Nikhil Verma

Last updated June 1st 2010

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NIKHIL VERMA

http://www.nikhil-verma.com

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OBJECTIVE
To work as a Web Designer/Developer where I can use my creativity and experience to provide highly functional, optimized and visually appealing web solutions.

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WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2008 - Present	Bangalore, Karnataka
Web Technologist, AOL, Inc / MediaGlow
Beta.Shopping.aol.com: Developed this website from the USA being the part of a team of 5 developers. The site is built using LAMP using the MVC architecture and uses jQuery. Personals.aol.com: Redesigned the website's front-end from scratch using the jQuery library, responsible for converting Photoshop documents to XHTML/CSS using sprites extensively. Paid special emphasis to the page load and JavaScript optimization. Jobs.aol.com: Helped with the migration and redesign of the website to a new architecture. Shopping.aol.com: Worked on the brands directory section extensively using JSTL. Other: Worked with various API's including Flickr, Twitter, YQL and MapQuest and combined them to develop application demos. Using the Agile/SCRUM Process to work collaboratively with a diverse team across two countries to deliver on the requirements. -
June 2007 - August 2007	Bangalore, Karnataka
Intern (Web Developer), Yodlee, Inc.
Work with a team of 4 to create prototypes like JavaScript module for search-as-you-type feature, Scalable rounded-corner Tabs using CSS and researched about charting applications FE Debugger fixing various CSS and JavaScript related issues Gained insight into ADA compliance -
2005 - 2007	Lucknow, India
Freelancer, Self
Worked with various clients to create solutions using PHP & MySQL, e.g.: maintainable image gallery for a used car salesman, a template based website system with the ability to export pages in PDF Logo Designs for startups Designed UI's for various websites and then converted them to XHTML/CSS -

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KEY STRENGTH
Ability to learn new technologies and frameworks quickly and adapting to coding standards/methods by analyzing existing code. Excellent communication and presentation skills Finding simple and effective solutions to problems Being aware of my limitations and always working towards making myself better.

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SKILLS
DBMS : MySQL Graphic Designing : Adobe Photoshop CS3, 3D Studio Max, ZBrush Web Technologies : jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, XHTML, PHP5, JSP Web Servers : Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat 5.0 Build Tools : Maven API : Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, YQL, MapQuest

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EDUCATION
Dr. M.C. Saxena College of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India, 2004 - 2008
B.Tech in Computer Science
Lucknow Public College, Lucknow, India, 2003 - 2004
ISC in
Lucknow Public College, Lucknow, 2001 - 2002
ICSE in

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PROJECT WORK

Built a GUI Library for C++ applications with complete functionality for Buttons, Lists, Radio Fields, Checkboxes, Text Fields etc

Content Based Image Recognition, a PHP system that can find Images similar in content to the one that user provided, it works by comparing the data of the downsized version of the images from the database

Vision Numérique is a filter-stack based image editor designed with the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT), with multiple file format IO support and extensible filters set. The filter stack can be shuffled in any way desirable to create unique effects

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OTHER INTERESTS
Reading feed subscriptions to various technology and world news related websites Drawing/Sketching A penchant for photography, currently maintaining my photo stream on my flickr page

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