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Prashant Nayak
38 Potomac Road ● Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 ●
Phone: (848) 391 6656 ● email:prashantnayak@yahoo.com
Accomplished Hand-on Cloud architect for offering more
than 18 years of consulting and architecting IT experience with Fortune 500
companies. Extensive hands on experience in technical leadership, system
design, architecture, development and deploying technology solutions.
Strong technical breadth and depth in both Application development and
Cloud infrastructure. Present at various conferences, events and local user
groups. Azure Certified Architect.
Specialties: Cloud
architectures (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), Azure, O365, AD, SQL, SharePoint, .Net,
C#, HTML, JavaScript frameworks (jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS etc), Visual
Studio, Web API, PowerShell, Storage, Networking, AWS, Google App engine,
Heroku etc.
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Professional Experience
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Senior Engineer, Microsoft
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11/2005-present
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Provide professional and high quality technical
architecture and guidance to Microsoft's top enterprise customers (such as EY,
KPMG, Citi Bank, PWC, Novartis, J&J, and Pfizer etc.). Consult with
Medium to large enterprises to design, architect, and deliver various
enterprise and cloud related technical solutions. Worked closely with
various levels of personnel such as CxO, VP, Architects, Technical Leads,
Developers and users. Expert in Azure IaaS/PaaS architecture, Cloud
migrations and Hybrid Cloud.
Highlights:
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Mansfield Oil – Engaged with Business and IT to deliver and discuss cloud
architecture. Establish Hybrid connectivity to migrate On-Premise workload
to cloud. Educate IT team to leverage Azure AD, Backup, Azure Site
recovery, Azure VM, and Virtual Network. Deliver PoC for migrating AD DS,
SQL and SharePoint. Demonstrate PaaS capabilities such as Web,
Mobile, and Logic Apps.
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Apollo Group - Strategically engaged with CxO/VP to Assess, Evaluate, Architect and
Migrate their On-Premise Datacenter workload to cloud. Provide cloud
roadmap to leverage various services such as Hybrid cloud, Hybrid
Identity (Azure AD), Hybrid Networking (ExpressRoute), Azure Site Recover,
Backup etc.
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US Government Customers (Dept. of Transportation – Alabama, PA Liquor Control
Board, Dept. of Labor – PA) – Engaged to deliver Azure Workshop, Present, and
provide cloud migration roadmaps. Discuss various migration opportunities
such as storage, AD, SQL, Backup, Azure Site Recovery etc.
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AARP - Assessment
of Cloud Readiness and identify blockers for Cloud migration. Identify
gap analysis, deliver presentation to Business and IT director. Execute PoC
and migrate workload to Azure (VMs, Site2Site VPN, Storage etc).
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Ericsson -
Architecting Retail IoT/Big Data solution using Azure Event
Hub, Stream Analytics, Azure Machine Learning,
and PowerBI. (Customers: Microsoft Store, Victoria
Secrets, Nordstrom etc). Migrate AWS workload to Azure.
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Dept of EPA - Delivered Cloud assessment and optimization engagement to
reduce On-Premise foot print and leverage cloud for various IaaS workload (Azure
VMs, Virtual Network, Storage, Cloud Service, etc)
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Ernst & Young - Manage to support one of the largest and most complex Messaging
and Collaboration platform. Design and develop Azure hosted apps using
.Net, Azure Active Directory Identity (AAD), Cloud services, Azure web
sites and service bus. Developed PoC and presentations for various
applications using Azure Cloud Services, Azure Web Sites, Mobile services
etc.
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KPMG –
Architecture and design of Global portal and social platform deployment.
Designed and delivered Azure IaaS migration from On-Prem for various
development and test workloads. Work with development teams to
refactor and review code. Provide best practices and build cloud based
POCs.
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Other companies – Delivered various types of long and short engagements such as
Design, architecture, Development, Operational Reviews, Governance, etc
(Citizens Bank, Pfizer, NFL, GSK, HBO, Honey Well,
Unisys, PPL, Union County, MidAmerican Power etc.)
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Miscellaneous
o Speaker at conferences and
communities (MS Cloud Road Show, Azure User Group of NJ, SharePoint
Saturdays, TechReady etc)
o Deliver Workshops (Azure IaaS, O365
Administration, O365 Hybrid) etc.
o Help design and implement Business
Continuity Planning (BCP) and Disaster recovery.
o Troubleshoot deep down performance
issues
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American Reinsurance
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06/2002-09/2005
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Technical Lead /
Architect
American Re is a member of the Munich Re Group, one of
the world’s preeminent financial institutions. Munich Reinsurance
Company, established in 1880, has consolidated premium income of about
US$29 billion (2003) and market capitalization of approximately US$62
billion at the beginning of 2004. American Re, founded in 1917, is one of
the largest writers of property and casualty reinsurance in the USA.
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Designed, Developed and Architect Web based Single Risk Rate
Change system (SRRC). This system is used by business users and
underwriters to monitor and calculate Rate Change. It allows users to make
informed decision using various dimensions like Major line, sub line,
branches, Strategic Business Units (SBUs) etc. Was developed using VS
2003, Web Forms, Web Services, C#, ASP.Net, Ado.Net, JavaScript, DHTML,
CSS, XML, IIS, UML, Microsoft Application Blocks and Oracle.
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Managed, designed, developed and architect Credit Management
System (CMS). American Re provides financial guaranty
reinsurance for bonds and other types of securities issued in the public,
structured and international finance debt markets. CMS is the primary
means for managing and analyzing reinsurance exposures ceded under both
facultative and treaty agreements. Developed using VS 2002, ASP.NET,
Ado.Net, C#, IIS, and SQL Server 2000.
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Architected multi-threaded application in collaboration with
Microsoft for comparing PL/SQL procedures vs. Multi-threaded .NET
application.
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Involved in code and architectural reviews. Evaluate
various tools and open source code.
(Ex: SQL
tuning tools for Oracle, FxCop, NUnit, and Actuate etc.)
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Concert Communications (a global venture of AT&T
and BT)
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02/1999-06/2002
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Project/Technical Lead
Concert communication was a multimillion dollar global
telecommunication company based in Reston, Virginia.
Designed, developed and deployed scalable and high performance web
based Internet applications as follows:
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Concert Front line (Sales tool) – 3000 users
This is system was developed using ASP, VB, VBScript, JavaScript
and Oracle. Mainly used by sales department and customers for access
line pricing. Designed & developed from scratch to a successful
deployment.
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Global Change Control Operations (Operations Management) – 6000 users
Concert’s technical and service professionals use this system to
manage repair and maintenance work at various places around the globe.
Designed and Developed from ground up using ASP, VBScript, VB, COM, IIS
and Oracle.
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Global broadcasting for service messages – 1000 users
This system was used to broadcast various service
related messages. Designed and Developed from scratch using ASP,
VBScript, IIS and Oracle.
Requirements Analysis · Functional specifications · Architecture design · Database Design · High/Low Level Design · COM object and ASP page development · Web page design
Achievements: Applications delivered successfully in committed timeline with 100%
client satisfaction. Scalable and robust architecture design.
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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)
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04/1998-02/1999
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Analyst/Developer
CSOSA is a federal government agency located in Washington DC. It
provides various services to court, manages and supervises offenders.
It also includes Pre-trial agency which assists D.C. and federal courts by
ensuring that defendants on conditional release do not engage in criminal
activity and return to court for trial.
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PRISM (Pre-Trial
Real Time Information System)
This system was mainly designed to track offenders and
manage their records and allows officers to manage various pre-trial
related activities. It’s a Web based application using Visual Interdev,
ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, MTS and IIS server. Analyzed requirements,
Write functional specifications, Object modeling using UML, Built
Business and UI related objects, Host business objects in MTS (Microsoft
Transaction Server). Involved in database design.
Achievements: Successful
coding and deployment of Transactional business component. Client
demonstration. Prototype development. Database design review and
corrections.
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Inmar Inc.
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08/1997-03/1998
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Analyst/Developer
This company provides complete solutions that manage high volume
financial transactions for businesses. It also helps capture and
analyze data for better business decision support.
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Decision Support
System (DSS)
DSS is classic windows based client server system. Developed using Visual
Basic and Sybase.
Unit Test · Bug fixing and
Trouble Shooting · Technical
Documentation along with Event Trace and Entity Relationship Diagrams.
Achievements: Studied and Converted entire application from VB 4.0 (16 bit) to VB
5.0 (32 Bit) within budget.
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Origin India Ltd.
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09/1996-06/1997
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Software Engineer
Origin is a leading international IT services provider and a global
supplier of business consulting and technology integration services with
quality standards like ISO 9001 and SEI CMM Level 5.
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WinX
Phillips Netherlands
designs and manufactures XRay diffraction analysis device. WinX system is
bundled with these devices for non-destructive identification and analysis
of scientific compound. Created using C++, VB and Watcom SQL. Coding
Core objects, common subroutines & functions. Software Design Document,
Comply ISO 9001 and CMM standards to create Unit test and System test
plans.
Achievements: Studied
X-Ray analysis theory. Developed/tested/integrated various business
objects. Followed strict guidelines of CMM and ISO standards.
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Asia Corp Securities Ltd / Dataline and Research
Technology
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12/1995-08/1996
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Programmer
Asia Corp Securities is an established online stock brokerage firm in
Mumbai, India.
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Sub-Broker Stock Purchase system
Using VSAT links, this application help sub-brokers
buy and sell equities online. Developed and code complex transaction processing
scripts using SQL triggers and stored procedures.
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Chitralekha group
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10/1990-11/1995
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Senior
Programmer/EDP Manager
Chitralekha group is a large size publishing and advertising company
with number one selling weekly and monthly magazines.
Manage EDP department along with developing, maintaining and
supporting various publishing and dispatch related applications using Foxpro,
Clipper, Dbase, Paradox etc. Also managed DTP (Desktop Publishing)
department equipped with Apple Macintosh and Linotypes.)
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Education
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Bachelor of Science
Bombay
University, India
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04/1988
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Certification
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Microsoft Azure – Architecting Solution
Microsoft Azure – Implementing Infrastructure Solution
Consulting at Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), Virginia/USA,
May
UNIX and C programming, NMIMS, Bombay, May 1990
Managing IBM-PC/XT/AT installation with DOS,
Lotus, dBase III+ and WordStar,
Computer Fundamentals
& Basic Programming, NMIMS, Bombay/India, Nov 1988
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04/2015
05/2015
02/2006
05/2001
05/1990
07/1989
11/1988
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