
Akshaya Ravichandran
San Lucas Way
San Jose, CA-95135
E-mail: akshaya.twins@gmail.com
Phone: +1-408-426-7991

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.
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.