OBJECTIVE: Seeking an Internship Position in Software Development
EDUCATION:
Master of Science, with Thesis (Major: Computer Science) Texas A & M University, Graduation Date: May 2006
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Bachelor of Engineering (Major: Computer Science Engineering) VNIT, Nagpur, India Completion Date: Jun 2002
GPA: 3.88/4.00
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India Apr 2003 to July 2004
Software Engineer (IBM Tivoli Directory Integration)
* Team Member of IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator Development team.
* Team Leader of a group of 5 Quality Assurance Engineers.
* Metrics (Review and Resource Utilization) Leader for development and test team.
* Member of the CMMI Implementation team
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India Aug 2002 to Apr 2003
Programmer Analyst (CSC-AT&T Project)
* Team member of enhancement of the EOT-TRACS team.
* Worked on various enhancements, Maintenance requests, Ad-hoc, Tickets and Production support for improving CSC-AT&T EOT application.
SKILL SETS:
Operating System: Linux, UNIX (Solaris, HP, AIX), Windows, zOS/Racf
Languages: C, C++, Perl, UNIX Shell Scripting, Java, COBOL, ASP, Pascal, Pl-SQL, Pro*C, Assembly Language Programming (IBM -PC), X Windows Programming, SQL
Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, Db2 Enterprise Edition, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Sybase, MS-Access
Other Tool: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Rational Clearcase, Microsoft Project, Rational Robot
Application Servers: IBM Websphere, Tomcat, JBoss, Orion
Web Technologies: JSP, Servlets, Swing, Struts, HTML, PHP, CGI, Apache and iPlanet Webservers
Expertise: Linux System Administration, Database Administration.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS:
[1] Kaustav Ghoshal, Swanand Gadre, “z/OS LDAP RACF password Synchronization with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator”, IBM Redpaper.
[2] Kaustav Ghoshal, “Autonomic Query Optimization in ORACLE 9i” at IBM TechConnect 2004
[3] Kaustav Ghoshal, Swanand Gadre, “Regression Framework: An Improved model for software testing” at IBM Sharenet.
[4] Kaustav Ghoshal, Vishal Parihar, “Virtual Reality and its Applications” at Expressions at VNIT, Nagpur
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN:
* A prototype for “My Workspace” (written in the Struts framework with JSP and Servlets)
* “Optimizing Latency vs. Throughput in a Collaboratively Controlled Webcam System”- A term paper
* Building a Digital Library of Indian temples. (Using Greenstone as tool and Dublin Core as Metadata Standard)
* Development of a web based tool for Employee Time Tracking and Report Generation. (Using Perl, PHP, MySQL)
* Development of a web based tool for Machine Reservation. (Using Perl, PHP, MySQL)
* Development and Component/System/Global Verification Testing of IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (Using C and Java )
* Designing of a 2pass Assembler for MC68000. (Using C)
* User interface testing of Extended Terminating Point Manager (AT&T) using Rational Robot.
* System/Functional Testing of Enhanced Order Tracker (AT&T)
* Development and Maintenance of Charlotte Automation Platform-Bill verification Revenue Tracking (Using Perl, Pro*C )
* User interface Testing of Receivables Agency Audit and Tracking System (AT&T) (written in Perl, Pro*C )
* Tuning Transactions and Performance of Oracle 8i Replication, Standby and Parallel servers.
* Designing of a Pascal to C translator and Pascal compiler. (Using C)
* Implementation of simulation of Air Traffic Controller System and Air Reservation system. (Using C++ and Tcl/Tk )
* Design of customer interactive software system for a sales organization. (Using Visual C++, ASP)
* Design of soft wares for the games like Kalah, 3D Tic tac toe. (Using C and X Windows Programming)
* Projects in Query Optimization (Using Oracle 8i)
HONORS:
* Ranked 34th among 3, 00,000 appeared in Secondary School Certificate exam in West Bengal Board.
* Awarded Outstanding Performer Award at IBM Software Labs
* Awarded under National Scholarship schemes in high school and undergraduate study
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
* Corporate member of QAI (Represented IBM at 4th Annual International Software Testing Conference, India, Feb 2004)
* Member of IBM Linux Tech.
* Member of Pune Linux User’s Group.
* Regular Contributor to Technical Forums like experts-exchange.com, oraclenotes.com ,linuxquestions.org
* Founding Member of Computer Society of India Student Chapter, VNIT Nagpur.
* Member of IEE Student Chapter, VNIT Nagpur
REFERENCES: References are available upon request
WORK AUTHORIZATION: Eligible for Practical Training
503 Cherry Street, Apt#103, KAUSTAV GHOSHAL Email: kghoshal@tamu.edu
College Station, TX – 77840 http://students.cs.tamu.edu/kaustav Phone: (979) 571 8874
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