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Krishen Kota

2221 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite D-629

Atlanta, GA 30309

888-277-7410

krishen@denali-tech.com

 
 

Technical / Business Skills



Core Business Skills Core Technical Skills Additional Skills
  • Mentoring
  • Leadership
  • Team Management
  • Process Development
  • Trouble Shooting
  • Project Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Use Case Analysis
  • Active Server Pages (ASP)
  • System Architecture
  • PowerBuilder
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Active Data Objects (ADO)
  • VB Script & Java Script
  • Public Speaking
  • eCommerce
  • Marketing
  • Stategic Planning
  • Quality Assurance
 
 

Professional Experience



Centers for Disease Control - Business Support Systems Consultant

January 99 to Present

Responsible for full life cycle development of business support systems that include Grant Management, Personnel Reporting, Contract Tracking, Surviellance Data Collection and Analysis, and Manuscript Clearance Workflow. These systems are implemented using a variety of technologies including Active Server Pages (ASP), VBScript, JavaScript, ADO, Visual Basic 6, PowerBuilder 7, Microsoft SQL Server 7, and JetForm Workflow development tools. The position requires a variety of skills including Customer Relations, OO Analysis and Design, System Architecture, Client/Server and Web development, Project Management, team leadership, and management reporting.

Georgia Tech Research Institute - Project Lead

May 98 to January 1999

Primary technical resource for Distributed PowerBuilder and WebPB reporting systems. Responsible for several PowerBuilder reporting applications that also involve a web interface for data entry. The applications utilize Oracle Web Server, Oracle 7.3, PowerBuilder 6.5, PFC, WebPB, and some Java to accomplish their functionality. Applications were migrated from PB 5.0 to PB 6.0 and most recently to PB 6.5. Also, performing new technology evaluations on products such as SilverStream.

Theratx Inc. - Technical Specialist

January 98 to May 98

Technical resource for Distributed PowerBuilder and WebPB. Sent in to complete the last 10% of an N-tier intranet billing application and move it into production. Performed trouble shooting of problems between Distributed Powerbuilder, WebPB, Netscape Web Server and a Sybase System 11 database.

DeKalb County Board of Health - Senior Consultant

September 97 to January 98

Led development effort to convert and enhance a Procurement System used by a local county Board of Health to PowerBuilder 5.0. The system tracks requisitions, purchase orders and interfaces with the county's accounting system. Additional modules were written with PFC.

ImageWare Technologies - Development Manager

November 96 to September 97 

Led development on of an in-store selling system for retail stores. The system was deployed to Hudson's Bay Company (the 3rd largest department store chain in Canada). The system allowed Hudson's Bay to increase their gross revenues by 34% in the departments where the system was deployed. The application was awarded the Microsoft Retail Application Development (RAD) award for customer profiling.

GE Capital - Technical Specialist

October 1994 to November 96

Sales System for division of GE Capital: I worked on a development team of twenty to develop a sales contracts system for a division of GE Capital. Development started in PowerBuilder 3.0 and Oracle 7 and later converted to PowerBuilder 4.0. The system was successfully deployed to over 300 sales offices for the Transportation International Pool (TIP) division of GE Capital. The system replaced a paper-based system and allowed for better customer service and more accurate and consistent pricing.

Turner Broadcasting System - Lead Programmer/Analyst

August 93 to October 94

Involved in all phases of application development including analysis, design, construction, quality assurance, implementation, and support.  Developed international sales and inventory system used for tracking the MGM film library for Turner Broadcasting System. The system is in production today in the Atlanta, Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, and Mexico City.  Developed and order/entry and inventory system for CNN Airport Network. The system is currently in production, tracking equipment at over 50 airports nationwide.  Member of the Methodology Committee in charge of GUI standards for all applications developed by the Worldwide Information Technology Services division of Turner Management Company. 

Broadway & Seymour Consulting - Consultant

August, 1991 to August, 1993

Developed first client/server based applications for the insurance industry. Involved in design, construction, and testing. Worked on two releases of claims processing module for a large insurance application and brought both in on schedule. Member of the network advisory board which developed guidelines for network computing and disaster recovery. Created and voted in as President of the Broadway & Seymour Speakers Club.

 
 

EDUCATION



University of South Carolina

Degree:  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major:  Management Science
Concentration:  Management Information Systems
Courses:
  • Business Systems Simulation
  • Management Accounting
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Design
  • Cobol

Midlands Technical College

Courses:

  • Mainframe Assembly Language
  • C programming

Broadway & Seymour Consulting

Courses:

  • Advanced C Programming
  • Advanced Data Structures
  • Event Driven Programming
  • Windows Programming
  • Consulting Skills
  • Leadership I & II
  • Novell Netware System Manager
  • SQL 

Turner Broadcasting System

Courses:

  • Introduction to PowerBuilder

Five Points Consulting

Courses:

  • PowerBuilder Advanced Datawindows
  • PowerBuilder Performance Turning & Techniques

Landmark Education Corporation

Courses:

  • The Landmark Forum
  • The Landmark Advanced Course
  • Self Expression and Leadership
  • Beginning and Advanced Communication Courses
  • Team Management and Leadership Program