More than Ten years of experience in Information Technology industry. I am
currently working as a Sr. Application Architect for Linkpoint e-commerce online
transaction processing gateway.

 In the past, I have been a consultant for clients to Cognizant technology
solutions (Forbes – Best small company in America) in various domains (Finance,
Insurance, Mortgage Banking) at various locations in United States.

In the 10 years in this industry, I have written code, designed applications,
defined architectures, lead projects successfully, have touched various
technologies, made significant contributions to various successful projects.


SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SKILLS
•	Expertise in Web based application development on J2EE Framework, .NET
Framework and LAMP technologies.
•	Expertise in requirement gathering & analysis, architectural, component &
interface design and development for web based applications in the various
domains.
•	Experience in black box & white box testing.
•	Stress testing and performance optimization of web based applications.
•	Part of the team involved in database design and modeling. 
•	S/W Configuration Mgmt in the full life cycle development projects.
•	Good understanding of CMM level 5 software processes 

TECHNICAL SKILLS
•	RDBMS 		Oracle 10g, SQLServer 7.0, MySql 5.0.
•	O.S			Windows 2003 Server ( 32 and 64 bit ) , Linux (Red hat ) , Unix
•	Middleware		MTS, COM, MSMQ
•	Languages		Java, C#, VB.NET ,JavaScript
•	Web Server 		Weblogic, Apache Tomcat 5.0 Internet Information Server 6.0, 
•	Web Technologies 	Java Servlets, JDBC, JSP, EJB, ASP, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS
•	RAD Tools 		Jbuilder, Visual Studio.Net. Netbeans 5.0
•	Framework 		J2EE, .Net Framework, Struts, Spring, osCommerce.




Third Party Components
•	I-Sign Component for the biometrics Login
•	Sa-File Upload Component from the Software Artisans
•	Lead Technologies document imaging components

Familiarities
o	Good understanding of various testing tools like QTP, Load Runner





WORK EXPERIENCE*
First Data Corp							May 2005 – till Date
Role: Sr Application Architect 
Key Responsibilities
	Design, development and maintenance of Virtual Point of Sale web
applications.
	Design, development and maintenance of core payment gateway platform.
	Design, development and maintenance of API’s.
	Impact analysis for new system requirements and enhancements.
	Written extensive Technical design documents
	System implementation using Java , J2EE , Microsoft.net technologies


Cognizant Technology Solutions, (NASDAQ: CTSH)		June 2000 – May 2005

Role: Associate Consultant

Key Responsibilities:

	Team Lead for multiple modules in multiple projects
	Troubleshooting for all project related technical issues
	Software architecture, high level and detailed design development
	Development and Testing of applications in Microsoft technologies
	Coordinate with the onsite team (Cognizant, USA and the client team)
for understanding the client requirements and developing software to meet the
requirement specifications.
	Suggest improvements in the software features (functional
requirements)
	Impact analysis and effort estimation for various change requests
raised by the client
	Research on various new technologies and suggesting appropriate
solution to the client
	Working with the Business Development Team for developing effort
estimates for project proposals.
	Leading team member of the J2EE Solution Competency centre at the
Cognizant 


Wintech International, India							Oct1998 – May 2000

Role: Software Engineer

Key Responsibilities*:
	Software Architecture Design, application development, deployment and
Support 
	Component design and development, Integration of Active Server pages
	Black box Testing of the web application 


Achievements:
	Received the appreciation award from the management for the best
Trainee Software Engineer
	Conducted knowledge sharing session on various Microsoft web
technologies
	Fast learning and applying knowledge to application development
resulting in to appreciation award for the project
	Promoted to the position of Sr. Software Engineer within 6 months of
joining







EDUCATION
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA
Graduated 2008
	Completed MBA with a GPA of 3.7 while working full time at LinkPoint.
	Group leader for various project carried out as part of MBA program.
	Have presented to “C” level executives on various topics ranging from
technology to finance.

Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Instrumentation) – BIT, Bangalore, India
Sep 1994 – Sep 1998
	Completed engineering with First Class and With Distinction
	Among top 10% in the class of 1998
	Coordinator of the Graduate Engineering Committee
	Corporate coordinator for the annual fest  “Mrigtrishna” at the
college
	Performed community work – literacy program and blood donation camps




 
Appendix: PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN (Partial list)*
First Data Corp (LinkPoint International) 				May 2005 – till Date

1.	Project Title – LinkPoint International – Online e-commernce payment
gateway_____________________
•	Role		--	Sr Application Architect
•	Team Size	--	Varying team Size of 10-15
•	Tenure		--	May 2005 – till date
•	Description        --   	
•	LinkPoint is a leading e-commerce online transaction processing gateway,
serving the online / internet stores since 1994. Through its comprehensive,
end-to-end transaction processing technology, LinkPoint meets the full range of
merchants’ needs, affording them the utmost in convenience, usability and
dependability.

		
•	Responsibilities --	As a Senior Application Architect I am responsible for
	Designing and developing end to end solutions for new business
opportunities.
	Designed and developed Virtual Point of Sale (VPOS) web application
(http://www.Linkpointcentral.com ) using Java in a highly scalable J2EE
environment. Merchants can log in to their account and run Credit card and check
transactions from the VPOS.
	Have written API’s for merchant website/applications to interface with
the payment gateway platform. API’s are available in all the popular programming
languages. I have worked on COM, JAVA, .NET and PHP API.
	 I have worked extensively on core payment gateway platform and other
modules providing extended processing functionality to VPOS and the API’s.
	 I have worked closely with the merchants to resolve API integration
issues.
	I have worked closely with other groups with in the First Data umbrella
to integrate the payment gateway platform.
	I have worked with the 3rd parties providing additional functionalities
to extend the payment gateway processing capabilities.

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Cognizant Technology Solutions, US (NASDAQ: CTSH)			June 2000 – May 2005
2.	Project Title – Mortgage Banking Process and Technology
_____________________________________
•	Client		--	IndyMac Bank
•	Role		--	Technical Consultant
•	Team Size	--	Varying team Size of 10-15
•	Tenure		--	Feb 2004 – May 05
•	Description        --   	
•	IndyMac Bank is the 7th largest savings and loan and the 2nd largest
independent mortgage lender in the nation. Indymac Bank, operating as a hybrid
thrift/mortgage banker, provides cost-efficient financing for the acquisition of
single-family homes. Indymac also provides financing secured by single-family
homes and other banking products to facilitate consumers’ personal financial
goals.
•	I have worked on various projects for B2B/B2C/B2R/HCL/HBD/WLD web application
team at IndyMac bank.
		
•	Responsibilities --	As a lead technical analyst I was responsible for
	Interacting with the business users for the requirement gathering and
analysis.
	Impact analysis for new system requirements and enhancements.
	Technical design documents
	System implementation using Microsoft.Net technologies

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3.	Project Title –
NextGen___________________________________________________________________
•	Client		--	ADP – Dealer Solutions
•	Role		--	Lead Technical Analyst
•	Team Size	--	Varying team Size of 25- 40	
•	Tenure		--	March 2003 – Jan 2004
•	Description        --
ADP NextGen project is the product for the automobile dealers. The client is ADP
Dealer Services, a division of ADP. ADP is one of the largest providers of
Information Technology enabled solutions in the areas of Human resources
management systems, benefits & Payroll processing, automobile dealer management
systems among others.  

ADP Dealer Services is a leading provider of integrated dealer management
systems and business performance solutions for automotive retailers & their
manufacturers.

The project involves definition & construction of a Dealer Management System
(DMS) at ADP’s Dealer Services division. ADP Dealer Services has a requirement
for rewriting the current system. This project is called NextGen and will be
implemented on Internet based thin client architecture. 

Automobile dealers to automate the various processes including typically use
ADP’s DMS: Vehicle Sales, Service, Parts, and Interface with manufacturers, &
Accounting.
		
•	Responsibilities --	As a lead technical analyst I was responsible for
	Interacting with the client for the requirements analysis in the
definition phase. 
	Creating the Use Case document and the Use case realization documents.
	Knowledge sharing with the offshore team
	Design and development of the pilot application for the parts module in
Java.
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