Sivaprakash Ragavan

Sivaprakash Ragavan

Member of Technical Staff at Dimdim

India

Current
  • Member of Technical Staff at Dimdim
Past
  • Software Engineer at Amazon.com
  • Software Engineer at United Online
  • Part Time Software Developer at Lakeside Group
  • Part Time Software Engineer at Credent Business Solutions
  • Junior Engineer at Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Education
  • Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Connections
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Industry
Internet
Websites

Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Summary

5+ years of professional work experience in different business domains including :

* Web Conference
* eCommerce
* Social Networks
* Internet Service Providers
* Customer Relationship Management

and different functional domains including :

* Software-as-a-Service
* Data Analysis
* Fraud Detection/Prevention Systems
* Spam Detection Systems
* Large Scale Distributed Systems
* SOA Webservices
* Website Development
* Desktop Applications
* SMS Services
* Linux Administration

Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Specialties:

* Programming Languages : C/C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, Perl, Mason
* Programming Frameworks : AJAX, Struts, Log4J, Hibernate, Axis, Prototype, ANT
* Software Architectures : Client Server, Service Oriented, REST, Event Driven
* Web/ Application Servers : Apache HTTP, Tomcat
* Web Service Technologies : SOAP, REST
* Programming Tools : Eclipse, NetBeans, CVS, SVN, JProfiler
* DBMS : MySQL, Oracle, BDB
* Operating Systems : RHEL, Fedora, Solaris


Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Experience

  • Member of Technical Staff

    Dimdim

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    July 2009Present (5 months)

  • Software Engineer

    Amazon.com

    (Public Company; AMZN; Internet industry)

    December 2007July 2009 (1 year 8 months)

    * Designed, developed and maintained highly scalable, distributed, effective and accurate SOA based Automated Fraud and Abuse Detection Systems.
    * Developed tools that are used internally by Fraud/Abuse Investigators to take actions on the grey areas of automated detection systems.
    * Worked parallel in different projects and followed a disciplined approach to design, development, testing and deployment.
    * 24x7 support for the software and services owned.
    * Maintained high quality throughout the blazingly fast Agile development cycle.
    * Built the team from the initial stages, being the first member of the team.
    * Mentored new members of the team in order to build the team's strength.

  • Software Engineer

    United Online

    (Public Company; UNTD; Internet industry)

    August 2006December 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    * Designed and developed different Tools and Systems to automate and streamline Customer Relationship Management (CRM) processes.

  • Part Time Software Developer

    Lakeside Group

    (Internet industry)

    November 2005July 2006 (9 months)

    * Built a primitive SMS based social network website.
    * Setup a SMS gateway for outgoing/incoming SMS messages.
    * Built the 'Group Send' feature with group management functionalities using PHP and MySQL.
    * Built the website front end using HTML/CSS and Prototype AJAX framework.

  • Part Time Software Engineer

    Credent Business Solutions

    (Internet industry)

    July 2005November 2005 (5 months)

    * Designed and developed the employee portal with login facilities using LDAP, PHP, MySQL.
    * Setup an eMail Server for the employees.
    * Built the website front end using HTML/CSS and Prototype AJAX framework.

  • Junior Engineer

    Coimbatore Institute of Technology

    (Computer Software industry)

    July 2004July 2005 (1 year 1 month)

    * Designed, developed and maintained few key features of the institution website, which includes online results publishing and AJAX enabled student portals.
    * Setup institution email service for students and faculty.
    * Restructured the Payroll system of the institution using VisualBasic and ADO.
    * Built an Exam Management system that facilitates easy data entry and automated results publishing. It reduced the result publishing time by 50% and improved the accuracy.
    * Setup touch screen enabled Kiosks throughout the campus that provides information about the institution to the visitors.


Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Education

  • Coimbatore Institute of Technology

    B.E , CSE , 20022006

    FIRST CLASS with Distinction with a Grade Point Average of 8.91/10

    Activities and Societies:
    Secretary, Multimedia Club
    Designer, Institution Website

Additional Information

Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Websites:

Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Groups:

  •    Amazon Alumni
  •    Dimdim
  •    Amazon Web Services Community Network
  •    Semantic Web
  •    India Leadership Network
  •    Alumni Coimbatore Institute Of Technology
  •    Prototype Community
  •    United Online Alumni
  •    Web 3.0 Applications

Sivaprakash Ragavan’s Honors:

* Youngest NIIT certified 'Sun Java Programmer' at the age of 15 (Year : 2001)
* Won the "Advanced C Programmer" award for excellence in C interrupt/graphics programming. (Year : 2000)


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  • career opportunities
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  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
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