Akash Tushar

Akash Tushar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Software Engineer II at Cisco WebEx

  • Education

    • Nand Vidya Niketan Essar School

      2014 - 2016
      High School , AISSCE Science (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, English) 91%

      - This High School was my very first exposure out of my home town. It was a great experience. I got to learn a lot of things and made some very good friends for rest of my life.

    • Nand Vidya Niketan Essar School

      2008 - 2014
      AISSE Science,Maths,English,Hindi,Social Science 10 CGPA

      -School Topper.-Recipient of Duke University Scholarship for meritorious performance in NSTSE Examination.-House Captain of Gulmohar House.- 3 Times Inter House Kho-Kho Champion, 2 Times Inter House Cricket Champion.

    • Vellore Institute of Technology

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of Technology - BTech Computer Science and Engineering 9.42 CGPA

      - Recipient of Special Achiever Award (2019-20) in recognition of the meritorious academic performance and exemplary performance at various international events.- Merit Scholarship Awardee.

  • Experience

    • ACM-VIT CHAPTER

      Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
      Secretary: External Affairs

      -Responsible for National and International Growth and Collaboration,including fund raising.-Forged relationships for community growth with tech aces such as Github, DotTechDomains, Digital Ocean, Hasura, Balsamiq, Gitlab, Zeplin, Devfolio and Jetbrains.-Conducted events at scale such as Codart, Reverse Coding and Code2Create.-Brainstormed Project Ideas and handled assignment of projects to the developers in the Community.-ACM Member ID: 6964619

    • Zeta Suite

      May 2019 - Jul 2019
      Software Development Intern

      - Worked under Software Engineering Department for one of the Directi Products, Zeta.Worked on Zeta Express - a cashless and automated digital payments solution for CUG (closed user group) scenarios such as cafeterias, educational and corporate campuses, food courts, merchant loyalty programs, metro and public transport, public tolls etc.Developed Zeta Express Health Support Module from scratch.Tech Stack : SpringBoot, Vue.js

    • Oracle

      Dec 2019 - Sept 2020

      - Worked under HealtheIntent Platform Analytics Dev Team.- Worked on Oracle Health Product, Cerner.- Contributed mainly on ETL phase to facilitate business driven Data Warehousing and Analytics. As part of analytics analyzed, derived, visualized and transformed different data sources and wrote to different data sinks like HDFS, HBase, Vertica etc. Followed Agile practices to drive development and achieve timeline driven targets for the team.- Completed two major projects: ETL-Analytics & Job Log Metadata Service. Show less

      • Software Engineer

        Jun 2020 - Sept 2020
      • Software Intern

        Dec 2019 - Jun 2020
    • Cisco

      Oct 2020 - now

      - Member of the Webex Calling Team - cloud based product involving a large aggregation of microservices.- Design, code, test, monitor and support functional areas/services for the Cisco Webex products in a DevOps delivery environment.- Use and enhance quality systems like development pipeline(s) and test automation frameworks to improve reliability and quality.- Ensure design security best practices for cloud services.- Troubleshoot and improve software components and services owned by our group in a DevOps environment.- Work with Product Management, Architects and a global solution team.- Contributing to Webex Call Control Initiatives.- Webex Calling Application Server (WxCAS) & Cisco BroadWorks feature development.- Part of Cisco’s Engineering Excellence team.- Cisco Security Black Belt Holder. Show less

      • Software Engineer II

        Nov 2022 - now
      • Software Engineer

        Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Cisco Security White Belt

      Cisco
      Oct 2020
    • Student Representative

      GeeksforGeeks
      Apr 2018
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    • Introduction to Computer Networking

      Stanford University
      Mar 2018
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    • Cisco Security Green Belt

      Cisco
      Nov 2020
    • Campus Ambassador

      GeeksforGeeks
      Apr 2019
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    • Data Structures and Algorithms Hackathon (First Prize)

      Vellore Institute of Technology
      Apr 2017
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    • Flipkart GRiD Challenge-Stage 2 Qualifiers

      Flipkart
      Mar 2019
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    • Android Controlled Robotics Workshop-IIT Bombay

      Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
      Sept 2016
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    • Manager - Code2Create 2018

      ACM-VIT CHAPTER
      Mar 2018
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    • Coordinator - Code2Create 2017

      ACM-VIT CHAPTER
      Apr 2017
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Akash Tushar
      Special Achiever Award Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore Sep 2020 In Recognition of the meritorious academic performance and exemplary performance at various international events.
    • Awarded to Akash Tushar
      Best Organizer Worldwide HackerEarth Q1 2019 HackerEarth Mar 2019
    • Awarded to Akash Tushar
      #1 at DSA Code-a-thon conducted by CSI in Association with SCOPE School. Computer Society of India Apr 2017 #1 at DSA Code-a-thon conducted by Computer Society of India in Association with SCOPE School-VIT. Total Participants- 1663.
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Campus Ambassador

      Issued by HackerEarth on Mar 2018
      HackerEarthAssociated with Akash Tushar
    • Founding Member

      Issued by ACM-W VIT on Apr 2018
      ACM-W VITAssociated with Akash Tushar
    • Community Volunteer - Hour of Code

      Issued by Code.org on Jul 2017
      Code.orgAssociated with Akash Tushar
    • Campus Geek

      Issued by GeeksforGeeks on Jul 2018
      GeeksforGeeksAssociated with Akash Tushar
    • Student Ambassador India

      Issued by Progate on May 2018
      ProgateAssociated with Akash Tushar