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Strong experience and product knowledge in web-based solutions. |
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Passionate about creating simple yet elegant web-based solutions for interesting problems. |
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Strong individual and team contributor with a passion for excellence and great attention to detail. |
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Talented writer and frequent contributor to leading industry publications. |
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Work Experience |
Owner,
Morning Ideas Inc., Cupertino, CA, August 2009 — present
Finally... my own little company! |
Product Manager,
eBay, San Jose, CA, March 2007 — August 2009
Managing product strategy for local, new business initiatives, search, etc. |
Senior Software Engineer,
eBay, San Jose, CA, October 2003 — February 2007
Designed and developed core site components for asynchronous bulk listing, eBay Express seller & item qualification, buyer & seller registration, selling an item, listing in lots, and more. |
Senior Software Engineer,
eSilicon, Sunnyvale, CA, September 2000 — August 2003
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Developed a J2EE-based e-Business infrastructure hosted on WebLogic server, and later ported it to a .NET framework hosted on Sharepoint portal server. Published several articles on my findings in leading industry publications. |
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Initiated and led the effort of providing customers with web services for accessing their data remotely. |
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Designed and developed a unique user management framework to synchronize user information across multiple enterprise systems using Java Message Service (JMS). Published an article in JavaWorld. |
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Designed and developed an innovative rule-based content management and publishing framework. |
Software Engineer,
Geomagic,
Research Triangle Park, NC, July 1999 — September 2000
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Assisted in development of a graphical menu-based standalone application called Geomagic Studio that could process a point cloud obtained from scanning a physical part and could generate highly accurate models for manufacturing.
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Implemented various algorithm-intensive features like camera positioning, model verification, curvature-based hole filling, automatic edge sharpening, etc.
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Software Research Assistant,
Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech,
August 1997 — June 1999
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Developed a Java application for visualizing aircraft design in a 29-dimensional design space.
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Developed an interactive applet for visualizing huge data files using the Parallel Coordinates technique.
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Websites |
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Lawbench (2008): Simple, easy, affordable solution for getting answers and phone consultations from immigration lawyers. Built the website from scratch and made it popular. |
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trackitt (2006): Powerful and effective way to share the progress of visa applications and track visa processing trends. Built the website from scratch and made it popular. |
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U.S. Patents |
Insurance Benefits Estimator (2011)
Method and System of Aggregating Listings for Sale (2007)
Cascade Bidding (2006)
Method and System of Listing an Item in a Fixed-Price Section (2004)
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Industry Publications |
Use of Factory Method Design Pattern in the .NET Framework, O'Reilly ONDotNet.com, August 2003
Team Development with Visual Studio .NET on a Shared Server, .NET Developer's Journal, June 2003
Create Richer Hyperlinks with JSP Custom Tags, O'Reilly ONJava.com, April 2003
Manage Users with JMS, JavaWorld, March 2003
Writing Type-Safe Collections in C#, O'Reilly ONDotNet.com, March 2003
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Research Publications |
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VizCraft: A
Problem-Solving Environment for Aircraft Configuration Design,
IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering, Vol. 3(1): pages 56-66, January/February 2001
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VizCraft: A
Multidimensional Visualization Tool for Aircraft Configuration Design
Proceedings of IEEE Visualization '99, San Francisco, CA, pages 425-428,555, October 1999
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WBCSim: A Prototype Problem Solving
Environment for Wood-Based Composites Simulations,
Engineering with Computers, Springer-Verlag London Limited, Vol. 15(2): pages 198-210, August 1999
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Education |
Masters in Computer Science, August 1997 — June 1999
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Bachelors in Electronics, July 1993 — May 1997
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India |
Awards |
- Awarded best graduate student (Master's), Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
- Won several inter-college and international prizes in software contests
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