Ankur Shah
Phone: (732) 688-0035
E-mail: career [at] ankurshah [dot] net

OBJECTIVE: A challenging position in program development, 
coordination, administration or related area, which has 
opportunities for an aggressive, dedicated individual with the 
leadership abilities needed to advance.

EDUCATION:
*** Master of Science (Computer Science).
Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ.
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 3.8/4.0

*** Bachelor of science (Computer Science).
Ramjas College, Delhi University, New Delhi, India.
Cumulative Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0

COMPUTER SKILLS/LANGUAGES: Java, C/C++, Shell, Perl, XML/RPC, 
SOAP, CORBA/DCOM/RMI, SQL, HTML/CSS.

API AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE: J2SE 1.4/1.5 (JFC, AWT/Swing), 
J2EE 1.4 (JSP/Servlets, JDBC, JNDI, RMI, EJB), JavaScript 1.x.

OPERATING SYSTEMS: MS Windows XP/2K/NT/9x, *NIX (All flavors), 
including GNU/Linux, BSD, and Solaris.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
*** Senior Software Engineer
IDT / Net2phone / Adir Technologies Brick, NJ.
August 2001 - Present

* Designed, developed and provided costumer-facing consultation
for TOP(tm) (Telephony Order Platform), a subscriber order 
processing and management system. The solution interfaced with 
CLECs (upstream) and Accenture (downstream), and offered 
provisioning for  LNP, E.911, DL, and LIDB services for the 
company's VoIP subscribers. 

* Architected, designed and developed a (patent pending) 
framework for monitoring and reporting on the company's 
Telecommunication and VoIP network. The solution computed data 
and voice network heuristics, including packet loss, round-trip 
delay, dial-tone delay, post-dial delay and voice quality 
analysis using PESQ, among other things. Interfacing options 
included web using Java Applet and Servlets, Telephony User 
Interface (TUI) via an IVR, and a proprietary messaging layer 
written in Java and C.

* Designed and developed a web-based middleware and portal to 
help end-subscribers manage their telephony features. The 
framework, dubbed MyMSO(tm), has been offered as part of the 
service offering to the company's 700,000 voice customers.

* Architected, designed and developed a web-based middleware, 
analysis tool, and portal for VoIP network management platform 
using Java, C/C++ and JSP/Servlets. This tool replaced a failed 
applet-based solution, and has been instrumental in generating 
sales leads and beta trial commitments.

* Architected, designed and developed a site-wide authentication 
and authorization support for the company's product line. 
Project involved C/C++, Java (JSP/Servlets) development over 
SOAP against MySQL, LDAP and proprietary data stores.

*** Software Engineer
CSF Corporation, Old Bridge, NJ.
May, 1999 - August 2001

* Developed an eCommunication Middleware for Avaya Communication 
(formerly Lucent), offering web services to access the Intuity 
Messaging System using the IMAPI RPC.

* Developed a Unified Messaging Client (UMC) for Avaya 
Communication in a distributed, directory-enabled environment as 
a Java Applet/Application. The UMC seamlessly integrated text, 
voice and fax. Project employed J2SE 1.2 (JFC, Swing), J2EE 1.1 
(Servlet, JNDI), JavaMail, JMF (Java Media Framework) and 
JavaSound.

* Developed a multi-threaded Java framework for AT&T that 
offered functional, load and performance testing of a 
servlet-based middleware, which provided email and voicemail 
interfaces via HTTP and XML. Framework included blocking queue 
for thread synchronization, socket interface for URL retrieval 
via HTTP GETs and POSTs (www-form and Multipart/MIME encodings), 
XML parsing layers (via Sun's XML parser), and a socket-based 
LDAP/SMTP/IMAP layer.

* Developed a web interface for AT&T to administer and run a 
Regression Testing System (RTS) on the server side and report 
results. The interface used Java Script (Client Side and Server 
Side via JRun), CGI, and was powered with "Secret Frames". 

REFERENCES: Available upon request.