1. CURRICULUM-VITAE
Bharath Seshadri
#351, 37th
cross,
7th
main, 5th
block,
Jayanagar, Bangalore –560041
Phone number(R): 22440660
Mobile : 9448710526
Personal E-mail: bharathseshadri@rocketmail.com
OBJECTIVE: To be responsible for the company’s growth by contributing
effectively in areas where the company may seek my expertise. In effect this
would also translate to personal growth.
EDUCATION:
ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) certified
Software Tester – 80%
July’ 2002- July’2004
M.Tech. in Information Technology, Allahabad Agricultural Institute,
Deemed University, India
80%
Sep’94-Sep’98:
Bachelor of Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering,
Computer Science,
Mysore University, India
Aggregate 71%
Diploma in Multimedia, Arena Multimedia, Bangalore
Aggregate 73%
Pre-University College: 90% (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)
Secondary School Leaving Certificate: 85%
EXPERIENCE:
Working on a 108 Divya Desam project
supported by family
Nov 2012 – till date
Sri Rama Vidyalaya Feb 2012 – May 2012

2. Go Frugal Technologies Dec 2010 – Dec 2011
IBM India Private Limited Sep 2005 – July 2010
NIIT Technologies Limited (Deputed to
work at IBM)
Sep 2004 – Sep 2005
Japan India Network (Deputed to work at
Jubilant Biosys)
May 2004 – Aug 2004
Global Edge Software Limited (Deputed to
work at HP)
Feb 2004 – April 2004
MPI Software Technology India Private
Limited
Jan 2001 – July 2003
Mascot Systems Private Limited Nov 1998 – 2000
Significant achievements in the last 10 years:
Learning Science is a continual process, and in my opinion requires
continuing interest and curiosity to know more, probably throughout one's
entire scientific career! . Computers have been my preferred domain ever
since my first year in college. The extraordinary developments in this field,
both in the hardware and especially in the software area, have further
stimulated my interest and have encouraged me to explore more. I have had
the opportunity to work for 11 years and 6 months in the IT industry and
most of my experience comes from IBM India Private Limited where I have
served for 6 years.
In IBM I have worked on various domains like Health care and Life
sciences(Astra Zeneca project) and Industrial sciences((Qualex:a Kodak
photography company) and Service Master(a conglomerate of major service
companies like TruGreen, Terminix, Merry Maids, Furniture Medic etc)). I
have also posted a number of ideas in the IBM and Economic Times
website.
I have also learnt various professional and soft skills and worked in
large and small teams with talented people from different parts of India.
COMPUTING SKILLS:
Languages/Packages:
Working knowledge: COBOL, PASCAL, FORTRAN, CGI, Perl, MS office,
Rational Clearcase, Concurrent Version System.
Proficient: C, C++, JAVA
Distributed Technologies:
Working knowledge: RMI, Corba, EJB

3. Systems:
Proficient: Unix, Linux, Windows NT/95/2000,
Working knowledge: Dos, Versa Dos, Mainframe, IBM AS400
Web development tools:
Working knowledge: Html, JAVA, VB, XML , VBScript, Java Script, ASP,
JSP, Servlet
Multimedia skills:
Working knowledge: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Pagemaker, Macromedia Director, Adobe Premiere, Infini-D.
Database:
SQL, basic concepts of RDBMS, data warehousing and data mining.
Detailed Work History:
1 Family Supported Project:Working on “108 Divya Desam
Software” project
Project profile: Aims to present information about 108 Sri Vaishnavite
Hindu temples called Divya Desams and the compositions on the Gods
and Goddesses in a user friendly manner and act as a repository of
authentic resources about the temples.
1. Project Work: Developing the application using Open Source
Software Technology Java and MySQL
2 School: Sri Rama Vidyalaya
School profile: Ranked as one of the top schools in Karnataka
2. School Work: Teaching Mathematics for 8th
, 9th
and 10th
standards
ICSE at Sri Rama Vidyalaya, Bangalore
3 Company: Go Frugal Technologies
Company Profile: GoFrugal Technologies, http://www.gofrugal.com
specializes in retail, retail distribution and supply chain management
solutions. GoFrugal solutions integrate computing, Web 2.0, mobile
and SMS technologies to provide comprehensive automation and
collaboration among the entire trade and supply chain ecosystem
including suppliers, customers, partners, service providers, franchisor,
franchisee, among others. GoFrugal was founded in 2004 and is
headquartered in Chennai. GoFrugal has more than 10,000 customers
across India with sales offices in 30 locations.

4. 1 Go Frugal Project Name: Learning Products
Team Size: 5
Technical Environment: Java
Duration: 12/2010 – 12/2011
Description:
I was learning Struts and the various company products and designed
a mobile application using JQuery Mobile for a grocery store client
Venkateshwara stores in Chennai.
Key aspects of work
- learning the different applications for the different products.
- learning Struts
4 Company: IBM India
Company Profile: IBM India is the Indian subsidiary of IBM. IBM
in India is not just a global delivery organization intending to tap into
the vastly skilled & low cost manpower availability, it is also a big
player in the domestic IT market. IBM India's domestic revenues grew
at 60% in 2005-06 making it one of the highest growth areas in the
entire IBM portfolio of geographies & businesses. IBM India is also
the biggest domestic IT player in the country
1 IBM Project Name: Service Master
Team Size: 150
Technical Environment: Java, .NET
Duration: 01/2009 - 07/2010
Description:
ServiceMaster provides service to residential and commercial
customers in the United States, where they serve 10.5 million homes
and businesses each year. Customers know them by their leading
brands Terminix, Merry Maids, TruGreen, ServiceMaster Clean,
American Home Shield, Furniture Medic and AmeriSpec. I was
involved in testing in the different Testing phases of the projects done
for the various Business Units of the Brands mentioned above. The
primary objective was to verify that the application meets the business
and functional requirements as defined by the incidents and projects
including technical requirements. The Testing started with
Requirement analysis and ended with UAT by the client users.
Key aspects of work

5. 1. learning the different applications for the different brands.
2. documenting the learning of the different applications and
sharing it with the different team members.
3. Writing functional and system test cases for the applications
4. Functional Test Cases were prepared for each component based
on the Use Cases.
2 IBM Project Name: Astra Zeneca
Team Size: 40
Technical Environment: Java
Duration: 04/2008 - 12/2008
Description:
Astra Zeneca is a pharmaceutical company. IBM was involved in
developing the CCDS-CRL step2 product. The Consolidated Clinical
Data Storage (CCDS) and Clinical Reference Library (CRL) was
being developed as part of a program which was to implement a first
version of the Information Infrastructure components as defined in the
Clinical Development Information Strategy (CDIS). Consolidated
Clinical Data Storage (CCDS) will store datarecorded during
observations on subjects in clinical studies, in accordance with the
fundamental model behind CDISC SDTM domains for exchange of
observations. CCDS is integrated with Clinical Reference Library
(CRL) that provides data
configuration service to and serves as study metadata registry and
study data reference as well. The scope of the function that was to be
tested within the AstraZeneca CCDS CRL project is to validate the
results and ascertain whether the developed software component(s)
conform to the requirements specified in CCDS CRL User
requirement specification and Use cases The scope of testing is also to
test the CRL, LSH and MDT from a business process point of view,
and to test the readiness of the infrastructure from a systems point of
view. In this context, CCDS (Consolidated Clinical Data Store) will
allow AstraZeneca to store consolidated clinical information and
enable the use and re-use of the clinical information across studies and
projects. CRL (Clinical Reference Library) will enable AstraZeneca to
manage the definition and meaning of clinical concepts so that data
will be interpretable and useful in the future.
Key aspects of work

6. 1. Writing unit and functional test cases for the application.
Functional Test Cases were prepared for each component based
on the Use Cases.
2. Two cycles of Functional testing were done for each component
3. Component Integration testing was performed separately for
LSH, MDT and CRL
4. System Testing was to include test cases for integration of all
the LSH CCDS, MDT and CRL
5. The System test for the complete system including LSH,
CCDS, MDT and CRL was conducted
3 IBM Project Name: Platform Technology Center
Team Size: 40
Technical Environment: Java
Duration: 01/2008 - 03/2008
Description: I worked in the Platform Technology Center project in
IBM. I was involved in testing IBM products. I also prepared for the
Foundation Level ISTQB (International Software Testing
Qualification board) examination and cleared the exam during this
period with a score of 32/40.
4 IBM Project Name: Porting Factory
Team Size: 40
Technical Environment: Java
Duration: 10/2007 - 12/2007
Description: Porting factory included a number of small projects
which required applications to be ported from one platform to another.
The existing software which was in OS2 and C needed to be ported to
Java and AIX.
Key aspects of work
I was part of the testing team involved in writing Test cases for
Whirlpool’s Warehouse management system.
5 IBM Project Name: JP Morgan
Team Size: 4
Technical Environment: Java
Duration: 04/2007 - 09/2007

7. Description: A prototype of a JP Morgan application needed to be
built using Java swing. I was involved in that. I was also in bench for
some time.
Key aspects of work
I was involved in software development using Swing.
6 IBM Project Name: QUALEX
Team Size: 6
Technical Environment: Java Swing
Description:
I was a part of the Java Swing team involved in making enhancements
and fixing bugs of the existing software. Qualex is a subsidiary of
Kodak, a photo processing company. I was involved in maintaining
the Kodak website and a call center application (Customer Support
System).The Customer Support System product enables call center
agents and lab executives at a call center to follow a quick, easy and
efficient mechanism to handle consumer problems related to their
orders.
Key aspects of work
1. Fixing bugs in the existing software and adding new
features.
2. Maintaining the web site for Qualex clients Kodak, CVS,
Rite Aid, Walgreen etc.
3. Adding enhancements that improve existing functionality.
4. Executing unit test cases and system test cases.
5. Managing the entire life cycle of the deliverable starting
from requirements understanding to ensuring that the
changes go live into production.
7 IBM Project Name: KANA
Team Size: 20
Technical Environment: Java Swing
Description:
I was a part of the Java Swing team involved in making enhancements
and fixing bugs of the existing software. The product enables an agent
at a call center to follow a quick, easy and efficient mechanism to
handle customer problems.
Key aspects of work
1. Fixing bugs in the JIRA bug database

8. 2. Adding enhancements that improve existing functionality
3. Executing unit test cases.
8 IBM Project Name: Maintenance of Federated Advertising
software
Team Size: 50
Technical Environment: Java, Rational Clearcase
Description:
I was a part of the Configuration Management team in the project.
I was responsible for the daily build activities which included transfer
of data from onsite to offshore, importing the data, merging different
branches, applying label etc.
Key aspects of work:
1. Ensure that the correct versions of the file are maintained in the
Versioned Object Base(VOB).
2. Ensure that merges from the code and documents of different
team members is successfully incorporated in the VOB.
5 Company: JIN Information Systems
Company Profile: JIN Information Systems is a fast-growing IT
services company, committed to maintaining the highest standards
and ensuring consistent delivery of quality software products and
services.
1 Project Name: New features to product PathArt
Team Size: 3
Technical Environment: java swing, windows2000,
Description:
I was deputed to work for Jubilant Biosys. I was involved in the
development work for the release of the product PathArt (Pathway
Articulator). Typical activities included merging of table cells and
rendering the cells as a checkbox, writing an algorithm to relate the
cells containing the different gene names, pathways, physiology etc.
Key aspects of work:
1 Software development for BioInformatics company.
2 Maintenance of PathArt software. This involved removing various
software bugs in the GUI.
6 Company: Global Edge Software Limited

9. Company Profile: GlobalEdge is an embedded software solutions
and services company focused on Wireless, Telecom and IP
Networking Technologies. Since inception in 1992, GlobalEdge has
been a leader in delivering solutions and services in set top boxes,
residential gateways, wireless and multimedia devices to customers
world-wide. GlobalEdge’s customers list includes leading
Semiconductor vendors, CPE device makers, Consumer Electronics
Companies, Communications OEMs.
1 Project Name: Maintenance of HP website
Team Size: 6
Technical Environment: HTML, JavaScript, CGI , HTTPUnit,
Banner Management System, Aquarius Publishing Tool.
Description:
I was deputed to work for HP. Maintenance of HP website involves
tracking changes in the Banners displayed across the home pages in
different languages using the Banner Management System. This
needed to be changed on a daily basis. Individual elements in a web
page could be inserted or altered using the Aquarius Publishing Tool.
Key aspects of work:
1. Management of the content displayed on the web page on a
daily basis.
2. Setting the different properties of the BannerManagement
system such as schedule information of the page using
HTTPUnits and Java.
3. Ensuring that the information presented on the web pages is
accurate and bug free.
7 Company: MPI Software Technology India Pvt. Ltd.
Company Profile:MSTIPL offered system software development,
R&D, and consulting services spanning several areas of cluster
computing, distributed computing, real-time distributed computing,
parallel application development, and protocol stack development.
1 Project Name: Development of a parallel program
performance analysis tool called SeeWithin/Pro.
Team Size: 6
Technical Environment: Java was the front end. The backend was
SQL Server on Windows and postgres on Linux.
Description:

10. Worked for MSTIPL (MPI Software Technology India Private
Limited), from Jan 2001 to July 2003 on Message Passing Interface
(MPI) which constitutes the message passing paradigm of distributed
computing on Linux, Windows NT platform .I have been trained on
High Performance computing. I was actively involved in the
development of a performance tool to measure the performance of
parallel programs using Java as front end. The backend is SQL Server
on Windows and postgres on Linux. The work was being done in
collaboration with research done at Mississipi State University. I was
trained on Java at STG and have considerable experience in Java. I
have used the Java API for developing different kinds of user
interfaces using different layout managers and Java 2D graphics to
display statistics as piecharts, histograms, timelines. This required a
sound knowledge of Java Swing. I have also worked on features like
applet-servlet communication.
Key aspects of work:
1. Continued development of new functionality in collaboration
with a subject-area expert.
2. Refined the user interface for consistency and clarity.
3. Developed detailed strategic and technical product test plans,
schedules and task assignments for myself and other engineers.
4. Maintained library code
5. Designed new library modules
6. Wrote unit tests
7. Developed internal tools
8. Analyzed competitors' products
9. Coordinated materials
8 Company: iGATE
Company Profile: iGATE Corporation is an information technology
firm headquartered in Fremont, California which provides complete
end-to-end services that integrate Consulting, Technology, Business
Process Outsourcing & Provisioning. We have several years of
experience across different industry verticals at an international level
and a strong understanding of the diverse business challenges faced by
global enterprises.
1 Project Name: Management of Circuit City Software.

11. Team Size: 10
Technical Environment: AS-400 was the backend and Oregon
Pascal was the front end.
Description:
Trained as a systems analyst on Mainframe, IBM AS 400 for 3
months at Mascot Systems Private Limited (now called iGATE), a
subsidiary of Mastech Corporation, U.S.A. I worked on a distributed
processing system project on Oregon Pascal as front end and IBM
AS400 as backend for Circuit City, U.S.A for a year and 2 months.
Key aspects of work:
1. Added new functionality
2. Maintained code according to standards
3. Conducted rigorous testing (unit/integration) before product
was deployed on a network of machines connecting different
cities in US.
4. Modified technical documentation and user manuals
PROJECTS DURING CURRICULUM:
1. Image morphing techniques at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Details:
A image morphing package was developed using the techniques of
linear-transformation, edge-based transformation, texture-mapping etc. in
the C ++- language, windows environment.
2. Idle user logout process for a local area network at Larsen and Toubro,
Mysore.
Details:
When a terminal is idle for a specific period of time (i.e. no action is
performed) then the machine has to sense it and logout. Platform was
Novell 3.
PRINCIPAL COURSES:
Data structures
Algorithms
Operating systems
Data bases
Data warehousing and Data Mining
Distributed operating system
Operations research

12. Systems simulation
Micro processors
Software Engineering
Computer Networks
Computer Graphics
Computer-aided geometric design
Thread programming
Systems programming
PAPERS:
Presented "Automatic Parallel Performance Analysis and Tuning for Large Clusters " at HiPC
2002 (International Conference on High Performance Computing),
Hyderabad, India.
PERSONAL PROFILE:
Date of Birth: 23-03-1977
Nationality: Indian
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
1. Listening to music.
2. Reading.
REFERENCES:
To be provided upon request.