Summary of qualifications

Phone (732) 595 7066

Email: Amjad@cyberthink.com

Rakshit Koul
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

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  11+ years of experience in Web and Wireless Software Design, Development & Management.
  

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  Performed multi roles such as UI lead, UI developer. Hands on experience in UI development process such as Analysis, Development, Testing and associated methodologies.
  
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  Extensive experience in implementing the AJAX features and efficient UI/DOM development with
  

behaviors and cross browser compatibilities.

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  Experience with front-end optimization, FireBug, IE Tester, Chrome DOM inspectors, JavaScript
  

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  Strong RDBMS skills with excellent knowledge of designing database, normalization, writing complex
  

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  Done Project Management, Team Lead, Customer Relationship, Project Coordination, Project Reviews,
  

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  Technical Skill Tags: Responsive Web Design & Development, Usability, User Experience, User Research, Requirements
  

Worked as a Senior Enterprise/Mobile UI Architect

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  Architecting Cloud Delivery platform UI using Sencha Ext JS & Touch, Phonegap and J2EE platform for desktop, mobile and tablet form factors.
  
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  Developed UI event handlers and AJAX callback code in HTML5 and Sencha Ext JS/Touch to interact with the CDP-GUI Web services
  
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  Developed Restful Client and Restful Web service implementation code in Java for the CDP-GUI Module
  
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  Architecting VAST (Vendor Assets & Tracking) ,Affiliates and CIM (Core Installation & Maintenance) inventory applications’ UI for iPhone, iPad, Android & Desktop platforms using HTML5, KendoUI, jQuery,CSS3, Sencha (Ext JS), Phonegap & Oracle ADF
  
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  Wireframing HTML5 High and Low Fidelity UI designs using iRise, Balsamiq Mockups and Pencil.
  
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  Documenting the UI requirements from all stake holders/business users and demonstrating the GUI prototype to all Business units.
  

Worked as an Mobile Web UI Architect

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  Designing and Developing a Secure Access Mobility Portal for Desktops, Smart Phones & Tablets using HTML5, jQueryMobile, Dojo1.9, Sencha Ext JS, CSS3, JSP and Struts 2.0 framework.
  
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  Developing new UI components for Cisco’s ISE (Identity Services Engine) portal allowing a seamless user experience across multiple devices and networks.
  
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  Developing a new UI for an end to end MDM (Mobile Device Management) portal across all devices & tablets using JSP, HTML5, jQueryMobile, Dojo1.9,Sencha (Ext JS), CSS3 and middleware business logic components using J2EE frameworks.
  
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  Developed new UI modules for Cisco - AnyConnect Android application.
  
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  Enabling MDM for Anyconnect across all mobile platforms.
  

Worked as a Mobile applications Architect (Lab Cat: Subject Matter Expert - 3)

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  Architecting SSA’s first transactional Mobile Application- SSI Wage Reporting from planning to deployment for Android & iOS platforms (includes Section 508 provisioning for disabled users).
  
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  Designed & developed an end to end Mobile web SSI Wage Reporting UI using HTML5, jQueryMobile, CSS3, Phonegap, JSP, & Struts 1.3 Controller.
  
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  Designed & developed a hybrid voice recognition & Text to Speech PoC to demo application-accessibility for 508 users on the Android 4.X platform.
  
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  Designed & developed a HTML5 PoC using ARIA attributes to demo application-accessibility for 508 users on the iOS platform.
  
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  Designed & developed a backend AJAXian RESTful web service using Jersey framework that consumes & produces JSON requests-responses and submits them back to the Mobile web front end via Struts controller.
  

Worked as a Lead Android/Blackberry Mobile Developer

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  Worked as a Mobile Developer on Blackboard’s e-Learning Mobile platform - “Learn” and other various American & International school mobile applications running on Blackberry and Android platforms.
  
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  Designing & Developing the core native UI stack using Android, Java ME & RIM SDK that supports the front end mobile GUI for all schools.
  
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  Designing & Developing embedded Android & Blackberry web widgets for all schools that are invoked from the native Blackberry and Android thick client.
  
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  Mentoring/Managing a Blackberry contractor and a Blackberry developer to understand the product specifications and develop different core and front end modules on Android 2.2 & Blackberry 5.0 & 6.0 platforms.
  

Worked as an Android/Blackberry Mobile Developer

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  Designed & Developed “VZ Tools Launch pad” a 2-D Carousel Application on Android 2.2 platform.
  
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  Prototyping a Bluetooth beamed application to showcase data transmission from Android/Blackberry to BT peripherals and vice-versa.
  
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  Designing & Developing accelerometer sensor & screen rotation components for the Verizon Photo Twitter (vTweet) on Android 2.2 & Blackberry 4.7, 5.0 platforms.
  
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  Designing & Developing Verizon’s Enterprise applications - VZ Expense Reporter, VZ Time sheet Logger & VZ Forums for Blackberry 4.7, 5.0 platforms.
  
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  Target Devices: Blackberry 9530, 8730, 8830, Curve, Tour and MotoDroid.
  

Worked as a Blackberry Mobile Developer

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  Architecting ( End to End Designing , development & deployment) a Blackberry SOAP client interface that parses unsupported incoming email attachments on the device; binds and invokes IDBDOCS ASPX Web services for authentication and grants user permissions; allows persistent storage of secure objects on user’s personal device and finally downloads the restricted IDB documents on the native BB BES Browser.
  
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  Tools and Devices: NetBeans6, Blackberry JDE 4.7.0, Bold, Curve, MDS, ESS, BES.
  
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  Daily Users : 700 IADB employees from all around the world
  

Worked as a JavaME/Blackberry Developer

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  Designing & Developing new UI components like adding Banner screen, place Messaging screen for NIM’s flagship product - Verizon Navigator 4.0 using J2ME(LWUIT).
  

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  Developing & Debugging existing core features viz. 3D navigation, GPS tracking, Localization.
  
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  Fixing end to end memory leaks in the code using the Blackberry JDE device analyzer.
  
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  Applied various JSR’s like JSR 135, JSR 179, and JSR 75 in VZ Navigator.
  
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  Using Eclipse ME IDE and Blackberry JDE for Development & Testing.
  
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  Using Perforce as a version control system and Python for scripting the build processes.
  
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  Target Devices: Blackberry 8830, Pearl, Bold, Storm, Symbian Nokia S60, Motorola Z9.
  

Worked as a JavaME/Blackberry Mobile Developer

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  Used Agile methodology to design and develop the Mapquest wireless navigation application in J2ME (LCDUI).
  
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  Applied JSR 179 to develop GPS and A-GPS functionality on GSM Sprint, Nextel phones, RIM Blackberry - 8830, 8130.
  
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  Developed Test cases for retrieving Map Tiles for particular location from the Tile Server.
  

Worked as a Software Architect

Role in Project: Design, Develop, Test and Integrate LBSN.

Target Devices: Symbian NokiaS60, Siemens SXG75.
Project: Location based Social Networking on an Instant Messenger

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  Designing & Developing a Location based Social Networking enhancement for ACL Wireless’ flagship product - Wireless Instant Messenger.
  
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  Designed & Developed privacy controlled peer-to-peer tracking using JSR 179 & JSR75.
  
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  Designed & Developed Location based peer-to-peer text, voice and video messaging utility using JSR 135.
  
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  Testing product on GSM Nokia3250 with Nokia GPS BT LD-3W and GSM SiemensSXG75.
  

Worked as a Senior Software Developer

Role in Project: Design, Develop, Test and Integrate Sudoku.

Target Device: Symbian Nokia S60, T-Mobile, GSM/UMTS.
Project: Local Guide - Location based Value Added Service Development & Integration

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  Designing, developing and integrating POI (Point of Interest) - Sudoku (Japanese Number Puzzle) as a Value Added Service for “Local Guide” - a location based service for GSM Java handheld.
  

Worked as a Software Engineer

Role in Project: Design, Develop, Test & Deploy the Client-Server model for 3G Handheld.

Target Device: Sony Ericsson Win31S (BREW, KDDI, WCDMA), Pocket PC 2003.
Project: AJAXian Mobile IVY:

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  Developing a GPS enabled Spatial Messaging Application for a 3G handheld.
  
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  Tested with Openwave Mobile browser, pIE - Pocket PC2003 browser and Sun Java Emulator.
  

Worked as a Trainee

Role in Project: Developing & Testing a Mobile Web Services framework for Java handsets.

Target Device: Symbian Nokia S60, Orange, SE P900 (UIQ, Orange, GSM/GPRS)
Project: Mobile Adaptive Portal:

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  Developing a MIDlet Interface to bind & invoke a .NET based Currency Convertor web service from a Java handheld using JSR 172 (J2ME Web Services API).
  
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  Prototyping a model for launching & testing mobile web services on Java handhelds under the usage of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and JSR 172.
  
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  Developing & testing a k-UDDI Browser for Java handsets.
  

Worked as an Intern

Role in Project: Designing, Developing, Testing and Deploying MIDlet on Java Handsets.

Target Device: Symbian Nokia S60, SE P800 (UIQ, Orange, GSM/GPRS)
Project: Slot Machine Client-Server Mobile Gaming Model

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  Designing a client-server (MIDlet-SERVlet) based Casino Game for Java handsets.
  
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  Integrating a MIDlet, STIPlet client-side model using the STIP API (http://www.stip.org) for secure money transactions.
  
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  Testing done over a GSM/GPRS network with the Java WTK2.0 Emulator & Sony Ericsson P800.
  

Worked as a Software Engineer

Role in Project: Developing, Testing & Deploying ESM Client Software.

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  Developed, tested a GUI for the Event Log generated by Firewalls & IDS's installed in any Security Concerned Enterprise.
  
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  Developed Real Time Data Analysis & Performance Graphs with a Flex Grid Component.
  

2004. 
      Master of Science (Computers and Communication Networks)
      

GET (Grandes Ecole Des Télécommunications)

2000. 
      Bachelor in Engineering (Computer Science & Engineering)
      

Dr BabaSaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

1996. 
      All India Senior School Certificate Examination (Central Board of Secondary Education).