Technology

Languages / Frameworks

• Java (Certified), Kotlin, SWIFT, Python

• JBOSS-FUSE, EAP, Django, WAS & WESB

• Android SDK, X Code, Hybrid Platforms.

Web Development/ Services

• HTML5, CSS 3, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX

• RESTful Web Services (JBOSS FUSE, Django, Node.js) JSON-RPC, WSDL, SOAP

• Express, Angular

Web Servers

• Tomcat Server, Apache, JBoss Server

• RedHat OpenShift, AWS.

Databases

• SQL (Oracle, MySQL)

• SQLite, mongoDB, MS Access

• MongoDB, Red Hat Data Grid

• Dynamo DB

Tools / Processes / Extras

• Android Studio, XCode, Eclipse, IntelliJ, WingIDE 4.x, RAD 8.x.

• JUnit, PyUnit, Soap UI 4.x., Aspectj, Monkeyrunner, Robotium.

• CA Agile Central, Atlassian Tools, HP Quality Center, Crucible Reviews, DevOps CI/CD Tools like Jenkins, OpinionLab, HockeyApp, Firebase.

• SVN, GIT.

Mobile Apps

myCigna Mobile App gives you an easy way to organize and access your important health information (American Business Awards finalist) Press Release Click Here.

Cigna Wellbeing helps global companies that are struggling with complex issues of employee health, productivity, absenteeism & medical cost containment. Press Release Click Here.

WinstonQED is a solution designed to drive employee engagement in UK region. It provides access to a range of virtual health services that complement the NHS, including virtual GP. Bloomberg Report Click Here.

Coach by Cigna is a free service that brings together a team of health experts and helps you focus on key lifestyle activities. This is a joint venture with Samsung. Press Report Click Here.

Cigna Envoy helps expatriates in managing health benefits and submitting claims on the go. Press Report Click Here.

ShopBee shows you where the retail sales are for fashion in your local neighborhood.

HealthTracker App calculates a rank of the user based on his daily habits.

Craigslist Auto Search utilizes SEMANTIFI’s meaning based search platform to search and deliver highly relevant search results compared to keyword or natural language processing (NLP) search engines.

TORi (TeluguOne Radio) offers 11 channels of musical & talk entertainment 24/7.

Work Experience

Software Engineering Director

Cigna, Bloomfield. Jan.'19 - Present Responsible for overall leadership of Mobile & Web Application development teams within Digital IT at Cigna.  Manage five specialized developer teams consisting of: 1. iOS (iPhone) App development, 2) Android App development, 3) Angular Web development, 4) Digital APIs and 5) Data Services. Activities include

Application Development Director

Cigna, Bloomfield. Nov.'16 - Dec.’18 Program Leadership with management responsibilities over 45+ software engineers. Managed all aspects of Mobile Application development activities, budget, personnel, and teams (local and remote), including i) developing, releasing, and maintaining software, ii) policies and procedures that produce high-quality software iii) strategic and tactical technical leadership and iv) support of the business strategic software resourcing. This includes applications, architecture, systems, framework, services, UI/UX and other software development facets of the software products and its related technologies.

IT PRINCIPAL - Delivery Lead (Mobile ASG)

Cigna, Bloomfield. Jun.'14 - Oct.’16 Principal Technologist directing functional teams involved in the analysis, design, development and implementation of large-scale IT development projects. Responsible for delivery of projects within committed time and budget and integrate with other projects as necessary. As a member of the Mobile ASG lead team, collaborate to align development activities to business strategy, ensuring all resource and work planning is completed to deliver projects on time and within budget.

Application Delivery Manager - Web API's

Cigna, Bloomfield. Oct.'13 - May. '14 Lead API developer responsible for implementing proposed architecture and design patterns; facilitating Architectural meetings with technical leadership team and drive decisions. Responsibilities include managing large code base, ensuring teams adherence to development guidelines, driving decisions on technology stack and partnering with other technical leads to create new innovative solutions.

Android Developer (Sr. Specialist - Mobility)

Cognizant, Hartford. Feb.'12 - Oct. '13 Senior developer responsible for delivering Native Mobile Apps. Active contributor in extensive code development for Android using Java. Apps involved integration with enterprise web services in JSON and SOAP formats. Implemented custom UI in Apps of varying form-factors. Involved in active research on new mobile solutions to address a variety of use-cases. 

Software Developer - Mobile Apps

ONTINC, Atlanta . Jun.'10 - Jan.'12 Lead developer for a group of talented android developers. Together we developed number of applications (Ex: Health Tracker App, ShopBee, Craigslist Auto Search, Tori ) for various clients. Activities include Conceptualization, design, develop and deployment of applications for android based mobile phones using Native and Hybrid technologies. 

Web Developer

UTMB & UHCL, Houston. Aug. '09 - Jun. '10 Worked as Web Developer at Institute for Translational Sciences UTMB. Developed a web tool prototype to reveal complex relationships in numerous biomedical datasets. Used new web technologies like HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to generate dynamic charts with rich interactive content. During the same period, several contributions were made as a Server Administrator in University of Houston.