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Mabel St 213, Tucson, Arizona 85719 Cell: 520-425-2960 Email: nikunj@email.arizona.edu EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Eller College of Management, Dec 2008, Tucson, AZ Master of Science in Management Information Systems, GPA 3.58 Mumbai University, Bachelors (Undergraduate), May 2004, Mumbai, India Bachelors of Engineering in Computers, GPA 3.23 CERTIFICATIONS Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD 1.4), Jun 2007 Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP 1.4), Feb 2006 Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Sep 2005 RELEVENT COURSEWORK Business Foundations & IT Enterprise Data Management Business Intelligence Web Computing and Mining Analysis and Design of Service-Oriented Systems Software Design Enterprise Computing Environments Economics for Managers EXPERIENCE Advanced Database Research Group, Eller-UoA, Tucson, AZ Jan, 2008 - till date Graduate Assistant, Research Duties involve research and development for measuring data quality using provenance models and developing prototypes using Java, J2EE and databases like MySql and Oracle Arizona Cancer Center, Bioinformatics, Tucson, Arizona from Aug, 2007 to Dec 2007 Research Assistant - Web Application Developer Duties involved programming standalone applications written in perl, developing web applications & scripts, written in Perl/Mason and J2EE, which collect large biological data sets, analyze them and display on web pages. MySQL and Oracle databases were used. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Mumbai, India from Feb, 2007 to Jun, 2007 Associate Systems Engineer Duties involved interaction with US based clients (verbal and written), exploring different ways of making Java network connections to other systems, designing and developing Java code as per software requirements of client and document changes. Patni Computer Systems Ltd., Mumbai, India from Aug, 2004 to Dec, 2006 Senior Software Engineer Duties involved leading a 3 member technical team, interacting with US based clients, mentoring new team members, designing and developing software using Perl, SQL, Java/J2EE using SDLC and performing SQA activities. Are Technologies Ltd., Mumbai, India from June, 2003 to May, 2004 Computer Engineering Intern Duties involved exploring different frameworks to develop software for wireless domain and embedded devices like PDA, designing and developing software using MS VB.Net Compact Framework and testing the software in an 802.11b network. PROJECTS Global Plan, Purchase and Pay (GP3) for McKinsey & Company (US) Developed Java code to make network connections to Ariba Spend Management, Oracle Application System and other Servlet based services using java.net API. ImageNow for Mckinsey & Company (US) Developed OO JavaScript (iScript) for ImageNow, which is a workflow management tool for scanned invoice images. Commercial Management System (CMS), for GE Supply (US) Led a technical team to maintain CMS, a critical and data sensitive web application and also developed Perl and SQL code using the SDLC. Revamped and Optimized a UNIX batch job by tuning SQL queries and Perl scripts, saving 5 hours daily and $23,000 annually, as part of a Six Sigma Green Belt project. Received exposure to IBM Mainframe systems which delivered data files to CMS. Received Client Appreciation and the Valuable Contribution Award for my lead role. Involved in Software Quality Assurance activities for various other projects. Training, for GE Supply (US) Mentored and Tutored new team members in Perl language, coding standards, and application functionality. Licensee Management System (LMS), for The Coca-Cola Company (US) Developed Java/J2EE code for the E-Commerce Workflow Managementapplication, which used the Command design pattern and supported Internationalization. Designed and Developed the UI, database structure, web components criteria and role based Authentication and Authorization for a Shopping Cart module. Developed Java & JDBC code to upload images, store them in Oracle Database, retrieve images from database and display them on screen. Created algorithm for generating a Dynamic Tree Menu system. Received client appreciation for my work on the Shopping Cart module. E-Supply Chain (ESC), for The Coca-Cola Company (US) Developed J2EE and Struts code for the Supply Chain Management application, which followed the MVC design pattern and supported Internationalization. Received exposure to Java API to interact with SAP systems. Location Based Wireless Instant Messaging as Computer Engineering Intern Designed and developed an Instant Messenger Application using MS VB.Net Compact framework, to be deployed on embedded devices like PDA & Smart Phones The messenger provided services like buddy list maintenance, live chat, location based advertisement and email alerts to offline buddies. Received 91/100 marks for the project. TECHNICAL SKILLS Software Concepts: OOP, Software Engineering, SDLC, Six Sigma, Design Patterns, Software Quality Assurance Programming Languages: JAVA, J2EE, C, C++, Perl, PHP, HTML, UNIX Shell Script, JavaScript, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, ANT, UML Software Frameworks: Java Struts, IBM EAD4J Software Development Tools: Eclipse IDE, IBM Websphere Software Application Developer 5.0, Oracle JDeveloper, Apache Tomcat, Oracle Application Server, Concurrent Versioning System (CVS), Microsoft Visual Safe Source (MS VSS), MS Office Suite, MS FrontPage, MS Visio, PL/SQL Developer, TOAD, Oracle SqlDeveloper, Editplus, Textpad Database: Oracle, MySQL Platforms: Windows XP, 2000; Linux (Fedora), UNIX (Solaris) Hardware: Computer hardware assembly knowledge ADDITIONAL Languages known - English, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi. Graduate Assistantship Tuition Remission, Fall 07 / Spring 08 Among the youngest to be promoted to Senior Software Engineer, May 2006 Awarded Best Employee with a 5 Rating, March 2006 Nominated to the prestigious Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards (USA), Nov 2005 Organization wide Best Six Sigma Project Award, Oct 2005 Valuable Contribution Award at Patni Computer Systems Ltd, Sep 2005 Demonstrated setup of a 802.11a/b/g wireless network at Piramal Holdings Ltd. (Mumbai) and Thadomal Shahani College of Engineering (Mumbai), June 2004 Finalist at Fr CRCE Tech Fest - Technical Paper Presentation, 2004 Finalist at ACP College Technical Festival - Robotics Competition, 2002