ABHISHEK R KANKANALA   Apt1, 77 Duke Street
Saint John, NB e2l1n4
Phone:506-6932206 Mobile:506-4490521 ForJobz@yahoo.com www.listen.to/resume.html
OBJECTIVE To procure a software/network engineer position in an organization where an extraordinary ability to excel at a varied amount of skills, and a well rounded individual would be needed.
 
TARGET JOB Target Job Title: Network / Software Engineer
Desired Status: Full-Time
Date of Availability: Immediately
Relocate: Yes, Available for work immediately.
 
EXPERIENCE
9/2001-1/2002 FITness Developer, Cspace,              Faculty of Education UNB, Fredericton, NB
Responsible for performing usability analysis, writing  specifications,design,documentation, implementation and testing a web site for International Computer Driving License. Maintained and updated around 300 web based files in the FITness project. Involved in creating Bilingual forms and writing scripts.
 
10/2000-4/2002 Support Consultant,                             Integrated Technology Services. UNB, Fredericton, NB
Ensured the promotion of know-how, and to provide technical support in technical and non-technical environment on the usage of local and network based software, network clients and supported hardware. The assignment (telephone & on-site) involves providing support to approximately 20000 people including students, faculty, staff and alumni.
 
9/2000 - 4/2001 Network Assistant,                         Information Technology Program.   UNB, Fredericton, NB
Deployment of software over peer-to-peer and client/server networks. Involved in the implementation of innovative client/server solutions. Responsible for setup of network for labs, and maintenance of NT based servers. Duties included installation, maintenance and configuration of Windows 2000 server and setup of user accounts and rights.
 
7/2000 -9/2000    Lab Assistant and Coordinator,             Faculty  of Admin.  UNB, Fredericton, NB
Setup and configure new hardware for the faculty and integrate into the existing network. Included stripping down old machines and identifying re-usable parts. Assisted in general maintenance of the lab consisting of nearly 100 computers.
 
5/1999 - 9/1999 Web Master and Designer,             Teaching and Learning Centre. UNB, Fredericton, NB
Created an entire website which included implementation and maintenance of Internet based lists of Journals and Periodicals using extensive PERL and CGI scripting.
 
10/1996 - 8/1997 Technical/Customer Support,           Vajra Consultants.  India
Performed hardware and software trouble shooting and debugging. The job also involved lab setups, problem replication and on-site customer support.

EDUCATION
5/2002 Computer Science,                    University of New Brunswick. Canada               New Brunswick
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Took a number of courses not related to the degree, such as, Cryptography and Computer Security, Database Management systems, Data Communication and Distributed Computing, Compiler Construction, Assembler Language programming with IBM 360, Information Processing, Multimedia Design, Advanced Software Engineering with UML.
 
5/2002 Computer Telephony Integration (CTI), University of New Brunswick. Canada                    New Brunswick
Certification
A certificate program offered by U.N.B in collaboration with Sun,Dialogic Corporation, Genesys Labs and NBTel. The program includes courses such as CTI , Interactive Voice Response Systems, CTI development and application, Data communications etc,.
 
6/2001 Cisco Certified Network Associate,CCNA CISCO Canada               New Brunswick
Certification
Can install, configure, and operate LAN, WAN, and DIAL access services using Switches and Routers in multiprotocol internet works. Ability to provide Level 1 trouble shooting services, and improve network performance and security. Knowledge of protocols: IP, IPX, AppleTalk, Ethernet/Fast Ethernet, IGRP ISDN, Frame Relay, Serial, Multilayer Switching VLAN, Access Lists, remote access servers, OSPF,RIP
 
4/1997 Certificate in Network Applications, Softech International. India                  Andhra Pradesh
Certification
A Fourteen month intensive program that spans network technologies and internet applications. The program also included shell scripting and other applications.
 
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
  • Certified as a "Social Worker" by Rotary Club. 
  • Delivered seminars in 14 villages with the assistance of Rotary Club in an effort to enhance the awareness of the villagers on "Protection of Environment”. Participated five hours a day for the duration of six months in Polio Immunization programs conducted by the federal government of India.
  • Worked 12 hours a week from Jan 1999 to April 2001 as a care-giver to a 92 year-old elderly man.
  • Raised $5000 CAD  for the Gujarat earthquake relief fund.
  • Ranked fourth through out India in "Competition Success Quest" a General Knowledge test, conducted by the Competition Success Journal, 1991.
AFFILIATIONS
  • Member of the International High IQ Society.
  • Vice President of the South Asian Society, one of the  largest cultural societies at U.N.B. Fredericton  1/01- 4/02.
  • President of Indian Student Association at U.N.B Fredericton. 4/00 - 1/01.
  • Founding Vice President of the Indian Student Association at UNBSJ, Became the first international cultural or ethnic group permitted to form a society. 2/98 - 1/99.

REFERENCES:   Available upon request


Skills Offered

Skills

Skill Level

Last Used

Experience

Operating Systems.

 

 

 

Windows  3.X, 9X, 2000, XP, Dos 

Expert

Currently used

1-7 years

Flavors of Unix, Linux, MacOS

Expert

Currently used

 2-5 years

Windows NT/2000 Server,      Novell Netware, LAN

Expert

Currently Used

 2-4 years

Networks and  Protocols.

 

 

 

IP, IPX, AppleTalk.

Expert

Currently used

1-2 years

Ethernet/Fast Ethernet, ISDN, Frame Relay, Serial.

Expert

Currently used

1-2 years

IGRP, OSPF, RIP.

Expert

Currently used

1-2 years

Multi-layer Switching VLAN, Access Lists, remote access servers.

Expert

Currently used

1-2 years

Programming Languages.

 

 

 

Java, VJ++, Visual Basic, UML.

Expert

Currently used

4 years

Assembly Language for IBM360.

Expert

Currently used

4 years

VBScript, JavaScript, PL/SQL, DHTML. 

Expert

Currently used

4 years

C, C++, COBOL, Squeak Smalltalk.

Intermediate

1 year ago

1 year

BASIC, Eiffel98, Haskell, Perl, Scheme48, Shell Script.

Intermediate

1 year ago

1 year

Databases.

 

 

 

ORACLE, MS-SQL Server, Access.

Intermediate

1 year ago

2 years

Data Utilization and Security.

 

 

 

Cryptography and Data Security.

Intermediate

1 year ago

2 years

Intelligent Agents.

Intermediate

1 year ago

1 year

Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Data Marts.

Intermediate

1 year ago

2 years

Multimedia

 

 

 

Adobe Premier, Photoshop

Expert

Currently used

3 years

Macromedia Flash, Fireworks

Expert

Currently used

3 years

Dream weaver, FrontPage

Expert

Currently used

3 years

Director 8.0

Expert

Currently used

3 years

Several other image and web authoring tools

Expert

Currently used

3 years

Software Packages and others

 

 

 

Rational Rose 98i/ Clear case 4.0

Expert

1-2 years ago

2 years

Crystal Reports , ToolBook II publisher

Intermediate

1-2 years ago

1 years