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Akshaya Ravichandran
 

San Lucas Way

San Jose, CA-95135

 

E-mail: akshaya.twins@gmail.com

Phone: +1-408-426-7991

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Summary


I thrive by the statement that "The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the dream." My goal in life is to hold a career position where I can influence the world through technology.

I am currently a Graduate Student at the University of Southern California (USC) , Los Angeles, determined to fulfill my American Dream. Pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science since August 2015 at USC has taught me valuable life lessons like understanding the importance of time, being self-reliant, opening up to new challenges and meeting new people.

My areas of interest include User Experience, Design and Strategy, Databases, Web Development, Requirements Engineering and Mathematics.

I am currently looking for Full-time opportunities.

Work experience
Jr. Automation Engineer | Gap Inc.,San Francisco
Feb 2017-Present

Responsible for automation, testing, deployment and monitoring of the

  numerous servers under Gap Inc.

- Kickstart servers on Openstack Cloud with netboot process.

- Tagging and adding roles to servers. 

- Creating Splunk dashboards to analyze server logs. 

- Modifying and pushing databags to chef server for production     deployment.

- Delivering value to the organization by providing expert level problem     solving and participating in SDLC activities.

  UX Designer and Researcher

  Jan 2017-April 2017

- Developed a mobile application prototype using rapid prototyping tool

  JustInMind after validating customer-problem hypothesis for a solution

  to help students quickly find library seats on campus. 

  ‘Newlette Coins’ HTML5 Game | Crazy Cool Apps LLC

  Aug 2016-Dec 2016

- Collaborated with team of 7 and lead the UX design team of 3.

- Gathered requirements and constructed game assets, animations and

  oversaw documents. 

 Front-End Developer Intern | Thunderbolt Studios, LA

 May 2016-July 2016

                                       

Designed and created content for startup website including main site

  and blog, improving web traffic by 30% and increasing conversion rate

  by 10%.

- Designed and implemented WordPress websites from initial concept,

  site architecture, and user interface to finished deliverable.

   https://www.digital90210.com
   https://www.thunderbo.lt

- Researched, developed and customized plugins and themes on  

  Wordpress.
- Assisted in project completion according to schedule.
- Worked and developed website landing page from scratch for FitTribe

  App Company https://www.fitribe.co/

 Grader - CSCI 568

 Jan 2017-Present

- Course: Requirements Engineering (CSCI 568) - Prof. George Edwards
- Course Contents: Requirements Elicitation, Agile Requirements Engineering,

  Writing Requirements Document, Risk Management, Requirements

  Management, Value Engineering of Requirements, Requirements

  Verification & Validation and Formal Methods.

- My responsibilities: Grading students' homework assignments, creating

  links for them upload their assignments, provide feedback on assignments

  and managing their grades on class quizzes, assignments, presentations

  and projects online on Desire2Learn (D2L) site.

 

 Graduate Student Assistant. USC Library

​ Jan 2016 - present

 

- Duties: Processing of incoming books, sorting and shelving books, shelf

  reading, shifting, collection maintenance and inventory.

 

 Student Caller

 May 2016-June 2016

- Got in touch with alumni via Alumni Outreach Program to update their

  information, to inform and to discuss about pledges towards USC funds,

  scholarships, etc.

- Raised more than 2000$ pledges for USC.
- Skills developed: Building rapport, strong interpersonal skills,

  communication skills, updating information correctly and promptly, ability to

  empathize by relating to alumni, parents, and friends of USC, persuasion

  skills, negotiation skills and responding positively to rejections.

Technical Skills

HTML/CSS

C, C++, Java

RDBMS,MySQL,

PHP Laravel,Solr Lucene,

Spatial Databases

XML,Javascript

Agile methodologies

Web Design

User Experience Design

UX Research & Strategy 

 

Tools

JustinMind

Balsamiq

Wordpress

Photoshop

Gimp

TortoiseGit

Git

Atlassian Jira

Confluence

Chef

Jenkins

Splunk

Rational Rose

GME-Generic Modelling

          Environment

Oracle Express Edition11g

SQLiteBrowser

Microsoft office suite

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

August 2015 - May 2017   | 3.72/4.00 GPA

Masters in Computer Science

Viterbi School Of Engineering

 
Sri Sairam Engineering College , Anna University Affiliated, Chennai, India
2011 - 2015  | 9.01/10.00 CGPA

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science And Engineering

Education​
Operating System

Windows

OSX

Android

Linux

Fedora

English

Telugu

Tamil

Hindi

Spoken Languages
Notable Achievements

  1.  Ranked 9th out of 19812 students under Anna University Rank list 2015.

  2.  Awarded "BEST OUTGOING GIRL STUDENT" at Sri Sairam Engineering College in 2015.

  3.  3 year Merit Scholarship student for outstanding academic excellence.        

  4. Recognized for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

 

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