Pankaj Kumar

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Born Capricornian, enjoy sports, avid reader, & programmer. Follow Global Geo-Political issues and history of world cultures. Story of civilizations amazes me and is a wonderment, the evolutionary journey of homosapiens.

Strong 25+ years Information Technology experience. Studied Computer Science & Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA & Harvard University (Ext) Cambridge, MA.

Started professional journey with internship doing test and repair of chip-sets. First job in a CAD/CAM/GIS company gave an oppurtunity to travel around Indian Subcontinent for technical support.

Moved to USA for higher studies in Boston Area. Stayed briefly in a Financial Services and worked hands on a software system designed specifically for the supplemental benefits market.

Next found myself in a Canadian Information Technology company building Spend Managment Service Line software offerning in Boston, MA.

Ambition made me jump into a role of a Software Architect/Technical Lead in Cambridge, MA. in a Design, Construction and Engineering Consulting firm. Here Designed, Developed and Patented a software to simulate Green House Gas emissions for urban planing. Architected Aviation System Management for US Department of Transportation & GIS applications.

Next started in a Lead position at Massachusettes largest Human Resources Software Product company and also managed US and India teams.

Oppurtunity and Curiousity triggered me to move in a Healthcare Product company in Southborough, MA. Here worked on various software subsystems helping providers and subscribers to streamline day to day business.

Moved to Bengaluru, India after a stint of 16+ years in USA. Went back to school at IIIT-Bengaluru and enrolled myself in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence course works. Co-founded a Edutech company and worked in Technical Management roles for 3+ years. Led a team of 50+ professionals handling 12+ State Government and US software projects. Currently joined a Networking Services company in the Architect role to technically desgin, develop and support existing software systems.

Skill

Software Architecture, Design, Development & People Management

25+ years in software application design and development [.Net, .Net Core, C#, Java & Python]
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15+ years in people management and developing teams
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15+ years in enterprise solution architecture design, development and implementation
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15+ expereince in data modeling [MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL] for enterprise applications
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15+ experience in architecting monolithic (n-layer, clean architecture) applications
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12+ years expereince in ORMs like Entity Spaces, EF 4/5, EF Core, Dapper
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15+ years expereince generating custom reports using SSRS & SSIS packages
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20+ years expereince with source code mgmt tools: Git, Bitbucket & TFS
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10+ years expereince in building client server apps with Win Forms, WPF for .Net
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10+ years experience in JavaScript packages, JQuery, XML, HTML 5 & BootStrap
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2+ years expereince in front end frameworks React.js and React Native
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+1 year experience in Python implementing AI & ML models
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Education

Academics, Certifications & Professional Education

  • International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B)

  • The International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B), a deemed to be University, was established in 1998 with a vision to contribute to the IT world through education and research, entrepreneurship and innovation.
  • Post Graduate Diploma in: Machine Learning & Aritificial Intelligence
  • Course Work: Deep Learning ↔ [list...]
  • Projects:
  • Harvard University

  • Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, established in 1636. Completed POST GRADUATE credits in Software Engineering, specialization in Project Management, .NET C#, Design Patterns using JAVA:
  • Graduate Credits in: Software Engineering
  • Course Work: Design Pattern using Java ↔ [list...]
  • Projects: @CDM Smith Inc. Project Management for IT
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1865. It is one of the United States first engineering and technology universities. Completed POST GRADUATE studies here in the following field:
  • Post Graduate in: M.S. Computer Science
  • Course Work: Computer Vision ↔ [list...]
  • Internship: @ AFS Inc. Life Insurance Product Dev.
  • Microsoft Certification

  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Certification demonstrates my ability to build innovative solutions across multiple technologies, with primary focus on .NET Technology.
  • Certification in: Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
  • Certification Exams: XML Web Services ↔ [list...]
  • J.C. Bose Univ. of Science & Technology

  • J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad. It had a humble beginning in 1969 as YMCA Institute of Engineering. It was an Indo-German Project – a Joint Venture of the State and National Council of YMCAs of India and West Germany.
  • Undergraduate Study in: Computer Engineering
  • Course Work: Data Structures ↔ [list...]
  • Internship: @HCL-HP Chip Level Repairs

Experience

Software Architecture, Design, Development & People Management

 
Position: Enterprise Solution Architect   [2023 - Present]
Domain: E-Commerce  
Location: Bengaluru,  KA  - Bharat

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Position: Co-Founder   [2022 - Present]
Domain: Edutech  
Location: Bengaluru,  KA  - Bharat

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Position: CTO-Technical Architect   [2019 - 2023]
Domain: IT Services - AgriTech  
Location: Bengaluru,  KA  - Bharat

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Position: Software Engineer   [2004 - 2005]
Domain: Life Insurance  
Location: Waltham,  MA  - USA

Project(s):
  AFS Master System

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