Abhishek Kulkarni
Apt No: 1002, 75 St. Alphonsus Street, Boston MA-02120, Phone:  [Send email to request phone number] 76-5105
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EDUCATION

Northeastern University, Boston, MA	                                            
                                          December 2009                          
                                     Master of Science in Telecommunication
Systems Management
GPA: 3.516
Related Courses: Data networking, Network Security, IP Telephony (SIP), Mobile
Application, WiMax

University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra	            			                           
           August 2005                    
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Telecommunication.

 SKILLS
 
 Programming Languages: Perl, Java, PHP	
 Operating Systems: Windows, Android, UNIX
 Tools: Komodo, Eclipse
 Network Protocols: TCP/IP, SIP

EXPERIENCE

Course Project: Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Android application: Mobile phone application. (Duration September 2009 –
December 2009)
•	Developed a social networking application using the Android SDK and Java.
•	Used Android API’s for database design and UI design on the phone.
•	Responsible for implementing server side program in PHP for handling client
requests.
•	Acquired good knowledge of Android OS during the application development.
Company: Phase Forward, Waltham, USA		
Software QA Engineer (Intern)		                                                 
      January 2009 – June 2009
•	Automated UI of InForm Adapter using Perl.
•	Responsible for documenting test cases and manual testing of product
features.
 Company: LightbulbTech Partners, Pune, Maharashtra, India		
 Quality Assurance Engineer			                                            
February 2007 - December 2007
•	Responsible for designing the entire framework for executing test cases in
Perl.
•	Responsible for automating test cases by writing Perl scripts.
•	Contributed a feature to the testlink 1.8 release.
•	Used Subversion (SVN) and also wrote a Perl script to send an email on every
commit.
•	Organized a training session on “Perl Modules for beginners”.
 Company: Nokia India Pvt. Ltd, Pune, Maharashtra, India		
 Telecom Engineer					                                   February 2006 - January
2007
•	Resolved problems related to the BTS (Base Transceiver Station), links between
the various BTS and between BTS and the BSC (Base Station Controller).
•	Responsible for troubleshooting network related problems.
•	Provided assistance to the configuration team for network setup.

 PROJECTS

 Cryptography lab: 
•	Implemented RSA (encryption technique) using Perl.
 VOIP lab work: 
•	Configured IP phones, inbound and outbound proxy.
•	Traced the various SIP debugging signals and implemented ladder logic. 
•	Used Wireshark for packet analysis.
 Business strategy for WiMax in developing countries: Presented a business
report that provides an insight about the business models for introducing WiMax
in the market.
•	Performed analysis of WiMax benefits to customers.
•	Performed market analysis for revenue generation on deployment of WiMax.