## BIO
**Ruchir Jha**
**<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">SUMMARY:</font>** <font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="2"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "2">Systems engineer with over 3 years of experience in a research and development role.</font></font>
**<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Education:</font>**
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">University of Pennsylvania</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1">May, 2010</font></font>***
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Master of Science in Engineering in Computer and Information Science</font> ***<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1">GPA 3.6</font></font>***
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Nirma Institute of technology, Gujarat University</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="3"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="3">J</font></font><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2">une, 2005</font></font>***
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology</font> ***<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1">GPA 3.8</font></font>***
**<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Skills</font><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size="1"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size="1">:</font></font> **<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">Programming Languages: Java, J2EE, Python</font></font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Operating Systems</font>*<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size= "1">:</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Windows, Unix.</font>
**Courses Taken:**
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Spring 09:</font> **<font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">CIS 555 Internet and Web Systems, EAS 545 Engineering Entrepreneurship, CIS</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">505 Software Systems.</font>
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Fall 08 :</font> **<font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">CIS 502 Analysis of Algorithms, CIS 550 Databases and Information Systems, CSE 477</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Mathematical Techniques in Natural Language Processing.</font>
**Work experience:**
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - Systems Programmer</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2">Aug 08 - now</font>***
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Developing a backend for one of the school’s research projects called “SPORE†that deal with identifying</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">relevant genes in the human genotype that lead to Skin Cancer.</font>
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">International Business Machines Software Labs - Systems Engineer</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2">Dec 06 – Jul 08</font>***
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Researched and designed scenarios that tested interoperability between strategic IBM software products.</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">These scenarios have assisted IBM customers in successful adoption of Service Oriented Architecture</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">strategies for their Software Infrastructure.</font>
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Hewlett Packard- Communications, Media & Entertainment Division –</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2">Jul 05 - Dec 06</font></font>***
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Systems Engineer</font>**
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Developed a Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) based</font> ***<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1"><font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="1">Context Manager</font></font> ***<font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">component for HP’s Service</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Delivery Platform. This component serves as a policy gateway for mobile subscribers accessing data</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">services provided by Network Operators.</font>
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Hewlett Packard Communications, Media & Entertainment</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT" size="2">Jan 05 - Jul 05</font>***
**<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT" size= "2">Division – Industrial Internship</font>**
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">Designed & Developed a Java based</font> ***Tool for Quality Assurance ***<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">which interpreted test specifications</font></font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">written by testers to generate executable test routines. Achieved close to 30 % productivity gains for software</font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">testers by comparing test specifications to eliminate duplicate test cases.</font>
**<font face= "TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Publications</font>**
*<font face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size= "1">A Routing Algorithm inspired from a Distributed Multi-Agent System – The Ant Colony</font> *<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1"><font face="TimesNewRomanPSMT" size= "1">in the</font></font>
<font face= "TimesNewRomanPSMT" size="1">conference proceedings of 19</font>
## Area of Expertise
Java, J2EE, Web Services, XML
