Prasad Fernando, Boosabaduge

634 E Buchtel Ave Apt 112, Akron, Ohio 44304

https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasadfernando

Experience

• The University of Akron

+1 330 283 5827

bppf16@gmail.com

Akron, OH

Research Assistant - Software Development

Aug. 2014 – Present

– Developed an RDF linked data model for personal wellness data; using Apache Jena sementic web framework to

visualize the behavioral patterns of the participant in the Personal Wellness Management(PWM) system

– Designed a database schema using MySQL to track the improvements of the participants in the PWM Project

– Developed visulization and simulation tools using MVC architecture, Java Swing framework and JUNG library

in order to illustrate the research outcomes in the lab

• WSO2

– Programed Beaglebone, AVR motes, XBee modules and M3Pi robots in C to obtain wireless control on robots

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Senior Software Engineer - Java Technologies

• Millennium IT - London Stock Exchange Group

Mar. 2014 – Jun. 2014

– Integrated Apache Hive technology with WSO2 Complex Event Processor(CEP) to eliminate the limitation in

real time decision supporting of the exisitng query technology

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Senior Software Engineer, Software Engineer - Capital Markets

Dec. 2011 – Nov. 2013

– Contributed to the development and go-live of Automated Trading Systems(ATS) for Johannesburg Stock

Exchange, Botswana Stock Exchange, Lima Stock Exchange and Colombo Stock Exchange

– Implemented change requests and bug fixes on Millennium Exchage Reference Data Manager(ExMan) extension

for emerging makrets; using C++, Oracle SQL and Business Inventor Dynamic rules

– Worked as the dedicated developer for the Oracle ATS Database and Data Loader library for Exchange+ team

– Designed and implemented Statics (SS) Server to disseminate statistics within Millennium Exchange platform

– Designed and implemented Statics Server Interfacing Library for connecting components to use SS

– Monitored the trading platform upgrade at Colombo Stock Exchange and fixed on-site data migration issues

• DirectFN Development Center

Trainee Software Engineer - C++ Services

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Feb. 2010 – Jul. 2010

– Developed a libxml2 wrapper in C++ to help the DirectFN components to access the configuration data easily

– Researched on PostgreSQL itegration to DirectFN products to replace the expensive Oracle technology

– Implemented an object pool library in C++ and integrated it with data server to reduce the memory usage

– Developed a file service library in C++ to support the application developer to access files in the linux platform

Education

• The University of Akron

Akron, OH

Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering - GPA:3.81 Aug. 2014 – Present

– Key Courses: Combinatorics and Graph theory, Embedded Systems Interfacing, Network Embedded Systems,

Data Integration, Computer Architecture, Real Time Scheduling Systems

– Master’s Thesis Research Project: Software system developed to recommend exercises for personal

wellness. Using Java technologies, it was developed as an hybrid software system where an expert system

provides the basis for the recommender system to work on. The expert system was built using JBOSS Drools

technology and the recommender system was built using the Apache Mahout machine learning framework. The

whole system works on a centralized MySQL database where the participants’ wellness data is being tracked.

• University of Moratuwa

Colombo, Sir Lanka

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Honors) - GPA:3.49

– Major: Computer Science and Engineering

Mar. 2007 – Dec. 2011

– Key Courses: Intelligent Systems, Neural Networks, Computer Vision, Object Oriented Programming,

Parallel Programming, Database Systems, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems

– Final Year Research Project: Geographical Data Visualization(GViz) Framework. In order to support the

web based application development, the framework was built in JavaScript with the integration of customizable

third party visualization technologies such as Google Maps, Google DSPL, Ovi Maps, Bing Maps, etc.

Certifications

• Sun Microsystems

Skills

Technologies: C/C++, Java SE, MySQL, XML, Java Swing Framework, Python, C#, Git, SVN, JIRA, JBOSS

Drools, Apache Mahout, Apache Jena, Intel TBB, RDF, WSO2, Oracle SQL, JavaScript

Platforms: Linux/Unix, Windows

IDEs: Netbeans, Eclipse, Visual Studio, VI

References

Available upon request

Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform SE 5.0 (SCJP)

• Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI)

Mar. 2009

Investment Operations Certificate (IOC)

Jan. 2013