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Pranav Sharma |
14906 Trailwood Pl. Burtonsville, MD 20866 (301) 775-9392 |
skills & expertise
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MOSS 2007,
WSS 3 |
IBM MQ |
Crystal
Reports |
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C#,
ASP.NET |
C, C++ |
Informatica
PowerCenter |
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.NET
Framework (2.0) |
Java |
IIS 5.0 |
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HTML, CSS:
pranavsharma.com/portfolio.htm |
JavaScript,
PHP, Ruby |
Lisp,
OCAML |
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Windows
XP/2003/Vista |
XML, XPATH |
VMWare
Server |
professional experience
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Accenture (Reston, VA) – Consulting Analyst |
Sep 2008 to Present |
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Created
multiple reports using Business Objects Crystal Reports 11 that allowed the
client to better track sales-workforce related activities by bringing together
data from multiple systems
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Worked with
the client to limit scope of requirements thus helping the project commit
deliverables, schedules and resources to the client
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Designed
technical specifications that satisfied functional requirements and enabled
off-shore resource to deliver reports without requiring significant verbal
interaction thereby optimizing the use of project resources
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Created
development plan for senior managment thus allowing the project to commit a delivery
schedule to the client that ensured on-time delivery and satisfaction of
quality expectations
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Provided
high visibility to senior management using daily status reports to identify
potential issues before they became critical thereby reducing project risk
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Supported
parallel releases across 8 environments, enabling new project teams to
seamlessly ramp on, thus allowing them to stick to tight delivery schedules.
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Defined
multiple components of the technical architecture framework that allowed
different applications to interface with each other, thus enabling the
build/test teams to stay focused within single applications.
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· Portal Solutions (Rockville, MD) – SharePoint Consultant |
May 2006 to Dec 2007 |
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A Microsoft Gold Certified Partner – Delivers solutions based on the
MOSS Platform |
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Developed
the company’s public website using SharePoint using a design provided by a
marketing consultant.
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Setup the
company’s intranet leveraging site templates & list/field/content type
features on SharePoint 2007.
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Developer
for Conservation International’s public website for the MSN Live Earth event.
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Built custom
ASP .NET and SharePoint applications for various projects.
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Configured
multiple sites to use Forms Based Authentication (FBA) in a SharePoint
environment.
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Integrated a
Silverlight component into a SharePoint environment for Conservation
International.
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Implemented
intranet for CDC (Citizen’s Development Corps).
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Trained
clients on developed solutions.
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· Thomson West (Washington, DC) – Network Administrator |
Apr 2006 to May 2008 |
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Maintained
and monitored 4 production server clusters.
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Designed and
developed a Monitoring Utility to watch incoming vendor feeds using C# .NET
(2.0)
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Created a
front-end Desktop Application to provide Production Managers easy access to SQL
data.
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· Sears (Silver Spring, MD) – Brand Central Lead |
Feb 2005 to Nov 2005 |
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Supervised
45 full-time & part-time sales associates responsible for selling home
appliances and electronics.
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Coached
associates to produce repeat business and to gain synergy sales such as
in-house credit, product protection plans and accessories in order to increase
profit margins.
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Reinforced
sales and synergy goals by training associates who did not meet goals and by
recognizing top performers to provide positive reinforcement and create a sense
of competition among associates.
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Identified
department hiring needs, filtered job applications and interviewed potential
new hires.
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· Sears (Silver Spring, MD) – Part-Time Sales Associate |
Aug 2003 to Feb 2005 |
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Sold Home
Electronics ranging from Digital Cameras to Plasma TVs.
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· Global Securities Information, Inc. (Washington, DC) – Data Analyst |
June 2001 to June 2003 |
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Planned and implemented
an internal Management Information System.
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Created
complex yet easily readable reports for production managers using Crystal
Reports 8.5
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Automated
report data collection process using Crystal Enterprise 8.0
education
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·
University of Maryland, College
Park, MD |
Sept 2002
to May 2008 |
o Bachelor of Science, General
Business
o Bachelor of Science, Computer
Engineering
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· Gemstone Honors program at University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
Sept 2002 to May 2006 |
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Participant in
a 4 year undergraduate Honors research program.
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Researched
fleet monitoring technologies and their impact on fleet operations.