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Pranav Sharma
http://pranavsharma.info
14906 Trailwood Pl.
Burtonsville, MD 20866
(301) 637-2748
pranav@pranavsharma.info
Summary
A Microsoft Certified SharePoint Solution Developer (MCTS) & SharePoint IT Professional (MCITP) with 4+ years of combined SharePoint experience, specializing in the Architecture & Development of custom solutions
Skills & Expertise
MCTS: SharePoint 2010 Application Development
MCITP: SharePoint 2010 Administrator
MCTS: SharePoint 2007 Configuring
C#, ASP.NET
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery
XML, XSL, CAML
PowerShell
SharePoint Search
C, C++
Java
PHP, Ruby
IBM MQ
Crystal Reports
Informatica PowerCenter
VMWare Server
Professional Experience
Portal Solutions (Rockville, MD) – Senior SharePoint Consultant
Sep 2009 to Present
Major Clients: Girl Scouts of USA, ECS, Fraunhofer, Conservation International, Prometric, AVMA
  • Designed technical architecture for scalable Intranets, Extranets & Public facing websites using SharePoint
  • Supported pre-sales activities such as project estimation and proposed solution architecture for SOWs.
  • Contained project scope by actively working with clients to ensure successful project delivery.
  • Managed multiple work streams across on-site and off-shore developers for fast solution delivery.
  • Developed reusable custom solutions to be used across multiple clients in the same vertical market.
  • Customized SharePoint UI extensively to improve user experience.
  • Evaluated and integrated appropriate 3rd party products into solutions thus reducing build time.
  • Engaged in post-production activities such as end-user training, product evolution & break-fix support.
Accenture (Reston, VA) – Consulting Analyst
Sep 2008 to Sep 2009
Clients: Philip Morris, US Postal Service
  • Defined multiple components of the technical architecture framework that allowed different applications to interface with each other, thus enabling the build/test teams to stay focused within single applications.
  • Created multiple reports using Business Objects Crystal Reports 11 that allowed the client to better track sales-workforce related activities by bringing together data from multiple systems.
  • Worked with the client to limit scope of requirements thus helping the project commit deliverables, schedules and resources to the client.
  • Designed technical specifications that satisfied functional requirements and enabled off-shore resource to deliver without requiring significant verbal interaction thereby optimizing the use of project resources.
  • Created development plan for senior management thus allowing the project to commit a delivery schedule to the client that ensured on-time delivery and satisfaction of quality expectations.
  • Provided high visibility to senior management using daily status reports to identify potential issues before they became critical thereby reducing project risk.
  • Supported parallel releases across 8 environments, enabling new project teams to seamlessly ramp on, thus allowing them to stick to tight delivery schedules.
Portal Solutions (Rockville, MD) – SharePoint Consultant
May 2006 to Dec 2007
(See above for details)
Thomson West (Washington, DC) – Network Administrator
Apr 2006 to May 2008
  • Maintained and monitored multiple production server clusters.
  • Designed and developed a Monitoring Utility to watch incoming vendor feeds using C# .NET (2.0).
  • Created a front-end Desktop Application to provide Production Managers easy access to SQL data.
Sears (Silver Spring, MD) – Brand Central Lead
Feb 2005 to Nov 2005
  • Supervised 45 full-time & part-time sales associates responsible for selling home appliances and electronics.
  • Coached associates to produce repeat business and to gain synergy sales such as in-house credit, product protection plans and accessories in order to increase profit margins.
  • Reinforced sales and synergy goals by training associates who did not meet goals and by recognizing top performers to provide positive reinforcement and create a sense of competition among associates.
  • Identified department hiring needs, filtered job applications and interviewed potential new hires.
Sears (Silver Spring, MD) – Part-Time Sales Associate
Aug 2003 to Feb 2005
  • Sold Home Electronics ranging from Digital Cameras to Plasma TVs.
Global Securities Information, Inc. (Washington, DC) – Data Analyst
Jun 2001 to Jun 2003
  • Planned and implemented an internal Management Information System.
  • Created complex yet easily readable reports for production managers using Crystal Reports 8.5.
  • Automated report data collection process using Crystal Enterprise 8.0.
Education
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Sep 2002 to May 2008
  • Bachelor of Science, General Business.
  • Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering.
Gemstone Honors program at University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Sep 2002 to May 2006
  • Participated in a 4 year undergraduate Honors research program.
  • Researched fleet monitoring technologies and their impact on fleet operations.