LAKSHMA NAN A NNAMALAI
30 Newport Parkw ay, Apt # 409, Jersey City, NJ - 07310
(917) 698 – 4671
Lakshm anan.annam alai@villanova.edu
www.hom epage.villanova.edu/l akshm anan.annamal ai
OBJECTIVE
To seek a challenging Software E ngi neering position in a progressi ve environm ent that uses m y technical and anal ytical skills
and provides ample opportunity for growth
EDUCATION
M.S in Computer Scie nce
Villanova U niversity, Pennsyl vania.
GPA: 3.70/4.0
Dec 2008
B.E in Ele ctrical and Electronics Enginee ring
Anna U niversity, India.
GPA: 3.80/4.0
May 2005
COMPUTE R SKILLS
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Programming Languages
: Java, C, C++
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Scripting Languages
: PHP, JavaScript
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Markup Languages
: HTML, XHTML, DHTML, XML
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Web Development Techniques
: AJAX
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Style Sheet Languages
: CSS, XSL
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Java Platform Editions
: Standard Edition, E nterprise E dition
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Database Developm ent Platforms
: Oracl e, MySQL, Microsoft Access
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Java Develope r
Lexstream , NJ, U SA
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Aug 2008-Current
Involved in developing a tax reporting product w hich gets financi al data, processes it and returns the processed data to
other i nstitutions.
Developm ent Technologies: JAVA, AJAX, Spri ng Fram ework
Database: Oracle
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Writing JUNIT test cases to test if the product meets specifications.
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Mai ntaining the company’s webpage.
Graduate Assistant
Falvey library, Villanova university
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Jun 2007-Aug 2008
Developed Li brary Help System w hich is accessibl e from the Library home page and serves the U niversity community. Users
have the ability to post questions as well as responses for posted questions.
Developm ent Technologies: PHP
Database: MySQL
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Developed Content Management System for the Library web site. It provides version management, user role managem ent,
page preview option, page publishing option and page layout option.
Developm ent technologi es: PHP, Java Script and AJAX
Database: eXist
Program Analyst
Cogniz ant Technology Solutions, Chennai, India
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Worked for a J2EE project called ‘Project Online’, for the client ‘British Gas’
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Involved in the following phases of the project:
Apr 2006-Dec 2006
Requirem ent gathering, Use case preparation, Database desi gn and Developm ent
Software Enginee r
Newgen Software Technology Solutions, Chennai, India
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Jun 2005-Nov 2005
Customized the Business Process management products, whi ch the com pany provided to its clients usi ng JSP and VB
RESEARCH PROJECTS
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‘Visual Representation of Computi ng Sciences Ontology’, developed in Flash using Action Scri pt
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'XML Databases’, study on different w ays of storing XML i n database and the available prod ucts for storing XML in database
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
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CommonBuzz, an online community portal developed using AJAX, java Script and PHP
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Airline Flight Inform ation System, a web project developed using PHP
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Operating System Sim ulator developed in Java usi ng Eclipse 3.1 editor
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Programming Language Interpreter developed in Java using Eclipse 3.1 editor
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Moldy chocol ate, a gam e developed in C
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‘Internet Control of Electric dri ves’, developed usi ng Mi cro processor programming and C
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
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Ranked i n top 10% i n the Second round of ‘Microsoft imagi ne Cup’ hel d at Tulane Uni versity, New Orleans
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Recognized by Project m anager at Cogniz ant Technology Solutions for havi ng the skill set of a ‘Business Analyst’ w hile
working on requirements gathering and usecase preparation