Archana Mohan

SUMMARY
● Over 7 years of professional experience in all stages of the SDLC, encompassing design,
development, implementation, integration, testing, documentation and maintenance of software
application.
● 6 years of Object Oriented programming experience in C#, C/C++.
● 5 years of experience in Visual Studio 2008/2005, .NET Framework 4.0/3.5, ASP.NET 4.0/3.5, Win
Forms, Web Forms, C# 4.0/3.0.
● 5 years of experience working in database using SQL Server 2008/2005.
● 4 years of source control experience working with Team Foundation System (TFS), Visual Source
Safe and ClearCase.
● 2 years of experience in .Net Framework 4.0 including WCF, WPF, Silverlight, XAML, LINQ,
ADO.NET Entity Framework.
● Expertise in developing software application using MVC, MVP, MVVM and N-Tier.
● Worked extensively with Agile Methodologies and Waterfall methodologies.
● Excellent analytical and programming abilities in using technology to create elegant, flexible and
maintainable solutions for complex development problems.
● Solid background in computer science interfacing with key business units in multi-cultural, global, and
team arenas.
● Proven ability to execute and drive results in completing projects, strategic initiatives, as well as best
practice implementation and adaptation in large organizations.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Languages C# 4.0, C++, C, VB 6.0, JAVA, SQL, OpenGL

Microsoft Technologies WPF, WCF, Silverlight, ASP.NET 3.5,ADO.NET 3.0, WIN Forms, Web
Forms, Web Service, ASP
.NET Framework .NET 4.0/3.5
Database SQL Server 2008, Oracle 9i, MS Access 2007

Development & Design Tools Visual Studio 2010,Expression Blend 4, DreamWeaver, Flash CS4,
Fireworks, Photoshop 7.0, MS Visio 2007

ORM Technologies Entity Framework 4.0, LINQ to SQL

Source Control Team Foundation Server, Visual Source Safe 6.0, Clear Case

Reporting Tools Crystal Reports

XML Related Technologies XML, XSL,XSLT

Scripting Languages JavaScript, VBScript, PHP

Protocols HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP, H.248

Web/Application server Apache Tomcat 2.0, IIS 5.0

Operating Systems Windows XP/ Vista, UNIX, LINUX, VxWorks

EDUCATION
MS in Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas.
BS in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

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 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A.I.G, Houston, TX

Apr’ 10 – Till date

Sr.Net Developer

Designed and developed Insurance Policy Management system to dynamically create insurance products,
track different insurance policies, manage all types of individual and collective life insurance and pension
contracts. The management system helps in billing/payment, policy registration, claim processing,
endorsements management, insurance agency management and claims management. It also enables the
insurance brokers to calculate rates, to manage contracts and to improve services. Also developed a web
based centralized repository to manage all the outsourced projects of the company detailing the nature of
the project, duration and cost factor.

Responsibilities:
● Involved in the design of the application from business requirements. 
● Used Agile development extensively in daily and weekly SCRUM meetings to provide updates and
status of the project.
● Involved in analyzing, designing and developing interactive user application using C#, WPF and WCF.
● Used MVVM design pattern in the design and development of WPF application.
● Used Markup Extensions, Event Handling and Data binding in XAML to create rich user interfaces
for WPF application.
● Used WPF in creating different animated scenes using the combination of transforms, animation
controls (storyboard, double animation) and color effects.
● Successfully developed interface with multiple levels of complexity and sophistication using WPF
concepts like dependency properties, data templates, routed events and converters.
● Used Microsoft Expression Blend to create templates and modify the look and feel of existing
controls.
● Involved in designing and implementation of WCF contracts and services.
● Generated, Compared Reports and Modified Reports Layout using Crystal Reports.
● Developed stored procedures in T-SQL for the various applications
● Used TFS for source control.
Environment: Visual Studio 2010,.NET 4.0,C# 4.0, WPF, WCF, Expression Blend 4, SQL Server
2008,Crystal Reports, Team Foundation Server(TFS).

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Aramark Corporation, Houston, TX

Feb 09
– Mar 10
Sr.Net Developer

Developed Inventory & Material management system to calculate inventory forecast, inventory cost, order
quantity and reorder point. The front-end provides user-friendly interfaces, invoice report generation and
pending order processing information. Inventory system covers the processes of raising requirement,
calling for quotations, processing quotations, placing purchase order, tracking the purchase order,
tracking the payment, receiving the material, stocking the material and issue of the material.

Responsibilities:

● Actively participated in the complete life cycle of development from design phase to implementation.
● Conducted meetings with stakeholders and end users to gather all the projects requirements, details
and project expectations.
● Involved in design, development and validation of web pages using C#, Silverlight and WCF.
● Exclusively used templates and style elements of Silverlight to provide the Rich User Interface (RUI)
● Developed custom site pages and master pages using Silverlight.
● Built complex layouts using nested combinations of the layout containers (Stack Panel, Canvas,
Grid, Border and Wrap Panel) and provided navigation through Frame and Page controls.
● Used Ajax control tool kit controls to minimize postbacks to the server and enhance user
experience.
● Used Animation and Motion Behaviors of Expression Blend to create user interface for Silverlight
Application.
● Designed and developed Data Access Layer using ADO.NET Entity Framework.
● Implemented LINQ queries and worked extensively with Anonymous class, Lambda Expressions,
Actions and Predicates to add flexibility and functionality to the application.
● Implemented Unit Testing, Integration Testing and Regression Testing using Visual Studio
Testing Framework.

Environment: .Net 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, C# 3.0, Silverlight, Expression Blend 2.0, WCF,
AJAX, SQL-Server 2008, LINQ, Entity Framework.

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NORTEL NETWORKS, Richardson, TX

Nov 07- Jan 09

Sr.Net Developer

Developed embedded software applications platforms and features in mission critical network
infrastructure systems to build scalable and highly reliable communications gateways and other core
network elements. With the Media Gateway, service providers have a single platform for delivery of all the
types of services simultaneously, yielding operational simplicity and reducing cost of ownership. The
Gateway delivers better than 5 9's (99.999) reliability and call processing capacities required to meet the
demands of a toll-quality voice network.
Responsibilities:

● Involved in the development of Win Forms application using C# to interact with Media

Gateway.
● Planned and executed the Media Gateway Features, ensuring completion and accuracy of
the HLD, the design documentation, coding/ implementation and feature testing.
● Involved in maintenance of the software for its existing product line as well as development for
the introduction of new products.
● Resolved Change Requests (CR) by following through software development life cycle.
● Analyzed and resolved the issues promptly with quality and supported CR verification in UNIX
platform using C++.
● Used ClearCase for source code maintenance.
● Prepared the initial requirements and test cases for setting up Linux server for compilation.
● Trained to be a Product Development environment prime to perform load build, editing of config spec
and project files, as well as sanity process.
● Fixed bugs that enabled large scale project to be delivered on time for Tier 1 carriers.
Environment .Net 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, C# 3.0, C++, SQL Server 2005, UNIX, ClearCase,
HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP, H.248, NASA (Nortel Automated Static Analysis) using Klocwork.
SABRE HOLDINGS, Southlake, TX

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 Mar 06- Oct 07
.Net Developer

Created a Change request management and Risk Assessment website to automate the change request
and risk assessment process. Developed a Process Improvement Portal for Travel Content to view
Metrics, Process/Procedures, Assets and Project level Dashboards.
Responsibilities:
● Involved in analysis, design and development of the project.
● Developed use case, sequence and class diagrams using Microsoft Visio.
● Developed application using N-tier architecture.
● Developed ASP.NET pages in C# and .NET to meet the business requirements.
● Validated ASP.NET web pages using custom and inbuilt validation controls.
● Intensively used Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and XHTML to design look and feel of the web
pages.
● Used Cookies and View State for state management.
● Developed search engine based on various categories and implemented document Library where user
can search for text in the files or with the file names.
● Built and filled DataTable in a DataSet with data from a data source using a DataAdapter.
● Created banners and designed the Travel Content Shared Team Wiki Site using Flash and Fireworks.
● Developed presentations, including animation and video streaming using Flash and Photoshop.
● Used Visual Source Safe for the source code and version controlling.
Environment: Net 3.0, Visual Studio 2005, ASP.NET 2.0, ASP, C#, SQL Server 2005, VSS (Visual
Source Safe), JavaScript, Flash, Fireworks, Photoshop.

DCS Global Systems, Inc, Plano, TX

Dec 05- Feb 06 .NET Developer

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DCS Global develops health care systems and provides software consulting services. Developed health
care software ScanMe that scans patient insurance card and converts the OCR image to data to obtain
the patient insurance card information. The extracted patient information is used for invoice generation,
billing documents and validating patient’s identification. The tool helps in increasing staff productivity and
improving cash flow.

Responsibilities:
● Implemented code by analyzing use cases and technical specifications.
● Involved in design and implementation of client server application using C#.
● Implemented Service-oriented architecture (SOA).
● Connected to third-party Web Services and used SOAP requests and XML messages to
communicate with server.
● Worked with Oracle database as the backend and wrote various queries, triggers and stored
procedures.
● Generated the invoice reports, patient billing information reports using Crystal Reports.
● Integrated the applications and maintained versions using Visual Source Safe as central repository.
● Involved in bug fixing, code review and enhancement of existing the functionalities.
● Coordinated the efforts of the different teams to meet the scheduled deadlines.
Environment: .NET 3.0, Visual Studio 2005, C#, Oracle 9i, VSS (Visual Source Safe), XML, WebService,
Crystal Reports.

Aurora Bank FSB, NJ

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 Oct 04 – Nov05

Software Developer

Developed Credit Appraisal & Monitoring System (CAMS), a multi web-based application to appraise and
monitor different kind of personal and industrial loans. The application automates the appraisal process by
performing data entry and verification, certified roll processing, state submission functions and report
generation. It also has the capability to build credit rating/scoring models and provision to get integrated
with third party risk rating tools. The application increases productivity and improves the quality of service
to the clients.

Responsibilities:
● Developed interface for keyword search using C#, ASP. NET and SQL server.
● Designed and developed Web Forms for data entry and display.
● Extensively used State Management Techniques like Sessions state to maintain state between the
ASP.NET pages.
● Implemented server side and client side validations.
● Used XML Sitemap, Treeview and Masterpage for organized site structure and view.
● Used Grid View control for data display and dynamic generation of rows.
● Extensively used XML to structure data.
● Developed XSLT for transforming XML into HTML.
● Designed and developed a database using SQL Server to maintain information about all the
registered members of the organization.
● Prepared and maintained a code review process to improve code quality.
● Performed extensive unit testing and documented test cases and results.

Environment: .NET 1.1, Visual Studio .NET 2003, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SQL Server 2000, XML,
XSLT.

HCL TECHNOLOGIES Ltd., Chennai, India

Jan 03 – Sept 04
Software Developer

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Developed Financial Forecasting System for American Honda Motors, USA. The purpose of this
interactive forecasting system is to adapt to constantly changing financial forecasting requirements,
analyze large amounts of data, generate financial models, manipulate and update forecast data. The tool
also generates an integrated report set of profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheet forecast.
Responsibilities:
● Worked with clients, programmers and internal IT staff to ensure clients requests were completed in a
timely manner to their satisfaction.
● Involved in design and implementation of desktop application using Win Forms and C#.
● Developed user friendly Interface using .Net Forms and Controls.
● Used ADO.NET Connection model and SQL Command objects extensively to execute SQL stored
procedures and Queries.
● Generated transaction reports, balance Sheets, balance statement using Crystal Reports.
● Developed macros using Excel & Access objects to generate reports for Inventory systems.
● Designed and developed Intranet applications.
Environment: NET 1.1, Visual Studio .NET 2003, C#, ADO.Net, SQL Server 2000, Crystal Reports.