Vidya Vrat Agarwal

Current

Technical Architect at Lionbridge

Past

Lead-SDET/ Subject Matter Expert - Microsoft .NET at LioNBridge Technologies
Chief .NET Evangelist at Proteans

Education

University Graduate

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Summary

I am a Microsoft .NET Purist, and an MCT, MCPD,MCTS,MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, MCSD and a Life Member of Computer Society of India (CSI).
I started working on Microsoft.NET with its first beta release. I have been involved in Software Development, Evangelism ,T3 programs and Consultation on Microsoft.NET for various employers and corporate clients.Presently I work with L10NBridge Technologies Bellevue USA. I am really fascinated about .NET technology.I am a Published Author of Apress Inc's books titled "Beginning C# 2008 Databases", "Beginning VB 2008 Databases" and "Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008". For Apress Inc I have also been a Technical Reviewer for nine books on SQL Server 2005/2008, C# 2.0, ASP.NET and LINQ. My articles on SQL Server 2005 and .NET can be read on http://www.ProgrammesHeaven.com, I have also been a reviewer of .NET Preparation Kits of http://www.uCertify.com.

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Specialties:

MCPD, MCTS, MCT, MCSD .NET, MCAD .NET, MCSD. Works on .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5, VS 2005/2008 SQL Server, WCF, WPF and LINQ

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Experience

Technical Architect

Lionbridge

(Public Company; LIOX; Translation and Localization industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

* Leads a team of Lionbridge and client people in business and technical designs of the application
* Manage multiple scrum teams
* Resolve technical issues from an architecture / design perspective
* Ability to think strategically at a high level, define and lead the implementation of plans to meet resulting identified needs
* Excellent client and cross-cultural team management skills in on-site, off-site and off-shore team model.
* Analytical skills and experience in developing solutions to meet client requirements
* Explains the tradeoffs involved in designing a solution to the client and the team
* Translates the impact of design on scalability, performance, etc. into the project
* Help implement test-driven development programming methodologies within the team
* Sets technical direction and manages a team of six or more people
* Manages dependencies across other modules
* Provide overall technical guidance, code review, implement best practices and design patterns
* Evangelize the technology and solutions with the technical teams
* Actively manages scope at the project level, and ensure Zero Bug Release (ZBRs).
* Create and reviews SOWs, project estimates and point out holes
* Anticipates issues & risks and work towards resolving them, readily escalates project and account level issues.
* Promotes the value of project processes and establishes these processes on a new project
* Provide ongoing project communications per defined communications plans, including leading customer kick-off meetings
* Effective collaborator & can drive results across multiple functional groups.
* Pro-active communication with the client and the internal team on risks and expected deviation of committed time-lines
Lead-SDET/ Subject Matter Expert - Microsoft .NET

LioNBridge Technologies

(Public Company; LIOX; Translation and Localization industry)

May 2005 — June 2009 (4 years 2 months)
Chief .NET Evangelist

Proteans

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2004 — March 2005 (9 months)

Provided consultation to various ISVs and corporate clients for Microsoft .NET.

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Education

University Graduate

B.Sc , 1993 — 1996

Microsoft Certifications - MCPD, MCTS, MCT, MCSD .NET, MCAD .NET and MCSD.
IIT Kharagpur - Certified on "RDBMS Design and ORACLE"

Activities and Societies:

Life Member of Computer Society of INDIA (CSI)

Additional Information

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Websites:

My Blog

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Interests:

Reading Technology books, listening music.

Vidya Vrat Agarwal’s Groups:

Computer Society of India (CSI) - Life Member

International Association of Software Architects
Learning, Education and Training Professionals Group
Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
Lionbridge Group.
Leadership Think Tank
eMind - eLearning Professionals
.NET People
.NET Developers
Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
Technology Outsourcing– Professionals/ Software Developers/ Freelancers/ Programmers/ Entrepreneurs
SOA Experts
C# Developers / Architects
Training Professionals
SOA Service Oriented Architecture Technology Architects
Software as a Service (SaaS) Group
agile .net practitioners
E-Learning HEADS
Textbook Publishing Professionals
.NET Passionates