Karthik Abiraman's Resume

Contact Information
77 College St Kingston, ON Canada K7L 4L5
Phone: (613) 542-0345
E-mail: kmabiraman@gmail.com

Work Experience
the PYXIS innovation, Kingston, ON, Canada
Junior Software Developer, July 2007 – Present
As part of the PYXIS software development team, I work on their flagship product, WorldView, an application that allows on-the-fly integration, visualization and analysis of geospatial data. My focus is on code that is user-facing (command infrastructure, the data library (similar to the iTunes library)), testing and debugging and documentation.
Technologies used: C# and .Net 2.0, C++, SWIG, Boost, STL, SQLite, COM

Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada
Software Developer, September 2006 – April 2007 (Part-time)
Was a member of a group of six students that developed an application that integrated two soil carbon models and mapped the output from these models using ArcGIS. We hope that our software will be adopted by the members of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UN FAO) as a tool to aid in the mitigation of global warming.
Technologies used: Visual Basic 6, Visual C++, ArcGIS 9.1, Delphi, COM Automation, SQLite, Dbase, MS Excel

Jasubhai Digital Media (JDM), Mumbai, India
Software Developer (Intern), January – June 2004

MAILER SYSTEM
Designed and developed the company's Mailer system that emails content, such as advertising, surveys and event invitations, to subscribers of JDM. It is a tool that automates the entire email-sending process, from content-design, to delivery and reporting, and incorporates role-based security and an approval process. After completion, the system allowed the company to send out over 50,000 emails a day to their subscribers as compared to a few thousand before.
Technologies used: PHP, PERL, Oracle (queries, stored procedures), XHTML, CSS, JavaScript on Linux platform

DATABASES
Designed and developed the database, stored procedures and core classes for an application that manages subscriber and event information for people subscribed to JDM's "Network Computing" and "Computer Reseller News" magazines. After completion of my internship, I was offered a full-time job.
Technologies used: ASP.Net, Oracle, PL/SQL

Game King India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India
Software Developer (Intern), February – June 2003
Worked as a programmer in a team of six student interns to develop an application that helped increase employee productivity by tracking employee performance based on various criteria applied to tasks performed. I was also in-charge of the implementation and maintenance of our software's Oracle database (creating the table structure, scripts, triggers, stored procedures) and heading of the team that tested the company's existing software.
Technologies used: Visual Basic 6, Oracle (queries, stored procedures, triggers)

Ambrosia Restaurant, Mumbai, India
Software Developer and Lead Analyst, November – December 2002
As part of our academics in semester four, our class developed a Restaurant Management application. This software won the 1st prize in a technology event hosted by our college and was purchased by the Ambrosia Restaurant for day-to-day use.
Technologies used: Visual Basic 6, MS Access 2000

Technical Expertise
Programming Languages
C#, C, C++, Java, PHP, UML, Visual Basic 6, VB.Net

Web Development Languages
ASP.Net (C#, VB.Net), Java, PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript

Operating Systems
Windows 98 – Vista, Linux, Sun Solaris

Databases (design, querying, stored procedures, triggers)
Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite, XML, MS Access

Other
Thorough understanding of CVS and Subversion.
Experience in designing test cases for white box and black box testing.
Significant technical writing experience, specifically in preparing functional and non-functional requirements, flow charts, use cases, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams and E-R diagrams.

Education
Trent University, Peterborough, Canada
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Honors), May 2007

Cambrian College, Sudbury, Canada (Mumbai, India Campus)
Three-year Diploma of Business (Software Engineering), May 2004

Awards
National Entrance Scholarship, International Award recipient
President's Honor roll

Activities
Volunteer experience with the Kingston General Hospital
Volunteer experience with the Red Cross
Member of the World Community Grid

References
Available upon request