Entry level Programmer

PUNAM DIVADKAR

**** ********* ***,

Edison, NJ 08817

Cell no: 804-***-**** E-Mail: ********@*****.***

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EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. [Aug06 – Aug08]

Completion of two years of Masters at VCU

Undertook courses like Biomedical instrumentation, Tissue engineering, Biostatistics, Biomaterials, Mathematical Modeling, Properties of plastics and polymers etc

Undertook a course in SAS programming in the university

• Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation and Control Systems, Cummins College of Engineering for Women, University of Pune, India. [June01 to June05]

Completion of four years of under graduation in Instrumentation and Control with specialization in Biomedical Instrumentation

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Intern at Vaptech Inc, NJ [Oct 08- Current]

Working on an in house project in SAS on environments like Windows 2000, NT and XP

• DNA Analyst, DNA Synthesis Core Lab, Nucleic Acids Research Facilities, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. [July07 – Aug08]

Organized samples and performed sequencing on a daily basis. Set up reactions, maintained reaction logs according to SOPs

Had hands on experience in using the PCR machine, and the ABI 3100x and ABI 3730x Genetic Analyzers

Performed weekly maintenance of the equipments

Used various analysis software for analyzing the DNA sequences

Prepared media and buffers

Maintained log books and records.

Autoclaved biohazardous waste and media

Followed GCP

• Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. [Aug06 - May07]

Tutored over 40 students in an introductory course in engineering

Graded lab reports, helped to trouble electrical circuits and guided the students in a project

on robot design as a part of their course

• Intern, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, India. [Jun06-Jul06]

Had lab rotations with different departments like Cardiology, Intensive Care Units, Operation

Theatres, Radiology, Imaging Theatres, Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy etc

Undertook clinical internship and practical guidance pertaining to phase I trials

• Employee, Nasan Medicals, Pune, India (Biomedical Equipment Manufacturer)

[Aug05-May06]

Assisted the Ho D (Departmental Head) in dealing with all matters related to the making,

testing and global servicing of sophisticated Biomedical Instruments and Equipment

Analyzed all product track records, anticipating future product problems, seeking out new

solutions and interacting with Corporate R & D to take timely remedial action

Interacted with service engineers on a national level

Undertook training in ‘auditing’ for the Global Corporate ISO Certifications

Went to hospitals and colleges for giving demonstrations on company products

Trained newly recruited engineers about the products and company policies

PROJECTS

• Bedside Patient Monitoring System. [Jun04 – Jun05]

Bedside Patient Monitoring System was my chosen Project for the final year of engineering.

BPMS has been conceptualized and designed to basically monitor the heart rate and the

electrocardiogram (ECG), measuring the latter in configurations of lead-I, lead-II, lead-III,

avR, avL and avF. The final ECG was then displayed on a computer screen.

Used VB and microcontroller language for software programming

SOFTWARE SKILL-SETS IN SAS

• Reasonable working knowledge of SAS/BASE, SAS/MACROS, SAS/SQL, SAS/STAT, edit

checks, stat review, extraction of raw data etc

• Knowledge of clinical trials (phase I-IV), role of SAS programmer in clinical (pharmaceutical) industry

• Familiarity with SAS/ODS, SAS/GRAPH

• Familiarity with ICH, Consent Forms, CRF, DRF, DMP, SAP, GCP

• Familiarity with demographics, medical history, concomitant medication, end of study, adverse events, randomization

• Familiarity with CDISC V3 and SDTM, ADAM,

OTHER SKILLS

Platforms : Windows, UNIX

Operating System : MS-Windows 98, 2000, NT, XP, UNIX

Packages : Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Languages : SAS, VB, Microprocessor, SQL

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