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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 |
Product Manager,
eBay, San Jose, CA, March 2007 — present
Managing product strategy for new business initiatives. |
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): Lawbench lets users interact with immigration lawyers in a paid question and answer forum. |
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trackitt (2006): Trackitt helps immigrants share the progress of their visa applications and track processing trends, esp. for obtaining US green cards. As of August '08, the site generates 7 million page views a month. |
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Propinions (2005): Launched Propinions as a fun and easy way for users to share local business reviews and ratings. |
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U.S. Patents |
Cascade Bidding (patent pending since 2006)
Method and System of Aggregating Listings for Sale (patent pending since 2007)
Method and System of Listing an Item in a Fixed-Price Section (patent pending since 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 |
2003 Nominated for "e for Excellence Award" for outstanding team contribution, eSilicon Corporation
1999 Awarded best graduate student (Master's), Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
1997 Won first prize in EngiFest '97, National software contest, Delhi College of Engineering, India
1997 Won first prize in DITECH '97, National software contest, Delhi Institute of Technology, India
1997 Won second prize in TRYST '97, National software contest, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
1990 Won first prize in CSI international school programming contest, Sherwood College, India
1990 Won first prize in school founders' exhibition and software contest, Sherwood College, India
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