Kaustav Bhattacharya

My raison d'être in my professional career is to live and breathe technology. The convergence of online, mobile, gaming, traditional broadcast media and emerging new technologies has created a connected world where even the remotest reaches of our planet can in some way or another be connected to the global web. In developed countries this convergence is creating whole new economies whilst in the developing world, convergence is changing the lives of people living in the rural landscape. The penetration of mobile phones in developing countries is starting to outstrip traditional land line phone connections. Similarly, technology leaps within developed economies is heralding the birth of totally new modes of work where notion of the global economy is being totally reshaped - often side stepping traditional barriers and empowering the individual and the innovation of enterprise to grow beyond the restrictions of their own physical borders.

I am a software engineer with a background in artificial intelligence. I am experienced in:

- XHTML
- MySQL / PHP driver web site design
- CSS 1,2,3 coding
- .Net 2/3 coding in C#
- XML, XSLT, AJAX
- Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g SQL coding and PL/SQL coding
- Oralce and MySQL database administration
- Classic ASP scripting
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 programming and administration
- Extensive experience working on Linux and Windows 2003 servers
- Developing interactive TV applications on the Liberate platform
- Content Management System (CMS) development (Red Dot, Team Site, Tridion, Joomla, Drupal).
- Machine learning - Neural Networks.
- Full life cycle technical project management using Agile and PRINCE 2 methodology.
- Creating project timings, cost analysis and project plans,
- Promoting best practices and use of cutting technology in a media environment.

Kaustav Bhattacharya’s Specialties:

Server architecture, Internet, XHTML, HTML, CSS, XML, UML, XSLT, Liberate, Interactive TV, Writing functional specifications, Developing test plans, Quality Assurance, Accessibility, W3C standards, Head of Development, Databases, MySQL, MS SQL Server 2005, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, CMS, Red Dot, Project managements, management, timing plans, costings.

Kaustav Bhattacharya’s Experience

Systems Engineer - Social Media

Cisco Systems

(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

I am a systems engineer at Cisco Systems with a specialism in social networking platforms and solutions.
Head of Technology

Endemol UK

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

I am the Head of Technology at Endemol UK, one of the largest independent television production companies in the world. My remit it to develop and build the digital media department within the company and focus on establishing efficient processes and best adoption of the latest digital media technology. My role exposes me to the management of teams within gaming and gambling, web development and broadcast technology. I have a number of technical, creative and gaming reports whom I manage.
Media and Technology

Jagriti Yatra

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

Heading up Media and Technology for Jagriti Yatra initiative (www.jagritiyatra.com). Engaging with television production companies to develop media and programming around the Jagriti Yatra project. Build of Jagriti Yatra web site at www.jagritiyatra.com and ongoing maintenance and upgrade.
Head of Development

Publicis - Dialog

(Public Company; Internet industry)

July 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 6 months)
Head of Development

Publicis

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)

April 2003 — December 2007 (4 years 9 months)

I'm currently the Head of Development at Publicis (UK). My job entails working with a range of clients (Renault, Hewlett Packard, Fidelity International, Zurich Insurance, Ministry of Defense, Central Office of Information (COI), Finanacial Services Authority - to name but a few) on their web site technical requirements. I have worked through the full life cycle of web development projects starting from the pitching stage for new business through to scoping, blueprint, deployment and and post delivery support. A major part of my work is to gather client requirements and develop the functional specification of web sites. I regularly interview and hire staff within the development team and also liaise with third party development agencies and freelancers. I work across a range of web site projects ranging from small micro-sites for specific ad-campaigns through to medium and large scale web site deployments involving content management systems.
Developer

Liberate Technologies

(Public Company; Internet industry)

2001 — 2003 (2 years )

Liberate Technolgies developed middleware for digital interactive television. During my time at Liberate I worked as a DiTV developer writing applications in HTML and JavaScript for NTL and Telewest. Experience in broadcast technology, transcoding engines and other competing DiTV systems. I spent eight months working in San Francisco at Liberate's HQ, in their London office and extensive periods on site at NTL and Telewest.
Developer

British Sky Broadcasting

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

January 2000 — April 2001 (1 year 4 months)

I was a developer working within a small team on the sky.com web site and we involved with the launch of skysports online using a enterprise CMS system. I was also lead developer for an offshoot company owned by British Sky Broadcasting called .TV (dot TV). This was a specialist television channel focused on programming for computer enthusiasts, computer game players, coders and people generally in to techie gadgets. I developed an extensive XML based feed system allowing .tv to display product and price information from a range of retailers on the .tv web site.
Web Producer

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

A started my job at the BBC working as a junior developer within the BBC Factual and Learning department. Thereafter I became a web producer within the same department and worked in developing and deploying a number of high profile BBC web sites including the BBC Education portal, developing games on the Telly Tubbies web site (in Java) and the BBC's HMS Windrush project where I did extensive working in video and audio streaming. During my time at the BBC I also redeveloped the BBC's Technology Intranet from scratch, developed all graphics and layout and hand coded the construction of the web site using coding technology such as HTML, SQL and SQL Server 2007.
Developer

Current Science Group

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years )

My professional career started at Current Science Group (now a part of Reed Elsvier Science). Current Science published a number of medical journals and also ran a web site called biomednet.com. I worked with PERL coding, Unix server systems and developed code for web site management and search engine technologies. The job involved working within a large team and gave me experience with version control (Microsoft Source Safe), testing (Test Director) and quality assurance.