EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD WEB DESIGNING AND DEVELOPMENT SKILLS
WITH MOTIVATIONAL AND TEAM MANAGEMENT ABILITIES

SUMMARY
  • Presently involved in coordinating projects for timely delivery, fulfilling client requirements.
  • Possess interface design and cross-browser coding skills using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML, ASP and VBScript.
  • Lead a team of Designers for the design projects and help the developers with testing/ QA/ bug fixing.
  • Perform QA/ Testing for all our projects.
  • Excellent communication skills and good command of the English language.
  • Involved with designing of about 25 websites and numerous Print Ads, Presentations & White Papers.
  • Developed and designed Shopping, Job, Legal, Pizza and Corporate websites.
  • Strive for timely delivery of all projects and assigned tasks.
  • Extrovert with an outgoing nature and a good empathizer.
  • Involved in the Audits for ISO: 9000 and other Quality measurements.
  • Proficient in Adobe Photoshop/ Imageready and Macromedia Dreamweaver/ Flash MX.
  • Speak fluent English, Hindi, Kannada and Konkani and a bit of Marathi and Tulu.
  • Believe in motivating a team by defining goals and the purpose.

PERSONAL DETAILS
Name Tarence Naveen D'Souza
Email ID azstell@yahoo.com ; tarence@indiatimes.com
Present Address C/o Ivan Monteiro, G-2, Malnad Mansion,
Malleshpalya Extension, Vijnan Nagar,
Bangalore – 560070
Mobile +91- 9886141604
Date of Birth 21 July 1974
Passport Number A0262550

EDUCATIONAL DETAILS
Degree B.E Degree in Electronics and Communication
Institution S.D.M. College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad (Karnataka University)
Year Aug 1995
College 12th Standard
Institution St. Philomena's College, Puttur, South Kanara, Karnataka
Year May 1991

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
1. Flash Designing Course from Microcell Computers, Pune, 2000
2. Web Designing/E-Commerce Course from Wintech Computers, Pune, 1999

SKILL SUMMARY
Technology/ Softwares HTML, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, DHTML, SQL, PDF, XML, IIS and FTP.
Tools Dreamweaver/Flash, Photoshop, Acrobat, Microsoft FrontPage, MS-SQL, Access and Corel Draw.
Other VPN, Timbuktu, Terminal Services, MS-Office, Acrobat Reader, IE 6, NS 4.7/ 7 & MSN Messenger.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY/ ACHIEVEMENTS
Company 1 Genie Interactive, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore
Category Web App development, E-Commerce, Designing & other Web Solutions.
Position Project Coordinator
Period January 2004 to date
> Report to the CEO of the company who is also the Resource Allocator.
> Coordinate projects in the designing department and responsible for the successful completion and time management during the course of the project.
> Do the documentation and keep track of the project deliverables.
> Assist the team with hands on Coding and Designing for some projects. Have designed hands on deliverables for Apple, Accenture, ICICI Onesource, Charles Schwab etc.
> Interact directly with the clients for the requirements and other issues.
> Coordinate and help the team with the knowledge sessions held once every fortnight.
> Presently work on projects involving both UI design [HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, Dreamweaver] and Graphic Design [Photoshop, Imageready].
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Company 2 E-Bizindia.org Private Limited, Pune (Subsidiary of Imagexx Inc., Santa Barbara, CA)
Category Electronic Filing Solutions for Courts etc., E-Commerce & Document Imaging Solutions.
Position Senior Web Designer
Period September 2002 to September 2003
> Independently handle the project of Email Marketing and for this interact either by Phone, IM or Email with our marketing team in US. Communicate the requirements here in India to get the Application working as per the set design/ schedule. Improved this Application to reduce manpower required to operate this project from Min 4 people to the present Max 2 persons.
> Contribute for Testing and Documentation apart from designing the layout, color schemes and the navigation. Have revamped most of the old websites and the Client Server GUIs and have introduced a fresh look for most of our websites and Applications.
> Create splash screens and navigational designs for our Document Imaging and Xforms products.
> Designed the ‘Recruitment’ advertisements for the Newspaper and also the ‘Company’ T-Shirts.
> Managed the ‘Summer (Management) Trainees’, their schedules and their project feedbacks.
> Help maintain a lively atmosphere in the company by constantly talking to and motivating people.
> Arranged recreational activities like Annual Parties and other Get-togethers.
> Designed the CSI-Pune.org website for the Computer Society of India, Pune Chapter.
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Company 3 Seacom Solutions India Private Limited, Pune
Category Retail based Solutions, E-Commerce and other Web Solutions.
Position Web Designer/ Team Leader
Period July 2001 to September 2002
> Introduced the Web Designing Standards and other documentation pertaining to the Designing Dept.
> Active part in the ISO 9000 Audits for our company and especially for our department.
> Co-ordinated with different teams to develop websites like ITJobSpy, AIM Installations and also GUI for our best selling products ‘Smartshop’ and ‘POS (Point Of Sales)’
> Led a team wherein we made numerous product demos using Flash and Director.
> Designed ‘Beehive’, a web-based tool to integrate the HR functions with the normal Day-to-Day operations and which could be accessed by the whole orgn. based on individual rights.
> Designed projects in different sectors like Jobsites, Manufacturing, IT Shoppe and Retail.
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Company 4 Digital Planet Private Limited, Pune
Category Web Designing and other Web-based Solutions Company.
Position Web Designer
Period November 1999 to July 2001
> Designed and developed company websites and portals along with another ASP programmer contributing immensely to the total profits of the company. Also communicated directly with the clients to understand their requirements and business needs.
> Designed and developed the famous portal www.punehospitality.com (not online now) for the Hotels, Joints, Restaurants, Pubs, Event management companies and apparel stores in Pune and also for the Pride group of companies (then).
> Designed websites for sectors in Hotel Management Studies, Hotels, Financial Services, Event Management Company, Classical Music University of Pune etc.
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PROJECT DETAILS/ WORK EXPERIENCE
[A] My projects for Genie Interactive as a Project Coordinator would be provided on request.
 
[B] Some of my projects for E-Bizindia.org Pvt. Ltd. as a Senior Web Designer are listed below,

1. www.e-bizindia.org: Our company website was redesigned lately to introduce our history, operations and solutions in the field of Document Imaging, XML based forms and online Legal procedures and also online registration for vacancies. Responsible for regular updations and the overall project. The latest version designed is yet to be published online.

2. www.csi-pune.org: Designed this website for the Computer Society of India, Pune Chapter. Also in charge of the constant updations required in case of Events/Promos. Also designed the Internet Newsletter for this organization, which gets circulated to all the members.

3. www.american-process-server.com (American Process Server): Again designed the GUI for this project which provided a platform to it’s 2 entities of Process Servers and the Counties to deal with their Process Serving and other services. Assisted with the testing and bug fixing in the closing stages of the project.

4. Mass Mailing Campaigns: Led a Team to develop this software for our company alongwith our VB, ASP and XML team to send emails to potential clients for our various products and solutions. Schedule time for the campaigns, design pages for sending across, maintaining timelines for my team. This requires being in touch with our Marketing team in the US where the products are usually being marketed.

5. www.gov2you.com/mta (Matanuska Telephone Association): Designed and coded using ASP for a demonstration for the MTA group, a telephone and other basic service providing company, based in Matanuska, USA. This site will soon be using our credit card processing abilities (read authorization ID) incorporated for their online transactions.

6. www.877pizza42.com : Designed the layout of this website to make easier navigation and present a youthful look. Through this site one can order Pizzas…from different stores/locations across the US, and also get an offer on DVDs. Working presently on this project to create an administrator module facilitating easy content management.

7. www.gov2you.com/testboe/login.asp (Board of Equalization, California): Redesigned the site to make it more appealing and easily navigable. This site will be used to file taxes in the US for the Board Of Equalization, a Government entity.

8. Xforms (XML based forms): One of our most admired products in the US, this XML based product has several divisions and sub products especially designed to provide Forms and XML database storing and retrieval capabilities for various industries like the Medical Fraternity, Courtrooms, Retail outlets, Shipping and Port Authority. Designed most of the websites GUIs that were needed for the demos and the product splash screens and VB screens which were customized for the client.

9. www.sbobgyn.com (SB Obstetrician and Gynecology Clinic): Designed this site for purpose of online usage like knowledge sharing, Store Patients profile, their Ailments and treatment details. This was designed for the Managing Partner of the company who herself is a practicing Gynecologist.

10. www.gov2you.com/mdrx (UCLA): This site again was designed for demonstrating our XML based Forms solutions for the medical field.

11. Exxcel Services (Exxcel Services): Designed this site and in charge of getting the Requirement Docs, managing the people and their timelines for this project which had all the process servers in different counties of the United States unite under one umbrella to provide their Legal services. Incharge of documentation of Project Flow, Layout and Design details. The site has yet to go online.

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[C] My major projects as Web Designer/ Team Leader for Seacom Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd. are listed below,

1. www.tecteon.com/cgi-bin/tecteon/index.cgi (Tecteon Plc., UK): The Team had 2 Designers and 2 Developers and used CGI, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript and CSS for Tecteon Plc., a UK based company focused on developing and marketing innovative software products that service the current and future needs of the telecommunications equipment and services markets. It developed in 3 phases, the first for revamping the present site, 2nd for the interactive phase including Registration, FAQs, content sharing etc and 3rd phase had chat, online sessions for client interactions etc.

2. www.aiminstallations.co.uk (Anglia Industrial Movements, UK): Developed with a team size of 3, for Aim installations, a UK based company focused on meeting the supply chain needs of manufacturing industry. It provided a flexible range of services providing cost effective solutions, to free up the management time to focus on what they do best. Contributed in the initial documentation, Site flow layouts and design templates for approval. In charge of the graphic design, content development and coordinated with the Clients and my Project Managers. The site we worked on, is not online yet.

3. www.itjobspy.com (Cornex International, UK): Designed the GUI and navigation for this website. Also contributed in the preliminary content documentation, the initial site flow layouts and design templates for approval. This is a Job Portal for the UK and the Europe and has different categories for the Job Candidate who searches for a Job on this site, the Job handling Agency or the Recruiter who lists his vacancies on this site for a fee and the Administrator that’s Cornex, which controls the database and the whole working of the site.

4. www.seacomindia.com (Seacom Solutions): Was then assigned the task of revamping and add a CMS system for the easy management/ Integration for the Administration and the HR functions of the company. The website then had only the Career pages dynamic and had no admin control and so all the changes were made manually. Developed a basic CMS system using ASP suited for our needs, so that the different departments were able to access/modify content from any location and through a the web interface.

5. www.itsmartshop.com (Seacom Solutions): Designed the GUI and the browser compatibility and navigation flow for this site with 6 Java programmers. Itsmartshop is a comprehensive website developed for online B2B and B2C transactions in the IT sector; a B2B and B2C portal for IT products like computers, Printers etc. The different sections were developed using JSP and at the backend SQL Server is used.

6. Beehive: Designed the looks for this in-house project by Seacom that enhances the HR functionality and extends this section virtually to be accessed by the whole organization. Technically this is a web-enabled interface for a day-to-day function of an organization. All the data for an entity [ Employer, employee, applicant ] is collected and stored in the database and accessed virtually by this entity depending upon the individual authorization levels.

7. POS Solutions (SMS UK, SMS India): Worked alongwith another designer and about 20 VB programmers to provide GUI to this main Retail product of Seacom Solutions. Contributed to design the different templates for GUI for the Application forms, reports etc. Also interact with the VB Developers team to Design the collages and icons required for the flow of the wizards, forms, reports etc.

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[D] My projects as Web Designer/ Developer for Digital Planet Pvt. Ltd. are listed below. Some of these are not online and could be viewed through my personal copy.

1. www.punehospitality.com: Portal for the people Pune listing Hotels, Discs, Travel Agencies etc.

2. www.pridegroup.net: Designed and developed for the Pride Group of Companies, Pune

3. www.dinainstitute.com (DINA Institute of Hotel and Business Management)

4. www.futprint.com (Futprint Events and Conferences Pvt. Ltd.)

5. www.gandharvapune.com (Sangeet Prasarak Mandal's Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Pune)

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