JESWIN P KUMAR

Bangalore, India

jeswin@gmail.com

India: 91-98454-45469

Skillda Profile: http://jeswin.skillda.com (for VoIP/IM)

READ ME

• Available as a consultant.

• Please call me after work hours, or on weekends.

OBJECTIVE

As a young chap who has tried to build a few products himself, I love to be part of teams that create products which bring smiles to people, at times inspire them, or even make them go, WOW!

WHY HIRE ME?

• Agile - Firm believer in Agile Principles; leaning towards Flexible, Low-Fat Programming Techniques.

• Architectural Skills - Strong Architectural and Programming skills evolved from contributing to over 25 projects (on RUP, Agile, Waterfall processes); I have evaluated/consulted and estimated many more.

• Immediate - I concentrate on measurable, continuous deliverables; while adhering to the larger technical vision of the project.

• Solid Computing Fundamentals - Good understanding of machine architecture, computational complexity, performance and scalability factors.

• Keen Reader - I am very keen on following developments in Technology, and I am well versed with key evolving tools and platforms.

• Customer and End-User Focus I always try to understand the business and the end users, and take a perspective from a non-technical angle.

• .Net? - Working on the .Net platform since 2001. Skills in .Net 3.0, 3.5 and LINQ.

• Artistic, Free and Open Minded - Inherent, Evolved and Cultivated.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• Co-founded Skillda (www.skillda.com) - June 2007

• Nous Infosystems (CMM Level 5) Software Services Company- Dec 2004 - Nov 2006

• Co-Founded PulzeStream, In 2001. Led the development of Ultrasonic and Optical Level and Density Measurement devices. Set up the Bangalore office, with a team of 12.

• Consulted with several companies between 2002-2007

EDUCATION

• B Tech, Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (REC/NIT Calicut), 1998-2002

• St. Joesph's High School and College Till '98

TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS

• More than 17 years in programming, starting with a BBC Micro

• Windows, Linux/Unix platforms

• Very strong skills in Designing and Architect-ing complex, Multi-Tier systems.

• Design Patterns, UML Diagramming and other formal Requirement and Design Modeling dialects

• I can understand and work on the entire technological stack in an application: Database, Middle-Tier, Communication stacks and the Front-End.

• Various Development Processes and Methodologies (Agile, Formal, Iterative). Strong skills in bringing projects into the Agile mold. Skills in deploying and initiating various Development Process Tools like CruiseControl.Net and Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

• Worked on the .Net Framework since 2001, .Net 2.0 since 2004, .Net 3.0 (WPF/WCF/WWF), .Net 3.5 since 2006, and in Mono (Open Source .Net Fx).

• My .Net experience includes working on Asp.Net, Atlas, Windows Forms, Web Services, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Workflow Foundation, LINQ (for Database and XML).

• Biztalk 2004/2006 including Orchestrations and BRE; SharePoint (MOSS 2007)

• Written code in Imperative && OO Languages, the likes of C#, C, C++, Visual Basic, Python, Ruby

• Programming and configuring different versions of Sql Server, including Sql Server 2005. Also worked on PostgreSql, Oracle and Oracle Embedded (BerkeleyDB). Some MySql experience.

• My Pythonic experience includes Web Development with Django, as well as generic tasks like Web Crawling, Indexing and Ranking.

• Very strong HTML and Web skills: (X)HTML compliance, advanced Javascript Programming, and JS libraries like Prototype.

• Spent 2 years designing and building hardware and software components for Industrial Automation

• Interests are Concurrency, Functional Programming, Performance Optimization, Internet and Web 2.0 technologies like AJAX, Industrial Automation Systems, Programming Languages, Code Generation and ORM, and Open Source

Check my Open Source Blog Engine called Thinkjot (http://www.process64.com/thinkjot), for .Net programming skills.

Home grown Professional Networking Portal at http://www.skillda.com. (Source not available now.)

SELECTED PROJECTS

Skillda (www.skillda.com Professional Networking Portal)

• Python, Django, Postgresql, Linux for the web system

• Mono, Lucene.Net for the Search Engine

• Python based Crawling, Ranking and Indexing System

• Extensive use of AJAX, design emphasizes Scalability

• Team of 3, 8 Months in 2007 , Ongoing

SharePoint 2007 based Customer Care Portal

• SharePoint 2007, Asp.Net 2.0, C#, Sql Server

• Integration with Google Maps, extensive AJAX functionality

• Windows Workflow for Customizable Workflows

• Team of 12, 6 Months in 2006-2007

• (Role: Consultant/Architect)

Patient Management and Electronic Medical Records

• Asp.Net 2.0, Windows Forms, C#, Sql Server

• Team of 6, 6 Months in 2006

Rules Based Loan Processing (in Banking)

• Asp.Net 2.0 Web Services, BizTalk Server (Orchestration and BRE)

• Team of 2, 3 Months (2006)

Home Health Care (Pocket PC/Desktop)

• Net Compact Framework 1.1/2.0, C# and .Net 2.0

• Asp.Net Web Services

• Team of 8, 8 Months (2005)

Investment Analyzer (Stock Trading and Analysis)

• .Net Compact Framework, C#

• Asp.Net Web Services, Sql Server

• Team of 6, 3 Months (2005)

AutoNet - Automobile Sales Processing

• .Net 1.1, C#, Sql Server, Asp.Net Web Services, BizTalk Server

• Team of 6, 8 Months (2004)

DL-1290, DLD-2090, DLD-2290 Industrial Level and Height Measurement Devices

• Industrial Automation System

• Involved Mechanical, Electronic and Software components.

• Software Environment: C(Win32) and C#

• Research in Precision measurement of density and liquid level

• Team of 6, 12 Months (2003-2004)

everGreen Framework and Code Generation Tools

• .Net 1.1, C#, Sql Server, Oracle

• Team of 6, 9 Months (2003)

Other Projects:

• RecruitMax - Human Resources Management, Recruitment Portal

• LandMark Systems - Property Management