Durgesh R.

Durgesh R.

Technology Analyst

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  • About me

    Technologist by profession, generalist at heart. Enthusiastic about Product | Technology | Strategy | Customer Journey | Culture.

  • Education

    • Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Computer Engineering First Class With Distinction

      Activities and Societies: As committee member for CESA (Computer Engineering Students Association) organized events on Unix and other tools used in college. Participated in carrom and cricket for class. The course covered length and breadth of various computer engineering aspects. Some important modules include:* Analysis of Algorithms* Data Structures* Database Management Systems* Operating Systems* Data networking and Communication* Web technologies* Software Architecture* Microprocessors* Electronic Devices and Circuits (like BJT, FET)* Compiler Design* Data Warehousing and Mining* System Security* Computer Programming using C++ and Java

    • University College Dublin

      2021 - 2022
      MEngSc Engineering Management First Class Honors

      Activities and Societies: Google Developer Student Club Core Team Member This course builds on foundations of engineering with practical approaches to manage real-world scenarios, relevant in today's era. These concepts are useful in understanding the broader picture, and help in solving problems in a better manner. Some key modules include:* Project Management* Marketing Management* Business Information Systems Management* Entrepreneurship* Supply Chain Management* Operations Management* Statistics (quantitative decision making)*… Show more This course builds on foundations of engineering with practical approaches to manage real-world scenarios, relevant in today's era. These concepts are useful in understanding the broader picture, and help in solving problems in a better manner. Some key modules include:* Project Management* Marketing Management* Business Information Systems Management* Entrepreneurship* Supply Chain Management* Operations Management* Statistics (quantitative decision making)* Design Thinking* Quality Control Show less

  • Experience

    • J.P. Morgan

      Jul 2012 - Jun 2016
      Technology Analyst

      -> Design and implement java modules to generate the data required for user reports under the guidance of technical lead. Examples of reports created: Asset Allocation, 401 contributions, etc.-> Develop the back-end objects like Stored Procedures in Sybase database as well as front-end views (Flex MVC) for the data that needs to be shown in the reports.-> Writing code which would import such report data into excel/PDF formats for end user consumption using Japser Reports.-> Interact with business analysts to gather the requirements and develop the artefacts according to the requirements in scope.-> Documenting the functionality with relevant diagrams so that it would be easy to refer in future for the target audiences (support or developers).-> Liaise with testers and users to fix bugs unearthed during the Quality Assurance and User Acceptance testing respectively.-> Working with the infrastructure team for packaging and deployment of the code developed.-> Provide level 3 support for the certain legacy applications based on shell scripts and scheduled using Autosys. Show less

    • Bank of America

      Jun 2016 - Jul 2019
      Analyst

      -> Design and develop Python language modules to calculate risk associated with Financial products (Interest Rates swaps and bonds) in which the bank dealt.-> Set up new batches and associated screens for the business desks (based across APAC, London, and NY) which migrated from legacy risk platform to Python language based new risk platform.-> Development of process to capture live trades and price them using latest market data on newly designed intraday pricing framework.-> Unit test and regression test new enhancements developed into the new risk engine and fix them before releasing into the production environment.-> Assisting the deployment of code into production and proactively monitoring it.-> Provide level 3 support for the applications developed by our team. Show less

    • Automation Anywhere

      Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

      ~Complete techno-functional consultation~ Act as go-to person for providing end to end techno-functional consultation to clients from process analysis, estimation, solution design, implementation, testing, and eventual release of software bots.-> This enhanced sales and service revenue for the product.~Perform proof-of-concepts (POCs)~ Mostly relating to third party integrations with services like Google Chat, Microsoft Azure Speech-To-Text machine learning (ML) model, Tesseract Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Microsoft Sharepoint, MeaningCloud Sentiment Analysis, etc. Hands-on coding involved usage of both object-oriented and scripting languages like C#, Java, Python, and vbscript.-> This drastically improved the capabilities of the product, incorporating more client use cases into automation purview eventually increasing ROI on Automation.~Collaboration~ Close co-ordination with all internal stakeholders like Sales-Engineering team for providing technical expertise, Support team for help with client issues and feature requests/workarounds, Sales team for assistance in competitor analysis, Engineering team for communicating product issues and enhancements, UI/UX team for providing feedback on upcoming features, Customer Success team for maintaining existing and past relationships.-> It helped in creating and maintaining seamless customer journeys.~Documentation~ In-depth documentation of the POCs (internal) and processes implemented (external).-> Internal documents like logging on distributed systems using Microsoft Sharepoint API helped Services team to re-use the knowledge and best practices in other projects, and Sales Engineering team to highlight such features to clients.~Product Training and Mentoring~ Conduct product training and high level technical overview with best practices for potential and/or new clients of Automation Anywhere as well as internal new joiners of team.-> This shortened learning curve and improved overall productivity. Show less

      • Sr. Solution Architect

        Mar 2021 - Aug 2021
      • Solution Architect

        Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
    • University College Dublin

      Jan 2022 - May 2022
      Tutor

      -> Tutor for Data Analytics for Decision Makers (MIS10090) module. This module is a foundation in data analysis for all business students and aims to serve the needs of subsequent courses in areas such as marketing, finance, accounting, and business analytics.-> The role involves briefly reviewing concepts covered by professors in lectures and then demonstrating such concepts while solving the problems. Problems are solved using traditional pen-and-paper method (with calculators and New Cambridge Statistical Tables a.k.a. NCST) as well as using desktop application method (with Microsoft Excel).-> I was also one of the graders for assessing group as well as individual assignments. It equipped me with better understanding of how rubric-based evaluation is performed, and I provided feedback on what went well and what could be improved.-> Topics covered in module include:* Introduction to data analytics and business analytics* Data visualization using scatter plots, histograms, etc.* Descriptive statistics like measures of central tendency and variation* Basic and conditional probability* Bayes' theorem* Random variables and probability distributions (discrete and continuous)* Normal distribution* Sampling techniques, sampling distributions, and t-tables* Confidence intervals* Hypothesis testing Show less

    • TaxZap

      May 2022 - Oct 2022
      Generalist Intern

      -> Designing and developing back-end APIs using Google Cloud Shell, Firebase, App Script etc. to help Operations team of TaxZap-> Close collaboration with CEO, product head, operations, and front end engineer for development of in-house operations portal.-> Devise long term technology vision while leveraging existing setup strategically

    • Huggnote

      Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
      Intern

      Understood and handled technical changes related to festive season. Streamlined documentation around deployment.

    • Bank of America

      Nov 2022 - now
      VP - Software Engineer III
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  • Volunteer Experience

    • Community Volunteer

      Issued by Bank of America on Jun 2016
      Bank of AmericaAssociated with Durgesh R.
    • Student Volunteer

      Issued by UCD Festival on Jun 2022
      UCD FestivalAssociated with Durgesh R.
    • UCD for ALL Student Experience Volunteer

      Issued by UCD Access and Lifelong Learning (ALL) on Feb 2022
      UCD Access and Lifelong Learning (ALL)Associated with Durgesh R.
    • Stage Crew Member

      Issued by Dublin Tech Summit on Jun 2022
      Dublin Tech SummitAssociated with Durgesh R.
    • Orientation Guide

      Issued by University College Dublin on Sept 2022
      University College DublinAssociated with Durgesh R.