Candidates About

Divakar Loganathan

·         Software Engineer with 3+ years of experience in all phases of Software development life cycle with strong expertise in J2EE/Java.

·         Experience in RESTful API’s, Spring, Database Design, UI development using JavaScript/jQuery, JSON.

·         Highly Proficient in SQL, R, Python, Tableau and Big Data technologies with knowledge in Data Mining and Statistics

·            Dual Master’s in Information Systems & Business Analytics, University of Illinois at Chicago | GPA: 3.62            August 2016 – May 2018                                                       

·            Bachelor’s in Information Technology, Anna University | GPA: 8.09/10                                                                        August 2010 – May 2014

Software Developer (Graduate Research Assistant) Research Resources Center(RRC), UIC, Chicago                          March 2017 – Present                                                    

Project Description: RRC Registration Portal, Reporting System | Java, JavaScript, MySQL, Hibernate, SSRS, Linux, JIRA, Confluence

·         Designed, developed, tested, and deployed a Java/ J2EE application, which helps the administration team to perform billing for research services provided at RRC – in a Linux (CentOS) based environment.

·         Performed architectural modifications and optimized memory utilization of an existing Java web application, which was causing frequent server crash.

·         Generated reports for the Director of RRC, on the performance of various research facilities and revenues for the Financial Years.

·         Built various reports for different functionalities using SSRS, improved operational efficiency by restructuring the Database Design.

·         Provided technical assistance to the users of the existing applications at RRC.

Assistant Systems Engineer – TCS (TATA Consultancy Services Limited)                                                                                July 2014 - July 2016     

Client -  Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Columbus, Ohio        

Project Description: Personal Lives Transformation | IBM WMB, JAVA, MQ, SQL, RFHUtil, SoapUI, Putty, SVN, JAZZ-RTC/RRC, HP-QC

·         Development: Created Middleware applications using WMB which enabled the transformation of the client data from Mainframe Legacy System to Guidewire PolicyCenter. Created Message Queues which fed the input to the ETL processes. The applications developed were used to interact with many external systems like ALH, PLH, GIS, Lexis-Nexis, SmartRide Telematics.

·         Scrum Methodology: Worked on all the phases of software development lifecycle (Agile model). Helped the leads in creating user stories, planning sprints and distributing tasks using IBM-JAZZ tool.

·         Languages & databases: Java, MySQL, NoSQL, Python, SQL, Oracle, JPA, JavaScript, Angular JS, jQuery, JSON, AJAX, JSP, JSF, XML, HTML, CSS3.

·         Specifications, Frameworks & OS: Spring MVC, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Servlets, Eclipse, JSP, JSON, Tomcat, Linux OS, MS Access, Maven, SOAP, Windows, Junit.

·         Tools: IBM Integration Bus(WebSphere Message Broker), Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ, Android Studio, MySQL workbench, R Studio, Jupyter Notebook, JIRA, Confluence, IBM JAZZ (RRC & RTC), Google Analytics, Tableau, GitHub, Tortoise SVN, MS Office Suite, WordPress.

·         Concepts: RESTful Services, Scrum/Agile Methodologies, SDLC, HTTPS, J2EE, Object-oriented design methodology.

Restaurant Table Reservation App | Java, J2EE, RESTful API’s, HTML, CSS, Angular JS, MySQL, JSON

·         Developed Java RESTful APIs as well as MySQL schema for an end to end online restaurant table reservation portal. Used HTML5, CSS3, Angular JS to create user Interface and report creation interface.

Twitter Live Streaming using Spark | Java, Scala, MySQL, Apache Spark

·         Extracted live stream tweets from twitter using twitter API in JAVA. Extracted different hashtags using Scala. Sentiment analysis of tweets from twitter, using Apache Spark based on the keywords used in tweets.

Restaurant Finder Android Application | Java, Android SDK, Zomato API, Android Studio

·         Built an android application, which uses Zomato API. The app can be used to search the nearby restaurant from a location. Write/read reviews available on the Zomato website, see the rating of the restaurant, restaurant’s menu.

Web Analytics Project | Google Analytics

·         Used Yola to create a website to understand and explore the various factors related to web analytics (using Google Analytics).
Understood the concepts of funnel, marketing strategies, AdSense, AdWords and various channeling and reporting functionalities.

URL: http://divakar-industries.yolasite.com/        

Babyz Care: AI Powered Mobile App for Baby Care | Java, Android SDK, IBM Watson (NLP and Voice Services), Shopify API

·         Babyz Care is a mobile application which uses IBM Watson’s NLP and Voice Services to aid parents to take care of their infant. The features of the app are Virtual Assistant, Emotion Decoder, Tutor and an E-Commerce site integration with Shopify.

Internal Search Engine – Admin and User Functionalities | Java, SQL, HTML, CSS

·       Designed and developed an internal search engine supporting two types of users’ namely user and admin. Enabling upload and view various

  kinds of media and documents which can be used within a department in an academic university or an organization.

Performance Dashboard for Delta Airlines | Tableau, MySQL

·         Developed an interactive dashboard displaying the performance of Delta Airlines combining delay metrics and performed competitor analysis.