Ruchi Gupta ruchi_off@yahoo.com

Ruchi Gupta Phone: 214-444-8144 | Email: ruchi_off@yahoo.com

Accomplished, visionary, hands-on solution architect with 12+ years of experience in development of enterprise level applications from roadmap to production in organizations of varying size using cutting-edge technologies. Possess in-depth knowledge and experience in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Event Driven Architecture (EDA), Object Oriented Design (OOD), multi-threaded real time systems, information systems architecture, database architecture, performance optimization, software development methodologies and design patterns.

·         Over 12 years of experience in software architecture and development for companies of market capital up to $10B.

·         Developed software architecture models used for designing and implementing the communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture.

·         Over 1 year of experience evaluating various cloud providers like Windows Azure, AWS, Google App Engine and Rackspace.

·         Architected & developed  a modern large-scale C2C, C2B, B2C and B2B enterprise payment platform that has been ranked first among the leading next-generation branded prepaid debit card processors in US (by Aite Group LLC).

·         Proficient in Scrum Development Methodology, actively using for the last 5 years.

·         Championed test-driven development (TDD) and streamlined build process to effectively reduce release defect rate from 20% to less than 5%.

·         Possess extensive experience in global financial systems, credit/ debit/ pre-paid card processing, and multiple forms of payments, settlement and clearing systems.

·         Accomplished impressive ROI of saving $MM through persistent technology innovations, efficiency and productivity driven enterprise architectures and astute selection of 3rd party technology solutions.

·         Helped organizations pass rigorous annual onsite audits of PCI (1.1, 1.2 and 1.3), SAS70 Type II, FDIC, and TG-3.

Operating System Windows 7, Windows 2008,  2003, XP	Development Tools Visual Studio 2012, 2010, 2008, 2005	Languages C#, VB.NET, LINQ, C++, C, XML, JSON, T-SQL, JavaScript, VBScript,
Database SQL Server 2012, 2008, 2005 & 2000, SQLite, SQL Azures	Technologies .NET (4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 2.0, 1.1), WCF, WIF / ADFS, Web API, Entity Framework, nHibernate, ADO.NET, MSDTC, MSMQ, SQL Service Broker, SSIS, AppFabric, Windows Azure Platform, StreamInsight	Source Control  SVN, Perforce, TFS, VSS
Reporting Tools  Crystal Reports, SSRS	Web Technologies ASP.NET (3.5, 1.1), IIS 7.0, 6.0, 5.0, MVC, MVVM, Knockout JS, SignalR	Development Methodologies Agile development (Scrum methodology), Waterfall

 

Xerox Cloud Service, Dallas, Texas

Dec 2011 – Present

Xerox Cloud Services, a division in Xerox started about 4 years ago and has been maturing since then. It is a global provider of IaaS service offerings with data centers in US, UK and Malaysia. It also offers a services aggregation model where various external service providers can offer their IaaS, PaaS and SaaS services to enterprise customers, channel partners and channel partner customers.

 

Lead Architect - Xerox Cloud Platform

Leading a team of architects to design and deliver the next generation Xerox Cloud Platform. Responsible for platform architecture and R&D oriented software design and development.

Technologies Used: Windows 7, IIS 7.0, Visual Studio 2012, .NET 4.5, C#, WCF, WIF, Azure ACS, MSMQ, MS Entity Framework, JSON, LINQ, SAML 2.0, MS SQL Server 2012, Web API, Knockout JS, SignalR, SVN, Agile Development Methodology

·         Architected and led the aggregation of Windows Azure under Xerox Cloud Service. Azure Compute, Storage and SQL Database are among the initial offerings.

·         Architected the aggregation of CA ITSM solution to provide application performance monitoring as a service in Xerox cloud.

·         Working on re-designing the Xerox Cloud Platform from ground-up based upon SOA 2.0 (event-driven SOA) and MVVM using latest technologies like SQL 2012, WCF 4.5, StreamInsight, Activiti, Apache ServiceMix, Web API, HTML5 and Knockout JS.

·         Designed a highly optimized and flexible data model using SQL HierarchyID allowing the seamless aggregation and bundling of services offered by any cloud provider without any schema modifications.

·         Architected and implemented Identity Federation using Azure ACS (Access Control Services).

·         Working closely with senior management, customers and internal business units in developing strategy and programs to define rapidly expanding Xerox Cloud.

·         Communicate regularly with the business units, project stakeholders and other groups to work effectively in a team environment and address their issues/concerns.

·         Conduct architecture, design & code reviews.

 

 

Green Dot Corporation, Monrovia, California

Apr 2011 – Nov 2011

Green Dot is the leading provider of prepaid financial services, and owns and operates the Green Dot Network, which is the largest cash reloading network in the United States. The company offers consumers a comprehensive portfolio of financial products and services through thousands of leading retailer locations nationwide.

 

Consultant SOA Architect

Provide leadership, technical and thought expertise in the design, implementation, maintenance, security, and delivery of the SOA initiative.

Technologies Used: Windows 7, IIS 7.0, Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4.0, C#, WCF, WIF, ADFS, AppFabric, MSMQ, MS Entity Framework, JSON, LINQ, SAML 2.0, MS SQL Server 2008, Perforce, Agile Development Methodology

·         Led & architected the development of Service Framework for the SOA initiative. The framework provides a platform to quickly expose business functionality as WCF services with built in support for security, configuration, service hosting, caching, versioning, logging and exception handling.

·         Designed & implemented claims-based C2B and B2B authentication and authorization framework. Among many security policies, it supports SAML based federated security implementation using WIF & ADFS.

·         Architected & implemented the development of Service Factory to provide service hosting in IIS, WAS and Self hosted environment. The configuration driven approach simplified the service deployment resulting in over 50% better efficiency.

·         Communicate regularly with the business units, project stakeholders and other groups to work effectively in a team environment and address their issues/concerns timely.

·         Helped build a successful team by interviewing, mentoring & leading the best professionals to support business growth.

·         Conduct architecture, design & code reviews.

 

Aristocrat Technologies Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada

Sep 2008 – Apr 2011

Aristocrat is a premium supplier of gaming products & IT services to the international gaming industry. The company offers a diversified product line ranging from local casino management systems, multisite systems to video and mechanical slots.

 

Technical Lead Engineer/ Senior Software Engineer

Provided technical and thought leadership to build, evolve, support and operate a modern state of the art multi-site casino management system using latest technologies. Worked with business units to identify enterprise architecture and implement various IT initiatives to support their business functions and maximize the benefits of their IT investments throughout the complete life cycle using SDLC processes.

Technologies Used: Windows 2008/2005, IIS 6.0, Visual Studio 2005/2008, .NET 3.5, C#, WCF, ASP.NET, Silverlight 2.0, MSMQ, ADO.NET, LINQ, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL Service Broker, SVN, TFS, Agile Development Methodology

·         Partnered with the solution architect for the development of a distributed multi-site casino management system. The 24x7 real-time system supported distributed transactions, message queuing, service versioning, asynchronous processing, caching, logging, monitoring and service endpoint failover.

·         Designed & implemented service monitoring & notification framework for the multisite distributed application with each site getting a notification when another site goes down. The service monitoring dashboard reported real-time online/offline status of each site.

·         Designed & implemented a light weight centralized storage and management of configuration data for .NET-based applications and service hosts to dynamically manage the configurations and ongoing operations of distributed, service-oriented applications.

·         Created a distributed diagnostic application to view MSDTC trace log files and troubleshoot issues across various services and machines.

·         Worked with the database architect to build a class of loosely coupled services for database applications using MSSQL Service Broker for guaranteed & asynchronous messages delivery.

·         Designed and implemented data synchronization process across distributed databases using SSIS packages.

·         Led and mentored team of 5 members; three developers, one QA, and one database developer.

·         Collaborated with multiple offshore teams of varying sizes.

·         Conducted architecture, design & code reviews.

 

eCommlink Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada

Jan 2003 – Aug 2008

eCommlink provides secure transaction processing platform and solutions for a diverse array of prepaid card programs in the physical, virtual, and mobile spaces. It owns and operates production platform processing for large volume real-time transactions from ATM/POS networks, Internet, phones, and personal wireless devices.

 

Architect/ Senior Software Engineer

2005 – 2008

Acted as one of the Solutions Architects for the IT organization to drive future architecture, review existing designs, and SDLC process improvements to build, evolve, support and operate the modern state of the art prepaid card processor platform.

Technologies Used: Windows 2003, Visual Studio 2005, IIS 6.0, .NET 2.0/3.5, C#, WCF, ASP.NET, MSMQ, ADO.NET, LINQ, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, SSIS, SSRS, Crystal Report 11.0, TFS, VSS

·         Architected and developed key subsystems such as card management, security management, authentication and authorization, money transfer, reload, inventory management, integration with 3rd party systems like MasterCard, Pulse, Experian and Concord for real-time transaction processing, and framework based secure web service API.

·         Led, architected and developed encryption framework in SQL Server 2005 for PCI compliance.

·         Led, architected & implemented batch process interaction with 3rd party systems likes MasterCard RPPS, Online Resources & Federal Reserve (ACH processing) using SSIS packages and windows services.

·         Architected and developed automated production monitoring and dashboard system that reduced incident response time from hours to minutes.

·         Led a team of 5 developers. Mentored staff with instilled energy, motivation, enthusiasm, and training. Led by example with consistently demonstrated performance, discipline, dedication and integrity. Supported IT expansion through outsourcing.

·         Collaborated with business owners and business analysts to refine requirements.

·         Conducted architecture, design & code reviews.

 

Software Engineer

2003 - 2005

Designed and developed the first generation state of the art prepaid card processor platform.

Technologies Used: Windows 2000/2003, IIS 5.0/6.0, Visual Studio 2003, .NET 1.1/2.0, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, MSMQ, ADO.NET, MS SQL Server 2000, DTS, Crystal Report 9.0, VSS

·         Developed prepaid card processor platform from ground up in 4 months for first release in production.

·         Designed and developed unified UI framework serving as foundation of all web application development. It saved over 25% of IT resource and continuously delivered cost-savings in subsequent platform development, maintenance and optimization.

·         Designed & implemented web services used by internal applications & external clients.

·         Led and developed several web application projects involving complicated business requirements.

 

Nagarro Inc., India

Jan 2001 – Dec 2002

Nagarro provides outsourced software development services to companies ranging from early stage startups to Global 50 market leaders, helping them achieve their strategic goals.

 

Software Engineer

Developed financial applications in VC++ for QuickBooks and Quicken and worked with the remote clients to analyze requirements, design systems and coordinate deliverables.

Technologies Used: Windows 2000, Visual Studio 6.0/.NET (2002), VC++, MFC 3.0, .NET 1.0, ASP.NET, MS SQL Server 2000, DTS, VSS

·         Designed & developed applications like QuickBooks and Office Messenger in VC++.

·         Created SQL stored procedures and DTS packages.

·         Communicated with clients to analyze business requirements and participated in system design meetings.

·         Participated in the estimation of major functionalities; trained new staff on product functionalities; handled deployment at client site (Freiburg, Germany). 

 

Masters of Computer Science (with Honors) — India	1998-2000
SOA Special Interest Group, The Enterprise Architecture Network and The IT Architect Network
Manager’s appreciation award at Aristocrat	2010

 

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