Prabhakar Chandrasekaran
2826 Tall
Oaks Court, # 12, Auburn Hills, MI 48326 · (284) 853-7011 · prabs07@yahoo.com
Summary:
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More than 6 years of
extensive Internet, Intranet applications experience using various SUN Java, J2EE and IBM technologies like
WebSphere.
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Highly knowledgeable in systems study, analysis and design of E-Commerce applications.
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Experienced in working through the entire life cycle of various projects
and requirement analysis.
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Architect and Administration of company’s internal and external web
sites, encompassing web systems using WebSphere
Application Server in Unix environments.
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Migration, optimization and long-term operational plans and strategy.
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Skilled in hardware, software and client systems evaluations.
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Co-Author of IBM Redbook – WebSphere
Personalization Solutions Guide.
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Extensive UNIX and Windows environment experience.
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Strong communication and presentation skills.
Technical Skills:
Operating
Systems: Windows
95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003, Unix ® Solaris, AIX,
Linux ® SuSE, Red Hat.
Applications:
IBM WebSphere Application Server
(3.05/4.0/5.0/5.1/6.0), IBM Portal Server (2.1/4.1.x/4.2/5.0), WebSphere Studio
Application Developer (4.0/5.0/5.1.1), WebSphere Studio Site Developer (5.0),
WebSphere Business Integration, Netegrity Siteminder (6.0), Secureway LDAP
Server, WebSphere Everyplace Suite.
Databases: IBM
UDB (7.2/8.1), Oracle 8i/9i, SQL Server 2000.
Languages: Java,
J2EE (JSP, Servlets, EJB, JDBC), Web Services, XML, Portlets, and Struts
Tools: Load
Runner, WinRunner and PVCS Dimensions.
Professional Experience:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Auburn Hills,
MI 2001
- till date
Solutions Architect
As a member of the Global Strategy Team in the company, responsible for Standards and Best Practices used within the corporation.
Planning and Architecture
for WebSphere environments for Business to Dealer and Business to Consumers
websites.
Planning and Architecture
for WebSphere Portal environments for Business to Employee Portal and
Developers Portal.
Global Certification of
Strategic products and technologies like WebSphere Application Server,
WebSphere Portal Server, and Web Services.
Implemented ANT based
build process using PVCS Dimensions as the repository for application groups.
Designed and Implemented
an Administration Portal for the System Administrators using WebSphere Portal
Server Version 5.0.
Participate in IBM Beta
Programs.
WebSphere System Administration
As
a team lead responsible for the coordination of WebSphere ticket system.
Administered
high volume Business to Consumer websites like dodge.com, chrysler.com, and
jeep.com for US and Canada.
Administered
Business to Chrysler Dealer Portal – DealerCONNECT.
Administered
major financial websites for Chrysler like chryslerfinancial.com, paycfc.com,
daimlerchryslerfinancial.ca.
Administered
Chrysler Employee benefits websites like fleet.chrysler.com, dc-rewards.com,
employeeadvantage.com and mopar.com.
Devised
and Implemented migration strategy for Business to Consumer (B2C) sites. The
site with average hits of 7 to 8 million hits was migrated from WebSphere
Version 3.0 to 3.5 and 3.5 to 5.0.
Devised
and Implemented migration strategy for Business to Dealer (B2D) Portal website
from WebSphere Version 3.5 to 5.0.
Designed
and implemented the first Work Load Managed WebSphere System for B2D and B2C
environments in the company.
Devised
and Implemented migration strategy for Technology Portal for Developers from
WebSphere Portal Version 2.1 to 4.1.4.
Expertise
in Performance tuning of WebSphere Systems.
IBM Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 1998
- 2001
Software Engineer
Installation and
Administration of WebSphere Everyplace Suite and Application Server for
Performance Tuning and Load Testing.
Developed Sample Portlets like Stock, Weather, and News to be used for load testing WebSphere Portal Server.
Designed and developed,
the Export-Import utility for WebSphere Personalization Hierarchy Framework
(HRF) using XML DOM parser.
Developed servlets that
can interact Personalization HRF with WebSphere Studio Wizards.
Involved in the development
of the WebSphere Personalization Server Admin Console.
Designed and developed,
Installation and Common Configuration Code for IBM WebSphere Performance Pack,
IBM WebSphere Cache Manager and IBM Web Traffic Express V1.2 –3.0 using
Installshield for Java.
Involved in the
Functional and System testing for WebSphere Personalization on different
platforms.
Involved in the
Functional and System testing for WebSphere Portal Server on different
platforms.
Performance Tuning of
WebSphere Application Server, Portal Server and Personalization Server.
Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 1996
– 1998
Center of Neural Engineering, Engineering Research Institute
Graduate Research Assistant
Job responsibilities included Design and Development of a
system for Speech/Speaker Recognition using Time Frequency Analysis and Pulse
Coupled Neural Networks as part of the Master’s thesis; Office of Naval
Research, US Navy, funded the project.
Publications:
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Prabhakar Chandrasekaran, Dr. M. Bodruzzaman, Dr.
G.Yuen, Dr. M. Malkani, "Speech Recognition using Time Frequency analysis
and Pulse Coupled Neural Networks," 30th IEEE, Southeastern
Symposium on System Theory, March 8-10, 1998, WVU. Page N0.515-519.
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Co-Author of WebSphere Personalization Solutions
Guide, SG24-6214-00, IBM Redbooks Publications. ISBN # 0738419524.
Membership and
Certification:
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IBM Certified WebSphere
Systems Expert.
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Member IEEE.
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Member WS-I (Web
Services Interoperability -: www.ws-i.org)
Education:
MS
in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville.
BS
in Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of Madras, India.