1. Premal Shah
Hanover, MD
Email: shah.premal@gmail.com
Objective:
To obtain a role as technical lead in the field of application development.
Background:
Develop, implement, and test software solution for business applications. Have fourteen years of experience in
developing, implementing and maintaining enterprise software systems. Experience in the entire project
lifecycle including requirements analysis, general design, detail design, build, and test. I have formal education
in software design as well industry experience in applying those principals to business solutions.
I have has worked in several consulting firms where I have gained important client interaction and business
management skills. Currently, I am working as a team lead for a group of software developers.
Citizenship: US Citizen
Senior IT Specialist, IBM Corporation, MD
September 2011-Present
Project1: Technical Team Lead for Data warehouse Component of Project
• Manage a team of data analytics and Informatica, and Oracle OBIEE developers to implement new
functionality to the existing data warehousing application.
• Managed a data warehouse application with billions of records, in a 24/7 system with low tolerance for
failure and very high performance requirements.
• Work with the business analysts, test team, and across site to solve problems in the existing application
or develop new functionality.
• Consistently deliver new functionality on time with a low error rate.
Project 2: Senior Java Developer
• Ported the entire WEB application to websphere from JBOSS This included a significant
effort to understand the configuration settings of Websphere application server as well as
change modify some code/setting that were not compatible.
• Worked on the middle tier with a new framework for the MVC as well as mentor team
members that were inexperienced in the framework (Spring, JPA).
Software Engineer, L3 Corporation
November 2008 –March 2011
Project 1:
The client had an existing legacy and proprietary solution that they wanted to replace with industry standard
J2EE technology. The project involved understanding the client’s requirement for the new application as well as
working with them to add new functionality. The data model was also changed from an emphasis on stored
procedures to ORM mapping via Hibernate. Helped to enhance security by connecting to an LDAP server via
Spring Security, also prototyped an integration with Crystal Reports and BIRT reports.
Project 2:
The customer wanted to add enhancement to an existing warehouse fulfillment system. The challenges in this
task included understanding poorly documented legacy code as well as a lack of testing framework. The
enhancements allowed the customer to better perform the warehouse tasks.
Core Technologies: J2EE, Spring, Spring remoting, Spring Security, LDAP, Oracle, Spring Webflow, Web
Services

2. Advisory IT Specialist, IBM Corporation, Columbia, MD
October 2006-November 2008
Brief Job Narrative:
The application involved developing a web application to support the US government client. Worked on two
phases of the application in which I helped to developed web based applications for use by call center
employees to gather data. The applications were written in JAVA with significant integration with the Spring
framework and hibernate. Developed code across the entire application where I assisted in implementing the
front end logic as well as the business and database layer. In the second phase of the project, I also assisted in
the design, and analysis of requirements.
In addition to his technical tasks, I acted as leader when the team lead was not on site. I was able to manage
the team as well as the relationships between the development team and the testing and business analysts.
• Lead Developer for the customer data interface.
• Collaborated across the entire application across all layers including the front end as well as the
business layers.
• Worked extensively with the client as well as technical partners to solve the business problems with an
appropriate technology stack.
• Mentored and lead team in the absence of the team lead.
• Consulting training.
Core Technologies: Spring, JAVA, Hibernate, IBM Websphere, J2EE, MQ, Webservices.
Developed XML marshalling framework from java objects
Senior Programmer, Accenture Technology Solutions, Reston, VA
January 2006-October 2006
Developer for an online application to track logistical information for the United States Postal Service. I was
involved in implementing a detail design as well as various modules for the application. The modules were
written in Java utilizing JSP technology for the user interface. Successfully utilized the enterprise architecture to
build a multi tiered web application. Other responsibilities included developing a test plans and conditions as
well as performing functional unit tests using JUNIT.
Developer, Overture Corp Bethesda, MD
October 2005-November 2005 (short term Contract employee)
• Worked on existing JAVA software to make enhancements and fix bugs.
• Deployed J2EE applications on client site.
Analyst, HPTI Corporation, Reston, VA
March 2004-April 2005
• Develop and maintain a large scale payment management system, including modification and
functionality enhancements in the Java programming language.
• Maintain many aspects of the application including working with PKI technology and XML.
• Analyzed and helped to develop a systems security plan.
Software Engineer I, AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley ,MD
December 2001-December 2003
• Developed a Logistical tracking and support system throughout the lifecycle including initial planning,
developing, testing, and demonstration. The software was developed in MS Pocket PC 2002 and visual
C++.
• Tracked requirements along with developing and using test cases and the Doors tool.
• Experience with RFID and barcode development and use.
• Collaborated with a large-scale software team involving the development of air traffic Control Simulation
environment in Visual C++.
• Developed new software as well as modifying existing software elements to resolve bugs or modified
requirements from the customer.
• Assisted in software configuration management.

3. Education:
MS, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
Training:
• PMI-CAPM Certification (11/2009-2014) Trained in the fundamentals of Project Management (PM)
• Certified Scrum Master (4/23/2012)