University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA                                Expected:December 2008
Master of Science, Computer Science
Relevant Coursework: Analysis of Algorithms, Database Management System, Computer Graphics, Web Technologies, Multimedia System Design, Software Engineering

University of Mumbai , Mumbai, India                                                     Completed: May 2007
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science
K. J. Somaiya, Sion , India                                                                                                                                                  
Relevant Coursework : Software Engineering, Web Technology, DBMS, ADBMS,Computer Organization and Architecture, Operating Systems, Discrete Structures, Analysis of Algorithms, Distributed Computing

Programming Languages: C/C++, HTML, DHTML, XML, CSS, Java Script, ASP, AJAX, SQL, Perl, OpenGL, MEL, MySQL, AJAX

Applications/Tools:             MS Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Flash/Swish, Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Apache, MAYA, RSM, Silverlight, Processing

Operating Systems:            DOS, Windows 9X/XP/2000

DBMS:                                MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server 2005

·         Rendering wireframe of Boy’s Surface using MAYA (Spring 2008)
Project to implement a wireframe renderer to render a mathematical surface called 'Boy's Surface' using MAYA

·         Image Transformations and Compression (Spring 2008)
This project involved transformations i.e. rotation, scaling and anti-aliasing on images and finally compression.

·         XML Parsing & Display (Fall 2007)
The given (valid) XML files is parsed and the content is accordingly displayed in a new window

·         Offline Google Calendar (Fall 2007)
With Google Gears preinstalled on computer, the browser automatically synchronizes Google Calendar and offline entries of the user

·         XML as database (Fall 2007)
Query XML using X-Query and display output using an XML parse module and XSL stylesheet.

Los Angeles Music and Art School, Los Angeles, CA
Architect & Developer, Software Engineering (Spring 2008)
• Interacted with client and developed the project along with other team members
• Redesigned the GUI of the project to improve user interface
• Created training material, enhanced system structure

K J Somaiya , Sion , Mumbai University, India
Web Master, Computer Engineering Dept. (Spring 2007)
• Designed and maintained College’s website and backend
• Held meetings and discussions with the authorities and staff

Intranet Mailing Solution, Mumbai University, India
Final undergraduate project (Spring 2007)
• Developed a intranet mailing project with user friendly GUI
• Established network security architecture by proving personal mail accounts and encryption according to the hierarchy of users

• Worked as financial advisor for ICICI Prudential for 1 year
• Served CESA (Computer Engineering Students’ Association) for two years  as member and treasurer
• Organized events like Web Designing and LAN gaming
• Participated in sports at school level
• Was an active member of Lioness Club, Nerul