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  Proven ability to ramp up and contribute in significantly short time.
  
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  Continuous improvement – have progressed to a higher grade in every performance review.
  
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  Have repeatedly demonstrated the ability to devise and implement novel solutions.
  

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  Design reviews, Usability studies and testing of IPT’s image processing pipeline.
  
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  Initiated iterative test driven software development, significantly reducing feature development time.
  
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  Proposed a novel test procedure creation approach enabling reuse of information in product documentation. Demonstrated consistent documentation man hour savings over two release cycles.
  
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  Designed and developed a tool to explore CPU execution time scaling with problem space complexity.
  
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  Key team resource for Linux scripting and performance measurement.
  

Software development:

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  Identified and improved performance of NITF file IO in MATLAB by 40%.
  
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  Designed and implemented a prototype for parallel processing 4GB+ image files.
  
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  Implemented prototype code (C/MEX) using Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for image resizing.
  
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  Demonstrated leveraging GPGPU technology using CUDA for image filtering in MATLAB
  

The Engineering Development Group (EDG) hires and trains graduate students for internal hiring. Engineers are trained in specific technical areas of their choice while providing technical support on alternate weeks.

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  Direct interaction with customers (engineers and researchers) using The MathWorks products, including
  

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  Image Processing Toolbox
  
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  MATLAB Builder JA / NE (Deployment and integration of MATLAB with Java / .NET)
  
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  Parallel Computing Toolbox
  
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  Sharpened ability to quickly trouble shoot and effectively solve diverse engineering problems.
  
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  Consistently resolved over 9 issues a day (Team average – 6) with high customer resolution ratings.
  
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  Gained valuable insights of the product from a customer’s perspective.
  

As a member of the Biomedical Signal and Image Computing Lab at UBC, I worked on a research project with Multiple Sclerosis/ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research group, UBC hospital.

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  Identified areas of mutual interest and obtained funding from the MS/MRI Research Group, UBC.
  
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  Researched and invented an algorithm to analyze patterns in neurological activity (fMRI) despite variation in brain shapes. Presented the idea in respected, peer reviewed conferences and journals.
  
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  Implemented the algorithm in MATLAB/C to analyze large data sets on a self-administered Linux cluster.
  
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  Helped discovery novel insights into neurological patterns in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Research results were presented in medical conferences and published in a leading neurological journal.
  

The Pyramid Qualification and Release (PQR) team delivered a large internal workflow geared towards the development of Application Specific Integrated Circuits. Team – 4 Engineers, 2 Managers and 16 contractors.

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  Completed long pending feature backlog of an assigned Perl module in short time.
  
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  Experience gained in the use of EDA tools, extensive use of Perl and shell scripts for automation.
  
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  Designed and presented training program for new contractors.
  

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  Designed and implemented embedded C solutions for crucial automotive applications.
  
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  Consistently produced code well within the constrained real time requirements.
  

MASc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver 2005 – 2007

BE, Electronics and Communication, PESIT, Bangalore 1999 –2003
Additional Interests

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  Regular contributor at the MATLAB new group.
  
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  Motorcycling and photography
  

Mr. John Evans, Team Lead and Developer, The MathWorks

Dr. Rafeef Abugharbieh, Department of ECE, University of British Columbia

Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, Department of Neurology, University of British Columbia