ASHA IYENGAR
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Highly motivated software professional committed to pursuing a long-term career
in complete life cycle development, maintenance and production support for
multi-tier enterprise applications for financial institutions. Offer more than
ten years track record demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving
skills, software proficiency, and ability to follow through with projects from
inception to completion.
Full software development life cycle implementation experience (requirement
analysis, business logic design, coding and real time testing).
Technical Strengths include JAVA (SUN certified JAVA Programmer), J2EE
Technologies (Struts MVC Framework, JSP/JSTL, EJB, JDBC) with Oracle as the
database. Proprietary messaging (TAP Trading Application Protocol), Screenlets
to build screens.
Experience with Weblogic, Inautilus J2EE server
Proficient with C, C++, UNIX, Netscape and Iplanet Web servers.
Worked on Mobile technologies using J2ME, WML and Blackberry API.
Worked on design and analysis (OOAD) resulting in Use Case View (Use Cases &
Actors) & Logical View (Class Diagram, Sequence Diagram) using UML. (IBM Rational
Rose)
Experienced in SQL for Oracle.
Well versed with Eclipse and JSWAT debugger.
Experience with HTML, CSS and Java Script
Used Source Version Control tools ClearCase, PVCS and SCCS.
Experience in preparation of Coding Standards, Specifications, Business Rules
and Documentation.
Experience leading off-shore development team.
Excellent in solving complex production bugs, disaster recovery and defect
analysis and fixing.
Excellent team player and quick learner with a positive attitude. Capability
to adapt to new environments and learn new tools, excellent communication and
inter-personal skills.
Certifications:
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform 1.4
Programming JAVA/J2EE (STRUTS, JSP/JSTL, EJB, JDBC), J2ME (Blackberry API), C++.
HTML, WML, SQL, Java Script, Proprietary messaging (TAP) and screen generation
(Screenlet) Technologies.
Tools & IDE Eclipse IDE, JSWAT debugger, XEmacs
Databases Oracle
Application/Web Servers Weblogic, Inautilus J2EE server
Other Skills UML, Java Script, WML, HTML,CSS, Clearcase, PVCS
Education:
M.S. Computer Science NJIT (1997)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
April 07 to present Took a sabbatical from work. Started job search from Jan
08.
June2000 to April 2007
Employer: Pershing, NJ
Technologies: Unix, Java, J2EE (STRUTS, JSP, EJB, JDBC), Oracle
Role Team Lead (AVP); Team size 8-10
Responsibilities:
Worked very closely with the clients and program managers to gather and
finalize requirements.
Developed, customized and maintained online account management platform for
several clients, that provided access to account information, trading
capability, news and quotes, holdings and so on.
Extensively used JSP, STRUTS, and EJB for application development.
Maintained the legacy online account management platform.
Used C++, ORACLE and a proprietary messaging protocol (Trading Application
Protocol) and proprietary screen building template (Screenlet Technology).
Worked with production support and QA.
Provided guidance to the offshore team in India.
Major Projects @ Pershing:
eDelivery of documents (April, 06 April, 07)
Project Description:
Also called Paper Suppression, this system was designed to reduce the
conventional paper-based back-office manual notifications such as statements,
trade confirms for different correspondents in Pershing.
This system was designed to send these notifications through email addresses set
up by customers, who subscribed to this service.
Implementation of this project resulted in significant cost savings to the
firm.
Technologies Used:
J2EE (JSP, STRUTS, EJB, JDBC) ORACLE, HTML, CSS
Roles and Responsibilities:
As the lead developer
o Designed and developed J2EE services as per business requirements.
o Designed and developed a generic and several customized web applications for
clients as per requirements.
o Designed and developed a JDBC application for bad-email processing and auto
un-enroll processing.
o Responsible for maintenance and production support.
o Led the offshore team in India during all stages of software development
Assisted the program manager (offshore) to write the requirements
Assisted the program manager (offshore) and manage the project and with
co-ordination efforts, since this involved many onshore teams.
Provided training to Technical support team.
Market Alerts (May, 05 April, 06)
Project Description:
This system was designed to send/view alert messages based on
subscribe/broadcast technology to inform subscribers about important changes in
the market, trading/non- trading activities, asset allocation, watch-list and so
on.
Technologies Used:
J2EE (JSP, STRUTS, EJB) ORACLE, HTML, CSS
Roles and Responsibilities:
As the lead developer
Designed and developed J2EE services as per business requirements.
Designed and developed a generic and several customized web applications for
clients as per requirements.
Led the offshore team in India during all stages of software development
Blackberry Securities Trading application (October, 04 October, 05)
Project Description:
This application was designed to provide subscribers, ability to view financial
information like balances, quotes, news, holdings, create model portfolios, enter
equity trades, view order status and so on, through a blackberry device.
Also an offline solution for IBDs to view pertinent client information, through
Blackberry was designed as a part of this project
Technologies Used:
J2ME (Blackberry API), J2EE (EJB)
Roles and Responsibilities:
As the lead developer
Designed and developed the J2ME downloadable client interface.
Designed and developed J2EE services as per requirements.
Designed and developed the Offline solution.
Led the offshore team in India during all stages of software development
March 99 to June 00
AT&T, NJ
Technologies: Unix/C++/Oracle/CORBA
Role - Software developer; Team size - 12
Team: BCAPPS
Worked on an interface to create and send New service Orders to another system
for further
Processing and to receive various status messages from this other system and
update the database.
This interface involved parsing and building messages and the transport system
used was IBM MQ Series.
Worked on the "Emergency 911 Address Validation" system. This system validated
the address provided by the 911 caller against the addresses stored in the
database.
March 97 to March 99
Bellcore (Telcordia), NJ
Technologies: Unix/C++/RogueWave/OSF-DCE/Oracle/SoftBench
Role - Software Engineer; Team size - 8
Team: CNUM
Worked on CNUM, a Number Administration System. The system provides
high-performance data access to manage number related service requests for all
communication services including video, telephony, residence and business through
one integrated database.
Modules worked on include Conversion, Transition, Number Selection, Service
Activation, Number Management, Service Portability etc. Designed and developed
key areas of almost all of the modules using C++ on UNIX. Used SQL and Vendor
supplied tools like QUANTIFY and PURIFY to fine-tune the performance. Took a lead
in the effort to enhance the capabilities of CNUM to international telephone
numbers (I18N).
Worked closely with ancillary groups like QA, Product Specification to suggest
means and ways to improve the existing product and to add new functionality.
February96 to March 97
AL Systems, NJ
Technologies: Unix/C++/TCP-IP
Role - Systems analyst; Team size - 8
Team: TRAK
Designed and implemented conveyor control mechanisms for various real-time
warehouse operations Modules worked on include Tracking, Sorting, and Shipping
etc. Used real-time O/S capabilities of QNX and OO concepts of C++ to automate
all aspects of a warehouse. Was also involved in installing the product at
various client sites and providing user training and support.
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