University of Southern California USC
University of Southern California
Department of Kinesiology
 
 
 

Masters in Computer Science
Software Engineering
Email: npgandhi@usc.edu

OBJECTIVE

 Immediate: To make significant contributions to an organization of international repute. To employ my ability to analyze and innovatively design solutions to customer problems. To constantly develop new competencies and impart my skills and knowledge in an interdependent technology driven environment.

3-5 years from now: To be seen as a team and project leader inspiring my team to achieve challenging goals with quality and speed. To be a successful entrepreneur and be respected for my leadership, result-oriented ness and creative input.


EDUCATION
M.S. in Computer Science – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, expected May 2005
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Sciences - P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India


RELATED EXPERIENCE
August 2002 – December 2002 Arena Multimedia Baroda, India
Student and Developer
- Underwent a comprehensive course on Website Design and Animation from Arena Multimedia, Asia’s leading Multimedia organization
- Developed several projects using Photoshop, Flash, Dream weaver, HTML & Fireworks

January 2003 – June 2003 Academy of Human Excellence Baroda, India
Software Projects Engineer
- Responsible for creating the company website (www.academylearningresources.com)
- Developed several multimedia presentations & software games

August 2003 – May 2004 Web Services, ISD USC, Los Angeles
- Developed a web-based forum system for Web Services at USC, using PHP and MySQL

January 2004 – May 2004 Department of Software Engineering USC, Los Angeles
- Underwent research with Prof. Winsor Brown to analyze, test and extend a code counting software

August 2004 - Present Department of Kinesiology, USC, Los Angeles
Teaching Assistant
- Currently maintaining the department labs and servers
- Web Administrator in charge of the Kinesiology web content
- In charge of a project team to develop a biomechanics video database project


OTHER TECHNICAL PROJECTS
- Developed an online video library website using PERL and MySQL
- Designed and developed a security system for homes by programming the 8051 microcontroller


AREAS OF INTEREST
Web Technology, Software Engineering, Software Cost Estimation and Economics, Software Management, Object Oriented Systems Design and Software Architectures


COMPUTER SKILLS
 C, C++, Programming in the UNIX Environment, Assembly Language 8086/8051 Programming, DBMS (ORACLE), JAVA, CGI PERL, HTML, Unified Modeling Language (UML), SQL, XML, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP


SOFTWARE KNOWN
MS Office, MS Front page, MS Visio, MS Project, Macromedia Dream weaver, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Image Ready


EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Represented my school, college and city for various Basketball tournaments
- Learnt Yoga from a professional teacher and am a certified Yoga instructor

 

 
 
 
 
Address: Department of Kinesiology, Room B9, 3560 Watt Way, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90089-0652 Phone: (213) 740-7903