
Software Design Engineer
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Software Design Engineer
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a self motivated team player who posses strong organizational skills, and works well in fast paced and challenging environments, and am excellent at multi-tasking. I am fluent in English and Hindi, and have a command in French and Japanese. Over the years in various technology industries, I have gained a wealth of knowledge and experience at Game Programming, Web Development, and general application programing as well. I am highly passionate about these fields and I hope to become a bigger part of these fields as my career continues. I have particular aspirations in the gaming industry.
I am always seeking opportunities in order to fully utilize skills in computer technologies, software development, web development, communication, creativity and analysis to help achieve company goals and objectives.
- Programming: Visual Studio, .NET, C#, C++, C, RESOLVE/C++, Java, Javascript, Lua, Perl
- Web Design: ASP, PHP, CSS, AJAX, HTML, XML, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks
- Databases: SQL Server 2005, MySQL
- Art, Graphics and Sound: Adobe Suite including Photoshop, Macromedia Suite including Flash, familiarity with 3D Studio Max, Maya, Reason, CadKey / Autocad Drafting
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; ERTS; Computer Games industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Working on PC MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Social networking site for gamers, particularly geared initially towards players of Super Smash Bros. games. Built entirely from the ground up using no middle-ware using mostly C#, ASP.NET, and SQL Server 2005.
(Computer Software industry)
August 2005 — Present (4 years)
This is my personal website, anything and everything found here is by my creation and by my hand. It is built using PHP, CSS, MySQL, and various other web development tools.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Games industry)
April 2007 — February 2008 (11 months)
- Worked on an unannounced open-world game.
- Organized and maintained the functionality, efficiency and working order of the project on a daily basis.
- Set up a fully automated Cruise Control testing system.
- Created and moderated a Bugzilla system for bug tracking and fixes.
- Analyzed buggy situations and submitted fixes or created solutions.
- Most development tasks were handled with a combination of .NET, C#, C++, Lua, and XML.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 5 months)
- Worked on web page as well as service of digital dual authentication protocol designed to help protect clients from account hijacking and identity theft.
- This service was built using primarily Java, JavaScript, using the J2EE architecture, also utilizing SOAP, Apache Tomcat.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)
- Developer and designer of web assets for Ezeepage.
- This service was built using primarily ASP, Javascript, Flash and HTML.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DELL; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)
- Worked as part of the AutoDrive Team to do web development and other programming.
- Worked on migration of many internal applications from local machines to be web based for efficiency and ease of use on Windows and Linux platforms.
- Coordinated meetings and balanced schedules daily to operate responsibly and effectively in the work environment
Computer Science Engineering 2001 — 2006
- Competed in the FEH (Freshman Engineering Honors) Robot Competition 2001-2002, earned 3rd place.
- President and Founder of the CGA, Competitive Gaming Association, responsible for hosting large benefit gatherings and tournaments to promote self-improvement as well as interaction and the social aspects of the activity. Website found at cga.startpause.com.
- Active member and Leader in the IGDA, Independant Game Developer’s Association.
- Member of OSU ntSIG – a Microsoft sponsored computer club designed to teach about and how to use the latest products and software from various companies.
- Open-Source – a club designed to teach different computer programming languages and provides practice in using them for many different real world applications.
- Winner of the Office of Minority Affairs, Prestigious Merit Based Scholarship 2001.
- Played Ice Hockey for the Ohio State University Intramural leagues for two years.
Diploma , 1997 — 2001
- Graduated high school with Highest Academic Honors, National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honors for four years.
- High School Student Council Representative for two years
- Varsity Tennis and Varsity Swimming for four years
- Member and leader in other groups such as the Band, Key Club, and Academic Challenge.
Video Games, Art, Movies, Design, Development, Engineering, Programming, Level Design, Game Development, Quality Assurance
President and Founder of the CGA, Competitive Gaming Association.
Active member and Leader in the IGDA, International Game Developer’s Association.
MLG, VGL, and OhioGamers
Member of the IAA, Indian American Association.
Boy Scouts of America Member for eight years, achieving rank of Life Scout.
Awarded the Merit Scholarship from the OSU OMA.
Completed two patent pending ideas under review for patent approval.
Competed in the FEH (Freshman Engineering Honors) Robot Competition 2001-2002, earned 3rd place.
Volunteer at the GDC Game Developer’s Conference, selected as prestigious member of the Conference Associate team.
Attendant of E3 for two years as a representative and web developer of nintendoinsider.com, a key voice in the video games media industry.
Graduated high school with Highest Academic Honors, National Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honors for four years.
Volunteer at MedCentral Hospital for four years.