Somesh has 15+ years of experience in software analysis, design, architecture, plan, development, integration and implementation of mobile, web, client server, multi-tier, distributed and database driven applications using Cloud (AWS and Azure), Microsoft.NET, Java and Oracle technologies. Somesh has diversified experience working on highly demanding wide range of IT standards, methodologies, tools and techniques (PMBOK, SCRUM & Agile, Frameworks & Design patterns, Open Source technologies) that are used across IT industry. Somesh has worked for multiple Fortune 500 and Premier Consulting firms i.e. Dell, Perot Systems, BearingPoint and has led complex and highly visible software engagements.

Somesh is a PMP certified and Certified Scrum Master professional with self-motivated, self-learner, self-innovative, self-accountable, self-responsible, well organized, and success adaptability skills. He has a blend of project management and hands on technology experience. He has extensively worked in State and Federal Services, Banking, and Health Care industries. He has eight years of strong experience as technical lead and architect and effectively collaborates with teams and clients at different geographical locations.

Somesh is a Citizen of United States and is available to take up new assignment in about 2 weeks in Washington DC metro area.

Professional Experience

IMC Inc. 11/2013 - Current Dell Inc. 10/2012 – 10/2013

IT Solutions Architect and Project Lead: Somesh serving in all aspects of Software development activities at NIAID/NIH, such as gather requirements, architect/design/develop solution(s), develop prototype(s), mentor & direct team and effectively collaborate &  coordinate across all IT and business segments using Agile development.

Achievements:

·          Successfully initiated, architected and demonstrated the proof of concept (solution) for highly visible MyNIAID desktop and mobile application using SOA, Cloud and MongoDB NoSQL, which includes real-time synchronization (replication and custom) of data between NIH\NIAID and Cloud platforms

·          Evaluated and demonstrated various options to integrate the organization SSO for accessing MyNIAID dashboard over the internet and cloud platforms (Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure)

·          Provided Features and Benefits analysis report on MDM (Mobile Devices Management) solutions available from different vendors

·          Successfully architected and completed highly visible and complex Scientific Review Data Management project within the timeline with exceeding customer expectations

·          Successfully aligned and lead the diversified team into friendly and productive results

·          Provided highly valuable support to improve the SDLC processes by evaluating and implementing Agile and CMMI templates under TFS 2012

·          Developed & delivered following documents: Project Initiation, PMPs, Project Plans, Weekly Project Status Report, HHS EPLC (Health and Human Services - Enterprise Performance Life Cycle) Process Presentations, High Level & Detail Design, and Technology Platforms (Cloud vs Local) Evaluation

·          Achieved greater sense of trust from the stakeholders

Tools: OOP, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, MongoDB NoSQL, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.5/4.0, MVC 4.0/3.0, ASP.NET, IIS 7.x, C#, JQuery, LINQ, Entity Framework 5.0, CA SiteMinder, ADFS 2.0, SAML 2.0, WS-Federation (WS-Trust, WS Security & WS-Policy), WCF, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, Microsoft Report Viewer, EPPlus (open Source), MS SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Microsoft Project Plan, Word, Visio, Visual Studio 2010/2012 and TFS2012.

Infosys 08/2012 – 09/2012

Senior Technology Architect: Somesh closely worked with Government Technical Project Manager of Office of Public Affairs at Department of Labor on maintenance and operations of internal web and API projects.

Achievements:              

·          Successfully implemented the Google OAuth for common login across different applications

Tools: OOP, Google OAuth 2.0, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0, ASP.NET, IIS 6.x, C#, JQuery, LINQ, Entity Framework 5.0, Web Services, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Project Plan, Word, Visio, and Visual Studio 2010.

Lockheed Martin 10/2011 – 07/2012

Architect and Project Lead: Somesh worked with stakeholders to gather the requirements. He led the conversion of legacy classic ASP application to .NET based web application. He analyzed the enhancements and translated into effective design and architecture to develop SOA based architecture.

Achievements:

·          Successfully transformed the functional requirements and built the application using SOA

Tools: OOP, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0, ASP.NET, IIS 6.x, C#, JQuery, LINQ, Entity Framework, WCF, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, WSDL, MS SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Project Plan, Word, Visio, and Visual Studio 2010.

ILink Systems  09/2011 – 10/2011 Dell Inc.  02/2009 – 08/2011

Principle Architect and Development Lead for GSA Region 9 EDMS: Region 9 EDMS is a subset of GSA CAD Library system, which serves as the Region 9 specific document management system for storing and maintaining the scanned, imported, and auto-filed documents within highly integrated object model and security layer (Access Control List).

Somesh led the development group to support and enhance the system using Agile methodology. He architected the most effective solution to migrate the Documentum platform from 6.0 SP1 to 6.6. He successfully executed this highly visible and critical task on time. He collaborated with GSA Business Integration Systems group, understood the complex business requirements and translated to effective solution(s).

Achievements:

·          Received Service Recognition award

·          Achieved and maintained the #7 highest level of customer satisfaction (old rating was 5)

·          Successfully completed the Migration and Enhancements work orders with 20% profitability

·          Supported in business development activities such as writing proposals, presentations, etc

·          Successfully collaborated and maintained the relationship with stakeholders and vendors

Tools: Microsoft Project Plan, OOP, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5/2.0/1.1, IIS 6.x, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005, IIS 6.0, C#, SQL Server 2005 & T-SQL, Oracle 10g & PL/SQL, Documentum 6.0 SP3/WDK 5.2.5 SP3, Taskspace, Buldoser Discovery, and Windows Server 2003.

BearingPoint Inc.  01/2008 – 01/2009

Project Lead and Architect for Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) - Pretrial Real-time Information System Manager (PRISM): PSA is an independent entity within the Court Services & Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA). PRISM is the PSA’s enterprise client management system (CMS) that provides the reliable information to improve the timeliness and quality of recommendations and decisions associated with the supervision and treatment of defendants who enter the criminal justice system.

Somesh led the conversion of an existing PRISM legacy classic ASP application to .NET based web application and coordinated work with the team working remotely in Hattiesburg, MS. He analyzed legacy client server and enhancement requirements and translated those into effective design and architecture to develop three-tier solution (browser presentation services, database for data services and business processing). He also owned multiple management activities such as preparing and reporting weekly project status report, performing risk analysis, planning mitigation strategies, developing project plan, and decision making etc.

 

Achievements:

·          Successfully managed the project in absence of senior manager and earned the senior manager confidence

·          Supported in business development activities such as writing proposals, presentations, etc

·          Successfully collaborated and maintained the relationship with stakeholders and vendors

Tools: Microsoft Project Plan, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, OOP, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005, IIS 6.0, C#, SQL Server 2005 & T-SQL, Windows Server 2003 and Telerik components.

 

Perot Systems.  05/2006 – 12/2007

Technical Lead for National Institute of Allergy and Decease (NIAID) – National Institute of Health (NIH) – ARGO Contract Management System, June 2007 – Dec 2007: ARGO stores and maintains NIAID contractual information including required financial data.

Somesh led two members team and provided appropriate direction in developing a web based application. He analyzed legacy client server application requirements and new/enhanced requirements, and translated them into effective three-tier design and architecture.

Technical Lead, U.S. Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Report (SAPR), Jan 2007 – May 2007: SAPR stores and maintains all the programs that are offered under SAPR program. 

Somesh played a key role in system analysis, architect, and development of new requirements and integrated into existing web based application without impacting existing functionalities.

Technical Lead, U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board e-Appeal (MSPB
e-Appeal), May 2006 - Dec 2006: e-Appeal is a web enabled application allows appellants to file online appeals, submit pleadings, generate PDF documents and send documents via email(s).

Somesh led four members team to convert the web based application from .NET 1.0 to 2.0 framework and enhance the existing functionalities. He analyzed existing application, performed gap analysis with new requirements and designed the prototype for customer approval. He developed three-tier solution (browser presentation services, database for data services and business processing) by utilizing the industry best practices and patterns. He was responsible for developing the SDLC documents as per CMM level standards.

Achievements:

·          Successfully transformed the customer requirements into technical design to build the final applications

·          Convinced customer in converting the classic ASP to .NET 2.0 Framework and earned the conversion work order worth quarter million dollars. Successfully planned, executed and delivered as planned and earned highest level of customer satisfaction rating #9.

·          Successfully collaborated and maintained the relationship with stakeholders and vendors

·          Supported in business development activities such as writing proposals, presentations, etc

Tools: OOP, ASP.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SOAP-based XML Web Services, WSDL, XML, XSL, VB 6.0, ADO 2.5/2.6, Wise Installation Builder 8.1, ProEssentials V3, MS Access 2000, SQL Server 6.0/2000 &  T-SQL and Oracle 8i & PL/SQL

Client Network Services (CNSI)  01/2003 – 04/2006

Technical Architect & Team lead, State of Georgia - Vital Events Information System (VEIS): VEIS is a web-enabled application serves as an integrated solution for collecting and maintaining Vital Records information for the state of Georgia.

Somesh led seven members team to develop a web based application using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to meet various supporting/dependent systems requirements. He used MVC pattern for user navigation and used Factory pattern for creating families of related/dependent objects. He designed and developed provider & consumer common components to access the Web Services in disconnected environment. He developed SDLC documents using company CMMI standards for customer delivery. Additionally, Somesh designed and architected the data integration of several databases by using WebMethods integration server.

Technical Architect & Team lead, Electronic Vital Records System (eVRS): eVRS is a common framework application for collecting and maintaining the State’s Vital Records information.

Somesh analyzed the basics commonalities of NHVRIN system and architected, transformed, and developed into common web based application. He designed and developed provider & consumer common components to access the Web Services in disconnected and/or independent platform environment. The system was architected based on SOA to support different platforms.

Technical Architect & Team lead, State of New Hampshire - Vital Records Information Network (NHVRIN): NHVRIN is a web enabled application allows local state collecting, editing, registering and issuing vital records in compliant with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 2003 certificate revisions.

Somesh led five members team, analyzed and architected the system to develop three-tier (Presentation, Database and Business) web based application.  He converted high level requirements into prototype for customer review and approval and then designed and planned a structured method of converting legacy data into new normalized data.

Senior Developer, U.S. Marine Corp. - Boating Accident Reporting Database (BARD): BARD allows USA states to administer the boat accidents and investigations on the water.

Somesh designed and developed common components to access data, and Web Services for other Consumer systems.

Senior Developer, State of Maine - Surveillance and Utilization Review Subsystem (SURS): SURS is one of the administrative modules of MECMS (Medicaid Management System) allows administrators generating dynamic reports to validate and maintain the claim management system more efficiently and effectively.

Somesh designed and developed administrative components for System Administrators to monitor and control user’s data using complicated intellectual rules. He designed and developed intellectual Rules by analyzing different data sets from different systems.

Senior Developer, USDA – AMS: AMS administers the nationwide programs on the WEB to facilitate the efficient, fair marketing of agricultural Products including food, fiber, and specialty crops.

Somesh analyzed, designed and developed common Data Access and dynamic XML manipulation components for system wide use.

Achievements:

·          Received company appreciation award

·          Successfully lead the project in absence of project manager and earned the project manager and stakeholders confidence

·          Successfully collaborated with the team to build the hybrid .NET and J2EE solution

·          Assisted the management to generalize and market the eVRS application

·          Supported in business development activities such as writing proposals, presentations, etc

·          Successfully collaborated and maintained the relationship with stakeholders and vendors

Tools: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, OOP, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, IIS 5.x, XML, Crystal Reports 9.0, ChartFX, J2EE, SQL Server 2000/2005 & T-SQL, WebMethods, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, Infragistics components, Visual Basic 6.0, COGNOS.

Interactive Communication and Systems Inc.  11/2002 – 12/2002

.NET Programmer, Verizon – Common Gateway (CG): CG collects and encapsulates the data from different mainframe systems.

Somesh programmed Web Services to provide the information to outside wholesale customers and internal distributed systems located in different locations.

Achievements:

·          Successfully designed and developed the Centralized gateway framework

Tools: OOP, ASP.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SOAP-based XML Web Services, XML, XSL, and SQL Server 2000 & T-SQL

Xyant Technology  08/2000 – 10/2002

.NET Programmer, eSecurityOnline (Ernst & Young LLP Company) – Content Management System: (CMS): CMS stores and maintains the content of all core applications and also ensures the integrity of the content and metadata.

Somesh programmed custom Search Engine to search content in the system and integrated the SOAP-based XML Web Services to access iFlow Components and database.

.NET Programmer, Lifeline Communications – Virtual Work Management System (VWMS): VWMS is an assistant tool for Project Management Office (PMO).

Somesh analyzed, designed and developed schedule estimation and alignment of strategic business components.

Programmer Analyst, AVPRO – CSS300: CSS300 provides operators, engineers and QA personnel extracting a detailed graphical analysis reports.

Somesh programmed reporting module and User friendly installation processes.

Web Developer, CNSI, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulations – ARE: ARE allows companies, Individuals and Organizations to update the insurance information.

Somesh designed and developed customer insurance profile update and imported existing legacy data into the system.

 

Web Developer, Makino, SMQS II: SMQS II allows sales team to enter the data through online and offline modules, and synchronizes offline module with central system using manual and scheduled routines.

Somesh analyzed, designed and developed Client-Server data synchronization modules for integrating users Access DB data into Oracle db.

Achievements:

·          Achieved self-confidence in consulting services

Tools: OOP, ASP.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SOAP-based XML Web Services, XML, XSL, VB 6.0, ADO 2.5/2.6, Wise Installation Builder 8.1, ProEssentials V3, MS Access 2000, SQL Server 6.0/2000 &  T-SQL and Oracle 8i & PL/SQL

Cyberspace Infosys Ltd.  07/1998 – 07/2000

Software Developer, Internet Banking Application: This application serves as an interactive internet banking system for Co-operative bank retail customers.

Somesh analyzed, designed and developed funds transfer module, statement request, and check book request and also site administrator reports for account opening request, funds transfer, check book and stop payment requests.

Achievements:

·          Successfully designed, developed and implemented the first Banking application for the company

Tools: OOP, VB 6.0, ADO 2.5, ASP 2.0, Javascript, VBScript, HTML/DHTML, Site Server Commerce 3.0, IIS, COM, Crystal Report 7.0, and Oracle 8.0.5& PL/SQL

Micron  07/1997 – 06/1998

Developer, Export Import (EXIM): This system stores and maintains the export/import licensing information of the materials and provides necessary information to the export/import division(s) when the materials are exported/ imported.

Somesh developed the master modules including customers, items category, items, colors, norms, marketing executives and area.

Achievements:

·          Learned how to write a real/production code and achieved the best programmer recognition

Tools: VB 6.0, ADO 2.5, HTML/DHTML, Visual Foxpro 5.0, Foxpro 2.5, Crystal Report 6.0, and Oracle 8.0 & PL/SQL

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: OOP (Object Oriented Programming), Visual Studio 2012/2010/ 2008/2005/2003, .Net Framework 4.5/4.0/3.5/3.0/2.0/1.1/1.0 (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, XHTML/XDR, and XML Web Services), MVC 4/3, LINQ, JQuery, WCF, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, Microsofts Enterprise Libraries, ELMAH and COM+ Services. ASP, XML (DOM, SAX, MSXML, SOAP, XSL, etc.), HTML/DHTML, CSS, Themes, Ajax, VBScript, JavaScript, SSL, OWC,  Adobe Photoshop 6.0/x., Dreamweaver 4.0/x., Visual Basic 6.0/ 5.0, ADO, RDO, DAO, RDS, VBA, Visual Source Safe, Wise Install Builder 8.1/x., MS Project, MS Visio (UML), Power Builder 7.0, Java, Eclipse, Documentum 6.6/6.0 SP3/WDK 5.2.5 SP3.

Frameworks & Patterns: Entity Framework, Unity Framework (IOC/DI), Abstract Factory, Factory Method, MVC, MVVM and SOA

Databases: MongoDB NoSQL, SQL Server 2008/2005/ 2000/6.5, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), T-SQL, Sybase 6.x/5.0, MS Access 2000/2003, ORACLE 10g/9.i/8.i/8.0.5/8.0.4, and PL/SQL.

Reporting Tools: MS Report Viewer, EPPlus, Crystal Reports 9.0/7.0/6.5/6.0, ProEssentials v3

Security SSO: CA SiteMinder, WS-Federation (WS-Trust, WS Security & WS-Policy), ADFS 2.0, and SAML 2.0

Source Control: Team Foundation Server 2012, VSS 6.0, and SVN

Methodologies: Waterfall, RAD, JAD, and Agile/Scrum Development

Office Tools: MS Project, MS Word & Excel, MS Access, MS Outlook, MS Power Point, and MS Visio

Platform: Mobile, Windows, Unix, and Cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) 

 

Education

B.Com. Mumbai University, 1997, India

Masters in Software Engineering, 1997, Mumbai, India

Certifications

CSM (Certified Scrum Master), 2013

PLCS (Project Life Cycle Simulation), 2011

PMP Certification, Project Management Institute, 2010

P3MM fundamentals, Perot Systems Project Management Certified Training, 2009

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