Resume

Contact Information

18281 W 82nd St, Eden Prairie, MN 55347.
arun@acm.org / 612 293 8842
arunbatchu.com

Objective

Apply LeanThinking methods, MyStrengths and Level 5 Leadership skills to Software Development and Operations to achieve sustainable and breakthrough Business Profitability

Professional Summary

  • Architecture
    • Applied LeanThinking to Software Systems Architecture, Design, Development Processes and Operations
    • Architected and Developed complex,scalable e-government systems using simple yet modern programmable Web Architectures.
    • Architected and Championed Enterprise-wide Search, Application stack Virtualization, Enterprise Service Bus/Fabric, Request-Reply ReST-based pluggable XML pipeline, Enterprise-wide adoption of Collaboration systems
    • Analyzed business growth requirements, researched customer behavior, current systems and recommended action- plans for scaling and improving e-commerce web-site performance
  • Founded community-based Indian foods recipe network
    • A free, non-commercial site,based on collaborative, self-organizing, light-touch, agile concepts
  • Leadership and Championship
    • Championed Systems Thinking and Continuous Improvement techniques like Agility, Lean Production and Development, Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma for increased revenues and reduced costs
    • Applied Multicultural, Ethnographic and Social insights to lead and galvanize teams towards a common purpose
    • Helped setup and improve operational and development practices to increase quality and time-to- market needs
    • Applied leading management theory to improving practices, processes and organizational thinking
  • Technical Summary
    Languages: Java, XML, XML Schema, XQuery, XSLT, XPath, XForms, C / C++, Visual Basic, COBOL, SQL, AspectJ
    Clients: Rich and interactive clients as well as thin web-based front-ends including XHTML, XForms, Orbeon Forms server, Javascript
    Persistence: XML Databases such as eXist, Relational (RDBMS), Object Oriented (OODBMS) Database Management Systems and Object-Relational Mappers (ORM) e.g. Hibernate
    Server: Spring Framework, Servlet Containers (Jetty 6.x) J2EE(Tomcat, BEA Weblogic 8.x, JBoss) , CORBA, Object-relational mappings, mainframe technologies
    Servicing / Integration Architectures and technologies: Mule ESBand Event Driven Architectures, Web Oriented Architectures using REST and SOAP ; CIM/WBEM, Google Search Appliance, Lucene
    Development Environments: Windows, Linux, Solaris operating systems, Advanced Refactoring IDE's (IntelliJ IDEA & Eclipse), Integrated build systems(Cruise Control, Jetbrains Teamcity), , Continuous Integration and source code control using versioning systems(SVN, TFS, CVS, Clear Case), Testing frameworks(JUnit, Fitnesse), XML development environments e.g. XMLSpy, Stylus Studio, Oxygen, Code quality and metrics analysis, Communication using UML
    Development Methodologies: Agile methods (Lean, XP, Scrum) and Rational Unified Process and their variations
    Modeling Tools Rational tools, System Architect (Sparx Systems), Borland TogetherJ, Visio, Google Sketchup
    Deployment Environments: Vmware, Linux, Solaris and Windows, Self updating installers, Obfuscators
    Collaborative Environment Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Sharepoint, (now Microsoft) Groove Network
    Content Management Systems Atlassian Confluence, Microsoft Sharepoint 2007

Extensive Experience

Decade and half experience resulting in wide breadth among business domains ranging from high-tech to retail

Selected Professional Accomplishments:

  • Architected, Developed and Championed Enterprise-wide Search using Google Search Appliance, Application stack Virtualization, Enterprise Service Bus/Fabric, RESTful pluggable XML pipeline application routing appliances, native XML databases, native XML forms, Enterprise-wide adoption of Collaboration systems in the Information Systems Division - Department of Revenue, Minnesota, US 2006 - present
  • Developed next-generation digital photo workflow product with dramatic usability improvements resulting in immediate tangible increase in revenue Lifetouch Portrait Studios April 05 - Oct 05
  • Developed complex system models and drove development and production improvement efforts to improve major client's online user experience, service level agreements while simultaneously improving system throughput and minimizing costs Carlson Marketing Group Oct 04 - April 05
  • Developed industry-first, gesture-oriented networking chip user interface and server side solutions for startup Terago Communications  Dec 2000 - Apr 02
  • Developed user interfaces for globalizing core goods & services applications and marketing data that cut time-to-    market of new products from days to minutes 3M  Feb 2000 - Dec 2000
  • Developed various applications at Larsen & Toubro, Target Stores, National Car Rental,  EssexConsulting from August 1992

Recommendations (more...)

Arun continues to demonstrate the core qualities of great architects: Confidence, which manifests in tangible energy and enthusiasm - even when the road ahead was not clear; Competence, adept in abstracting difficult domain principles into the language of business benefit and trade-offs coupled with flawless working models; Completeness, in being able to effect change through negotiation, influence and communication. Every conversation with Arun brings enlightenment. October 30, 2007, Howard Dodd, Account Manager, Minnesota Revenue, managed Arun at netrii LLC

Arun is a great asset to a team! His energy is contagious. He works very hard and charted some new waters on our project together. I would recommend Arun to anyone interested in needing a versatile thinker! November 3, 2007, Teresa Tweeton, PM, Project Lead, BSA, Hollstadt & Associates worked directly with Arun at netrii LLC

In a world too prone to shallowness, Arun is a deep thinker. Arun's creative approach to technology and encyclopedic knowledge of human and business dynamics never fail to amaze me. His constant research and learning keeps him at the cutting edge, whether it's new technology, patterns, architecture, or personal achievement. His unique blend of intellect and pragmatism makes Arun a force to be reckoned with March 27, 2007 Michael Nygard, Author, Release It!

Arun is a highly motivated, natural leader whose consistent delivery and imagination were essential to the success of the projects we worked on. His infectious enthusiasm kept the team morale high throughout! November 4, 2005, Jason Selby, Senior Software Engineer, CNT worked directly with Arun

Professionally Networked

I connect and am connected to a healthy network of professional individuals and organizations including but not limited to Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Object Technology Users Group (OTUG) (president:2008-2009), Agile Experience Group ( AEG ), Twin Cities Patterns Group ( TCPG ), Linked In

Progressive Education

Engaged in relentless pursuit and dissemination of knowledge, understanding and excellence.

Publications

A Semantic Web Architecture for Advocate Agents to Determine Preferences and Facilitate Decision Making. In Tenth International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Innsbruck, Austria, August 2008. (pdf)

Skilled Communicator

My thoughts and articles can be found at http://arunbatchu.com. I actively participate in various forums and professional organizations I belong to.

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