Bhushan Karle

Current

Tax Advisor 2 at H&R Block
Systems Analyst (Business Intellegience Development Team) at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Past

Consultant at eMids Technologies
Tax Associate III at H & R Block
Team Leader (IT) at UrbaCore

Area 30 Governor (District 63) at Toastmasters International
Developer at U S Xpress
Application Developer and Consultant at Mutual Service Corporation (Pacific Life)
Programmer Analyst at Londen Insurance
Application Developer and Consultant at JDA Software
Marketing Director at Equinox

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Education

The University of New Mexico
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Abhinav Sahakar Vidyalay, Bandra Mumbai

Balmohan Vidyamandir

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Bhushan Karle’s Summary

I have 10+ years of experience as Application Developer and Programmer Analyst on AS400 and Client Server (Windows and Web) platforms, specializing now in .NET framework. Currently working in onsite offshore IT Solutions with Global Delivery models. Extensive training in public speaking via Toastmasters. Always interested in learning new things and teaching what I already know to those who seek it. I also like to expand my horizons by using technical skills and interpersonal communication skills to career advancement.

Bhushan Karle’s Specialties:

Conversion of legacy systems into modern n-tier software
Mentoring in Software design
Mentoring in Public Speaking (Toastmasters)

Bhushan Karle’s Experience

Tax Advisor 2

H&R Block

(Public Company; Financial Services industry)

November 2009 — Present (1 month)

Why I Prepare Tax Returns: I enjoy helping people. I started as a Tax pro to understand my own tax situation a few years ago. Then I realized that I can use that knowledge to help others as well. I am also a practising Toastmaster, which means I am always interested in improving my communication and leadership skills.

Areas of Expertise: Real estate rentals or vacation homes, Healthcare expenses (e.g., medical, dental), Non-U.S. citizen (living in USA), ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) application, Retirement income, Small Business, Sole Proprietor, or Self-employed

http://taxprofinder.hrblock.com/taxpros.aspx?taxproid=384192
Systems Analyst (Business Intellegience Development Team)

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

(Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Implementation of Microsoft Platform Analysis tools to help the growht of Business Intellegence in the Healthcare practice at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee..
Includes SSAS. SSRS and .NET solutions
Consultant

eMids Technologies

(Privately Held; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

June 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 1 month)

- .net lead development duties.
- Managing project plans
- Designing and architecting .Net solutions
- Coordinating with client Project managers and client executives
- Coordinating with offshore development mangers and team members
- Manage onsite client issues
- Mentor senior developers
- Creating practice areas in .net
- Sales support
Tax Associate III

H & R Block

(Public Company; HRB; Financial Services industry)

November 2006 — April 2009 (2 years 6 months)

3 years working with various tax clients specializing in real estate rentals and international issues such as ITIN.
Team Leader (IT)

UrbaCore

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

March 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 3 months)

ASP.NET development and project management for intranet and internet website development projects for our parent company (Transmarkets and Innovative Processing Solutions).

Mentoring new developers brought in from the inner cities to help build a network of local resources in the programming community of Chattanooga.

http://www.UrbaCore.com
Area 30 Governor (District 63)

Toastmasters International

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
Developer

U S Xpress

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; XPRSA; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

November 2004 — February 2007 (2 years 4 months)

My role as USX is to provide application devevlopment and support. Initially I helped the team convert their legacy application on AS400 into cutting edge windows software using .NET development tools in a multi-tier application development methodlogy. Since then we have evolved further and now my role is to support the existing applcation through troubleshooting and simultaneously help build the next generation of the software. Skills used daily include (but not limited to) VB.BET, ASNA Visual RPG, Web Services, AS400 program analysis.
Application Developer and Consultant

Mutual Service Corporation (Pacific Life)

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

February 2002 — November 2004 (2 years 10 months)

At MSC (a subsidiary of Pacific Life), I was writing applications on their legacy system (AS400 based database, with native interface) as well as helping them convert it into new cutting edge technology using ASNA Visual RPG. Daily work invlved program analysis and coding tasks as well as customer interaction for problem discovery and training.
Programmer Analyst

Londen Insurance

(Information Services industry)

1999 — 2002 (3 years )

Working with in-house enterprise system related to Insurance operations as a Programmer/Analyst. Involved in business process analysis and client interaction as well as technical specifications and programming. Most projects are related to AS/400, including green screen as well as ASNA Visual RPG applications of various kinds. My roles have been as a member as well as the team leader of small teams of 2 to 3 people.
Application Developer and Consultant

JDA Software

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; JDA; Information Services industry)

November 1998 — October 1999 (1 year )

I was a junior level programmer at this company. Job responsibilities included various tasks from basic coding to analysis to solving customers' specific requests within the framework of available software. Interacted with client direclty or through the application managger.
Marketing Director

Equinox

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Bhushan Karle’s Education

The University of New Mexico

MS , Chemical Engineering , 1993 — 1998
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

BTech , Chemical Engineering , 1989 — 1993
Abhinav Sahakar Vidyalay, Bandra Mumbai
Balmohan Vidyamandir

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Bhushan Karle’s Interests:

Communication and Leadership training through Toastmasters Collecting music (Marathi, Hindai/Bollywood, Indian Classical, Fusion etc) Photography (non-technical, point and shoot) Tax Laws Sports (Cricket, Table Tennis, Racketball, Tennis, Carrom, Badminton etc) Watching Sports on TV(Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Soccer, American Football, Basketball etc)