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Computer Programming with Praveen A.

Melrose, Massachusetts

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Age: 5+
Speaks English
Teaching since 2002
Masters, Information Management

    About Praveen A.

    Over 15 years software engineering industry experience in designing and implementing high-performance distributed software systems in various programming languages. Currently specializing in all Google technologies, ASP.NET, rails, node and iOS development. Over 5 years international teaching/research experience in collaboration with Boston/NY/Switzerland universities leading multinational research in distributed engineering and publishing several research papers in IEEE/ACM conferences.

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    Teaching Hours

    Monday
    2 PM-7 PM
    Tuesday
    2 PM-7 PM
    Wednesday
    2 PM-7 PM
    Thursday
    2 PM-7 PM
    Friday
    2 PM-7 PM
    Saturday
    12 PM-7 PM
    Sunday
    5 AM-8 AM
    2 PM-7 PM
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    Pricing
    30 minutes
    $30
    45 minutes
    $45
    60 minutes
    $60
    90 minutes
    $75
    120 minutes
    $100
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    Experience

    Adjunct Faculty

    Jan, 2016 - Present

    Fisher College

    Associate Organizer

    Dec, 2014 - Present

    Google Developer Group

    Interfaced with coworkers to provide technical training and guidance on all Google technologies. Contributed to leadership of cross-functional teams, which developed company branding strategy, communications and partnerships. Fostered united and team-oriented workplace by organizing DevFests to focus developers, designers, and product managers on emerging technologies including polymer, android wear, Google glass and cardboard.

    Vice President of Software Development

    Jan, 2005 - Present

    H H Brown shoe company

    Lead and coordinate software department personnel to complete development of sophisticated, large-scale PCI compliant HTML5 e-commerce projects within budget and ahead of schedule. Define company software requirements and design needs, leading to management of all aspects of an enterprise-wide CRM implementation and providing full access to inventory management, order fulfillment processes, marketing initiatives, as well as reporting and payment management systems. Aggressively recruit, hire and mentor both developers and interns to build a continuously improving, team-oriented and code compliant software department.

    Research Scientist

    Aug, 2003 - Jan, 2004

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

    Contributed to European Union-funded MMAPPS project and liaised with scientists from research centers throughout Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Germany and UK as well as industry partners from British Telecom, HP Labs and Telecom Austria.

    Teaching/Research Project Leader

    Jan, 2002 - Dec, 2004

    Syracuse University

    Directed all aspects of wireless grid applications that facilitated shared resources across devices in dynamic ad-hoc wireless networks. Designed advanced access control models for use in university p2p networks. Project Leader responsible for collaborating with developers at MIT, Harvard and Tufts to design and implement National Science Foundation project creating bandwidth management systems for the grid. Performed Webmaster duties and developed applications to integrate WebCT for personalized student access and instructor communications using Java.

    Software Engineer

    Sep, 2000 - Jan, 2002

    Yahoo! Inc

    Utilized C/C++ for several projects targeted at enhancing experience of Yahoo! users. Improved Yahoo! shopping by deploying remote merchant interface to allow viable merchants to self-publish products. Designed API for developers to build wireless applications that would communicate between mobile device gateways and Yahoo! web properties. Enhanced search accuracy through monitoring system consisting of C++ base classes and virtual functions to check for site content, modifications and site traffic. Partnered with Google to implement Yahoo! wireless applications using HDML/WML.

    Education

    Bachelors, Chemical Engineering

    May, 1992 - May, 1996

    Anna University

    Masters, Information Management

    Jan, 2002 - May, 2005

    Syracuse University

    Masters, Computer Science

    Aug, 1997 - May, 1999

    Syracuse University

    Certifications

    Project Leadership Course

    Jun, 1999

    UTC Learning Institute

    Awards

    Grand Prize for Best App Developed from TVNext Hackathon

    Apr, 2013

    Hill Holliday

    Grand Prize for Best App Developed from TVNext Hackathon

    Oct, 2015

    Hill Holliday

    Grand Prize for Mashable Emirates Hackathon

    May, 2014

    Mashable

    Languages

    English

    Native Proficiency

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