Arun Bhalla

Technical Skills

Languages: C/C++, C#, Perl, Java, SQL, HTML, XML, JavaScript, Scheme, 80x86 Assembly, Python, PHP.

Platforms: UNIX (Linux, Solaris, DG/UX, SCO), Windows XP, MacOS.

Technologies: TCP/IP, HTTP, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, mod_perl, DBD/DBI, lex/yacc, DNS, Pthreads, MPI, COM, SOAP, Microsoft Access.

Tools: GCC, GDB, GNU Make, CVS, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, AutomatedQA AQtime .NET.

Experience

• Technical lead for a team of five developers.
• Redesigned project from a Java application to an Internet Explorer toolbar (written in C#) in five months.
• Integrated other systems via XML, earning the 2003 NCSA Industrial Grand Challenge Award.
• Analyzed and optimized critical functions.
• Researched and implemented Web document clustering algorithms.
• Maintained and administrated Web server and CVS server.
• Built and distributed new product releases on a biweekly basis.
• Influenced hiring decisions for expanding the development team.

• Developed a mortgage e-commerce site for Cargan City using Perl and MySQL.
• Developed online workbooks for McGraw-Hill textbooks using Java.

• Technical lead for a team of six developers across four states.
• Engineered and developed nationally deployed data distribution packages.
• Maintained and administrated district and national Web servers.

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, December 2003
Master of Science in Computer Science
Concentration in Machine Learning and Data Mining
Thesis: Clustering Web Documents Using Frequent Phrases
GPA: 3.36/4.0

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2000
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (with Honors), College of Engineering
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
GPA: 3.7/4.0

Honors and Awards

Additional Experience