Gaurav Kumar Kar

Orem, Utah 84058; Ph.: +1 (312)709-8567

E-mail: gauravkumar.kar@gmail.com; LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravkumarkar

PROFILE SUMMARY

MIS graduate with expertise in windows & web application development and functional testing.
Over 4 years of IT Industry experience involved in requirement gathering, analysis, manual testing and development
in the financial domain.
Experienced software developer in .NET, Java and PHP
Experienced in coordination with project team and end clients.
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills to maintain effective work relationships with all levels
of personnel.
Clear understanding of business and ability to work independently as well as in teams.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
MS - Management Information Systems
University of Illinois, Chicago. GPA 3.78 / 4.00

(Aug 2013 - Dec 2014)

BE - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, India. GPA 3.65 / 4.00

(Sep 2006 - Jun 2010)

SKILLS SET

Programming Languages C-Sharp, .NET, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, JSP, JSF
Databases - MS SQL Server (2005,2008), MS Access, MySQL
Microsoft Technologies - SharePoint 2010, InfoPath 2010, MS Office, MS Project
BI Tools - IBM Cognos, Pentaho
Analysis Tools SAS, R, Google Analytics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Compass
ZYTO (Feb 2015 Present)
Working on preparing the UI automation test framework and the libraries for the existing WPF application
using c#.NET and visual studio. Also migrated a WPF application from .NET framework 3.5 to 4.5. Using the TFS
as the source control tool. Currently working on porting a Silverlight application to WPF application.
EPR Tracking Tool & Website Maintenance
UIC-HRIS (June 2014 Dec 2014)
Worked on the development and maintenance of the employee performance report tracking tool used by over
100 users. Also updated the HR website with the daily changes or occasional updates which affected around
50,000 users. The EPR tracking tool is a light weight web-based tool used by managers to track the employee
performance. The application is based on PHP, CSS and JavaScript. The HR website is based on SitePublish.
Common Applications & Referential Data Services
CME Group (May 2014 Aug
2014)
Worked on the testing of the trades clearing tools used by over 10,000 traders all over the world. The tool is
developed in Java. The functional testing is performed using excel, PuTTY, JIRA and in-house developed Java Test
Harness tool. Environment for the web services testing was setup in SoapUI using Groovy Script.

Street Smart Edge

INFOSYS LTD. (May 2012 Jul 2013)
Worked on requirement gathering, analysis and testing the application before handing it over to QA for regression
testing. Achieved decrease in the bug count by 60%. The application was based on .NET technology, WPF, MVVM
pattern, TFS and Agile Methodology. Also analyzed the code in order to help the development team. Managed a
team of 8 members.
SharePoint Site Migration
INFOSYS LTD. (Dec 2011 Apr
2012)
Admin of a site accessed by over 1000 people. Migrated MOSS 2007 site to SharePoint 2010 containing around
100,000 pages which were used in two different portals Intranet and Extranet. Designed and implemented a solution
to optimize the viewing experience for over 200 dynamics users. Worked as the single resource for the complete
duration of the project.
MOTOR System for Mutual Funds Trading
INFOSYS LTD. (Jan 2011 Nov 2011)
Worked on requirement analysis, technical documents, unit test plans, automated test plans, UI designing and
programming. Contributed to the major part of code for the application. The development was based on Agile
Methodology, .NET technology, TFS and WinForms.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Deal Analysis Tool for WavSys
UIC (Oct 2014 Dec 2014)
Analyzed the clients current infrastructure to develop the database and design an online tool which can be used by
the sales team to analyze a deal and make a decision on accepting or rejecting the deal.
Student/Parent Portal for LLA
UIC (Aug 2014 Dec 2014)
Analyzed the clients current infrastructure to develop the database and propose an off the shelf software which can be
used by parents and the students for tracking their progress, attendance and various other. Coordinate with other 2
teams to establish a centralized database. The software should be user-friendly, compatible with current infrastructure
and within the budget of the client.
Online Shopping Portal for The WidgetFirm, Inc.
UIC (Aug 2014 Dec 2014)
Designed and developed an online shopping portal to record customer data, inventory data, sales order data, sale data,
cash received from customers, purchases from vendors, vendor data, purchase order data, inventory receipt data, cash
disbursement data and every transaction. The project also involved developing the database. The development is done
using ASP.NET technology.
Stock Analysis Portal
UIC (Jan 2014 April
2014)
By using JSP, JSF and MySQL, created an application that displays the stock data for a ticker symbol based on the
selected date range and the user can pull out various graphs and charts based on data selected for analysis.
Investment Valuation
UIC (Aug 2013 - Dec 2013)
Used our learnings of financial accounting to analyze Harley-Davidson Incorporation's stock market data and
financial statements for the last 10 years. Also determined various ratios related to financial statements and analyzed
all those ratios. Using these analysis provided an investment advice for people to invest in Harley Davidson Inc. or
not.

CERTIFICATIONS

Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 Specialist

Microsoft, License E413-7554

MICROSOFT (Dec 2012)

SQL Server 2008, Database Development

Microsoft, License D724-0222

MICROSOFT (Apr 2012)