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Samit Vartak
12116 Polo Drive, Apt #313, Fairfax, VA – 22033Phone: (571) 228 -2617, Email: svartak@gmu.edu
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROFILE
Solutions-oriented, technically sophisticated IT Professional with 5 years experience in software development using a variety of programming languages on different platforms and operating systems with the proven ability to apply technical knowledge and skills to the strategic benefit of the organization.TECHNICAL SKILLS
| Programming Skills | HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, JSP, ASP.NET, Servlets, XML, Ajax, VB.Net, C#, Java |
| Databases Used | MS-SQL, MySQL, MS Access |
| Web Servers | IIS, Apache |
| Designing and Photo Editing | Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Flash, Flash Actionscript |
| Operating Systems | Windows, Red Hat Linux |
| Other Software | MS-Office, Acrobat Professional |
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Computer Science George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA |
Aug 2008 |
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
May 2003 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Technical Consultant College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA |
Aug. 2006 – Present |
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive data base driven website for the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) (http://cehd.gmu.edu/) using MySQL, PHP, XHTML, Ajax and MODx open source Content Management System (CMS). This project included a public website and intranet. The database tracks and links people (including contact info, roles, titles, affiliations, etc.), courses (including semester-specific variations), locations (buildings, rooms, campuses, etc.), academic entities (departments, programs, degrees, certificates, etc.), application requirements, and other related information.
- Led a team of four programmers.
- Responsible for troubleshooting, updating and testing of over 100 PHP snippets and 12,000 webpages.
- Developed the online Field Experience Request Form, http://cehd.gmu.edu/endorse/ferf/ using HTML, PHP, MySQL and Ajax. This form automated a paper process and is used by hundreds of students seeking internships each semester.
- Setup and configured three university servers with Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP)
- Designed and developed conference websites using HTML, CSS, ASP, Access, MySQL, PHP, Dreamweaver Templates that include registration, email confirmations, administrative interfaces for tracking attendees and payments.
- Conference on Protection websites of Unaccompanied and Separated Children: http://childalone.gmu.edu/
Joint venture of U.S. Department of State and GMU - Make the Message Matter: http://makethemessagematter.gmu.edu/
Sponsored by College of Education and Human Development (GMU)
- Conference on Protection websites of Unaccompanied and Separated Children: http://childalone.gmu.edu/
- Authored a plugin currently featured on the MODx site (http://www.modxcms.com/Page-TOC-Generator-1274.html) which generates a page-specific Table of Contents based on the page’s heading structure in PHP.
Software Engineer Convonix Inc., Mumbai, India. |
June 2003 – June 2006 |
- Pioneered the creation of Hitstatz web analytic software tool for search engine optimization. Hitstatz is a hosted solution developed in ASP and MS-SQL that runs in any client environment. The software captures statistics of visitors, page views, and referrers and generates statistical analysis on the trends and effectiveness of web marketing campaigns.
- Created Campaign Management System (CMS) using ASP, VB.Net and MS-SQL. The CMS is designed to track, analyze and provide rankings on various Search Engines to clients on the success and impact of their direct marketing campaign on various search engines.
- Worked with the Partner to build the software development team of 3 and managed them to the success of Hitstatz.
- Responsible for redesign of various in house websites.
- Responsible for making various search optimization related changes to client websites.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
George Mason University
- Blog Application: Developed a Blog application as a part of curriculum using Servlets, JSP and JavaScript.
- Fault tolerant Distributed Coordination System developed in JAVA using a ring based algorithm. A single token is passed among the nodes to detect faults. The system detects and recovers from the fault.
- Digit Recognition in a coin image using Matlab.
University of Mumbai
- Developed a comprehensive online communication system for VAIDS Technologies Pvt. Ltd. using ASP and MS-SQL featuring a web-based email system with fill in, preformatted forms for staff to submit and track requests. Programming elements included newsletter creation and distribution as well as an easy to use administrative interface for updating users, forms and workflow.
REFERENCES
References available upon request