Mohan Asnani
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Accomplished IT Consultant having more than 10 years of hands-on experience in all aspects of custom software development. Currently working as a CMS (Content Management System) Tech Lead at Dubai World Trade Centre.
Evaluated and implemented a wide variety of software applications, confident in providing solutions for real-world problems.
Expertise in content management solutions like Vignette (5.6 years of work experience in Vignette CMS based on Java technology), Java J2EE technologies like Core Java, JSP, Servlet, JDBC, open source frameworks like Struts, Spring, Ibatis, Hibernate cache framework.
Extensive international experience in working with clients in US, UK, Australia & UAE
EDUCATION
1996-2000 Bhilai Institute of Technology (BIT)
Bachelor of Engineering
2001 Diploma in Advance Computing
YCP -Mumbai
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Nov 2010 - World Trade Centre, Dubai
Present Technical Lead
Develop project technology strategy by understanding key client objectives; diagnosing and mapping client requirements; articulating solution risks and barriers; recommending project approaches.
Lead and facilitate information gathering sessions to validate business cases, gather and document business and functional objectives.
Design and implement Vignette based content management and portal solutions.
Review the work of Software Engineers and consultants on project teams.
Develop and implement training and documentation for applications.
Conduct SEO optimization; enhance end user experience and website functionality. Utilize technologies including Vignette CMS, Vignette Portal, Weblogic, Java, J2EE (JSP Servlets), Oracle, XML, XSLT.
Established relationships with key project stakeholders and senior executives.
Autonomy installation & configuration, CDS installation & configurations, Portal Installation, DMP Configuration, HPD installation & configurations, Tomcat upgrade, Portal upgrade etc.
CMS Extension: - Create & Configure event listeners, Create widgets.
Design the workflow to implement DWTC content approval process.
Sep 2007 - Media Broadcast Company (MBC), Dubai
Oct 2010 Senior Developer
Requirements gathering and analysis, project Estimation, preparation of functional & technical specification design document, assigning tasks to subordinates & assisting them for building a quality application, outsource modules to vendor & coordinate with them to make sure quality deliverable, actively involved in pre selection process of new CMS best suited to company requirement.
Revamping of MBC.net website.
Developed Listener in VCMS delivery stage to generate RSS feeds for the site. Extensive use of Vignette VAP /VCM API’s to for displaying contents using Dynamic Portal Module (DPM).
Developed JSR-168 portlets which is used by admin users to activate & deactivate the registered users account.
Made customization of Vignette out of the box secondary pages like login & self-registration to implement the required functionality.
Creating technical specs for the module assigned
Nov 2006 - Deloitte Consulting, India
June 2007 Lonely Planet,
Senior Consultant
Developed web services component which resides in VCMS content management server (Web logic Application server). This component is consumed by portal client who uses it to insert data into VCMS. Xfire tool is used generate WebService component.
Extensive use of Vignette VAP /VCM API’s to for displaying contents using Dynamic Portal Module (DPM) & JSR-168 portlets.
Dec 2004 - Deloitte Consulting, India
Oct 2006 Agilent Technology,
Senior Consultant
The project involved enhancements to existing web based application including eNotification and product subscription sites called ‘EUP’ (Email Updates).
Involved in administrating and optimizing the entire applications.
Involved in migration of the application from Windows to Unix platform which involved change in database, Application server and the product base.
The primary responsibilities included supporting day to day request and address problems faced by the client.
Sep 2004 - Deloitte Consulting, India
Nov 2004 Java Thread – Region 10, Deloitte,
Software Developer
Developed Style types, Grids and themes for the front-end pages.
Used Vignette VAP API’s to retrieve channels for navigation, country selector components.
Created Site, channel hierarchy and content types in VCMS and retrieved the same dynamically using content publisher portlet and item publisher portlet.
Created Navigation items and mapped the same to VCMS channels using Presentation templates (Dynamic Portal)
Created custom portlets (Vignette & JSR168) and deployed the same in VAP.
May 2004 - Deloitte Consulting, India
Aug 2004 North Western Mutual,
Software Developer
Involved in preparation of Technical Specification and Designing Technical documentation.
Involved as a key member for development and coding
Dec 2003 - Deloitte Consulting, India
Apr 2004 Java Thread – Region 10, Deloitte,
Software Developer
Involve in Exception handling module of REAL Time Application
Participate in knowledge management activities.
March 2003 - Vision India
Nov 2003 Abhijit Cooperative Bank
Software Developer
Involve in the Design of User Interface, coding,
Developed Java J2EE programs to optimize application performance.
Jan 2002 - Vision India
Feb 2003 Mittal Hospital
Software Developer
Involve in the Design of User Interface, coding.
Developed Java J2EE programs to optimize application performance.
Report generation, integration of all forms.
Code Review and guidance to the technical team.
LANGUAGES Fluent English, Native Hindi
NATIONALITY Indian