LEENA ARORA
Apt 54, 4750 Center Ave Pittsburgh, PA15213 ∙ (302)-670-5106 ∙ larora@andrew.cmu.edu
EDUCATION
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH USA
May 2010
Master of Information Security Policy and Management
GPA: 3.93/4.0
Relevant Coursework: Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Organizational Communication and Distributed Object Technology,
Telecommunication Management, Applied Information Assurance, Internet Security
THAPAR UNIVERSITY, PUNJAB INDIA
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
June 2007
GPA: 9.13/10.0
WORK EXPERIENCE
TAVANT TECHNOLOGIES, BANGALORE INDIA
Feb’08–Jul’08
Software Engineer
Metrics-Manager
 Member of team in designing and developing a web application using Struts as an enhancement for the internal Bug Tracker.
 Application developed in JAVA helps in tracking and reducing software failures.
 Identified Business and functional requirements, implemented user management and project management modules and
carried out successful integration of all the modules.
Cab Reservation System
 Designed and automated the Cab Reservation process by developing an application in Perl, enabling user-friendliness and
reduction in processing time.
 Communicated and reported on the progress of the projects on weekly basis.
 Underwent training for C++, JAVA, SQL, PL-SQL and J2EE.
 Recognized for the quality work delivered and rated as the best trainee out of a batch of 30.
ECOLE FRANAISE DE PAPETERIE ET DES INDUSTRIES GRAPHIQUES, GRENOBLE FRANCE
Jun’06-Dec’06
Researcher
Conducted research and experiments on “Catalysis of Oxygen, Peroxide and Oxygen reinforced Peroxide Delignification” and identified a
catalyst that improved efficiency of the delignification technique employed in the paper industry by 8%. The project is being continued
as a thesis in their research lab, due to the positive results obtained.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Web Anonymizer (Incognito v1.0)
Oct’08 - Nov’08
Incognito v1.0, an anonymous proxy developed for concealing the identity of user and making their activities untraceable on the
Internet. The tool directs HTTP requests through a proxy server implemented in JAVA (Socket Programming) and manipulates the HTTP
headers. Plug-in developed for Mozilla made the application user friendly.
Wi-Fi Survey of Pittsburgh (War-driving)
Oct’08–Nov’08
Gathered and analyzed statistics about wireless networks around the city of Pittsburgh for determining the extent of Wi-Fi adoption
and the wireless security awareness amongst users of the same technology. Study focused on characteristics like SSIDs, network
passwords and type of encryption, collected using NetStumbler, a wireless networking tool.
Security aspects of Biometrics
Sep’08–Oct’08
Compared, contrasted and carried out cost-benefit analysis of various biometric techniques available for authentication. Study focused
on Retinal Scan, Voice Recognition, Facial Recognition and Finger-printing, types of biometric authentication.
Hospital Management System
An application designed and developed in C++ for managing the services and resources of the hospital.
Jan’03 – Mar’03
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages: C, C++, JAVA, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML
Database: Oracle
Presently working on: J2EE
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
 Led an Inter Collegiate Technical Fest, SATURNALIA MMVI as the Joint Secretary of the Chemical Technical Committee
 Served as an Executive Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), a forum for Chemical Engineering profession
 Appointed as the Class Representative for BE Chemical Engineering in Student Consultative Committee (SCC)
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Recipient of merit scholarship from Carnegie Mellon University
 Participated in Deloitte Case Challenge and DHS Local Government Case Competition
 Selected based on merit to pursue an internship under the supervision of the Director of one of the top schools of Europe
 Awarded a merit scholarship for securing 2nd position in the academic year 2004-05
 Successfully completed IT training program run by Infosys for producing “Industry ready” recruits