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VISHAL PATEL
CONTACT: vkpatel@cmu.edu (412-576-9775) 1927, Murray Ave, Pittsburgh, 15217
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a summer internship where I can pursue my interests in Web Technology, Database Application and develop quality products.
EDUCATION:
* Carnegie Mellon University Expected Graduation May 2011
Master of Science in Information Networking
Relevant Courses: 15213-Introduction to computer systems, Fundamentals of networking, Business Management, Statistics.
* National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India Graduation May 2007
B Tech Instrumentation and Control Engineering with CGPA 9.16 out of 10
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Yahoo! Software Development Centre, India Jun 07 – Jul 09
Senior Software Engineer, Ratings and Reviews (RnR) Team
* Platform Solutions Engineer Jan 09 – Jun 09
Coordinated integrations and migrations for Yahoo! media sites including Yahoo! Buzz, Finance,
Shopping, Sports etc with User Generated Content modules like ratings/reviews/comments etc.
* Yahoo! Updates for ratings and reviews Jan 09 – Jun 09
Designed and developed the update generation model for User Generated Content (UGC) like
ratings, reviews, recommendations, comments.
* Ratings and Reviews (RnR) Jan 08 – Jan 09
Ratings / Reviews / Recommendations Storage, Retrieval and Management Platform. Implemented
XML/JSON based web service for the platform with 5x size reduction and 2x performance.
* Advanced Reports for RnR Nov 07 – Dec 07
Analytics for RnR data / API usage. Designed and developed reporting structure with advanced data
insights to number of ratings/reviews on daily/weekly/monthly basis
COMPUTER SKILLS :
Environments: Linux, Windows, FreeBSD
Applications/Packages: YUI, Eclipse, Emacs, Vi, NI LabView, Macromedia Dreamweaver
Languages: C, Python, PHP, SQL, HTML, C++, Perl, Bash, Javascript, CSS
PROJECTS:
* Web Content Management System. NIT Trichy Apr 07
Designed and developed CMS for college website http://www.nitt.edu with features inlcuding version controlled pages,
photo gallery, custom forms for events etc.
* Dalal Street NIT Trichy Jan 05
A web based stock market simulation. Developed using Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP with a AJAX
interface for bidding/buy/sell of stocks
HONOURS:
* Awarded companywide Best idea and design award (Yahoo! U Rock) for Extensible Message Store Platform.
* Academic Proficiency Award at NIT-Trichy, summer 2005 for best academics among 450 students.
* First Prize in Technical Quiz, Third Prize in Programming Contest. Spring 2006
ACTIVITIES
* Delivered a well attended series of lectures on C, C++, Web Programming, Website Design, Database
design, PHP, MySQL, XML, XSLT etc as part of the WebTeam at NIT, Trichy.
* Chaired in Sensors 2007 – a technical symposium of department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering.
* Member of Child Relief and You (CRY) 2005-2007