Niyati Desai

Fremont, CA-94536
niyatidesai01@gmail.com


Summary
Around 2+ years of extensive experience in Client-Server and Web-based n-tier Architecture for
windows and web applications.
Experience in all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) Designing, Developing,
Testing, Implementation and Maintenance.
In-depth knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Concepts and Design Patterns.
Knowledge of HDFS, MapReduce(V1/Yarn), Pig, Hive, Oozie.
Knowledge of data ingestion tools like sqoop, Flume.
Experience in working and setting up an environment on Amazon Ec2 instance.
Hands on experience on IDE tools like Eclipse, NetBeans.
Extensive hands-on experience in .NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 and Visual Studio 2005, 2008.
Strong experience in the analysis, design, development and implementation of multi-tier web based
applications.
Programming experience in C#, Java Scripting, Ajax (ActiveX java scripting), CSS (Cascading
Style Sheet).
Programming experience in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation).
Programming experience with HTML, XML & XAML.
Experience in CSS and Microsoft Expression Blend.
Exposure to working with Web Services.
Experience in source control tool Visual Source Safe (VSS).
RDBMS experience on Oracle 9i,10g.
In-depth knowledge of PL/SQL.
Experience in creation and execution of unit test cases for applications developed.

Technical Skills
BigData/ Hadoop
Framework
HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, Oozie, Flume and
HBase
Databases Oracle 9i/10g, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL,SQLite
Programming/
Scripting languages
Core Java, C#, C++, SQL, Pig Latin, HTML/HTML 5, CSS3,
JavaScript, Ajax, PHP, Python, ROR, WPF
Office Tools Microsoft Office Suite
Operating Systems Windows XP/7, Ubuntu, Linux
Technologies ASP.NET 2.0/3.0/ 3.5, C#.NET, ADO.NET, Amazon AWS
Development Tools Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio
Development
Methodologies
Six sigma Development methodologies, Agile/Scrum,
Waterfall

Hadoop Projects:
Set up an environment of 2 node cluster on Amazon AWS EC2 instance.
WordCount in MapReduce.
PageRank using PigScript.
HiveScript to get the most heard song, most popular song from the song dataset.

Projects:
Android : Tip calculator.
ROR : Shopping Cart.
Java : Card Game ( Blackjack)

Professional Experience
Software Developer May 08 - April 2010
L&T-Chiyoda Ltd., Baroda, India
E-Invest (Investment Management System)

E-Invest is investment tracking web application to manage investment portfolio for Finance & Accounting
department. It utilizes state-of-the-art technology to deliver a superior solution for senior management. It
generates multiple reports which includes P&L report & ROI (Return on Investment) to cater managements
investment needs.
Responsibilities:
Understanding and analyzing the clients requirement and involved in GUI designing of the application
Involved in coding of front end user interface screens using ASP.NET and HTML server controls.
Configured Web.Config file for the configuration of the entire Web Application.
Developed HTML, User Interface screens and ASP.NET pages to meet the business requirements
Used AJAX to trade data with a web server.
Using Data Layer we used the XML Templates as a predefined and dynamic queries and retrieving the
information in utf-8 XML format.
Using Business Layer the Business Logic and hides the business logic from the presentation layer using
DCOM.
Using Presentation Layer which will use the Business Layer components to present the info and
allowing customization on layouts, color based on the user selection using CSS, XML and DHTML.
Environment: ASP.NET 3.0, AJAX, C#, .NET Framework 2.0, Visual Studio 2005, JavaScript, HTML, CSS,
XML, PL/SQL, Oracle 10g, Visual Source Safe.
Project Name: DVPC (Hydraulic Calculation Tool)
DVPC is a tool that creates drawing engine & automation in hydraulics calculation to design process flow
diagram for hydrocarbon plants. This software allows users to define layout of hydraulics circuit and sets input
parameter for hydraulics calculation. Based on input system will calculate various other parameters (like pressure
drop, inlet pressure) & generate sets of reports.
Responsibilities:
Involved in all phases of SDLC since inception.
Produced detailed design document for customer portal.
Prepared estimates for different components and functional modules required by the system.
Developed business objects for various application modules in ASP.NET and involved in writing C#
classes.
Used Visual Source Safe for Version Control.
Implemented AJAX to enhance the performance and user experience.
Effectively used XmlHttpRequest object to implement AJAX for search functionality.
Involved in Programming XAML applications.
Used WPF in coding the presentation layer.
Implemented LINQ queries for fetching data.
Used WPF in creating different animated scenes using the combination of transforms, animation controls
and color effects.
Implemented WPF in creating custom controls, 3D graphics.
Prepared and executed unit test plans for every module.
Environment: ASP.NET 3.0/3.5, AJAX, C#, Visual Studio 2005/2008, JavaScript, HTML, WPF, XAML, CSS,
XML, PL/SQL, Oracle 10g, Expression Blend, Visual Source Safe.
Award: Received one of the most prestigious Employee Recognition Award ICON for E-Invest project.

Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science, India May - 2008
Masters in Software Engineering, ITU , San Jose pursuing