Technical Skills: Programming Languages: C, Java, Python Operating systems: Linux/Unix, Cisco IOS, Cisco NXOS Network technologies: Multi Protocol Labeled Switching (MPLS), Label Distribution Protocol, Routing Protocols, TCP/IP, IPv4, DHCP, DNS, Software Driven Networks (SDN), Identity Based Networking Services, Content Distribution Networks (CDN) Web technologies: HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, Javascript, ASP .NET Others: Cisco Open Network Environment Platform Kit (onePK), API set development, In-memory DB, Testing, GNU Debugger (GDB), GIT, ElasticSearch

Research Assistant @ Research Assistant at D'Amore-McKim School of Business. Working with Prof. Kwong Chan from marketing department. Working on data extraction from multiple websites to be used for machine learning and sentiment analysis. From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Greater Boston AreaSoftware Engineer @ Worked on development of Identity Service Set (SDK) to be used with Cisco devices. This service set is part of Cisco Open Network Environment Platform Kit (ONE-PK) and exposes APIs which can be used by app developers to develop applications to leverage the Identity Services provided by Cisco Switches or directly control these devices. SDK supports applications in C, Java and Python. Also, worked on Identity based networking services. The main role involves development, maintenance and sustenance of the software running on Cisco switches responsible for the user session management and policy handling for these sessions. From October 2012 to July 2014 (1 year 10 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaSoftware Engineer @ Worked on Label Distribution Protocol used in Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) on Cisco IOS and NXOS. From October 2011 to October 2012 (1 year 1 month) Bengaluru Area, IndiaSenior Software Engineer @ Involved in end-to-end testing activities of the platform software being used by a range of Huawei's network devices. Involves mainly API testing using C as programming language. Also involved in automated testing activities. Mainly involved in API testing of the in-memory database developed in-house which is an important module of the platform software. Other modules being handled are FTP, NTP, SNTP. Also involved in development of Debug framework for the in-memory database. This framework will be useful for the technical support team to troubleshoot and precisely locate the errors/bugs. From April 2011 to October 2011 (7 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaTechnical Associate @ Worked on Cisco Systems' product called Cisco Network Registrar. Involved in feature development, maintainence and sustenence of protocol servers like DHCP, DNS and SNMP. Also, involved in webUI development and CNRSDK development in JAVA. From July 2008 to March 2011 (2 years 9 months)

Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science @ Northeastern University From 2014 to 2016 BE, Computer Science and Engineering, GPA: 3.68 / 4.0 @ Visvesvaraya Technological University From 2004 to 2008 Akshay Battaje is skilled in: Linux, TCP/IP, C, Java, Python, Core Java, Cisco IOS, Networking, Cisco Technologies, Routing Protocols, MPLS, DNS, Information Retrieval, ElasticSearch, Servers