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AJIT KUMAR
User Interface Designer/Usability Analyst
Ph: (011)-24678256, Mb: 9810765900
E-mail: ajit_iec@yahoo.com Passport: A-6952649
CAREER SUMMARY:
Develop user-friendly, elegant interfaces for web, enterprise, & desktop applications, currently working with Quark Media House. Work with passionate, collaborative and earnest teams in a capacity of Project Leader. Excellent skills in; XHTML/HTML/DHTML, CSS, JavaScript Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash MX, FTP programs, MS Projects, with J2EE(Java, JSP, Struts) & XML exposure. 6 plus years plus of exp. in Information Technology. Implement projects as per ISO 9001:2000 Quality Assurance norms.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Design and build clean, lightweight, fast loading and user friendly web pages as per Human Computer Interactions (HCI) principles with a view to provide a clear, comfortable and simple user experience in accordance with Usability standards & guidelines. Undergone training for ‘The Science and Art of Effective Web and Application Design’ from Human Factors Internationals (HFI).
• Ability to hand-code all HTML including nested tables, frames, meta tags and how to troubleshoot legacy table based layouts.
• Experience in creating User Interface Documents (UIS), Statement Of Work(SOW), UI Style Guidelines and executing test plans and use cases as per Software Requirement Specification document (SRS).
• Ability to implement code across different browsers and platforms by implementing XHTML complaint codes across applications.
• Extensive knowledge and implementation of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) with the ability to create clean table-less layouts for presentation. Strong knowledge of the creation and reuse of JavaScript.
• Works with client to set project scope, specifications, timelines & deliverables. Responsible for ensuring that development project are delivered in a timely manner, with high quality and scope that meets the business need.
• Team Building by identifying and addressing communication issues, mismatched expectations, and other factors that can degrade team relationships. Sponsors relationship-building activities which may include informal get-to-know-you opportunities and team success celebrations.
• Working closely with developers, management, and other test engineers(QE), to ensure highest product quality prior to release.
SKILL SET:
Languages HTML/ XHTML/ DHTML, CSS, JavaScript
Designing Tools Adobe Photoshop & Image Ready, Flash, Corel Draw, Swiss
Internet Tools Macromedia Dreamweaver & Eclipse
Working Knowledge XML, J2EE Java, Servlet, JSP, Struts, ASP, C#.NET
File/Source Management Beyond Compare, Continuus, FTP Programs
Project Management MS Project 2000, Visio
Operating System Windows NT Server, Windows 95 & 98, Mac
RDBMS MS-Access
EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
• Degree in Science (B.Sc.-Hons.) from Magadh University- Ist Div. (62.5%) -1997
• Post Graduate Diploma in IT - Manipal University (Grade A) – 2004
• Certificate in Computing from APTECH (87.9%) - 1996
• Certificate in Computing from IGNOU (78.8%) -1999
• ‘The Science and Art of Effective Web and Application Design’ from Human Factors Internationals(HFI)- 2004
WORK EXPERIENCE:
QUARK Media House India Ltd., Mohali (Punjab), March 2004-till.
Quark was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1981 began international operations with the establishment of offices across Europe and the Far East. Quark maintains software service, support, and development offices in France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Customers in more than 100 countries worldwide rely on Quark products to create, design, and manage their documents. www.quark.com
Olive E-Business Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, May 2003- March 2004
Olive is a UK based E-business company, committed to improving the competitiveness of Global Business through development of its leadership in Web based Customer Service, application development, software services and support and providing data center services for web hosting. www.oliveglobal.com
IEC Softwares Ltd., New Delhi, Oct 1999 – Dec 2002
Worked for IEC Softwares Ltd., an ISO 9001 certified, global Software Company engaged in software development, training, consultancy and total IT solutions, with close two decades of operations targeting multi-million dollar projects in India, USA, UK, Malaysia, Poland. IEC portfolio of activities includes software services for manufacturing industries, hospitability industry and ERP re-engineering, web based applications, e-com solutions, portal development & IT enabled services. www.iecsoftwares.com
PROJECT DETAILS
# Project Title : TEXTXPRESS 3.0
Clients : national Instruments (USA)
Tools/Languages : C#.net, HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop
Team Size : 4
My Role : Creating storyboards, screens, and navigational mock-ups and prototypes; Writing functional User Interface Specifications(UIS) Documents; Planning, conducting, and analyzing the results of usability tests, focus groups, and user interviews; Providing UI design support throughout the application development cycle.
Project Highlights : TextXpress is aimed to bring two applications-Quark XPress and Microsoft Word, which are absolute in their respective fields of layout and editing,
together, and target that group who prefers MS Word for Word Processing, Quark Xpress for Layout, uses Quark Digital Media Server (DMS) for storing the assets/ QuarkXPress Articles and eventually prefers to automate their workflow. The intend through this software is to get the final output (layout for final production) with minimal manual interaction. Thus the formatting details expected for final layout e.g. changes in font, font size, etc needed for the content would be available to the users of MS word at the click of a mouse.
# Project Title : TOLLFREESERVICES.BIZ
Clients : Toll Free India
Tools/Languages : Aspx.net, HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 7
My Role : Conceptualization and overall front end designing along with
Content Management System designing.
Project Highlights : The site that has unique concept of selling and managing of toll free numbers online. The site offers its international clients an easy way to connect to their (clients) offices anywhere in the world. TollFree2India allows businesses to offer their U.S. customers an easy way to connect to their offices anywhere around the world. The website is integrated its Switch server database with PULSAR Communicatons, USA.
# Project Title : FEELFINEUK.com
Clients : Host Cymru
Tools/Languages : HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, ASP, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 5
My Role : Front end designing along with Admin Panel development.
Project Highlights : Feelfine Project, developed in close association with our U.K. partner, Host Cymru, is an e-commerce site. Along with the general E-commerce features such as Shopping Cart Management, Newsletter Subscription etc., site also provides a discussion area to its users that will create a sense of community among them.
# Project Title : SOURCINGALLIANCES.COM
Clients : Global Sourcing Alliances
Tools/Languages : HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 3
My Role : Conceptualization and overall front end designing along with
forms designing.
Project Highlights : Global Sourcing Alliances is a sourcing & procurement company, offering economical sourcing and tactical procurement of goods and services to the international buyers and organizations keeping in mind the quality issue. GSA has an extensive and ever increasing vendor base of quality manufactures dealing in multitude of products ranging from hand crafted exquisite handicrafts to sophisticated health aid equipment.
# Project Title : ADMISSIONGURU.COM
Clients : EEC International Centre for Student Education
Tools/Languages : HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Dreamweaver, Adobe
Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 3
My Role : I have designed all the user interfaces of this
Project besides interacting with client for understanding their project needs.
Project Highlights : This website launched by EEC - Enbee Education Centers, which is a non for profit international student recruitment organization that helps qualified students get admissions in colleges and universities in USA, UK and Australia. Site has detailed courseware for online preparation of various exams for members. Also user can browse through entire colleges and universities in UK/USA/Australia.
# Project Title : MALAYSIAN UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL PORTAL
Clients : Malaysia-Universiti Putra Malaysia-UPM
Tools/Languages : HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Java, JDBC-
Servlet, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 9
My Role : I have made front-end user interface and courseware 85
structure of various colleges in Malaysian University.
Project Highlights : This portal is being designed for all parties involved in the education sector of Malaysia. The portal has a multi platform search-engine and database devices. A student could log in his marks, his area of interest in study and the geographical area where he intends to study. The search engine will scan through the admission criteria of colleges that offer study of his choice and immediately throw up the relevant information. The portal could also be used by administrative authorities to find out student data on various factors like gender, age, location etc. The portal also contains some information related to tourism industry in Malaysia. The portal also boasts of a digital library, news, free e-mail, monthly newsletter etc.
# Project Title : DUPULSE.COM (Delhi University Education Project)
Clients : Delhi University
Tools/Languages : HTML/DHTML/JavaScript, Java, JDBC-
Servlet, Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop, Flash
Team Size : 6
My Role : I was involved from the designing till the
Implementation phase of the project.
Project Highlights : An Educational Portal providing every detail about admission to Delhi University and other colleges in Delhi. Besides this also gives information about other universities such as IGNOU, Jamia etc. The site has features for on-line information on cut-off percentage marks, lists of colleges zone-wise. It also provides information about the subjects offered by each college. This site also has an e-counseling section where a student can get answer to their queries submitted online. The site also offers information on areas of interest to the student community like movies, friendship and latest updates on science and technologies etc.
Publications, CD’s & Presentations:
• Computer Education for NCT, New Delhi, 2002
• O-level book for Department of Electronics, 2001 on Information Technology
• IT Education for Madya Pradesh Schools, 2001
Hobbies and Community Activities:
Participated in “Movement for Child Education-2001” organized by Dr. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Foundation and project is sponsored by “CRY”.
Associated with “ITPACE Programme” organized by Tata Unisys in the year of 1999 for IT literacy for weaker society.
REFERENCES:
Reference and writing samples are available upon request.
Thanking you
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