RESUME              
NISHANTH NAIR
E-mail: nair.nishanth@gmail.com


Total IT Experience: 4 years
6 months with McAfee(April 2008 – Till date)
1 year with Neudesic Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (April2007 – March 2008)
2.5 years with Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. (Nov 2004 - March 2007)

US Visa: B1 Visa valid till 2017.

Software Exposure:

Operating System: Win2000/XP/2003 Server, Linux.
Technologies: ASP.NET 1.1, ASP.NET 2.0, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2005, IIS 6,
 JavaScript, XML Web Services, ASP.NET Ajax, Silverlight.
Tools: Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008, TFS, NUnit.
Languages: C#, JavaScript, C, Java (Familiar).

Methodology: 1 year experience in Agile Management and Software Development with Scrum.

Certification:
1.    Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD.NET).
2.    Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Application Development

Certified in:
1. Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual
C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
2. Developing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET
3. Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise
Edition
4. Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C#.NET


Projects:

SMB Store (www.shop.mcafee.com)
Organization: McAfee India
Duration: April 2008 –Till date
Technologies: .NET2.0, ASP.NET2.0, C#, ASP.NET AJAX, XML Webservice, SQL
        Server2005
Description: McAfee Small and Medium Business Store is an ecommerce application which sells McAfee products online. It uses Globalization and Localization technologies for supporting users from 62 countries across the globe. The system contains several windows services, payment subsystem, web services and a support application which support the main ecommerce application.

Role: Module Lead
Responsibilities:
•    Take lead role in the design and development of the e-com store components
•    Make design decisions in the requirement gathering and implementation phases for each release.
•    Responsible for ensuring code quality and coding standards of the code base.

Karpower Online
Organization: Neudesic Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Client: Kelley Blue Book.
Duration: April 2007 to March 2008.
Technologies: .NET2.0, ASP.NET2.0, ASP.NET AJAX, Ajax control toolkit, XML Webservice, SQL  
        Server2005, NUnit
About Neudesic: Neudesic is a Microsoft National Systems Integrator and Gold Certified Partner.  Ranked 197 on Inc. Magazine's Annual List of America's 500-Fastest Growing Private Companies. Ranked in Top 10 of the 2007 CRN Fast Growth 100 List: Prestigious Annual List Recognizes Top-Performing Solution Providers Growing at Phenomenal Rates. It is a privately-held company headquartered in Irvine, California, with domestic offices in Austin, Chicago, Dallas TX, Denver CO, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Redmond.

Methodology used: Agile Software Development with Scrum.
Team Size: 11

Role: Team Lead/Senior Developer.
About the project: Kelley Blue Book, headquartered in Irvine, California, is the United States' largest automotive vehicle valuation company. The company's website is a source for new and used vehicle pricing and information The Company has become so identified with its services that the trademarked terms blue book and blue book value have become synonymous with a car's market value.
The objective of the project was the development of www.Karpower.com by adding new features and functionalities to the application, which is an inventory for Car dealers across US to value, market and manage their vehicles. We implemented the “New Car valuation” feature which helps car dealers to value and store brand new car data. This included saving and editing of vehicle data using Ajax, generation of reports using Active PDF library, creation of stored procedures in SQL Server2005  etc.
The team was awarded “Best Team” award by Neudesic.
The project followed Agile Scrum development methodology.

Responsibilities:

•    Onsite co-ordination with the client team in California
•    Responsible for leading the entire project technically and helping team members.
•    Acted as a lead developer in finishing the tasks on time, meeting deadlines.
•    Responsible for interacting with Onshore Business Analysts and Tech team on daily scrum calls.
•    Actively involved in analysis and designing phases for each release.
•    Responsible for ensuring code quality and coding standards of the code generated by the offshore team.


1. Customer Care Framework.
Client: Microsoft
Organization: Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Duration: From December 2006 to March 2007
Technologies:  XML WebServices, SQL Server2005, .NET 2.0
Tools: Visual Studio 2005.
Language: C#

Details of the project:  The product enables dramatic improvements in contact center efficiency by delivering better information faster to service representatives, reducing operating costs, and delivering an improved, consistent customer experience.

Role: I had the responsibility of developing unit tests in the project. Also did code quality and coding standards review of the project.

3.WAKM (Wireless Applications Knowledge Management)
Organization: Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Client: BellSouth, US.
Duration: From November 2005 to July 2006.
Technologies: ASP.NET, SQL Server2000, Win forms
Language: C#
Project: Maintenance and development of 30+ key web applications in ASP.NET and to provide support for the client in application development.
The applications provided full support for time sheet management, client communication, HR activities, AD user management and knowledge transition between the client and Accenture.
Role: As a senior developer, I had the responsibility to design and develop new applications and provide support for existing applications. I was the point of contact for resolution of ASP.NET/IIS related issues for the project’s server management team.

Project 2: Webservice development for conversion of html phone bills to PDF.  Previously the customers were only able to see their phone bills from the client’s website. The requirement was to convert the generated html to PDF using easyPDF converter and store them in the server so that customers can save their phone bills without time delay.

Role: I had the sole responsibility to develop the POC for the project. Doing R&D on easyPDF converter DLL and exposing the functionalities through a webservice, possibility of storing the html bill components on different servers were the tasks.  In a later stage, I was involved in the low level design and development of the project.

4. ASP.NET portal development for one of the leading Telecommunications provider in US.
Organization: Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.
Client: Bellsouth, US.
Duration: 7 months.
Technologies: ASP.NET1.1, SQL Server2000
Language: C#
Role: As a developer I was involved in the design and development of a resource tracker portal for the client. The portal helped the client to automate employee details tracking, hardware inventory management, employee visa tracking and employee training management.
I was responsible for uploading the portal on the production server which is live on the internet and to configure IIS6 for security and performance. I was also in charge of maintaining the application hosted on the internet.

4. .NET Application development in the field of Health Insurance
Client: A multi billion dollar health insurance provider based out of US.
Team Size: 30+.
Duration: 5 months.
Technologies: ASP.NET1.1, Win Forms, SQL Server2000
Language: C#.
Role: As a developer I was responsible for developing .NET applications both in WinForms and ASP.NET. I was involved in the Development of a windows application tool to clean up client's database and update the latest database with cleaned data. The tool helped to clean up the database of redundant data and match related records. I was also involved in the development of a critical website for the client in ASP.NET.

Education:
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering.
College: N.S.S. College of Engineering, Palakkad.
University: Calicut University.
Aggregate: 65% with First Class
Year of Passing: 2004.

Pre-Degree
College: S.B. College, Changanacherry.
University: M.G. University
Marks: 80% with Distinction.
Year of Passing: 2000

SSLC
Board: Kerala State Board
Marks: 86.16% with Distinction.
Year of Passing: 1998