Summary

• 6+ years of experience in Java/J2EE and Websphere Portal technology.
• IBM Certified Professional in Websphere Portal 5.1 Solution Development, Web Content Management 6.0 and Portlet factory 6.0.
• Sound knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOAD), Database Management System and Software engineering
• Comprehensive problem solving abilities

Skills Summary

Operating Systems Windows 2003/XP Programming Languages Java, C, C++, VB6.0, and JavaScript Databases DB2 8.X LDAP TDS /6.0/6.1 Java Platform Java SE, Java EE, Servlet, JSP, Portlet Frameworks Struts 1.1, Websphere Portal, Hibernate, Ajax APIs JSR 168/JSR 286, JDBC, WCM Application Servers Websphere 7.0/6.1/6.0 , Tomcat 5.1 Portal Servers Websphere Portal Server 7.0/6.1 IDE Tools RAD 7.5/7.0/6.0, WSAD 5.1, Eclipse

Experience

Confidential, Project : Broker Portal Duration : Nov 10 – till date Description : The purpose of the Broker Portal Project is to enhance online experience of Brokers and Consultants with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBS MA), by leveraging portal technology, to help build stronger, more meaningful relationships. Brokers and Consultants account for Major Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ revenue, which necessitates enhancement of business results wherever possible. The scope of this project is to re-design and portalize BCBS MA BlueLinks for Brokers website. The newly designed Broker Portal will provide an account-centric view of personalized secure content, messaging, tools and applications to BCBS MA Broker and Consultant constituents. The project will be implemented in multiple phases, each phase building upon the previous to achieve the desired end goal.

• The primary goals and objectives of the Broker Portal Development project are as follows:
• Strengthen BCBS MA brand perception
• Provide role-based access to website
• Make it easy for users to find information and perform common tasks
• Reduce the overhead in delivery of critical and time-sensitive information, to enable brokers to manage their accounts effectively
• Target brokers with relevant, personalized information in understandable terms
• Reduce calls to BCBS MA for the most common transactions by providing self-serve options and enhanced navigation
• Empower brokers by providing better tools and knowledge, for managing their clients and accounts

Role : Portal and Theme Developer.

Responsibilities :

• Interacting with client to finalize requirements.
• Creating design document for portlets
• Design and development of the JSP pages, JSR 286 portlets.
• Developing theme and skins for portal.
• Handling dynamic UI of portlets using Dojo
• Defect tracking using HP Quality center

Environment : RAD 7.5, Websphere Portal Server 6.1.5,, DOJO 1.3.2, IBM Rational Team Concert, IBM Rational Requirements Composer 1.0 and Lotus Quickr.

Confidential, Project : Portal LDAP Integration Duration : 07-10 to 10-10

Description : This is a leading global pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, produces and markets innovative therapies that enhance people’s lives. This portal is developed to provide people with a source of articles, resources and tools relates to healthcare..

Role : Portal developer. Responsibilities:

• Developing portlet services for registration, profiling and login using PUMA SPI.
• Creating and updating templates and various WCM components..
• Creating and updating taxonomies and categories.
• Developed SQL data services with portlet factory.
• Enable Profiling with help of portlet factory and deploying Portlets
• Customizing theme and skins

Environment : Websphere portal 6.0, WCM 6.0, Portlet factory 6.1

Confidential, Project : Hanover TAP Redesign Duration : 04-10 to 06-10

Description : This portal is developed to provide agents with a source of content and tools in support of quoting, claims, and billing activities conducted through Point of Sale system.

Role : WCm Consultant. Responsibilities:

• Created site structure, taxonomies and Categories.
• Designed templates and various components.
• Developed jsp components to provide filtering capability on wcm contents

Environment : Websphere portal 6.0, WCM 6.0

Confidential, Project : Portal Theme customization Duration : 01-10 to 3-10

Description : Organization has an existing Intranet Portal running on Websphere Portal with a custom theme. There were required some changes for the look and feel in the existing theme. Additional features are also added to existing theme.

Role : Theme and skin developer. Responsibilities:

• Creating and applying new styles to theme
• Modifying existing portal navigation model
• Testing of browser compatibility for IE 7 and Firefox 3.5

Environment : Websphere portal 6.0

Client : Ascendant Project : Lotus Connection Theme customization Duration : 10-09 to 12-09

Description : Organization has an existing Intranet Portal running on Websphere Portal with a custom theme. They had a separate Lotus Connections instance on Amazon Cloud. The goal of this project was to customize the Theme for this instance to make it compliant with the Portal theme.

Role : Theme developer. Responsibilities:

• Customization of Lotus Connections Themes and applying that to all the features
• Creating Theme templates to make it flexible for future changes
• Testing of browser compatibility for IE 7 and Firefox 3.5

Environment : Lotus Connections 2.5, WAS 6.1

Client : Ascendant Project : Resource Application Duration : 06-09 to 09-09

Description : This is an in-house project based on business needs and requirements to search and view resources and their details based on the skills. Also the application required to view the distribution of resources as per regions for each skill in pdf format in a portlet.

Role : Portal developer. Responsibilities :

• Portlet development for resource search and report generation
• Developing UI with Dojo and Ajax
• Worked with the business layer using EJB
• Exception handling and logging

Environment : IBM Websphere portal 6.0, WAS 7.0, Derby, RAD 7.5, JSR 168 API, Dojo 1.3.1, EJB 3.0

Client : Alltel Project : Wireless portal. Duration : 10-08 to 06-09

Description : This portal is developed for Telecommunication Company in the United States. This provides customers with the all online services and various ongoing offerings. Users can subscribe for various programs online. It also updates the customers with the latest prod

Role : WCM consultant. Responsibilities :

• Portlet development for Words of Wisdom and Zipcode Copy
• Weekly batch jobs development

Environment : Websphere Portal 6.0.

Client : NRS Project : Retail Industry Portal. Duration : 07-08 to 08-08

Description : This portal application is developed for a leading provider of global logistics services to product manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies and U.S. retailers, including many of the leading department store, chain store and specialty store brands worldwide.

Role : Portal developer. Responsibilities :

1. Identifying site items

• Creating site areas, templates, Contents and library Components.
• Creating workflow items.
• Syndication and pre-rendering.

Environment : IWWCM Websphere Portal 6.0.

Client : Alltel Project : Wireless portal. Duration : 05-08 to 06-08

Description : This portal is developed for Telecommunication Company in the United States. This provides customers with the all online services and various ongoing offerings. Users can subscribe for various programs online. It also updates the customers with the latest prod

Role : Potlal developer. Responsibilities :

• Portlet development for Affinity program
• Portlet deployment on production server.

Environment : Websphere Portal 6.0.

Client : NetJets private jet Project : European Airlines major portal. Duration : 02-08 to 03-08 Description : This portal is developed for managing services provided by private jet company. It sells hours of flight time on a specific aircraft, chosen from several available types at the time of purchase. This paid membership offers customers the convenience, access, and time advantages of flying point to point in private jets. This also allows travelers access to more, often smaller, airports; possibly shortening travel to both arrival and departure point Role : Theme and skins Developer. Responsibilities:

1. Theme and skin development.

Environment : IBM websphere portal 6.0.

Client : Ministry Of Human & Resource Development ,Govt of India Project : Sakshat Education Portal. Duration : 06-07 to 12-07 Description : This is the education portal for Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India to enhance the reach, delivery and Quality of education for various strata of learners across India Role : Developer. Responsibilities :

1. Developed portlets for User Management

• Developed portalsts for content contribution using PUMA API.
• Development of JSP components in WCM.
• Deployment of portlets.

Environment : JSR168, JSP, Websphere Portal Server 5.1, TDS5.1.

Education

• M.C.A Mumbai University - First Class.

Certifications

• IBM Websphere Portal 5.1 Solution Developer
• Application developer using IBM Websphere Portlet Factory 6.0
• Application developer suing IBM Workplace Web Content Management 6