Arunkumar Avanathan

Sunnyvale, CA

currently: Open for projects

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How would you describe your dream job in 10 words or less?

A challenging role in Engineering Management in Java, ecommerce, internet based web application where excellent technical skills & experience add value to the profitability of the company.

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Work history

Sabre Holdings October 2007 to the present
Technical Architect

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How would you describe your time at Sabre Holdings?

* Architecting solution for integrating Insurance module to SVT application
* The integration uses IOC pattern for calling appropriate Insurance Webservices based on the customer choice
* Once user purchases Insurance, the policy number will become part of the Passenger Name Record(PNR)
Technologies - JDK 1.3.1, Oracle, JBoss 3.2, XML & XSLT... read more
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TravelCLICK August 2007 to September 2007
Technical Architect

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How would you describe your time at TravelCLICK?

* Provided architectural blueprint for the migration of existing Hospitality ToolKit application from ColdFusion to Java
* Re-Architected the product to handle - clustering, streamlined release cycle, future enhancements, Natural Search, Search Engine Optimization
* Defined new Project Life Cycle to handle distributed development
* Identified core frameworks for the new application after detailed analysis & evaluation/proof of concepts - Jboss SEAM with Hibernate & JSF
* Detailed Design & Implementation are upcoming phases... read more
eBay September 2005 to July 2007
Development Manager

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How would you describe your time at eBay?

* Management
o Spearheaded the team of 7 technical leads in architecture, low level design, coding, code reviews, testing, bug fixing & rollouts to Production.
o Responsibilities involved Resource allocation, Task prioritization, monitoring progress, managing risk, Hiring, coaching, goal-setting, performance reviews.
o Actively supported offshore teams to streamline the delivery process
o Closely worked with other development teams (QA, Product Management & Ops.) to achieve common goals.
o Directly responsible for 7 - 8 projects at any point of time
o Came up with new process guidelines for merging the feature branches to MAIN trunk in ClearCase
o Administered TrackIt (Issue tracking system built on top of Bugzilla)

* Technology
o Extensively worked on eBay proprietary architectural frameworks (similar to JMS & Hibernate)
o Undertook Capacity Planning, Performance Tuning, Code Reviews, Bug fixing, Production debugging
o Specialized in automation. Wrote automated scripts using HttpUnit & Apache ANT for testing the new APIs
o Wrote Unix shell scripts for automating Batch job task
o Extremely familiar with eBay's application architecture to handle heavy traffic

* Key Project (for complex architecture & automation)
o eBay Stores Markdown Manager (Feature providing Store owners facility to schedule promotional sales)... read more
Franklin Templeton Investments October 2001 to August 2005
Technical Lead & Technical Project Manager

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How would you describe your time at Franklin Templeton Investments?

* Actively participated in complete life cycle of franklintempleton.com - a Mutual Fund B2C website talking to Oracle database & IBM mainframe over MQ Series - redesign.
* Wrote Jakarta ant based build scripts for build & deployment of the application modules
* Wrote wrapper shell scripts for CVS to control the access rights
* Upgraded CVS infrastructure by writing shell scripts detailed planning (for not loosing code base & developer activity)
* Wrote scripts for data mining & report generation
* Handled Performance Tuning
o Used OptimizeIt & Wily Introscope for analysis
o Fixed the problems by tuning SQL queries, Database model & introducing smart log statements
* Architected solutions for enabling the application for Blackberry device (Sales users).
* Led enhancement projects for the same application
* Migrated the application from EJB 1.0 to EJB 2.0
* Introduced xDoclet for auto generating application Deployment Descriptors
* Extensively worked on Application server clustering to improve performance and efficiency of system resources.
* Configured Production Sun ONE webservers to support caching, URL redirection, advanced http logging
* Evaluated entire application over BEA Application Server instead of ATG Dynamo
o Developed a web based product in Java for analyzing the dependency of the application on ATG frameworks
o Fine tuned initialization modules in the Dynamo Application Server to save memory
o Reduced database hits to improve performance
o Came up with steps for migrating application from ATG Dynamo to BEA Weblogic application server... read more
FIFA (MindTree Consulting) March 2001 to September 2005
Sr. Developer

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How would you describe your time at FIFA (MindTree Consulting)?

* Came up with the idea of generating the badges in PDF format after accreditation. This saved the cost of printing the badges in conventional access cards.
* Designed the badge generating framework for using different templates & generate badges in PDF format (using Sitraka's JClassPageLayout)
* Handled design, development, testing & support of the Badge printing module... read more
Wipro Technologies, Bangalore August 1996 to February 2001
Developer

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How would you describe your time at Wipro Technologies, Bangalore?

While at Wipro Technologies, I worked for Schlumberger, GE, AlliedSignal & An internal product for Y2K - DATE-2000

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