Mehta P.

ABOUT ME

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Current : Self employed(CS Tech Solutions)

Company Description: Having the team of 8 including PHP programmers(5), ios developers(1), android developers(2).


PROJECT MANAGER / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LEAD:

Experienced project manager with 12 years success in promoting website strategic vision through strategy, design and architecture. Innovative professional with proven ability to identify, analyze, and solve problems to increase customer satisfaction.

Experience Summery :

Cumulative industry Experience : 12 years
PHP experience : 6+ years
Dot Net experience : 4 years
VC++ experience :8 months
ASP experience : 2 years


As a Product Development Lead : 2 years
As a Project manager: 3.8 years
As a Team leader : 2 years and 8 months

TECHNICAL SKILL SET:

• Worked on Programming Languages : ASP, VC++,VB, PHP, Asp.net C#
• Database : SQL ,MS-Access, Oracle, SQL Server, Mysql
• Scripting Languages: HTML, DHTML,VB script, Java Script, JQuery
• Open Source : Zend framework, Smarty, Vivvo , Wordpress ,code ignitor
MANAGEMENT SKILL SET:

• Can lead team consisting of large number
• Can manage whole cycle of product development from gathering requirement to deliver product
• Conducting Placement/campus drive activities/interviews


Past Employer: STAAH hotel software pvt ltd

Company Description: Staah is specialists in cloud based hotel booking engine, channel manager and website tech for hotels, motels, apartments, resorts, B&Bs, guest houses, hostels and vacation rentals.

Designation: Product Manager/Connectivity manager
Duration: Jan 2016 to till date
Role:
• Analysis of issues reported by customers and coordinate with various department to get those resolved
• Communication with new OTAs and manage channel integration till the delivery.


Previous Employer: MVIX India
Company Description: It is digital signage company where we sell devices across US and
developing various products(PHP/JAVA/MYSQL/JQUERY/AJAX/XML)
for the same. We have 2500+ devices on the field and approx 1000+
clients across the US. Products were developed in codeigniter and
open cart.
Designation: Product Development Lead
Duration: Oct,2013 to Dec,2015
Role:
• Leading the PHP and testing team consists of junior/sr developer/testers/team leaders.
• Product management –
o Managing products : XHIBIT, Sigange Creator, Kiosk,Digital School Menu,BrandSignage developed in CODE IGNITOR/OPENCART
o My responsibility included releasing product at interval of two months when planned.
o Performed dedicated server migration, load balancing with separating script to two servers, New UI implementation for XHIBIT.
o Xhibit is most comprehensive product where all devices ping to CMS(XHIBIT PRODUCT) site every 2 minutes to get schedule to play on device by JAVA program rest on device. Product consists of 34 widgets and many more other functionality.
o Managing ticket resolution for LEVEL 2 support to satisfy our customer by leading flow of work.
o Review the code and managing SVN.
o Attending conference/meetings with US sales/support team
o Managing some HR activities to issue certificates for the employees, sanctioning leaves for employees, conducting placement/interviews, Monitoring punchin/punchout for the employees etc

• Requirement gathering/analysis/planning for UX/UI of the requirement
• Assigning the work to team members and resolving their problems in programming.
• Recruiting programmers/Handling placement activities for campus drive by conducting exams, interviews
• Client communication.


Freelance Experience : from oct 2011 to 2013 , working as freelancer in dot net and php

Previous Employer: iTact Solutions, surat
Designation: Project Manager
Duration: 3rd Nov,2008 to 22nd Oct, 2011
Role:
• Worked initially 1 and half year as project manager of Dot Net(C#) / PHP Team (worked as Dedicated resource of Italy based company) and Provided project leadership to 6 employees for website production, including budget control, production timetable, status reporting, client/project team coordination and quality assurance.
• Totally switched to PHP since a year as project manager along with programming(smarty, wordpress, zencart,vivvo, worked on many travel portals, newspapers site, shopping cart, cms, opensource customization, Yellow pages sites)
• Communicating with client and understanding designing requirement/Project scope, Preparing specification document, Database design, Programming, Quality testing.
• Assigning the work to team members and resolving their problems in programming.
• Recruiting programmers/Designers for the company by conducting exams, interviews

Previous Employer: August Infotech (Web development firm), Surat
Designation: Team Leader.
Duration: 1st oct,2006 to 30th oct,2008
Platform Worked: PHP and Dot Net(C#)
Role: Programming/leading the projects(smarty), making specification documents,
being the part of recruitment process.

Previous Employer: Smart Infosys.net (Web development firm), Surat
Designation: Team Leader.
Duration: 17th may,2005 to 24th aug,2006 (1 yr,3 months)
Role: Programming/leading Projects, making specification documents,
Conducting interviews(recruiting programmers).
Platform Worked: PHP and ASP



Previous Employer: SPAN Diagnostics Ltd.
Instrument division, Sachin GIDC,SURAT.

About company: SPAN Diagnostics LTD is ISO-9001 company. India's most comprehensive manufacturer of diagnostic products. It has been marketing Clinical Diagnostics Instruments like Biochemistry Analyzers, Hematology Analyzers, ELISA Processors, Blood Gas / Electrolyte Analyzer etc.

Duration: From13th September, 2004 to 4th May,2005.(7.5 months)
Department : Instrument R & D.
Designation : Software Engineer
Platform Worked: VC++ and VB


Work Highlights :
• Interfacing software for Autochem Nexgen(Biochemistry analyzer) in VC++.
• Management of ERP system developed in VB with SQL server as a backend.
• Troubleshooting the problems of analyzers’ customers in all over the India, in installing previously launched interfacing softwares.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

College: Sarvajanik College of Engg. and Tech
University: South Gujarat University
Passed out year : 2004
Aggregate: 60 %
Qualification : Bechlor of Engineering (computer)

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