Professional Experience

EDUCATION

• Graduation in Technology Entrepreneurship from Stanford university, CA
• Graduation in Startup Board – Advance Entrepreneurship from Stanford university, CA
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering.
• French Language – Level 1 course.

STARTUP EXPERIENCE:

• Developing mobile app as an alternative to Google search –  mobile app through which individuals and professionals can access laws and regulations of every country in the globe using devices such as mobiles, tablets, PCs, smart TVs at https://kishore1021.wordpress.com/mobile-apps/icite-cognography/
• Expert in developing Minimum Viable Products (MVP) on any technology stack with little to no supervision.
• Member of an early stage startup company working on iCITE project. It has seven members on its team – all of whom are participating in Stanford’s Professor Chuck Eesley’s Technology Entrepreneurship new Venture Lab in Palo Alto, CA to launch its new business as it competes to qualify for venture capital funding.
• As a social media marketing head, led the effort of engaging Office of Citizen Services and Innovation Technologies (OCSIT) and General Services Administration (GSA) in Washington DC with the iCITE project as part of multi-million dollar funding rounds.
• Coordinated the effort of collaborating with the Institute for Innovation and Economic Development [IIED] as a Proof of Concept candidate.  IIED is a joint venture between the California State University Monterey Bay [CSUMB] and the Monterey County Business Council [MCBC].
• CTO at http://www.scitree.org/, a new system of communication and learning about science.
• CEO and Cofounder at CoreKaizen, a software development and technology consulting company.
• Enterprise Architect and Marketing head at http://www.synapseits.com, a member of Microsoft BizSpark Program.

PUBLICATIONS:

• MSDN – My work on Portable Class Library project in Visual Studio 2012– .NET 4.5 was featured on Channel 9 @ http://bit.ly/msdnchannel9
• Published articles on popular developer website @ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/kishore-Gaddam#articles
• Blog http://www.kishore1021.wordpress.com/ is continuously referred by many popular technology websites.
• Contributor at StackOverflow @ http://stackexchange.com/users/1245733/kishore1021
• Contributor at MSDN and TechNet Wiki @ http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/kishore%20gaddam/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• 16 years of IT experience in Project Management, Software Architecture, System Study, Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Code Review, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance of applications and systems using diversified mobile, web and desktop technologies including technical sales and marketing, as well as startup experience.
• Held technology leadership role at GE Software Center of Excellence, mainly responsible for studying, streamlining and architecting solutions for various products across GE organizations mainly GE Security, GE Fanuc and GE Sensing. Awarded with “Excellency Certificate” (Pat on Back) for being the single member to develop the first innovation product from GE India Innovation Centre.
• Huge Experience in developing applications for Industrial Automation Domain, EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) Domain, Financial Domain, Automotive Domain, CNC & Robotic Systems, Health care and Manufacturing Domain.
• Worked directly with executive-level stakeholders to clarify business objectives and strategy, prior to project specification and clarify project from a technical standpoint.
• Seasoned Technology Evangelist, Public Speaker and expert in VC++, .NET, Native, Hybrid and HTML5 apps development for iOS, Swift, Windows Phone10, Windows RT, Windows 10, iPad, and Intel AppUp with a track record of success in most areas of new product development and publishing mobile apps to the app store.
• Proficient in coding applications using Visual C++, Win32 SDK, MFC, ATL COM, COM+, Visual Studio 2015, C#.NET, .NET Framework, Metro UI, WinRT, WPF, XAML, MVVM, ASP.NET MVC4, Rest API, HTML5, VC++. NET, XML, LINQ, MEF, SQL Server 2012, Oracle 11G, Windows CE, .NET Compact Framework, eVB, eVC++, Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, SQL CE Mobile Edition, XML, DOM, Install Shield development, Rational Quantity, Purify, Code Coverage, Team Foundation Server 2015 and Crystal Reports.
• Excellent knowledge in architecture, design and development of enterprise mobile applications with exposure in porting mobile apps between iOS, Android, Windows Phone 10, Windows 10 and Win RT platforms.
• Possess strong business and software development methodologies/process knowledge including Test-Driven Development (TDD), Agile Software Development Methods, SCRUM Development Process, Iterative and Incremental development methods, RUP and Hackathons.
• Expert in New Product Development, Mobile Apps Development, GUI Desktop Application Development, Enterprise and Client/Server Application Development using Object Oriented Programming techniques, UML, Relational Databases, C++, VC++, MFC, COM, C#.NET, REST API’s & WPF technologies.
• Performed and validated user interface design and data architecture against objectives and specifications, to ensure that resulting products would perform entirely in predictable, useful, expected ways
• Special skills include application architecture using Rational Rose, Enterprise Architect, Visual Studio 2015 Architecture, UML, OOA, OOD, multithreaded programming, n-tier application development and mobile application development using HTML5 technologies.
• Knowledge and experience in designing database programs powered by Oracle 11G, SQL Server 2015, Microsoft Access, SQL CE mobile edition, SQLite and lately using NoSQL databases (Mongo DB).
• Six Sigma – Green Belt Trained (DMAIC & DFSS) on new product development.
• Trained in innovation, leadership skills, change management & corp. finance.
• Inquisitive and Implementer of new technologies and ideas. Credit my success to the fact that I have never been afraid to pick up any technology, language, development methodology or platform needed to get the job done.
• Conceptualized several innovation products at GE Innovation Centre. As a Leader, I was involved in ideas capture, prepare business cases, discuss with leaders & transform them into products.
• A love for mentoring and passion for sharing new tools, programming languages and technology trends at national conferences, regional code camps, local user groups, meetups and hackathons.
• Experience in Startup Leadership including building engineering teams, developing Minimum Viable Products (MVP) with little to no supervision and fundraising/bootstrapping. Comfortable at all layers of the startup people stack, from individual contributor (software development, product management) to CxO.
• The ability to understand the interests and language of customer, technical, creative, and business professionals and bridge between them and instill people with a vision for a product or company

PUBLIC SPEAKING:

• Microsoft Technology Center (Reston, Virginia), NOVA code camp – http://bit.ly/novacc12: Agile Scrum development using VS 2012 & TFS 2012
• Loyola University (Maryland, USA), CMAP 2012 Code camp –http://bit.ly/CMAP2012:
  1. End to End Windows 8 App development using C# and XAML
  2. Implementing Scrum process using Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Server 2012 (Cloud)
• Frederick Developers Meetup:
  Mobile Apps (Hands-On Development) – Architecture, Design and Development of a mobile app.
• Buchanan & Edwards (Washington DC), “whiteboard” sessions:
  Engaged with Architects & CTO in drill down session on Continuous Integration using TFS, Windows 8 and other key components of the Microsoft Windows 8 and Phone 8 Strategy.

AWARDS, INDUSTRY RECOGNITION AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• GenApp Great Slate Giveaway Competition – Received a Windows 8 tablet from Microsoft for being the first few members to successfully publish Windows 8 store apps before GA. http://bit.ly/GenAppCompetition
• Intel Ultrabook Competition – Received a Windows 8 touch Ultrabook manufactured by Intel especially for R & D as part of winning round 1 of the competition. http://bit.ly/IntelUB
• Received prize amount in Round 2 of the Intel App competition. http://bit.ly/IntelRound2
• Received Nokia Lumia Phone as part of winning the Windows 8 30 Launch competition.
• Won First Prize for best idea at “Windows 8 Hackathon – Baltimore” competition.
• Received “Scrum Master Award“ from Bechtel Corp as a recognition of leadership skills.
• Awarded C++Technical Excellence certificate for fixing critical issues and releasing the project on time.
• Presented a paper on Wireless Sensor Networks: XSensComm to IEEE, which won the Innovation idea award @ GE, India Innovation Centre.
• Awarded #1 prize for Innovation product idea presented during GE Engineers week 2005.
• Awarded with “Micro Innovator of GE – 2007” for developing NUnit .NET automation tool.
• Awarded “GE Applause award – 2006” for analyzing and developing the DDK flow system.
• Received “GE Excellency Certificate” for developing the first complete product from GE Industrial India Innovation Centre, Innovation Team

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology & Languages: OOA, OOD, UML, C, C++, VC++, Win32, ATL COM, MTS, Visual Basic, C#.NET, WPF, WCF, MEF, LINQ, ASP.NET MVC4, HTML5, VC++.NET, Managed C++, Win Forms, Web Services, .NET Remoting, VB.NET (Smart Devices), Windows Mobile, Pocket PC, XML, XSL, XPATH, RS-232 Serial Communication, Install Shield programming, HTML, PL/SQL, Stored Procedures, Open GL and Objective-C

Mobile App Development: Windows 8 Store Apps, Windows Phone 8 Apps, iOS Apps, HTML5, Rest API.

UI Technologies: Visual C++, MFC, Win Forms, WPF, MVVM, MVC, Silverlight, WPF XAML, C++ XAML.

Cloud Computing: Azure Mobile Services, Azure Push Notifications, Azure Cloud Services.

WinRT Technologies: Windows Runtime, WinRT Component DLL, Metro UI, Portable Class Library.

Embedded: Embedded VC++, eVB,.NET Compact Framework, Pocket PC, .NET Smart Devices.

Databases: Mongo DB, SQL Server, Oracle 11G, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS Access, SQL Mobile.

Operating Systems: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT, iOS, Android, Palm OS, Win CE.NET, Pocket PC 2003, Windows Mobile 5.0, UNIX, ULTRIX, Win NT/7/2012 Server.

Environments: Visual Studio 2012, Embedded VC++ studio, Xcode, Expression Blend, Application Lifecycle Management, Rational Studio.

Component model: COM, DCOM, COM+, ActiveX, .NET Framework, OLE for Process Control (OPC).

Data access: ADO, ADO.NET, ODP.NET, Entity Framework, MSXML, OLE DB, ODBC.

Industrial Automation: OLE for Process Control (OPC), PLCs – Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE, Mitsubishi, SCADA, Embedded Systems development, CNC machines, Robotics automation.

Tools: Quest, Farpoint Grid, Jira, Crystal Reports, Install Shield, IIS, Rational Rose, MS Visio, Enterprise Architect, MS Project, Rational Quantity, Rational Purify, Rational Code coverage, Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio.NET 2005, Snippet Compiler, NUnit , NDoc, NAnt, NCover, HTML Help Work Shop, VSS, PC Guard, Auto CAD R14/R2000, CAM, MS Word, PowerPoint, outlook & Excel.

Version Control Systems: TFS 2012, Subversion (SVN), Visual Source Safe, PVCS, Merant Tracker, Clear Case.

MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIONS:

• Microsoft – Participated in Microsoft’s GenApp competition. Successfully published two apps to Windows store.
• Intel – Participated in AppInnovation global competition organized by Intel’s and Code Project http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/474877/Emergency-Help-Me. Submitted another app for desktop category.
• Stack Overflow – Participated in Apptivate competition organized by Stack Overflow and Microsoft http://apptivate.ms/apps/categories/9/health-fitness
• Participated in “Windows 8 Hackathon – 2012” competition at Baltimore.

SELECTED STORE APPS:
http://bit.ly/WinStoreApp
http://bit.ly/FlagsApp
http://bit.ly/TagStatusApp – (Enterprise App)
http://www.appup.com/app-details/loan-amortization (POC app at Intel AppUp Store)

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING

• Six Sigma Green Belt Training DMAIC/DFSS.
• Software Development using Six Sigma tools.
• GE Foundation of Leadership training.
• TRIZ based approach for Innovation.
• Building successful team training.
• CAP (Change Acceleration Process) training.
• UML and Rational Rose complete development suite training.
• Automotive Domain knowledge course.
• Rational Purify, Rational Quantify, Rational Code coverage training by IBM.
• Negotiation skills training.
• French Language Course by Alliance Francaise.

CONFERENCES & INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION:

• iOSDevCampDC 2012, (attendee).
• Windows 8 Hackathon (competitor).
• DevFestDC, 2012, (attendee).
• Capital Area .NET User Group.
• The Rockville [Maryland] .NET User Group.
• Nova Code Camp 2012.
• CMAP Code Camp 2012.
• Delivered technical training at GE India Innovation Centre, Hyderabad on key Microsoft technologies C++, VC++, COM, .NET, ADO, Install Shield, and SQL Server (MSDE).
• Delivered technical training at GE on using various Rational Rose tools during development.
• Expert visiting faculty in VC++ Programming with MFC for B.E. Computer Science, 2005 batch at VBIT Engineering College, affiliated to JNTU University.
• Expert visiting faculty in UML, Rational Rose, C++ Programming for B.E. Computer Science, 2006 batch at CMR Engineering College, affiliated to JNTU University.

Contact Information:

Email ID: kishore1021@hotmail.com