ASHWINI LAD

ashwinilad.net@gmail.com
973-452-7927

QUALIFICATIONS:
 7+ years of experience in developing, implementing Web Applications, Windows Applications and products
using Visual Studio 2012/2010/2008, C#.NET, ASP.NET, Team Foundation Server (TFS), .NET
Framework, MS SQL Server 2012/2008/2005 with N-tier development environment.
 Experience in design, development and implementation of Web Applications using .NET Framework
Architecture includes C#.NET, WinForms, ASP.NET, AJAX, Web Services, WCF, ADO.NET, XML, Data
Entity Framework and Visual Studio.
 Proficiency in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for development process.
 Experience in designing and developing the applications using MVC design patterns.
 Hands on experience in developing applications to access data and data services in ADO.NET.
 Knowledge of XML technologies such as XML/XSL, DTD, XML Schema, SOAP, DOM, and Web-Services.
 Experience in implementing client side Java Script, JQuery, HTML, DHTML and CSS.
 Developed UI using ASP.NET server side controllers, HTML controls, CSS, JavaScript and JQuery.
 Extensive working experience with different methodologies like Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall model.
 In-depth knowledge in SQL Server 2012/2008/2005 with technologies such as Stored Procedures, Triggers,
Views and Transact SQL.
 Technical Expertise in Object- Oriented Analysis/ Design using C#.NET.
 Experience using AJAX to create interactive web applications.
 Used LINQ for executing queries against a database in an object oriented manner.
 Used Entity Framework to support the development of data-oriented software applications.
 Experience in using various test cases and performing unit testing and integration testing.
 Basic knowledge in Telerik which is a windows-based software testing tool for web.
 Experience in Telerik in using its controls for rich data visualization in developing applications.
 Knowledge in Silverlight for writing and running rich internet applications.
 Silverlight uses XAML instead of CSS and in terms of concepts about styling the pages both are similar but the
properties of XML elements are strongly typed.
 Real time experience in working with Project Managers, Business Analysts and Systems Architects and having
ability to translate business requirements into system functionality to deliver the quality software product.
 Excellent Logical, Analytical, Communication and inter-personal skills with exceptional ability to learn new
concepts/ fast learner with complex systems and a good team player, quick problem solver and ability to
perform at high level to meet deadlines.
 Capable of working in group as well as independently with sense of responsibility and ownership.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
.Net Technologies: .NET Framework 3.5/4.0/4.5, C#, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Web Services,
XML, WCF, Visual Studio 2008/2010/2012
Operating Systems: MS Windows 2000 Server, MS Windows XP, MS Windows NT 4.0
Tools & Technologies: Visual Studio.NET 2008/2010/2012, SQL Server Integration Services
(SSIS), Visual Studio 6.0, TFS
Web/Application Servers: IIS 6.0/7.0
Web Development: ASP.NET, XML, XSL, JavaScript, HTML/DHTML, CSS
RDBMS: MS SQL Server 2012/2008/2005, MS Access, Oracle
Languages: C#, HTML, XML, TSQL, PL/SQL
Reporting Tool: Crystal Reports

EDUCATION:
 BS, Towson University, MD, USA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Nov ’12 – Present, Client: Canyon News, Beverly Hills, CA.

.NET Developer

Project: Redesign web pages for News, Advertisement and Media kit for Denver Inquirer and San Francisco News
Websites. Worked with a highly talented team, finished and delivered all designs before the deadlines and
effectively communicated with team lead and other team members during the daily conference calls
 Responsibilities:
 Involved in designing User Interface and Prototypes for the application using ASP.NET.
 Responsible for developing Application using ASP.NET, MVC 3.0 and C#.
 MVC 3.0 helps in partial a view which is a user control and it is embedded inside other view.
 Involved in doing the easy way of validations in MVC by using data annotations.
 Developed a Razor view engine using MVC because it is light weight and has simple syntaxes.
 Used UML for designing the application.
 Designed WebForms using different HTML controls.
 Used Validation controls for corresponding validations used in Forms for business logic purposes.
 Responsible in developing Stored Procedures, Views, Indexes, Scripts for database transactions on MS
SQL Server 2008.
 Used jQuery for HTML manipulations on the client side which provides the validations.
 Used Ajax for creating quick web pages which provides a rich user experience and responsive interface.
 HTTP based web services was used by JSON to return data back to the client.
 Used Lambda expressions to create delegates or expression tree types.
 Responsible for developing WCF services using C#. The application uses and exposes the web services.
 Created reusable Partial views and used them in the user interface.
 Responsible for developing Layout, Nested Layout pages using CSS style sheets to provide common
layout and allows interacting with all the controls.
 Responsible in using JQuery for Client Side Validations and Slideshow, Calling the Controller Actions and
making calls to the WCF Services.
 Used Telerik for supporting windows-based software testing tool for browser.
 Telerik can be used in both client-side and server side technology.
 Used Silverlight to create a user control and embed it to the HTML page using object tag.
 The project went through all the steps using SDLC like requirements gathering, analysis, design,
implementation, coding, testing and deployment.
 N-unit was used for testing methods, classes, assemblies and properties at the developer side.
 Coordinate with QA Team for Unit Testing and Integration Testing using different modules.

Environment: Visual Studio 2010/12, ASP.NET, MVC 3.0, C#, WCF Services, CSS, Design Patterns, MS
SQL Server 2008, Entity Framework, JSON, Jquery.

Aug ‘11 – Oct ’12, Client: Free-to-Form, Los Angeles, CA.

.NET Developer

Project: Pre-Populate Applications

The scope of this project implements the ability to populate data from a quote into a group and employee
application form documents. This system allows user to specify products from the quote that will be pulled into the
application forms. User will have ability to select supplemental forms and generate electronic version of application
forms real-time. This will extract group, member and product from existing quotes. The data will be passed to FTF
dialogue for placement on the application forms.

Responsibilities:
 Studied and did analysis of requirement and existing system documents
 Agile methodology is used in software development to help business respond to unpredictability.
 Involved in design and development of the application in ASP.NET and wrote C# classes
 Participated in the meetings, analyzed requirements, designed the web page according to the requirements
and gave presentation of the web site
 Used UIP architecture as per the Humana standards
 Used C# class libraries to develop components
 Developed all the Business Logic for all the modules in a separate Business Layer in C# and this was
implemented using WCF and consumed external web services
 Developed Data Access Components to access the SQL database.
 Developed the User Controls and Custom Controls in C# to reuse the user interface in Web Forms and
also raise the events by Delegates
 Extensively used DTO (Data Transformation Object) for communicating between different layers in
application like Data Access Layer (DAL) and Business Logic Layer (BLL).
 Implemented the State Management to improve the performance of the application
 Used Grid view and Repeater controls for data presentation on the UI pages
 Used TFS version control
 Implemented JQuery for client side sorting and implemented for custom formatting on columns
 Implemented synchronous AJAX methods to validate server side using JQuery and JavaScript
  Client side validations were taken care by using Java Script
 Used AJAX Control toolkit for modal popup controls, Expand collapse extenders and ASP.NET AJAX
update panels
 Used LINQ to objects to query the objects in components and UI layer
 Implemented asynchronous calls to send the request to external service to generate the PDF files
 Developed SSIS package for data load into SQL Server tables from Excel as a data source
 Implemented transaction history for information retrieval
 Created Tables and Stored Procedures on SQL Server 2008 database
 Prepared Technical specification document for the project
 Working as a Team lead for this project. This includes analysis, design, coding, preparing specifications for
the team members and guiding them
 Created test plans and performed unit and regression testing on the application
 Involved in deployment process

Environment: C#, ASP.NET 3.5, .NET Class Libraries, Visual Studio.NET 2010, TFS, JavaScript, ADO.NET,
Web Services, WCF, IIS, CSS, SQL Server 2008, SSIS, JQuery and AJAX Control toolkit

Jan ’10 – Jul ’11, Client: NRT Coldwell Banker, Burnett, MN

.NET Developer

PROJECT DESC: NRT LLC's Web Services Division develops and maintains Coldwell Banker Real Estate
marketing web applications used by the customers worldwide. Web Services Division is responsible for
development and maintenance of all Metro websites across U.S.A. Common Code Base project abstracts the
common code for all Metro Websites. This is an Agile (scrum) methodology project.

Responsibilities:
 Analyzed the requirements and prepared the technical and functional specification documents.
 Designed and implemented user-interface screens using .Net technologies: ASP.Net and C#.Net
 Designed the application as 3-tier architecture with extensive use of Object Oriented Programming
Techniques.
 Different Cache mechanism was implemented in web pages.
 Performed unit testing and system integration testing.
 Generated proxy and consumed Web Service.
 Configured web configuration file for application as well as IIS settings.
 Incorporated business logic in C#.Net and handled database transactions using ADO.NET.
 Designed database in MS-SQL and created stored procedures, functions, views to reduce complexity of
front-end SQL queries and triggers to enforce entity relationships.
 Implemented ADO.Net, SQL Client objects like Command, Data Adapter, Dataset, and Data Reader for
database connection and executed database queries to interact with SQL Server
 Handled all the change requests, code defects and Data Configuration Bugs in Production.
 Build scripts to alter related tables, triggers and stored procedures.
 Involved in Unit testing of the application and fixing the defects raised.

Environment: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, C#, HTML, XSLT, XHTML, XML, SQL Server 2005, IIS,
Microsoft Enterprise Library 3.1, Component Art 3.0, AJAX

Jul ’08 – Dec ’09, Client: Kennedy Krieger Institute, MD.

Web Developer

Project: Worked in areas such as Mobile Application Development, E-commerce website development, web
enablement, product development, product migrations, web applications etc

Responsibilities:
 Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients.
 Involved in Requirement gathering, Functional and technical specification.
 Used N-tier architecture for presentation, Business and Data Access Layers and coded using C#.
 Coding and debugging using ASP.NET and C#.NET
 Developed Web forms using ASP.Net server controls and validated input using Java Script.
 Used ADO.Net objects such as Data Adapter, Data Reader and Dataset for data access.
 Writing Database routines, stored procedures and fixing up standard specifications.
 Involved in testing – NUnit testing.
 Creating Reports using Crystal Report for the reports needed by Middle Office, Back Office users.
  Identified, researched, investigated, analyzed, defined and documented business processes.
 Involved in Enhancing the Business Layer to provide more interfaces and functions needed
 Used a hybrid of waterfall model and incremental as the SDLC.

Environment: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET, Web Services, C#. NET, Visual Studio .NET 2003, JavaScript,
HTML, DHTML, Crystal Reports, SQL Server 2000

Jul ’07 – Jun ’08, Client: WPOC Clear Channel Radio, Baltimore, MD.
Application Programmer

Project: Performance Metrics

This project is meant to offer a method to capture metrics, scorecards and strategic initiatives for use by Agencies,
and Executive Office.

Responsibilities:
 Involved in Developing and performing Unit Testing of the application.
 Writing the code behind the classes for business and data access using ASP.NET.
 Created Web User controls for the application.
 Involved in writing stored procedures and UDF's in MS SQL Server 2000 database.
 Involved in creating Dynamic controls using client script and code behind.
 Writing script for validations using JavaScript and regular expressions.
 Involved in enhancing the application for the change requests given by the client.
 Communicating with the client on daily basis.
 Sharing the technical and functional knowledge with the team members.
 Handling the performance issues in the application and data base.
 Involved in Exception Handling in the application
 Involved in Configuration of the build Process.
 Fixing issues and Enhancements based on the Change Request.

Environment: ASP.NET, MS SQL SERVER 2000, ADO.NET, Visual studio 2003, HTML, JavaScript,
WebForms, Windows services, MySQL.