1. Akash Nishar 480-692-1091 https://github.com/nisarakash
anishar@asu.edu www.linkedin.com/in/akashnishar
SUMMARY
A computer science student with over one year experience in Software Development. In-depth understanding of data
structures, algorithms and object oriented principles. Self-motivated and great team player with excellent
communication and interpersonal skills. Looking full-time opportunity to work in a challenging environment.
EDUCATION
Master of Science - Computer Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ – GPA: 3.85 / 4.0 Expected Dec 2016
Relevant Courses: Distributed Database Systems, Distributed Software Development, Big Data Technologies, Design
and Analysis of Algorithms, Software Security, Software Verification Validation and Testing
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Engineering, CHARUSAT, India –GPA:3.5/4.0 May 2013
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Languages and Technologies: Java, JavaScript, Python, C#, HTML5, CSS3, XML, JSON, AJAX
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Oracle 10g
Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate, AngularJS, JMS, Bootstrap, REST, J2EE, JUnit
Distributed Environment: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, ElasticSearch
Tools: Tomcat Server, Maven, Jenkins, JMeter, SOAPUI, Git, SVN, CodeCover
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Developer Intern, Choice Hotels, Phoenix, Arizona June 2015 – August 2016
Technologies: Java, Spring MVC, Hibernate, MySQL, ActiveMQ, Microsoft Visio, Jenkins
 Designed and implemented a prototype for handling shared session on a proxy server. Used Singleton Pattern which
increased the performance by 70%. Developed test cases using JMeter for performance metric.
 Researched with system architects to create and implement an interactive visualization of the existing service
architecture of Choice Hotels ecosystem using D3.js.
 Involved in all stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and worked in Agile Model to meet timelines.
Assistant System Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Ahmedabad, India February 2014 – July 2014
Technologies: Java, MySQL, JavaScript, Spring MVC, BootStrap, CSS
 Worked on the delivery and inventory tracking module for TCS iON, a cloud-based application to customers to
manage orders, and inventory which decreased human efforts by 50%.
 Collaborated with notification module team to implement a system, which provides real-time alerts to customers.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Techy Q&A Discussion Forum Spring 2016
 Implemented a web-based discussion forum in Java using Spring MVC framework and deployed on OpenShift
platform. Implemented features like video upload facility using YouTube API and peer challenge environment.
SQL Injection prevention using Proxy Server Spring 2016
 Developed a SQL Injection Prevention library in Java and mounted on a multi-threaded proxy server which
processes request between different web servers and MySQL server to defend the first order SQL Injections.
Geospatial Operations on Distributed System Spring 2015
 Configured and managed a Hadoop cluster. Implemented complex geospatial operations on Java using Apache
Spark’s API. Estimated factors like Network cost, Memory utilization on all the nodes of the clusters using Ganglia.
Know Your City Fall 2014
 Implemented a WCF web service based application in C# that provide details such as nearest stores, upcoming
events and various information based on zip code of the city by fetching data from the various public repository.
Hotel Booking System Fall 2014
 Implemented a console-based application in C# for hotel room booking system using multithreading, event-driven
programming, multi-cell buffer, and semaphore.
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Secured 8th
rank all over India in National Creativity and Aptitude Test (NCAT), 2012.
 Top 50 among all U.S. university students that participated in Moody’s Analytics University Code Sprint Challenge.