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.
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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 |
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Report to the CEO of the company
who is also the Resource Allocator. |
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Coordinate projects in the designing
department and responsible for the successful completion and time
management during the course of the project. |
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Do the documentation and keep track
of the project deliverables. |
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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. |
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Interact directly with the clients
for the requirements and other issues. |
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Coordinate and help the team with
the knowledge sessions held once every fortnight. |
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Presently work on projects involving
both UI design [HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, Dreamweaver] and Graphic
Design [Photoshop, Imageready]. |
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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Create splash screens and navigational
designs for our Document Imaging and Xforms products. |
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Designed the ‘Recruitment’
advertisements for the Newspaper and also the ‘Company’
T-Shirts. |
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Managed the ‘Summer (Management)
Trainees’, their schedules and their project feedbacks. |
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Help maintain a lively atmosphere
in the company by constantly talking to and motivating people. |
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Arranged recreational activities like
Annual Parties and other Get-togethers. |
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Designed the CSI-Pune.org
website for the Computer Society of India, Pune Chapter. |
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 |
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Introduced the Web Designing Standards
and other documentation pertaining to the Designing Dept. |
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Active part in the ISO 9000 Audits
for our company and especially for our department. |
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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)’ |
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Led a team wherein we made numerous
product demos using Flash and Director. |
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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. |
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Designed projects in different sectors
like Jobsites, Manufacturing, IT Shoppe and Retail. |
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 |
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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. |
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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). |
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Designed websites for sectors in Hotel
Management Studies, Hotels, Financial Services, Event Management Company,
Classical Music University of Pune etc. |
PROJECT DETAILS/
WORK EXPERIENCE |
[A] My projects for
Genie Interactive as a Project Coordinator would
be provided on request. |
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[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. |
[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. |
[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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