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Greater Boston Area

-Implement workflows for data analysis of various clinical Next generation sequencing assays aimed at detecting disease causing biomarkers in patients.-Help clinical labs implement automated reporting policies for reporting of clinically significant variants in patient samples-Design customized PDF reporting templates for patient reports.-Propose strategies for seamless integration of Qiagen bioinformatics tools with existing customer systems such as a LIMS or EHR system.

Greater Boston Area

-Work with scientists across multiple IPSEN sites (US, France, UK) to gather requirements for the new data repository.-Translate user requirements into user stories-Collaborate with software vendors located across various sites ( India, US)-Document system requirements as User Stories-Built prototypes and local tools using Oracle application express (APEX) and PL/SQL

1) Design various high throughput Next generation sequencing data analysis workflows such asa. Microbial genome assembly and analysis for novel toxin discoveryb. Plasmid assembly and analysisc. Transgenic event characterizationd. SNP detection and Analysis2) Design a repository for efficient storage of whole genome sequences and annotations based on a big data platform3) Work with vendors such as CLC bio and Accelyrs to bring third party bioinformatics software on board for integration into Monsanto sequence analysis workflows

Working in the TPS division at Monsanto. The TPS group delivers software solutions which aid in the core research at Monsanto. Work responsibilities include Requirements Understanding, Requirements Testing, Test Case Preparation, Test Case Execution, Defect Logging and monitoring.

Worked in the area of QA and Testing at Cognizant Technologies Solutions Pune India. Projects included a commercial lending application for an International Bank, and a sales force automation project for a multinational pharma company.Responsibilities included- Requirements Understanding, Knowledge tranfer documents preparation, Test Requirements Preparation, Test Case preparation, Business Scenarios Preparation, Test case and End to end Business scenarios execution. Defect logging and monitoring by the use of tools such as Mercury Quality Center, Test Director, Jira Issue tracker, Test Automation using QTP.

Ms, Bioinformatics

Bs, Information Technology