Microsoft certified professional developer with over 6 years of experience in Web and Windows application development and design specialising in C# programming language SQL Server and Oracle PL/SQL.
Competent, intelligent, and personable computer professional with extensive experience in all stages of design, coding and testing for multi-user systems.
Balanced strengths offering a unique combination of leadership, technical, and people skills, exercised in small to enterprise-sized environments. Worked for various clients in finance, education and manufacturing sectors. Good understanding of Object Oriented principles and a strong experience in designing responsive websites.
Strong communication and presentation skills both verbal and written. Self-directed and motivated with the passion to learn the latest technologies
Specialties:
Programming / Scripting Languages / Controls: C#.NET, T-SQL, JavaScript, JQuery, HTML5, XHTML, CSS3, XML, LINQ, Telerik Controls.
Microsoft Web Development Technologies/ Architectures: ASP.NET Framework 1.1/2.0/3.5/4.0/4.5, ADO.NET, AJAX, Web Services, WCF, MVC3, SOA
Open Source ASP.NET CMS: Kentico 7, Umbraco
Database Technologies: MSSQL Server 2005/2008, MySQL, Oracle 10g,T-SQL
Project Management: JIRA / Atlassian, Microsoft Project, Podio
.Net Developer @ From March 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Senior .Net Developer @ From July 2013 to January 2014 (7 months) Senior Software Developer @ Responsibilities
• Manage simultaneous projects across local and off shore development teams to ensure work is completed within time and budgetary constraints. Provided ongoing technical support to team members to ensure timelines were met.
• Liaised directly with clients from the initial solution design, throughout the development phase and deployment. Worked with large clients including Fairfax, News Limited, Royal Agricultural Society of NSW.
• Identified issues with the existing client websites, conducted market research, developed concepts for new site and gained approval to completely redesign the websites in order to drive additional business.
• Developed various responsive websites for clients that would automatically adapt to the device being used (desktop, tablet, smartphone).
• Work directly with agents and production users to resolve software-support issues, and issued timely resolutions to problems encountered.
• Utilized Object Oriented Programming techniques to create reusable web components, causing a significant decrease in programming and maximizing resources.
• Designed and developed websites using content management systems such as Umbraco and Dot Net Nuke.
• Involved in various native iPhone and Android development projects. Developed WCF services for supplying data to the mobile apps. From March 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 4 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaSoftware Developer @ Responsibilities:
• Worked closely in the web development team and provided recommendations to improve overall process and efficiency.
• Participated in Agile planning sessions and implemented requirements using Behavior Driven Design, allowing tests to be structured according to specific client requirements.
• Developed areas of the in-house content management system to provide non-technical staff with a web-based environment to improve usability.
• Improved website response times by optimizing database stored procedures to avoid time outs and to improve user experience.
• Delegated and managed the technical workload effectively to ensure deadlines were met by the technical team (major site redesign).
• Actively utilised Telerik controls for various websites. From July 2011 to March 2012 (9 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaSoftware Developer @ Responsibilities:
• Designing system architecture, writing technical requirements and specifications
• Gathered requirements based on the documentation provided for the application and generated functional specifications, technical specifications and translated business requirements into machine code (C#, SQL and Oracle PL/SQL).
• Communicated with client for daily updates, reviews and demos.
• Performed code review, worked close to team member to ensure consistence to code standards.
• Designed and developed .NET components for use as examples on our company web site as well as code samples for fellow staffers. The first application was called presentation manager in which users could store standard Business/personal documents
• Planned, wrote tests for and developed key areas of the Boeing system (C#, ASP.NET 2.0, ADO.NET, SQL Stored Procedures, CSS), including continual refactoring of the existing code base, in response to the continually changing needs of the business.
• Worked for different clients like Boeing, ICICI Lombard and TCS Global Consulting Practices.
• Involved in writing complex queries using T-Sql programming. From March 2007 to April 2011 (4 years 2 months) Mumbai Area, India
Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering @ Mumbai University From 2003 to 2006 Bijal Shah is skilled in: .NET, JavaScript, jQuery, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 9i, Umbraco, HTML, ASP.NET AJAX, AJAX Toolkit, Telerik Web Controls, WCF Services, RESTful WebServices, XML, XSLT, Oracle