Responsible for performance appraisals, promotion, and salary recommendations.

• Created reports to update the company on the team's progress.

• Gather and analyse information, design and code data process and build predictive analytical models, formulate, and test hypotheses, contribute to the development and communication of recommendations.

• Deployed Predictive Modelling techniques including ML & advanced statistics to conceptualize scalable business solutions. HDFCRED Mumbai, MH, India

Sr. PHP Developer May 2015 - August 2016

• Collaborate with web design and development team to create a new website for the Internal Team, assisting with coding and beta testing.

• Responsible for performance appraisals, promotion and salary recommendations.

• Created reports to update the company on the team's progress.

• Developed the technical specifications and worked on the interfaces, data extracts and scrubbing, preparing the final data and helping the internal person to load the data.

• Ensured that objectives were accomplished in accordance with outlined priorities.

• Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques.

• Applied various machine learning techniques using Python to build dynamic pricing models and maximize profits.

• Conceptualized and implemented a sentiment analysis tool to rate apartment based on subjective customer reviews Rediff Mumbai, MH, India

Sr. PHP Developer August 2011 - April 2015

• Direct and participate with team members in the analysis, development and delivery of all support and project work for assigned application(s).

• Developed a scalable website to parse and manage ARF-8 format emails.

• Developed various applications for customer support team for helping them to resolve customer queries very efficiently.

• Building the Applications to monitor the transactions on day-to-day basis, automatically raise the alerts in-case of any discrepancy & create & send daily/weekly/monthly MIS reports.

• Performed troubleshooting of technical issues within a production environment Tiez Interactive Mumbai, MH, India

Sr. PHP Developer August 2008 - July 2011

• Provide expert-level abilities in coding, database design, development, and enhancement developed processes, with cross-functional teams, to deliver improved efficiency and effectiveness.

• Reviewed and incorporated the latest technology innovations and development strategies to improve build speed, quality and end-user experience.

• Collaborated with product and engineering team members to define and develop new product concepts. Giga Group Mumbai, MH, India

Jr Developer June 2007 - July 2008

• Developing and creating PHP MySQL applications as per the specifications

• Interaction with the client to understand the requirements.

• Collaborated with product management to design, build and test systems PROJECTS & OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE

Capstone Karnataka, India

HTML Template Recommendation System June 2022 - October 2022

• Developed a recommendation system to suggest HTML templates based on user preferences and project requirements.

• Implemented collaborative filtering algorithms to analyze user data and generate relevant template recommendations.

• Implemented cosine similarity to measure the similarity between user preferences and template features.

• Utilized HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python for the development and integration of the recommendation engine.

• Conducted A/B testing to optimize recommendation accuracy and user satisfaction. Capstone Karnataka, India

Sketch 2 HTML Wireframe using Deep Learning Model October 2020 - July 2022

• Created a deep learning model using Yolo to convert hand-drawn sketches into HTML wireframes, facilitating rapid prototyping for web design.

• Employed YOLO (You Only Look Once) for object detection and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to process and interpret sketch inputs.

• Integrated the model with a web interface using Flask, allowing users to upload sketches and receive HTML code in real-time.

• Improved model accuracy through iterative training and validation on a diverse dataset of sketches and corresponding HTML outputs.

SKILLS

Skills: Python, PHP, Laravel, AWS, Data Science, Docker, JIRA, Jenkins, JavaScript, jQuery, Jupyter, Keras, Linux/Unix, Flask, Computer Vision, Agile, Bootstrap, Data Analysis, Express.js, MongoDB, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Nginx, Node.js, NoSQL, NumPy, OpenCV, HTML/CSS, Git, Development Operations (DevOps), Excel/Numbers/Sheets Languages: Hindi, Marathi

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