Primary Skills
Expert in UI Presentation Layer Programming, Creative Web design, User friendly Front-end screens
Location
US-CA-SANTA CLARA
Posted
Apr-06-07
RESUME DETAILS
Summary -------- 12 years of experience in IT industry, Involved in complete SDLC with Expertise in UI design & development for Web based Applications.
Expert in UI Presentation Layer Programming, Creative Web design, User friendly Front-end screens, improving Productivity, interactive Prototypes and Graphics.
Expert in HTML, XHTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, table-less web design, XML/XSL/XSLT/XSL-FO, DTD, IFRAMES, VBScript, DOM Architecture, Wiki, Dream Weaver, Front Page, Home site, Top style, Edit Plus, PhotoShop CS2, Visual communicator, Camtasia Studio, Swish Max, Paint shop Pro, Flash, PDF, Acrobat Distiller, Snagit, Illustrator, Frame maker, Data logics formatter, Fire works, Director, Xara, SGML, Oracle XSQL, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Visio and MS Office.
Expert in handling cross browser/platform compatibility issues (IE, Netscape & Mozilla) on both Windows, Linux & MAC.
Experience in Requirement Analysis, UI metaphor, Wire frames, Mockups, Story Boarding, Redesign, JAD sessions, Manual QA and Usability Testing.
Strong working knowledge in J2EE (EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC), OOAD, .NET, ASP, CGI-Perl, CMF, WML, WAP, JRUN, Web Logic, Web Sphere, iPlanet, Apache, Samba, JWS, VB, SQL Server, Oracle 8i on Windows & Unix (Solaris) platforms.
Functional Experience includes Financial/Banking, Medical, Online-shopping, Portal, and Advertising & Government Project life cycles.
Excellent Communication, Interpersonal skills, Self-starter, Team Player with Project Management and Leadership Skills.
Technical Skills ----------------
Primary Skills --------------- HTML4.0/DHTML, XML/XSLT, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Wiki, Video demos, Camtasia Studio, Photoshop Images, Story boarding, Mockups, Interactive Prototype, Wire frames, Flow Charts, Manual QA, Presentation Layer Support for Programmers.
Tools /Middleware ----------------- Excelon Stylus, XML Spy, JDK 1.2, JSDK 2.0, ASP 3.0, J2EE (EJB, JSP, Servlets, JDBC), WAP, Front Page 2000, MS Office, MS Project, Edit Plus, WS Pro, Cute FTP, Dream Weaver MX, Dream weaver Ultradev 4, Home site 4.5.1, Top style 1.5.1, Fire works 4.0, Flash MX, Macromedia Director 8.5, Photo Shop cs, Illustrator 10, Paint Shop Pro, Photo editor, Xara Web Style, Camtasia Studio, Swish Max, Visual Communicator.
Servers ------- JRUN 3.0, Web Logic 8.1, Sambar 1.1, IIS 5., Java Web Server, IBM Web sphere, Silver stream, iPlanet, J2EE.
RDBMS ----- Oracle 9i, MS SQL Server 2000/7.x, Sybase 10
OP System ---------- Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0, Linux, MAC OS 9.X, Sun Solaris.
Work Experience (Project wise) ------------------------------- 1. June 2005 to Present, Sr. UI Analyst, San Jose, IBM. www.ibm.com , www.isrvce.com
Involved in various projects for Applications On Demand Division of IBM. To mention a few are iSRVCE, Workbench, Leapfrog, Video Demos, Wiki, SAP, Blue wash, Globalization etc.
Responsibilities:
Playing a lead role in UI design and development of the front-end architecture. Responsible for creating UI standards, front end templates and screen prototypes. Involved in Extensive HTML hand coding and used dream weaver MX for design of pages. Involved in creating video demos for sales and marketing team to advertise the products using camtasia studio, visual communicator and Swish max. Responsible for creation screen-flows, org charts using VISIO. Developed a table-less wiki application and trained the users on how to use it. Used SNAGIT tool to capture the screenshot of the scrollable screens. Used Map-edit tool for creating image maps. Handled all the client side validation, hide and show divs, tab navigation using JavaScript. Developed eye catching and fast loading images using Photoshop CS2. Developed CSS to maintain the uniformity of the all the screens through out the application and positioning of the screen objects. Implemented innovative techniques in front end that helped the architecture to avoid the hassle of multiple pages for single screen. Responsible for creating the screens with W3C standards, WCAG and 508 compliance to help disabled users. Tested the Application using WCAG tools Bobby, Wave, Jaws for WCAG and 508. Involved in JAD sessions with architects, business analysts, and project managers to improve the front-end Application design and UI. Involved in user requirement analysis, meeting the users and giving them questionnaires to develop an acceptable UI design. Used the UI metaphor technology that serves all the needs and expectations of the users through out the application, enabling the whole interface as intuitive. Interacted extensively with the java developers to make the applications look similar to the prototypes. Responsible for maintaining the intranet sites of the Applications On Demand Division of IBM. Managed India Off-site team with e-meetings and conference calls. Worked with Japan Off-site team for converting the applications from English to Japanese. Worked with Chinese off-site team for an insurance based product. Assisted the QA Team in helping them understand the flow and functionalities of the applications. Used Win-CVS for the Source control.
2. April 2004 to June 2005, Sr. UI Analyst, Courts of CA, (U.S.Govt) Orange County. V3 (Automation of California Court System - Deloitte Consulting)
This is the biggest case management system developed for Courts of California, U.S.Govt to automate the entire California state Superior courts and their administrative office activities. The system is built with state of the art J2EE architecture involving struts, jsp, ejb, xml, xslt, oracle, html, css, JavaScript, crystal reports with bea weblogic server. The front end plays a major role transforming business requirements with the creation of most complicated screens to have more readability, productivity and pleasing UI, comprising more than 500 screens, 180 forms, 160 notices, and 60 reports tuned with w3c standards also including WCAG and 508 compliance to help disabled people use the application with ease.
Responsibilities: Playing a lead role in UI design and development of the front-end architecture. Responsible for creating UI standards, front end templates and screen prototypes. Involved in Extensive HTML hand coding and used dream weaver MX for design of pages. Created CSS navigational menu that is role based, menu items change dynamically, derived from the database in the form of XML. Responsible for creation screen-flows using VISIO. Responsible for making PDF format of the screens and screen flows for the client to review with ease. Used SNAGIT tool to capture the screenshot of the scrollable screens. Handled all the client side validation, hide and show divs, tab navigation using JavaScript. Developed eye catching and fast loading images using Photoshop CS. Developed CSS to maintain the uniformity of the all the screens though out the application and positioning of the screen objects. Implemented innovative techniques in front end that helped the architecture to avoid the hassle of multiple pages for single screen. Responsible for creating the screens with W3C standards, WCAG and 508 compliance to help disabled users. Tested the Application using WCAG tools Bobby, Wave, Jaws for WCAG and 508. Involved in JAD sessions with architects, business analysts, users including judges and court managers to improve the front-end Application design and UI. Involved in user requirement analysis, meeting the users and giving them questionnaires to develop an acceptable UI design. Used the UI metaphor technology that serves all the needs and expectations of the users through out the application, enabling the whole interface as intuitive. Responsible for fine tuning the JSP screens along with the java developers to deliver the end product. Educated the Java programmers on CSS and WCAG and 508 standards. Provided presentation layer support for a team of 140 developers. Followed the Govt Application strict coding standards and added comments for each UI component to help java developers. Assisted the QA Team. Rational Clear Case used for Source control.
3. October 2003 to April 2004, Lead UI, DHS, U.S.Govt, SAC www.dhs.ca.gov
Eureka (Automation of California Cancer Medical System)
This is a confidential system developed for Department of Health Services of U.S.Govt to automate the entire California state cancer patients information to eliminate the defects of cancer by using the scientific quality data for research. The system is built with the state of the art architecture involving Delphi, asp, asp.net, xml, xslt, SQL server with IIS server. The front end plays a major role in the system for the creation of the complicated screens to have more readability, productivity and pleasing UI.
Responsibilities: Played a lead role in UI design and development of the front-end architecture. Responsible for Creation of front end screens that are for huge resolution of 1600X1200 specific to the needs of the users accommodating more than 200 fields in a single screen. Involved in Extensive HTML hand coding and used dream weaver MX for design of pages. Created DHTML navigation menu that is role based, menu items changes dynamically, derived from the database in the form of XML. Responsible for creation of different screen prototypes for each demo review with the team and users. Handled all the client side validation using JavaScript. Developed eye catching images, creative logos using Photoshop 7. Worked closely with UI Guru and famous writer Jeff Johnson, author of UI books web bloopers and UI bloopers. Responsible for creation of storyboards in the initial phase that reflects the use cases. Developed CSS to maintain the uniformity of the all the screens though out the application and positioning of the screen objects. Implemented innovative techniques in front end that helped the architecture to avoid the hassle of multiple pages for single screen. Involved in discussions with architects, users and business analysts to improve the front-end Application design and UI. Involved in user requirement analysis, meeting the users and giving them questionnaires to develop an acceptable UI design. Used the UI metaphor technology that serves all the needs and expectations of the users through out the application, enabling the whole interface as intuitive. Star Team was used for Source control.
4. October 2002 to October 2003, Lead UI, XSLT Developer, Sony HQ, LA www.sonypictures.com
PRISM (Automation of worldwide release of Sony pictures - Columbia Tri-Star Movies)
This System was developed using the state of the art architecture involving xml, xslt for the data and presentation with web services, Servlets and EJB serving the business logic with web logic as the application server. The front end plays a major role in the system and was tuned to meet the complicated requirements of the users.
Responsibilities: Played a lead role in UI design and development of the front-end architecture. Responsible for Creation of front end screens using XSLT and DHTML. Involved in Extensive HTML hand coding and used dream weaver for design of pages. Created DHTML navigation menu that is role based, menu items changes dynamically, derived from the database in the form of XML. Responsible for creation of the front-end screens and popups that meet the requirements of ever changing business use cases to please the users after each demo review. Handled all the client side validation using JavaScript. Responsible for creation of storyboards in the initial phase that reflects the use cases. Developed CSS to maintain the uniformity of the all the screens though out the application and positioning of the screen objects. Implemented innovative techniques in front end that helped the architecture to avoid the hassle of frames, yet meeting the requirements of the users like keeping the column headers floating while the records scroll. Involved in heavy JavaScript Coding to meet the specific requirements of the users like adding and deleting rows dynamically, data transfer from popup to parent. Involved in the creation of eye catching PDF reports using apache FOP and XSL-FO. Developed eye catching images, logos using Photoshop. Wrote Application Style Guide that helped the development team to understand the UI of the application, it was also helpful to the users. Simulated the runtime XML structure by Hand coding to help the development in the form of prototype. Developed XSLT files that consists of reusable call-templates using Excelon stylus studio apart from hand coding logic for sorting and printing. Involved in discussions with architects, users and business analysts to improve the front-end Application design and UI. Involved in user requirement analysis, meeting the users and giving them questionnaires to develop an acceptable UI design. Helped the development team with all the needs of server side requirements from the front end like passing hidden variables, parameter passing and window-to-window communications involving data transfer. Used the UI metaphor technology that serves all the needs and expectations of the users through out the application, enabling the whole interface as intuitive. The base architecture of the project is - Servlets generates data in the form of XML in the runtime with the help of web services that pulls data from other systems, which is converted to HTML Using XSLT and XHTML and dynamic data is displayed. WinCVS was the source control and Test Director was the tool used for Testing. Rational studio was used for Architecture Design and development of Use cases.
Environment:
HTML/DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML/XSLT, XHTML, J2EE (Servlets, JSP, EJB), Top Style Rational Rose, web services, web logic 7,Excelon stylus studio 5, Dream weaver MX, Photoshop 7.0, Windows NT, Linux.
5. March 2002 to October 2002, Sr.Web Developer, Safeway, CA www.safeway.com
Smart Cart (wireless browser in moving shopping carts in Safeway Stores)
This System was developed using front-end DOM architecture, Apache Tomcat Server and IBM 4690 Mainframe database. The device has a monitor and the browser is w3c complaint mozilla. Developed an attractive UI for the device browser to impress shopping customers, boost sales and give the customer a wonderful shopping, a dream come true experience.
Responsibilities: Played a key role in design and development of the front end DOM architecture. Responsible for Creation of iframes and positioning the same for the device browser. Extensive HTML hand coding also used Home site & FrontPage for design of pages. Development using DHTML & JavaScript for dynamic generation of pages and Slide show of advertising banners. Developed CSS using Top Style Developed eye catching images including transparent images using Photoshop. Used innovative techniques in superimposing images to keep size smaller & avoid flickering on screens. Used JavaScript for preloading the images for speedy navigation to save time. Involved in discussions to improve the Application design and UI to attract the customer. Data extraction of customer from IBM MF database (IBM 4690) using J2EE complaint servlet engine provided by Tomcat & Apache servers that distributes to store servers. Servlet generates data in the form of XML in the runtime, which is converted to HTML using XSLT and XHTML and dynamic data is displayed using DOM architecture. Involved in converting XML files to customized PDF using XSLT and XSL-FO for reports with calculations and column wise sorting mechanism that gives the product cost change impacts that helps in increasing the profit of the company. Used XML Spy 4 for generation of XSLT and installed Apache FOP for PDF generation. Involved in requirement analysis of the application. Used the UI metaphor technology that serves all the needs and expectations of the customers through out the application. Made application compatible for w3c Mozilla Browser in Linux & Windows environment and assisted QA Team in Testing.
Environment: HTML/DHTML, JavaScript 1.2, CSS 1.1, XML/XSLT, XHTML, XSL-FO, DOM, PDF, J2EE (servlets, JSP, EJB), Home site 4.5.1, Top Style 1.5.1, Rational Rose 2000, Apache, Tomcat, Apache FOP, UDB, IBM 4690, XML Spy 4.0, FrontPage 2000, Dream weaver ultradev 4.0, Photoshop 6.0, Fire works 4.0, Windows NT, Linux, Wireless shopping cart Device with Mozilla 0.9.9 Browser.
6. Jan 2002 - Mar 2002, Sr.Web Developer, State Govt District office, CA www.sjcc.edu
Evaluation Process Automation - Automation of Evaluation of staff working in colleges & schools in the district. Involved in drawing the project plan, setting up database, Designing UI screens with graphics, form validation using JavaScript, form submission and report display using ASP.
Responsibilities: Requirement analysis and study of the application. Used the UI metaphor technology through out the application. Design and development of the pages using ASP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Used Dream weaver as HTML editor, IIS for Web Hosting. Paint shop Pro and photo shop 6.0 were used for making images. SQL queries were used for data insertion and updating in MS-Access Database. Made the site compatible with both IE and Netscape Browsers. Assisted the QA Team in Testing and Involved in setting up the server environment.
This is an emedical/hydrological site having both content & Transaction pages driven by XML/XSL/ XSLT/DTD/XSQL features. The system was developed to give leading medical companies' information of Diagnosis, Procedures, Companies, Products, Payers etc., in the medical field & other related information at macro level. Document management was done using DL formatter & SGML/DTD. ASP was used for the website of the company and XSLT/XML/JRUN was used for the intranet application.
Responsibilities: Responsible for UI web standards, UI metaphor, Story Boarding, JAD sessions for the Application and Prototype. Provided presentation layer support for a team of 96 programmers & business analysts. Played the role of a key front end XSL developer in displaying the data in HTML format from Oracle XSQL files using XSLT technology using tools Excelon Stylus, XML Spy, Oracle XSQL servlet, XML1.0 and manual XSL1.0 and WML coding. Educated the HTML programmers on XSLT/DTD and helped them to build the dynamic data front-end pages using XSL. Done Intensive Requirement Analysis and usability testing with clients. Lead the team of Prototype Designers in building the 400-page prototype with rich graphics content for pleasing UI with Gifs using Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML4.0. Wrote DHTML for drop down menus using JavaScript & CSS using Top Style 1.5. Handled Cross Platform issues using customized DHTML drop down menus in image maps & position scroll panels using JavaScript (using div ids) for all browsers. Used IFRAMES for display of stock quotes. Flash 5.0 and Director 8.5 was used for the Demo Version of the project. Embedded Digital images into WebPages and customized it. SQL Server 7.0 was the database in the ASP site connectivity done using ODBC. SQL queries were used for data insertion, updating & deletion to SQL Database. Developed online catalogues of medical products using ASP. Interacted with the client team daily on behalf of the programmers to keep the development process intact and perfect to meet the strict business standards. Played a Key Role in bug fixing and assisted QA team in navigating thru the pages. Developed guest book and feed back forms using CGI-PERL. Conversion of ASP application into XSL-java-Oracle application. Responsible for Co-ordination between team of ASP and Java programmers. Dream Weaver/Ultra Dev, Home Site 4.5.1 were used for design of front-end screens. JRun 3.0 was the application server and Apache 1.3 was the web server. Oracle 8.0 is used as the backend with XSQL 1.0 as an interface. WML was used for the design of the cellular phone screens with nokia tool kit. Used SGML/DTD, Data Logics Formatter, Frame maker for document management and developing .PDF files. Used MKS Source Integrity for Version Control & Samba to map windows to Solaris Web Load 4.0 is being used for testing web behaviors of the pages. Made the site compatible with MAC OS 9.1.
Environment: HTML 4.0, DHTML, SGML, Frame Maker 6.0, JavaScript 1.2, GCI-PERL, CSS 1.1, XML, XSLT, WML, ASP 3.0, Dream Weaver 4.x/3.x, Dream weaver UltraDev 4.0, Home site, Rational Rose 2000, JRun 3.0, XML Spy 3.0, Excelon Stylus, Apache 1.3, Java 2.0, Vertical Sky, Samba 2.0, Photoshop 6.0, Fire works 4.0, Illustrator 8.0, Flash 5.0, Director 8.5, MS Project, Oracle 8.0/XSQL 1.0, SQL Server 7.0, Windows NT, Solaris 2.x
8. April 2000 to July 2000, Sr.Web Developer, Fortek. NJ, CA
www.valoitinc.com, www.kingwinchemicals.com, www.fortek.com Analysis, Design, development, modification, enhancement & copy writing of web sites.
Responsibilities: Design and development of the pages. Developed the DHTML code using JavaScript functions for special fading effects and strobe effects in dynamic menus and Third party web components. Design & development of the pages using HTML/DHTML, CGI/Perl, CSS & JavaScript. Used Dream weaver as HTML editor, IIS for Web Hosting and MS Access database. SQL Server 7.0 was the database with ODBC connection. Paint shop Pro and photo shop 6.0 were used for gif editing. Adobe Acrobat was used for the document management and developing .PDF files. Xara Web Style was used for the graphical text editing. Flash 5.0, Director, Fire works 4.0 was used for design of the intro page of the new site. XML was used for the transportation of data. ASP 3.0 was used for the online resume submission application. SQL queries were used for data insertion and updating in to SQL Server 7.0 Database. Used the UI metaphor technology through out the application. Made the site compatible with MAC OS 9.1.
Environment: Flash 4.0, Fire works 4.0, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Illustrator, HTML/DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Dream weaver 3.0, Paint Shop Pro, IIS, ASP 3.0, XML, CGI-PERL, SQL SERVER 7.0, Macromedia Director, MS office 2000, Windows NT.
9. January 2000 to March 2000, Web Developer, Nostops, NJ www.nostops.com, www.magnumt.com Analysis, design, development, modification, enhancement & copy writing of web sites.
Responsibilities: Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design and development of the pages. Developed using DHTML for expanding tree menu structure & 3rd party web components. Design, development of pages using ASP/HTML/DHTML, CGI/Perl, CSS & JavaScript. Used Dream weaver as HTML editor, IIS for Web Hosting and SQL Server database. Created and uploaded xls, doc and ppt files for downloading purposes. Paint shop Pro and Photo shop 6.0 were used for gif editing. Xara Web Style was used for the graphical text editing. Flash 4.0 was used for the design of the demo presentation of the site. XML was used for the transportation of data. Adobe Acrobat was used for the document management and developing .PDF files. WML was used for the design of the cellular phone screens.
Environment: Flash 4.0, Photoshop 6.0, Illustrator HTML/DHTML, XML, CGI-PERL, CSS, JavaScript, Front Page 2000, Paint Shop Pro, SQL Server 7.0, Dream weaver 3.0, Director, IIS, ASP 3.0, Windows NT.
10. Aug 1998 - Dec 1999, Web Developer, Citibank www.citibank.com
Emerging Market Global Leasing System (Apr 1999 - Dec 1999) - Developed System for Citibank's Global Network in 40 countries. Mail Messaging System & Intranet (Aug 1998 - Mar 1999)
Responsibilities: Module Lead in a team of 8 designers to set the GUI web standards for the project. Designed and developed the prototype that served as marketing tool in 40 countries. Developed the UI web standards for the Citibank Projects. Design and Development of UI using HTML/DHTML, CSS & JavaScript. Netscape valclnt.js was used for client side JavaScript validations. Conversion of HTML files into XML and XSL and Transportation of data in XML format. Participated in the JAD and Story Boarding sessions. Used SGML/DTD, Data logics formatter, Frame maker for document management. Developed Functional specs, program specs, business specs and test cases. Drawn Flow charts to explain the business process and flow. Developed Servlets used for form processing & connecting to database using Edit Plus. Used Javax mail API for mailing & JDBC for database connectivity. JSP was used in development to display the information. Adobe Acrobat was used for the document management and developing .PDF files. Used WML for screen design of cellular phones and Web Logic as Application Server. Developed Graphics using Paint shop Pro/PhotoShop & Animation using Flash/Fire works.
11. Jan 1998 to Jul 1998, Software Developer, GEE GEE Systems, India
Business Directory - Developed system using Java, Applets, AWT, JWS, JDBC, Oracle, and Windows NT.
12. Mar 1997 to Dec 1997 as Software Developer, IOCL, India
Data Wizard - Developed system using Java, AWT, JWS, JDBC, Oracle, Windows NT
13. Jan 1996 to Feb 1997 as Software Programmer, Southern Builders, India
Construction Estimation System - Developed system using VB, ADO, SQL, Windows NT.
14. Apr 1995 to Dec 1995 as Software Programmer, Aeromat, Chennai, India
Production Planning System - Developed using PB, Sybase, Windows NT
Education and Training: -----------------------
BS, Bharathiar University, India. Diploma in Software Programming, NIIT. Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications. HTML and JavaScript Certification from brain bench and proveit. UI, Graphics, PhotoShop, Flash, Multimedia Training. J2EE, Web logic, Web sphere, Oracle 8 Training. Microsoft Certified Professional in Visual Basic 5.0. Mainframe (DB2, CICS, JCL, Y2K, S390) Training.
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