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Kapil Thangavelu

Contact Information:
[email protected]
[email protected]

1001 E. Villa #24
Pasadena, CA 91106

(626) 356-9776 

Education:

College of William & Mary
BS in Computer Science 
BA in History
Graduated May 2000

Skills Matrix:

       Programming Languages: Python, Java, C, SQL, PL/SQL, PL/PGSQL,
			      Tcl/Tk, C++.
       Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle
       WebServers: Zope, AolServer, Apache, Servlets (Tomcat/Jetty)
       LDAP Servers: OpenLDAP
       GUI: Qt, Tk
       Mail Servers: Postfix, QMail
       Other Software Systems: CVS, SQUID, Jabber, SSH, Mozilla
       Protocols: TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, IMAP, POP, DHCP
       XML: SAX1/2, DOM2, XSLT, XML-RPC, SOAP, RDF
       System Adminstration: Linux 
       Methodologies: Object Oriented Programming, UML1.3,
		      Component Oriented Programming, Extreme Programming.

      
Open Source Developer
  
  - Currently working on the openacs.org and zope.org projects

  - OpenACS work
  
    Developed a sql query extraction system, used by developers
    to remove sql DQL/DML from tcl scripts to xml to facilitate
    database indepedence.

  - Zope work

    http://www.zope.org/Members/k_vertigo

Work Experience:

Mindtel - December 2001 - Present 

	Software Architect Consultant

	- Created A web based VRML Renderer Configuration app
	that connected to network renderer's residing on client desktops
	and sent VRML data extracted from XML stored GPS information.
 
        - Created a mass text indexing system (based on lucene),
	to graphically render search results from collected document 
	archives (news groups, medical journals, etc.).

USC Cancer Research Group - July 2001 - February 2002

        Content Management/Workflow Consultant. 

	- Created an intranet system for managing project workflow and 
	meetings for programmer analysts and board members.
    
HayHolt - December 2000 - July 2001
	
	Chief Software Engineer. Chief Implementor and designer to a group
 	of developers working to create a high throughput, highly
	available system of domain name registration and management
	(including dns, mail, web) driven by replicated LDAP servers, 
	an ecommerce system system  models running on Postgres, and a 
	high performance asynchronous   i/o network engine based on the
	Medusa (nightmare.com) server framework to communicate the 
	various tcp/ip protocols. Work for this was position was conducted
	remotely with other team members located in Australia.

CountingDown.com - August 2000 - December 2000

	Lead Developer on an Oracle/AolServer/ACS4 version of CountingDown.com
	(A subsidiary of DreamWorks), a web based movie fan community. I was in
	charge of Data Model Development, Workflow, and implementation.
	Championed use of ACS as a solution/development strategy. Developed 
	interim solutions in Zope while ACS4 version was in progess. 
	Coordinated efforts between DBA, Systems Adminstrator, other
	programmers, graphics designers, and html coders. Setup shared
	Development Environment including mail server, web server, database,
	cvs, and ftp server.

OpenSource Developer - July - August 2000
	   
	Developed OpenSource Zope/Python Products. Product releases include
	a Mailman (www.list.org) archive retrieval and search system, and
	a NewsSyndication Product based on RSS/OCS.

BootCamp - ArsDigita.com - June - July 2000

	Participated in the ArsDigita bootcamp. Acquired skills in Aolserver,
	Oracle, Tcl scripting, and the Arsdigita Community System (ACS).

Web Application Developer - ASTi - February 2000 - May 2000

	Hired by ASTi, member of the Python Consortium, to implement
	a prototype of their corporate intranet, designed to manage
	project workflow and production. Technologies used Zope/XML/Python/SQL.

	I gathered site requirements from ASTi employees. I designed and 
	implemented a working prototype to fufill those requirements and the
	workflow guidelines I was given. After the prototype was built,
	I turned over the project to their web master, and educated him 
	regardings its construction and extensibility.

	Some of the things that I designed and implemented for the intranet.

	* RDBMS schema for ASTi's parts and production compoennts as
	welll as installation and setup of RDBMS (PostgreSQL)

	* A Persistent DOM interface for ASTi's internal project parts.
	The Product created subvendor orders based on a customer's product
	spec/purchase order
	
	* A searchable email archive for communications between ASTi's sales 
	engineers and clients.
	
Director of Development - Information Technology @ College of William & Mary
	 - Fall 1999 - May 2000

	 www.sin.wm.edu

	 Selected as the architect of the next generation Student Information
	 Network at the College, an information portal for students. I 
	 investigated various Web Application Platforms (ACS, Enhydra), before
	 settling on Zope, Python, and PostgreSQL, to replace an aging 
	 code-base of mod_perl scripts. Taught the developers about Zope
	 Architecture and Python and lead them in designing and implementing
	 the new system. Designed and Implemented Session Mangement, IMAP
	 authentication, Team Web Site for Distributed Development, Online
	 Rideboard, Message Board, Housing Market, and Local Jobs Board.

	 Skills Acquired

	 - Object Oriented Design
	 - Team Management


Field Consultant - Technology Support Center @ College of William & Mary
	- Summer 1999 - Sprint 2000
	
	Assisted in training of on-call support specialists. Made field visits
	to various problem sites doing network troubleshooting (DHCP, SMB,
	TCP/IP), operating system troubleshooting (Linux, Win98), and
	application troubleshooting (EMail Clients, MS Office).	

HTML Perl/CGI Developer - Infomation Technology @ College of William & Mary
        - Spring 1998 - Spring 1999
	
	www.sin.wm.edu

	Designed and Implemented Entertainment Section for the Student
	Information Newtork in Perl/HTML/Javascript/CGI with a Unix DBM
	backend. This section of the site served as a repository of 
	local entertainment, movies, and restaurants in the Williamsburg, VA
	area.


Contact References and Code Samples for Work Experiences are available
to interested parties.

Affiliations:
	Member of the Python Software Community. http://www.python.org/psa
	 
	Founding Member of Los Angelos Zope Users Group http://www.lazug.org

Conferences:

	10th International Python Conference Feb 2002, Washington, DC

	Oreilly Open Source Convention July 2001, San Diego, CA

	9th International Python Conference May 2001, San Diego ,CA

	8th International Python Conference January 2000, Washington, DC