Accomplished Technical Architect/Lead with experience developing enterprise-level applications using WPF, MVVM pattern, C# and SQL Server 2008, including for clients such as NBC Universal.

  Consistently promoted to positions of greater responsibility at Capgemini for exceeding performance goals and also honored with a bonus and a Pat on the Back Award for outstanding results-achieved.

  Designed multiple reusable custom controls using WPF and framework for rewriting application from Winforms to WPF.

  Experience with data adapter, dataset and data reader as a part of ADO.NET to access and update, as well as data binding, triggers and template binding in WPF.

  Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall and tailored Agile methodologies.

  Written LINQ queries for data access from Entity Framework 4.0 and data access from Lists and XML, as well as stored procedures, functions, views, triggers in SQL Server 2008.

  Led multiple teams such as SQL Server, intelligence, enterprise data warehouse, ETL, web operations, and also spearheaded scrum and backlog grooming meetings with business leads.

  TOGAF 9 Certified; earned Jan. 2016.

Application Development Configuration Management Staff Management/Training

Performance Tuning Requirements Gathering Reverse Engineering

Functional/Technical Specifications Process Improvement ER and Class Diagrams

Software: Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel macros, formulas, VLookup, Pivot tables and working with charts; Microsoft Project; .NET Framework 1.1 and 4.0, WPF; Windows Forms; Telerik Controls for WPF; XCEED Data Grid for WPF; Entity Framework 4.0; and SQL Server Integration Services.

Design Patterns: MVVM and PRISM.

Programming Languages: C#; VB; XAML; XML; and SQL.

Application Deployment: Click once and IIS.

Tools: Team Foundation Server; Visual Studio 2003 and 2010; Jira; Service-Now; Clearquest; and Clearcase.

Databases: SQL Server 2000 and 2008.

Service Layer: Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Web Services.

Reports: Crystal Reports 2011 and Ad hoc reporting universe.

Capgemini (formerly IGATE Corp.) Feb. 2008-Present

Project Manager, COMPASS RTS at NBC Universal New York, NY (Apr. 2015-Present)

Technical Lead, COMPASS RTS at NBC Universal New York, NY (Feb. 2012-Apr. 2015)

  Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, communicate with client architects and facilitate the process of acquiring packages, managing title inventory, developing schedules, projecting usage and assessing financial impact (amortization, liability, long range plans) for various types of programming content.

  Work with client personnel across programming and scheduling, business affairs, administration, legal and finance, including understanding their unique requirements.

  Lead three technical leads in the U.S. as well as 11 senior developers and technical architects in India.

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Project Manager, COMPASS RTS at NBC Universal New York, NY (Apr. 2015-Present)

Technical Lead, COMPASS RTS at NBC Universal New York, NY (Feb. 2012-Apr. 2015)

  Implement enhancements to web services, which are consumed by multiple downstream systems.

  Architect and design major screens using C#, WPF, MVVM and SQL Server 2008.

  Design user and custom controls using WPF/XAML, styles, triggers, attached and dependency properties.

  Implement presentation logic in ViewModel and bind to XAML dependency and attached properties.

  Ensure data access using Service layer, LINQ and stored procedures in SQL Server 2008.

  Complete code reviews for changes implemented by offshore team members.

  Provide value additions to monthly release process to ensure timely and defect-free software delivery.

  Coordinate with different integration systems such as TIBCO and consumer systems for new interfaces.

  Create SSIS packages to transform and send Compass data to different downstream systems through FTP.

  Develop click once package with updated version for deployment.

Technical Lead, Senior Software Engineer, COMPASS Re-write India (Apr. 2009-Feb. 2012)

  Traveled to NBC Universal on two occasions to meet with client architects to gather requirements.

  Built the new system in phases and turned off parts of the old system accordingly.

  Worked with client architect to rewrite COMPASS Application from .NET Framework 1.1 & WinForms to .NET Framework 4.0, WPF, MVVM and PRISM.

  Improved performance of multiple legacy stored procedures using execution plans, analyzing indexes and rewriting stored procedures.

  Instituted observable data in Framework classes to track change notifications for WPF bindings.

  Introduced security framework via role-based security using C#, .NET 2.0, ADO.NET and SQL Server, creating wrapper functions in common library for data access via ADO.NET, reflection and generic ways.

  Incorporated bulk data save functionalities by using XML structure formed via only changed entities and properties, which are read in stored procedure and further processed for DML operations.

  Implemented attached command behavior classes for easier handing of WPF routed events in ViewModel.

  Used LINQ to Entities and lambda expressions for data access using Entity Framework.

  Created reusable custom controls using control template, data template, styles and triggers in WPF.

  Designed table schema, prepared ER diagram and wrote triggers, views and functions in SQL Server 2008.

Software Engineer, COMPASS RTS (Feb. 2008-Apr. 2009)

  Prepared unit test plan and completed bug fixes and enhancements using VB and C#.

  Developed and enhanced stored procedures in SQL Server 2000.

  Checked source code in ClearCase for version control.

Bachelor of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Anna University India; graduated with distinction

TOGAF 9 Certified; earned Jan. 2016

Completed C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server training