Anilkumar S Raghava Kurup: Profile of a Tech Lead

anilrkurup@hotmail.com Phone : 0444-313-2451 Cell : 0984-068-0909

Objective
Seeking a full-time position in the field of Information Technology, that can utilize my Hands-on expertise in
Technical Architecture, Development and Implementation of Enterprise Java Application Projects.

Academics Summary
74% in Higher Secondary (Kerala Education Board) – 1988
67% in Pre Degree (Kerala University) – 1990
68% in B-Tech (Kerala University) - 1995

Experience Summary
• Working for Photon Infotech Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India (http://www.photoninfotech.com) as Tech Lead.
• Have total exposure of 9.2 yrs in IT (8.4 years in Java/J2EE).
• Handled Technical teams of 8-24 resources in Web Technologies -
(J2EE/Struts/Spring/SOA/JSP/Javascript/Ajax).
• Sincere, Good Organiser, Fast Learner, Team-Friendly Attitude and ability to work independently.

Roles and Profiles Handled

• Hands-on Spring, Hibernate, LDAP, SOA, Struts and RIA with YUI2.4/3.0.
• Early Programming merits with Yahoo Query Language(YQL) and BlazeDS(Flex–Spring-Tomcat).
• Team Tech Co-ordinator for Change requests and Enhancements.
• Provided active support to Pre-sales through Estimates, Proposals, Proof of Concepts/Prototypes and
Resource Training for Client Interviews
• Developed Agile Software Development methodologies to enable efficient and effective high-quality
software development (Scrum Works Pro).
• Coordinated team application of test-driven development (TDD) strategies to optimize system quality
and to enable rapid refactoring.
• Defined multi-tier J2EE/SOA architecture capable of supporting all existing INSIGHT Database
products.
• Used Rational Rose to provide UML diagrams to document the design.
• Designed service-oriented architecture (SOA) optimizing inter-component messaging and interaction.
• Mentored and motivated the development team on technical matters including application of modern
technologies, agile methodologies, efficient developer tools, and best practices.
• Contributed to process improvements and value-adds.Create design documents, prepared and
reviewed technical design, quality assurance norms and guidelines
• Conduct testing - Unit testing, assist in system testing, set up environment and data, creation of test
plan documents.
• Pioneered Design and development of Solutions for Blackberry for INSIGHT through SOA and LDAP.

Strengths

• Outstanding Conceptualization and problem solving skills, resourcefulness and attention to detail.
• Strong Presentational and Communication/Engagement skills, both verbal and written.
• Architecting and implementing SOA (service-oriented architecture) and ESB (enterprise service bus)
solutions.
• Hands-On Skills in J2ME/ BlackBerry JDE 4.6 for Smart Phone Native Applications.
• Extensive, hands on experience in JavaScript, Ajax, Icefaces/JSF, CSS and DHTML, I can build up
RIAs that are strong and flexible in UI.

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Tech Skills
Operating Systems Windows XP/2000, Linux
Languages J2EE, J2ME, Spring, Struts, JSP, Ajax, PHP, Perl, Java Script,
CSS, DHTML
Technologies/Tools UML, OOAD, Ant, Hibernate, SOA, CVS, SVN
IDE/Debugging Eclipse 3.4.1, BlackBerry JDE 4.5
Web Servers Apache Tomcat, BEA WebLogic and JBoss
Databases MySQL, Progress DB, DB2-UDB and Oracle.
Others MS Office, Visio, Star UML, Jira, Scrum Works Pro, IBM Rational Rose
UML

Experience – Detailed

Current Work Details

Photon Infotech Pvt Ltd (17 Nov 2006 – Till Date )

Current Position: Tech Lead

PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY

Software Off Shore Team Pvt Ltd, Trivandrum, India. Aug 2005 to Nov
2006
(Subsidiary of ProGasus BV, Netherlands)
Team Leader, Web Development.

Responsible for Team, Delivery and Work Force Management for the development of
Enterprise Web Applications.
Responsible for the Design, Architecture and development support for consumer, dealer, and
business-facing systems.

Technologies: JSP, Struts, Ajax, Hibernate, MySQL, Oracle 9i, Apache, Tomcat and Ant.

Developed modules for Recruitment, Banking, CRM Modules, Client Management and Web
Based Training on the company website.

Btree Infotech, Trivandrum, India. Aug 2003 to July

2005
Team Leader, Web Development.

Responsible for Leading a Team of Software Engineers for Analysis, Design and
Development of Business Software. Technologies used: JSP, XML, UML, MySQL.
Participation in business development, vendor evaluations, and Client Management activities.

Theertha Technologies, Bangalore, India. May 2000 to

Jul 2003
Senior Software Engineer.
Responsible for the replacement of the client’s primary consumer website based on J2EE.
Technologies used: J2EE, Java, XML, Taglibs, MySQL, Oracle.

ElectroData, Bangalore Feb 1998 to

Apr 2000

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Systems Design Engineer.

Responsible for Technical Support, Coding in Assembly Language and C for Control
Software for Human to Machine Interfaces, Logical Controllers, RTUs and SCADA based
Industrial elements.

Zoom Microsystems, Trivandrum Jan 1995 to

Feb 1998
Electronics Design Engineer.
Analysis, Design and development of Research prototypes for Industrial and Commercial
Products, Add-on cards and Software support in C and Assembly language for the same.
Completed projects for ISRO for Space Administration, Propulsion control and navigation.
Implemented PLCs and SCADA projects with DCS (Allen Bradley, Siemens) for famous clients.

Project Details

1. Universe by UNICAST October 2008 to Till Date

Tech Lead
Technologies : J2EE, Struts, Spring, Icefaces(JSF), Java Script, Ajax, DHTML, CSS and XML
with Hibernate on Oracle 10, Hosted on Linux.
Description :
Universe, Unicast's Rich Media Advertising Platform, allows users to easily create, traffic and
analyse Premium Rich Media Ad campaigns. UNICAST can best be called a flexible turnkey
Solution for Creation, Delivery and Reporting of Premium Rich Media Advertisements.
Unicast also sports insightful engagement tracking and reporting capabilities to truly measure
how users connect with your brand.

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Guide the team - functionally & technically. Maintain process documents for the project.
Code Review, Estimations, Proposals for enhancements, Mentoring with Developers, Delivery
Deadlines, Releases, Repository Management and Client Communication.
Scrum Lead Off site: Manage Sprint/Backlog items off site.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Received appreciations from Development Manager on site, for the consistency in Code
Quality.
• Received appreciations from Client for completing a major Mile stone : i18n for Standard
reports feature within a record time of 6 weeks.
• Sole contributor for Internationalization on Reports – Built up a i18n Framework based on
Ice faces 7.1, Ajax, Java Script, Spring and Struts for the existing application.
• Designed and Implemented 4 major enhancements on the Ad Platform : Tag Support, Ad.
Multi Layering, Creative Versioning and Campaign Summary Reports.

2. X'TRA LEISURE April 2009 to June 2009

Black Berry Application.

Tech Lead
Technologies: J2ME, CSS 2.0, XHTML, WAP and XML.
Description :
X'tra Leisure is all about enabling Blackberry users access to the best of the Internet’s content

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and services in an intuitive, fast, compelling and BlackBerry format. User is asked to make
options from a list of interests like Technologies, Hobbies, News, Films, Do it yourself, Training,
Product Launch etc. Apart from Event Listings by mail, SMS, standard Blackberry features like
Phone calls, Add Note, Scheduler/Calendar and Additional features as Twitter, Facebook and
Social networking Add-ons are made available.

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Supports Blackberry BOLD OS 4.5.
• Involved in project estimation, project planning, project status.
• Contributed to Project Requirement Document review.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concept for applications.

3. DELTRACK: Jan 2009 to April 2009

Delivery Point Mapping System on Blackberry

Tech Lead

Technologies : J2ME, JDE4.5 API, XHTML, Core APIs on Eclipse/Blackberry JDE 4.5.
Description :
This MDS-based application helps track nearest Delivery Points for Delivery/Sales Drivers with
the help of Location tracking identified on Maps. Tracks and shows the nearest Locations for
Delivery on Map, and charts out the Routes involved with SVG Graphics/Vector Graphics.

Manages Delivery Points and routes/directions from delivery person's Blackberry. .

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Define Features and Change Requests based on Client Requirements and Delegate to the
Team.
• Maintain process documents, Wiki and Change Logs for the project.
• Conduct Code Review, Estimations, Proposals for enhancements, Delivery Deadlines, Client
Clarifications over Chat/Email
• Provide solutions for Blackberry (Java) and/or Palm Treo device.
• Developed prototypes and proof-of-concept for applications.

NUTROPIA April 2008 to November 2008

Gourmet meal delivery service.

Tech Lead
Technologies: J2EE, Struts, Spring, Ice faces (JSF), Java Script, Ajax, DHTML, CSS and XML
with Hibernate on Oracle 10, Hosted on Linux.
Description :
The project is for a gourmet meal delivery service based in New York City. The company
provides value added, nutritious meals that are cost-effective and convenient. They prepare
and deliver to hundreds of customers daily and offer both home and corporate delivery
Services.

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design, Architecture and POC of the Project. Provided Support to Pre-sales for
Conceptualizing and Estimation of the same.
• Tech Lead - Responsible for overall technical delivery of the project.

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• Managed the Bug tracker database and delegated tickets on priority basis during
maintenance phase.
• Manage day to day activities of the project, as delegating work to the Team, handling
Feature requests, creation of test plan documents.
• Sole responsibility of client interaction and clarification through mail, Jabber and
Teleconference.

THOMSON NOW November 2006 to March 2008

Team Leader
Technologies used: J2EE, Struts, Tiles, MySQL 5, Apache Tomcat, JavaScript, Ajax, DHTML, CSS
and XML on Linux.
Description :
Thomson Now is a complete E-Learning package of Thomson Vertical. This suite manages the
relation between Instructors and Students and allows instructors to manage, assess, assign,
track, and report on their students' progress throughout the course. Thomson NOW lets you
create courses, develop syllabus, and maintain grades quickly and easily. Thomson NOW also
lets one to set up online courses and enrol students, create assignments from course material,
test banks, author questions, and other sources, Assign tests, quizzes, tutorials, practice, and
homework, View and edit assignment scores.

ROLES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Guide all the team members-functionally & technically. Maintain process documents for the
project.
Interacting with the client regarding clarifications, release dead lines and Bug status
updates.
Overall technical and functional responsibility for the UI.

CHALLENGE All in One Web CRM August 2006 to November 2006

Team Leader
Technologies used: J2EE, Struts, MySQL 5, Apache Tomcat, JavaScript, Ajax, DHTML, CSS and
XML on Linux.
Description :
Design and develop a new enterprise CRM solution based on J2EE technologies. Develop high
quality processes. Follow quality products. Review other developer's design and code.
Participated in business process model development, optimization and bug fixing.
Own Responsibilities:

 Analyzed, Designed and Lead the Development Team.

 Lead a Team of 15 Software Engineers for the development of BPM modules.

Achievements

* Created standalone Java application for BPM integration testing.

* Trained junior developers to catch-up with BPM.

Property Management System for ADMA OPCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Feb 2006 to August 2006

Property Management System(Local intranet).

Team Leader
Technologies used: J2EE, Struts, MySQL 4, Oracle 9i, Apache, JavaScript, Ajax,
DHTML, CSS and XML on Linux.

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Description :
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO), is a pioneering oil and gas producer
whose operations date back to the 1950s, and are centered in the offshore areas of Abu Dhabi.
PMS or Property Management System is an intranet based application that serves as an MIS for
managing the residential suites catering the entire human resource of the company. The
Company has three oilfields and the manpower needs to be accommodated and the high
turnover in personnel stays to be managed from all locations.

Own Responsibilities:

 Analyzed, Designed and Lead the Development Team.

 Served in client-interfacing role.
 Lead a Team of 12 Software Engineers for the development of PMS and Unit Leasing.
 Coded classes for Validation, GUI, Data store and Backup. Served in client-interfacing role.

Achievements

* The ADMA Project was bagged with fast and effective effort from the SOT-ADMA Development
Team. I received appreciation from the CEO, Netherlands for taking the prime initiative as a Tech
lead to submit a Pilot version in a crash period of 7 weeks.

Christian Sijnen Mode Beher, France. August 2005 to Feb 2006

Complete B2B solutions for Garments Chain.

Team Leader
Technologies used: JSP, MySQL, Struts, Taglibs, Java Script, XML, CSS, Ajax and HTML.
Description :
This Software package has been built to support the client as a complete B2B application. The
application sports color size and season attributes for classification. The front end is fully made
with DHTML, java script and CSS panels.
Own Responsibilities:

 Analyzed, Documented and designed the Application.

 Designed Database and provided update logic.
 Lead a Team of 14 Software Engineers.

EAI(Enterprise Application Integrator). September 2005 to Dec 2005

Team Leader
Technologies used: JSP, J2EE, Struts, Oracle on Linux.
Description
This is a complete solution to provide the client MODE BEHER (France) to help different
applications in Trade, ERP, CRM and Supply to ensure seamless movement of information
from one application to the other.
The EAI insures Real time information access among systems streamlines business
processes and helps raise organizational efficiency and maintains information integrity
across multiple systems. This dramatic changes are brought about by eliminating point – to
– point connections and it focuses on sharing both business data and business process.
Own Responsibilities:
Analysis and Design of classes for ESB modules.
Development of GUI, Database Model and also page classes.
Design, development and maintenance of admin and Back office functionality.

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Genstor Systems, New York, USA. May 2005 to August 2005

Online Server Configuration and Customization Interface (www.genstor.com).

Team Leader
Technologies used: PHP, MySQL, Java Script, XML, CSS.
Description :
The Client is a leading provider of Servers, Clusters, Storages and similar Hardware Solutions for
the Enterprise. The client needed software on the web through which customers can browse to
the server of their choice or customize already available server solutions.
Own Responsibilities:

 Analyzed, Designed and implemented the package.

 Worked in client-interfacing role.
 Lead a Module of 9 Software Engineers for the development of Server Customization Module.

United LiveStock, Australia. September 2004 to April 2005

Live Stock Management Online(Local Intranet).

Team Leader
Technologies used: J2EE, JSP, TagLibs, Struts, Tomcat, Oracle 9i, JavaScript,
NetBeans.
Description :
This Software package has been built to support Farm Mate, a Commercial Software for Cattle
farm management for the unit owned Farms across the State and available on their intranet.
LMS manages Sire and Dam information like Breed, productivity, Category, Output, Disposal,
Birth, Registration, Calving Details, Medication, AI, and Pregnancy Details. Resbis Module
manages Semen Bank Information of Bulls for optimum Quality, Breed and Productivity target,
and aides the Research Software PT(Progeny Test), ET(Embryo Transfer) and LMS(Live Stock
Manager). The Project is one of the pioneering ventures into Livestock Management.
Own Responsibilities:

 Analyzed, Documented and prepared documentation through suite visits.

 Worked in client-interfacing role.
 Lead a Module of 12 Software Engineers for the development of Resbis and LMS.
 Coded classes for Validation, Reception, Issue and Goblet tracking modules on Resbis.
 Coded for Database events as well as Stored procedures and update logic.
Achievements

* Received appreciations from client for almost every work I did during my stint, as
invariably any work I did was critical and was to the client’s satisfaction.

* Client selecting me for the production support in the development team, appreciative of
my way of bug fixing, Unit testing and System testing to avoid defects and change in
requirements.

Network Service Rating Engine Aug 2003 to Jan

2004
Team Member.

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Technologies used: JSP, TagLibs, Struts 1.1, Tomcat, Oracle 9i, JavaScript,
NetBeans on Linux.
Description
The Rating Engine can rate any network service, keep track of services used by consumer,
and rate them as they are completed. Rates are applied to usage events based on usage
plan opted by subscriber from options like - Rate on Any parameter, Multiple Usage Rating,
Multi-party Rating, Personalized Rating and Zone based Rating.

Own Responsibilities:
Lead the UI Module of 3 engineers within a team of 12.
Responsibilities included design & development of the rating interface using the MVC architecture
that serves to configure the rating Engine.
Developed custom JSP tags based on Jakarta Taglib extensions.
e-CRM : CRM Software, Tactic Solutions, UK. Apr 2002 to Jun 2003
Team Member.
Technologies used: JSP, Servlets, Javascript and Oracle 8i on Win 2000 Server.
Description
The application is a Sales Force Automation application with flexible user interfaces. It involves -
Accounts, Leads, Opportunities, Activities and Orders.
Own Responsibilities:
Involved in Analysis, Low Level Design, Coding for GUI, Decide on Screen Changes, and Technical
support of the Leads Management System. Undertook ongoing application code maintenance.

OTHER PROJECTS

Team Leader/Senior Developer.

Technologies used: PHP, MySQL 5 on LAMP and JavaScript, Ajax, DHTML, CSS.
Functional Area : B2C, B2B e-Commerce, Retail, Garments Chain and e-
Learning.
Description :
Used by hundreds projects all over the world. Design and develop new enterprise Components to
enable clients to customize the components to ensure ultimate user satisfaction through the use
of better GUI components and upgrade component functionalities for installing new features.
Performed a lot on Web Shop components’ customization.

Personal Details:
Name as in Passport : ANILKUMAR S RAGHAVA KURUP
Age & Date of birth : 37 years, 19th April 1972
Hobbies : Photography, Mechatronics.
Linguistic Strength : Fluent in English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.

References
Personal and Professional References shall be made available upon request.

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