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Sayan Chakraborty

Email: [email protected]
URL: www.sayanc.net
Portfolio: www.sayanc.net/portfolio

Education

Master of Science, Information Science

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications

Institute of Management Technology

Bachelor of Business Studies

University of Delhi

Experience

Planning and leading multi-million dollar IT infrastructure strategy and implementation (mobile computing, virtualization, enterprise storage, backup & archival systems)
Managing IT infrastructure & technical services team
IT infrastructure performance analysis & capacity planning
Designed electronic signature capturing system
Designed encrypted data transfer system
Implemented cloud storage system
Requirements analysis, design and development of business intelligence & reporting system
RFP validation, technical and functional analysis of real-estate asset management systems
Design, development and implementation of server & network performance analysis system
Designed and developed user-interface for mobile web-based system for retail industry
Instructor, Deloitte Case Study Workshops 2009-2010, University of Pittsburgh
Evaluator, Deloitte Case Study Challege 2009, Carnegie Mellon University

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2004- 2006
Research Assistant

Performed systems analysis, development (PHP) & web design for ibiblio.org
Designed and implemented the user interface and web design for the Lyceum open source blogging software
Maintained server infrastructure that serve up to 25 million visitors per day
Evaluated, recommended and implemented a pilot project for accessibility oriented open-source multimedia technologies to web-enable synchronized audio and text. Project was awarded the 2005 National Leadership Grant for Libraries.
Helped organize the ibiblio Speaker series

IBM	2003- 2004
Software Engineer

Analyzed, designed, developed, and maintained software in PL/I, Rexx and JCL on z/OS for mainframe-based IT system with implementations and users in over 20 countries.
Co-developed “Notes Tool to query mainframe DB2 QMF” accepted to IBM OID workshop 2003 (as a top 15 innovative tool) and selected for inclusion in IBM India Process Asset Library.

Siemens	Summer 1999
Summer Trainee / Intern

Requirements analysis, design and development of inventory tracking software for warehousing.

BPL Limited	Summer 1998
Summer Trainee / Intern

Developed and administered marketing strategy survey project- 'Multiproduct Strategy of a Firm'.

Research / Publications

DhwaniText: Web-based Linked Audio-text Player, Proceedings of the International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society 2005
Mobile Phone Usage Patterns Amongst University Students: A Comparative Study Between India and USA, Research Thesis 2006
Low-cost Information Infrastructure for Remote Areas, Proceedings of the Development by Design 2002 conference
What to do when your PC dies: Troubleshooting BIOS and hardware- cover feature article for the May 2004 issue of CHIP India magazine.

Recent Hobby Projects

inTeleLearn: A Parallax Propeller microcontroller based audio and text player with TV-out and SD card storage
ArdSense: An Arduino and SMS based mobile geo-tagged data acquisition and visualization system for the web using the Gumband PHP API
LEAD (Lofted Electronic Aerial Device) Balloon Project: Member of project team. Fourth position in the 2010 Hackerspaces in Space contest.

Talks / Presentations

Presenter, ‘Geo-tagged remote sensing and reporting over SMS’, Hack Pittsburgh 2010
Instructor, Deloitte Case Study Workshops 2009-2010, University of Pittsburgh
Instructor, ‘Technology Trends’, Deloitte Pittsburgh 2010
Instructor, ‘Storyboarding Techniques’, Deloitte Pittsburgh 2010
Presenter, ‘DhwaniText: Web-based Linked Audio-text Player’, International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society 2005
Presenter, ‘Avoiding Online Fraud’, information seminar presentation at IBM India 2004

Honors / Awards

First position in the Deloitte Mergers & Acquisitions Case Challenge 2010
Fourth position in the 2010 Hackerspaces in Space contest
Three-time recipient Deloitte Consulting Applause Award
First place, International Speech Contest 2009, Deloitte Pittsburgh
Member of project team that was awarded the 2005 National Leadership Grant for Libraries
First place, North Carolina chapter of 2005 World Usability Day Competition
Top 15 Innovative Tool award at IBM India
Top 10 Merit Scholarship at Institute of Management Technology
First position, Management Case Study competition at the IMT Management Festival 2001
Second position, General Quiz competition at the IMT Management Festival 2001
Second position, IT Business Plan competition at the IMT Management Festival 2001
Five-time silver medalist in National Talent Search Contest (1992-94)
Distinctions in Science and English in International Competitions for Schools- University of New South Wales, Australia

Skills and Interests

Programming:
PHP, Java, Processing, C/C++, Propeller Spin, Javascript, SQL, HTML
Hardware:
Arduino, Android, Parallax Propeller, TI MSP430
Software:
Eclipse, Visual Studio Test Edition, System Center Operations Manager, SQL Server BI Studio, EMC Networker, VMWare, XenServer, VirtualBox, Project, Robohelp, Dreamweaver, Gimp, Aptana, Blender, Amazon AWS (S3, EC2)
Databases:
MySQL, DB2, Access, Google Fusion Tables
Operating Systems:
Windows XP – 2008 Server R2, Linux, z/OS
Machine Shop:
Soldering, hand tools, table saw, drill press
Certifications:
Amateur Radio General Class (KB3TOV), Competent Communicator- Toastmaster International

Activities

Member, Hack Pittsburgh
Volunteer, Mobile Art & Code Symposium 2009, Carnegie Mellon University
Emergency Communications Coordinator (Amateur Radio), 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon
Member, Organizing team, Technology Day of Learning 2008, Deloitte Pittsburgh
Organizer, Deloitte-IBM Day of Learning
Vice-President, Deloitte Pittsburgh Toastmasters Club 2009
Vice President, American Society for Information Science and Technology UNC- Chapel Hill Student Chapter 2004-06
Volunteer (Editorial Team), Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science & Technology 2005
Member, Organizing team, ibiblio Speaker Series 2005
Volunteer Webmaster, Association for India’s Development, UNC- Chapel Chapter 2005
Founding member, IBM Bangalore Quiz Club 2003
Member, Placement and Seminar Organizing Committees at Institute of Management Technology 2000-2003
Member, Festival and Seminar Organizing Committees at College of Business Studies 1997-2000

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