AKSHAY GAVANDI

+1 (347) 517-1855 Boston MA - 02215 gavandi.a@husky.neu.edu

www.linkedin.com/in/akshaygavandi www.akshaygavandi.com https://github.com/AkshayGavandi

Education
Northeastern University Expected Aug 2019
Master of Science in Information Systems
Mumbai University – Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering Aug 2010 - Jun 2014
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics

Professional Skills
Programming languages
Web Technologies
Application Servers
Databases
OS and Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, R, SQL, Structured Query Report (SQR), PeopleCode, HTML5, Javascript
MVC design patterns, Spring, Hibernate, Node JS
Apache Tomcat, Glassfish
Oracle 11g and 11i, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB
Unix, Linux, Windows, Mac, µC/OS-II, Hadoop, Google cloud platform, Sharepoint, Service Now

Professional Experience
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Mumbai | Software Engineer Dec 2014 – Jun 2017
As a PeopleSoft Developer: Liaised with business and technical users to gather requirements, designed functional and technical
specifications and developed, tested and deployed product solutions and code for a multinational client
• Implemented PeopleSoft Time and Labor for newly acquired US unions for client’s Merger and Acquisition Project
• Created extract, transform and load (ETL) for tables using SQR and PS Application Engine PeopleCode
• Collaborated with business teams of users to design and develop the Health and Welfare (Sun Life Financials) Interface and
Payroll Interface (ADP) for users in Canada, Spain and Argentina using SQR
As a PeopleSoft Support Executive: Technical support for PeopleSoft application modules, Linux file system, SQR, PeopleCode
application engine and events. Bug fixes, Data Analysis, Integration and cleaning activities from client to vendor systems
As a Trainee: Learning program involved Unix, C++, Java and Oracle RDMS. Study of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture.
• Implemented inventory management system using C++ and Unix file systems.
• Expanded inventory management system project using Oracle AOL, Forms and Reports, PL-SQL triggers
• Case study and shadow projects on PeopleSoft modules.

ThinkLabs, SINE, IIT-Bombay | Intern Dec 2012 - Jan 2013

Project work involved development of a motion sensed gaming application. Integrated Image processing using MATLAB for detecting
motion and RTOS written in C for optimum resource usage and real-time gaming experience.
Publication in IJCET (Nov ‘13)

Academic Projects
Crime Data Analysis | Data Science Summer 2018
- Conducted exploratory data analysis of Chicago Crime data from 2001 to 2018
- Implemented Data Visualization using python libraries
- Analyzed time series using ARIMA for future crime predictions
- Utilized Databricks cloud platform and HDFS for storing big data (more than 6 million crime records)
E-Commerce Website | Web Development Tools and Methods Spring 2018
- Designed an E-Commerce website using Java EE MVC frameworks, Spring, Hibernate
- Integrated MySQL database using JDBC drivers
- Designed front end with HTML5, JSTL, CSS3 and Javascript
- Used AJAX for user friendly and interactive search operations
- Extracted reports of order details and billing to csv files
Pension Management System | Application Engineering and Development Fall 2017
- Developed a Java Swing application for a Pension Fund Agency that involved active interactions and transparency between
customers, government agency and vendors
- Implemented ecosystem design model, singleton and factory design patterns
- Stored data using db4o object database for Java
- Loaded and extracted data to/ from CSV files