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Toronto, On, Ca

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design system architecture, and plan project timelines; achieved 15% faster project completion and reduced rework by using JIRA.• Transformed 10k lines of legacy code of finance application by using React, increasing user satisfaction and reducing support queries by 25%.• Deployed AWS Cloud Services to handle comprehensive application data.• Revolutionized application deployment through collaboration with DevOps, utilizing Docker for containerization and Kubernetes for orchestration; slashed deployment times by 50%, ensuring seamless updates and robust scalability.• Spread headed product development by applying agile methodology and scrum; resulted in software delivery ahead of schedule.• Centralized the analytical and monitoring capabilities of welding devices across 5 Toyota manufacturing plants in Canada and the US, saving $300K annually by implementing a responsive web application using Angular and Node.JS.• Implemented COTS application independently - which drastically reduced company's spending by $80k USD per new model launch.• Integrated REST APIs into a client app, improving functionality and user experience.• Revamped the Attendance Audit application with Integrated third-party APIs to maintain records of 30k employees across the US and Canada.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Directed a team of software engineers, enhancing critical applications functionality and reliability, resulting in a 50% decrease in operational issues and a 30% improvement in user satisfaction within six months.• Mastered the Integration of Manufacturing execution systems (MES) and potentially saved $500k USD per new model launch and enabled end users to monitor approximately 500 Programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using Spring Boot, Angular and Java 8.• Contributed to a project that allowed automated data extraction, processing and loading into a MongoDB database, saving 50 hours of manual data handling per month.• Integrated Jenkins into the development process, enhancing team efficiency by automating build and deployment process.• Succeeded an Azure cloud automation system, enhancing data processing efficiency by 80%.• Enabled operators to request for delivery of big or small parts of about 1000 parts to the point of fit just in time by launching an in-house material delivery application using Spring Boot, Postgres and Rest APIs.• Led the transformation of Requisition Portal from a monolithic app to a microservices architecture using Spring Boot and the 12-factor app methodology which improved system efficiency by 70%.

• Managed a process re-engineering project to improve end-to-end service processes; restructured communication flow among 15 departments and cut down paperwork by 85% using Oracle BPM, Java, Spring Boot, SQL, Rest, Oracle BPM.• Developed a new feature for real-time health monitoring that was integrated into the main application.• Added alert statements in the insurance application using JavaScript for the validation purpose based on business requirements. This enhancement reduced rework by 40% and started timely insurance completion by 60%.• Developed scalable RESTful APIs with Spring Framework; produced thorough JUnit testing protocols that increased system reliability and decreased response time.• Delivered a health care management Spring boot application to reduce operational spending of about $25k USD per year that support health reform efforts at the state and national level.

• Led a team of 10 in developing and maintaining critical applications, improving system efficiency, and reducing downtime by 25%, ensuring seamless business operations and prompt updates using Spring Boot and Spring Cloud.• Engineered and developed interactive user screens with Angular8 and JavaScript, improving user engagement and reducing page load time across the platform.• For core banking application Testing, release & production deployment using Azure DevOps in multiple projects.

• Managed a 5-member cross-functional (product, engineering, sales, support) team and coordinated with six business partners toward the successful launch of an ERP.• Redesigned front-end architecture using JSP, HTML, CSS, and enhanced client-side validations through JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON; decreased bounce rate and increased user engagement by 30%.• Follow Agile development approach using JIRA (daily standups, planning meetings, story estimations and code reviews).• Engineered complex SQL queries to streamline data retrieval processes and enhance application functionalities, reducing report generation time and supporting a database of over 1 million records.

Development of ERP system.Sql Server

• Established and enhanced versatile core banking applications using spring MVC framework increasing web traffic.• Slashed code defects through strategical implementation of TDD and JUnit.• Optimized database queries, reducing server load and boosting overall application performance using SQL.• Involved in creating, publishing and consuming web services using JAX-WS 2.0 API and other technologies like WSDL and REST.

Master Of Science (Ms), Software Project Management

Software Project Management Software Project Management & Metrics Requirement Engineering Management & Organizational Behaviour Marketing.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: : Implemented Compiler till Syntax Analyser in c# in third semester project. Implemented Auto Text Summarizer.