I am a masters student in Software Engineering at CMU. I concentrate my time on software methods, software design techniques, mobile and the web. I like a challenge to develop and deploy a software system.

Teaching Assistant @ TAing for the graduate course Software Verification, Validation and Testing. https://www.ece.cmu.edu/courses/items/18654SV.html From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Software Engineering Intern @ - Built and published the company's iOS offering from the ground up - Worked on server-side web technologies: Python, Django, MySQL From May 2015 to August 2015 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaGraduate Assistant @ Developing collaborative features for Vistrails. The end product (a plugin to Vistrails) will allow collaboration between scientists working simultaneously on a single workflow. From September 2014 to May 2015 (9 months) Software Engineer @ Responsible for forming and leading an offshore engineering team for Kidaptive (http://kidaptive.com/) - Hired mobile engineers - Lead the engineering for a suite of iOS apps and games From April 2012 to June 2014 (2 years 3 months) Software Engineer @ - Worked on enterprise level efficient telecom software. - As a fresher single handedly updated and tested a bridge over NBI module which supplies network data to Ciena's proprietary network design software for Ciena's new packet optical platform 6500. - Discovered and fixed several bottlenecks in the module leading to several magnitudes of improved efficiency. From July 2011 to April 2012 (10 months) Gurgaon, IndiaApplication Developer @ Developed strategies for developing a Canvas based modeling system based upon ASCEND. The work focussed more on finding and developing the right solving process. Envisioned features, developed use cases, planned development, and successfully coded majority of the tasks planned on the Canvas based modeler for ASCEND. - Focussed on enhancing usability and functionality of the component - Developed new UI features like Undo/Redo, Save/Restore - Added complex thermodynamic models to the Canvas From May 2011 to August 2011 (4 months)

Master's Degree, Computer Software Engineering, 3.7 @ Carnegie Mellon University, Silicon Valley From 2014 to 2015 BE, Instrumentation @ Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology From 2007 to 2011 Army Public School Delhi From 2005 to 2007 Grivan Thapar is skilled in: C, Python, Android, Java, J2EE, Cocos2d, iOS, Game Development, Objective-C, Java Enterprise Edition, Xcode, Android Development, iOS development, iPhone, Game Programming