Arul Selvan

Arul Selvan

Manager, Software Development at RealPage, Inc.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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Education
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Anna University
  • University of Madras
  • University of Madras

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Arul Selvan’s Summary

Hands-on information technology leader with 19 years of experience and a proven track record of architecting and delivering reliable and scalable systems in a variety of areas, such as internet/e-commerce, network management/security, financial systems, messaging services, EAI, etc.

Five years of management experience on JavaEE software development with open-source technologies. Team management includes co-located direct reports as well as remote, off shore resource management. Thorough knowledge of the complete software development process and able to take a project from initial startup and analysis through to completion of production deployment and support.

Arul Selvan’s Specialties:

Experience in architecting and design/development of applications in traditional software delivery model as well as SaaS model. Experience in architecting messaging framework using commercial and open-source MOM products for EAI and legacy application integration. Software development under LINUX including user/kernel module application development, and custom kernel modifications.

Arul Selvan’s Experience

  • Manager, Software Development

    RealPage, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

    Development Manager for YieldStar product suite (www.yieldstar.com) --- a sophisticated revenue management software for the multifamily industry built on JAVA platform harnessing the power of open source technologies (Linux, PostgreSQL, Tomcat, Axis, Spring, Hibernate, ActiveMQ ... and many more). This software is a hosted solution available to our customers via 'software as a service' (SaaS) model lowering TCO. My responsibilities include managing the software development activities, technical leadership and mentoring, process improvement, working with product management on new features and enhancements, working with IT infrastructure team on software/hardware support, maintenance and deployment activities, working with HR on talent acquisition ... etc.

  • Sr. Manager, Software Development

    Experian

    (Public Company; EXPN; Information Services industry)

    December 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 2 months)

    Managed several financial (portfolio management, credit simulation) application software (developed using JavaEE technologies). Architect/Design and developed a generic messaging framework for financial applications to run under any MOM (i.e. MQ, TIBCO, Webmethods...etc) on any platform with little or no change. Responsible for working with product and project management team to ensure that the projects are completed and delivered in a timely manner, working with the business owners on planning and preparing for new projects.

  • Lead Software Engineer

    McAfee

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MFE; Computer & Network Security industry)

    March 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 10 months)

    Lead Software engineer for a LINUX based, complex network security forensics software. Developed various sniffer (network monitoring/management) application components. Experience in Ethernet and TCP/IP network analysis and troubleshooting with sniffer network analyzer.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    i2 Technologies

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ITWO.PK; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1998 — December 2002 (4 years 5 months)

    Designed and developed various messaging and monitoring framework, services using JAVA (J2EE, JMX) and middleware like TIBCO, Webmethods and CORBA. Part of a small team which developed a complete J2EE based e-commerce fulfillment application.

  • Software Engineer

    Raytheon

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTN; Defense & Space industry)

    August 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 1 month)

    Designed and developed various CORBA based distributed software components/modules/applications for a satellite image processing system. Nominated for Raytheon E-Systems' 1997 Annual Technological Achievement Award. Undergone training in Object-Oriented A&D Methodologies and Design Patterns.

  • Software Engineer

    GE Medical Systems

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Medical Devices industry)

    July 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 2 months)

    Designed and developed various software components (scan control/monitoring, real-time display of scanned CT images) for the GE CT scanner hardware. Project lead and principal developer of "SmartPrep" which allows CT operator to visually monitor contrast increase in CT images to pinpoint the critical time of max contrast to proceed with actual scan.

  • Software Engineer

    ERDAS

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    July 1990 — June 1995 (5 years )

    Designed and developed several image processing applications/APIs, client-server interface, tablet digitizer device driver. Co-developed a powerful, platform independent UI macro language by hiding native Window system details from application programmer. Principle developer of a display device driver for VGA device which opened up a new low cost product line for the company. Served as an instructor for C Toolkit training course.

Arul Selvan’s Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Ph.D , Remote Sensing , 1987 — 1990

    Completed all the course requirements and qualifier exam for the Ph.D program except thesis (Development of fast and improved image classification algorithms in micro computer environment).

  • Anna University

    M.Tech (M.S) , Remote Sensing , 1985 — 1986

  • University of Madras

    M.Sc (M.S) , Marine Geology , 1982 — 1984

  • University of Madras

    B.Sc (B.S) , Geology , 1979 — 1982

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Arul Selvan’s Websites:

Arul Selvan’s Interests:

computer/network security, LINUX enthusiast, opensource, professional networking, travel, digital photography

Arul Selvan’s Groups:

www.networkofadvisors.com,
http://www.ryze.com/go/aselvan

  •    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
  •    i2Alumni
  •    Open Source Developers
  •    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
  •    Club Ex-McAfee
  •    Software as a Service - SaaS
  •    Experian Alumni
  •    College of Engineering Guindy Alumni (CEG, Anna University)
  •    NTLUG
  •    Multifamily Insiders
  •    ERDAS

Arul Selvan’s Honors:

Nominated for Raytheon 1997 Annual Technological Achievement Award.

Scarpace, F.L, Selvan, A., Weiler, P. and Seidl, L. , 1992, Maximum Likelihood Classification Using a Table Look-up Technique, Technical Papers, 1992 ACSM-ASPRS Annual Convention, ACSM-ASPRS, Washington, DC.

Selvan, A and F.L Scarpace, 1990, Speeding up Maximum Likelihood Classification Process using a Table Look-Up Technique in a Microcomputer Environment, Technical Papers, 1990 ACSM-ASPRS Annual Convention, Volume 4 Image Processing/Remote Sensing, ACSM-ASPRS, Denver, CO.

M.Tech thesis at the Symposium on Remote Sensing in Geology held at Ahmedabad, India on September 3, 1986.

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