• Start-up enthusiast. Worked in start-ups, well versed w/ start-up culture. • Experience of software development using Core Java, C#.NET, Objective-C, Scripting [Shell, Python], XML. • API/Framework development, Web Services (RESTful/SOAP), .NET assemblies/libraries. • Hands-on PL/SQL, Oracle, JDBC, Hibernate. Worked on SQLite, SQL Mobile, MySQL, SQL Server. • Developer tools such as SVN, Maven, Ant, Jenkins, jUnit, OCUnits. Mocking tools like EasyMock, PowerMock. Code coverage tool like Gcovr. • Profiling of java application using YourKit profiler, Ganglia monitoring system. • Knowledge of Ganglia monitoring system. • Packaging and distribution tools NSIS, InstallAnywhere, Installshield. • Worked on Linux (RHEL, Oracle, Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Windows XP, iOS, Windows Mobile. • Hands-on Application integration including Splunk integration, SAP integration using .NET connector & WAS (SD, MM, FI, CO, HR), Payment Gateway and SMSGateway, .NET assemblies, .NET remoting, Windows Services. • Exposure to hardware interfacing, serial port programming using Core Java & .NET. • Experience in Performance analysis, tuning. • Good understanding of Design Patterns. • Strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills. Experience of handling clients at different geo-locations. • Highly adaptive to a team environment and capable of making decisions and performing tasks on an individual basis. • Having experience in Infrastructure Provisioning Automation, Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Mobility, Physical Asset Tracking (RFID tracking), AIDC. • Worked under different business verticals. Background of SaaS, PaaS model. • Solid customer interaction skills, demonstrated proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals, possess good Inter-Personal skills and International Experience (USA, Indonesia and Thailand). • Project Management : Exposure to Agile methods [SCRUM] and tools [JIRA, Rally]. Acted as SCRUM master.

Senior Software Engineer @ Working on multiple assignments including Infrastructure Provisioning System, Secure SHell File System at Apple Inc, USA. • Business requirement, gap analysis, feasibility study, requirement mapping. • Product’s roadmap. • Delivered presentations to a wide range of customer and partner audiences from executives to Product owners. • Development/Coding includes enhancements, maintenance, bug fixes of the application. • Contributed to four end-to-end product release cycles. KT to application support teams in production. • Defining the structures of solutions and architectures, which include systems, applications, and process components. • Splunk Integration, POC and implementation. • Team management, coordinating w/ teams at different geo-locations. • Actively worked on understanding memory consumption by java process. Performance tuning for java process. • Capacity Planning. • Customizing Maverick SSH server. Mounting NFS using FUSE-GVFS over SSH. From December 2011 to Present (4 years 1 month) San Francisco Bay AreaAssociate Consultant-Engineering @ Worked on SCM, AIDC-RFID system for Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin Company, USA. • Individual contributor to a scrum team working on RFID-edge applications. • Requirement analysis and mapping. • Developing and supporting libraries for RFID tags using Java comm API and JNI. • Contributed to a team efforts on defining the protocol to interpret the data for future RFID tags. Defining I/O data structures. • Working on iOS universal application. From October 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 3 months) Pune Area, IndiaTechnical Team Lead @ Worked on Enterprise Mobility product connecting field forces. • Contributed to a core team, that developed common framework platform of the product. • Bluetooth printing over serial port on mobile devices. • Message interception on mobile devices. • Worked on location based mobile applications. • Requirement analysis and mapping. Preparing blueprints & detailed design documents. • Systems integrations including SAP integration using SAP.NET connector and WAS [SAP web services], Payment gateway integration, SMSGateway integration for bulk messaging. • Team management. • Supported Pre-Sales teams, collaborated Techno-Pre-sales activity. From October 2006 to October 2010 (4 years 1 month) Pune Area, IndiaSenior Software Developer @ I joined Unifine as a fresher starting my industrial training. Worked on a statistical Process/Quality Control Product suite. It is into industrial automation and analysis. It is a Quality-Control S/W product. It has got core 3 modules including FMEA, FTA, ETA. • Individual contributor. • Requirement analysis and mapping. Preparing blueprints. • Developing and exposing the API for integration. • Deployment and Support. From January 2005 to October 2006 (1 year 10 months) Pune Area, India

Master of Science (MS), Computer Science @ University of Pune From 2003 to 2005 Varad Thakur is skilled in: System Design, Web Services, C++, Java, ASP.NET, Integration, Requirements Analysis, .NET, SaaS, Agile Methodologies, Software Project Management, Testing, SAP, Software Development, Requirements Gathering