VANDAN C. DESAI
104 Jala Sapna, 4th Cross, 80 Feet Road, RMV II Stage, Bangalore – 94
91-80-23513658 (home); 91-98454 69683 (cell); E-mail: vandan88@gmail.com
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
•	Certified IT Project Manager Assessment (India), ISS – National University of Singapore		     December ‘02
•	Over 1.5 years experience as a software developer with experience as a Module Lead.
•	Designed and developed .NET applications that focus on highly scalable portal applications
•	Member of the SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group) at Stylus Systems Pvt. Ltd.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages:	C#, C, C++, XML, ASP, Visual Basic 6.0, JavaScript, VBScript, HTML
Technologies:	Windows.NET: VB/ASP.net, OOAD
Tools:	Visual Studio.NET, Crystal Reports, MS InterDev, Macromedia Dream Weaver, Visual Source Safe, MS IIS
Databases:	MS SQL Server 2000
OS:		MS Windows NT/2000/XP and Linux 8.0
WORK EXPERIENCE
STYLUS SYSTEMS PVT. LTD., Bangalore, India
Software Engineer									          August ‘04 – present

•	Tablet PC User Control for Web Applications
Currently working on a project, which involves development of a Tablet PC User Control, which can be used on Web Applications views on a Tablet PC.  This project will enable the User to have an Editor placed on a web page, which will help the user to use it when views on a Tablet PC.  It allows him to write with the stylus on the User controls, and allows him to save them as individual files. 

Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Involved in the Research & Development for the development of the User Control.
-	Successfully implemented the first deliverable which allows the user to write and erase.
Team Size:
-	3 Members (Including Project Manager & Project Leader)
Environment: 
C#, Visual Studio .Net 2005, Windows XP/2K, HP Tablet PC, Microsoft Tablet PC SDK 1.7

•	Durgamba Motors (Bus Reservation), India
This project involves the creation of a web application, which allows travel agents across diverse locations in Karnataka to reserve, block, book & cancel bus tickets over the web.

Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Responsible for writing the LLD Documents for the modules assigned to me.
-	Involved in the development phase of the projects.
-	Completed the task assigned to me below the estimated time.
-	Implemented the Bus layout design which is generated dynamically using the .NET API’s.
-	Successfully created and implemented a web control for Date Picker. 
Team Size:
-	5 Members (Including Project Manager & Project Leader)
Environment: 
ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, SQL-Server, JavaScript, Microsoft Data Access Application Blocks, Visual Studio .Net 2003, Windows XP/2K, Windows 2003 Server

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Arabian Food Supplies Company (AFS), Saudi Arabia
This website is for a Saudi Arabia firm which deals with Food supplies.  This system is basically used to track user activities right from the recruitment to the Termination by the HR. 

Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Assisted in Database Design and writing User Cases
-	Responsible for writing the LLD Documents for the modules assigned to me.
-	Involved in the development phase of the projects.
-	Completed the task assigned to me below the estimated time and helped the project to get over within the estimated time by compensating the hours saved.
Team Size:
-	7 Members (Including Project Manager & Project Leader)
Environment: 
ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, SQL-Server, JavaScript, Microsoft Data Access Application Blocks, Visual Studio .Net 2003, Windows XP/2K, Windows 2003 Server
•	IAP World Wide Services (http://www.iapwws.com)
This website is for an American firm that deals with global procurement and disaster recovery system. There are three modules to this project, GPTS (Global Procurement Tracking System), which is a web-based application that provides procurement services, DRTS (Disaster Recovery Tracking System), which is used to submit, track and monitor the supply of items like ice, power to disaster struck areas and OLFS (Online Forms System), which are mainly forms used by employees within the firm for HR Activities.
Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Responsible for writing the LLD Documents for the modules assigned to me.
-	Involved in the development phase of the projects.
-	Successfully implemented a 3rd party component AspxGrid from DevExpress.
-	Implemented and Created project reports using Crystal Reports.
-	Facilitated communication with the client and expedited User Acceptance stage.
-	Was responsible for gathering the requirements and its estimation for the new changes and modules for the project. 
Team Size:
-	7 Members (Including Project Manager & Project Leader)
Environment: 
ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, SQL-Server, JavaScript, Microsoft Data Access Application Blocks, Visual Studio .Net 2003, Windows XP/2K, Windows 2003 Server
JAIN GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS (INFORMATION SERVICES), Bangalore, India 		                      	  
Software Engineer									   October ‘03 – August ‘04

•	Intranet Application (CMSnet), Center for Management Studies (CMS)
This is an online as well as an offline application.  CMS required an application where they could manage a student’s information right from his attendance, academics to his corporate performance.  They also wanted an online application, which will enable each student’s Parent’s to view their academic performance on the Internet and keep them updated with all activities in CMS.

Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Responsible for the System Study and writing the Use Case Documents and Database Design.
-	Involved in the development and implementation phase of the projects.
-	Wrote a program, which would update the information from the local database server to the online database server.
Environment:
ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, SQL-Server, JavaScript, Microsoft Data Access Application Blocks, Visual Studio .Net 2003, Windows XP/2K, Windows 2003 Server

•	
Enquiry Process Management (EPM) for JGI Call Center
This is an offline application to manage all the enquiries coming in for JGI.  JGI has setup a call center to take care of all the enquiries it receives round the clock.  The application provides them to maintain the enquiries and  helps them to follow up the customers and maintain a database for future.

Roles, Responsibilities & Achievements:
-	Responsible for the System Study and writing the Use Case Documents and Database Design.
-	Development, Testing and Implementation.
-	After the implementation of the application the enquiries were handled systematically and JGI was able to build a database, which help them in building customer relationship.
Environment:
ASP.NET, ADO.NET, C#, SQL-Server, JavaScript, Microsoft Data Access Application Blocks, Visual Studio .Net 2003, Windows XP/2K, Windows 2003 Server

•	Student Admission Automation System (SAAS) for Management Studies (CMS)
CMS follows an Admission Process for a student every year. To get an admission a student has to go through several Tests and rounds before he qualifies for the next round and finally for the Admission. The method followed by CMS was manual and slow. This application helps them evaluate the candidate's performance and generates report's which helps them in the selection procedure. 

Roles and Responsibilities
-	Development, Testing, Deployment and Implementation
Environment 
Visual Basic 6.0, MSAccess XP, Windows XP/2K 

EDUCATION
Masters Program in Information Technology (Embedded Systems) First Class (Distinction)		      September ‘03
Mahaveer Academy of Technology and Sciences, Bangalore, India
B.Sc. in Electronics, Bhavan’s R.A. College of Science (Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan), Ahmedabad, India	          	  April ‘01

PERSONAL DETAILS
Father Name: 		Chetan C. Desai
Permanent Address:	9 Sheetlam Apts., Off ATIRA road,  Polytechnique, Ahmedabad 380015
			Gujarat, India
Date of Birth: 		16th May, 1980
Passport Details: 		E1461456
Languages Known:	English, Hindi & Gujarati.