Janani Thanigachalam
tjanani@gmail.com
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~janani

Home Address:
	Old 9, New 17 Solai Amman Koil Street
	Purasawalkam, Chennai 600 007
	Home - 91-44-26411693	

Office Address:
	Amazon.com 
        International Tech Park (ascendas) 
        Taramani, Chennai 600 113

Areas of Interest:
	Computer Networks
	Distributed Systems/Client-Server Technologies
	Service-Oriented Architecture

Education:
	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	M.S. Computer Sciences, Aug 2003 - Dec 2004 

	Worked with the Wisconsin Advanced Internet Lab (WAIL) team as an RA 
	under Prof. Paul Barford on Network monitoring, measurement and analysis.

	RA project on using Intel's Network Processor (IXP 2400) for Packet 
	Classification and on DAG cards for flow-based measurement and analysis.

	GPA: 4.0/4.0

Academic Record:
	College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, India
	B.E Computer Sciences, Aug 1999 - May 2003
	
	Courses and Projects in Databases, Networking and Compilers
	GPA: 9.8/10.0
	University rank: 1


Skills:
	Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, Windows, MAC
	
	Programming Languages: C, C++, C\#, Java, VC++
	
	Technologies: SOA, Distributed Systems, OOPS, Web Services, BI, XML, Ruby-on-Rails, J2EE
	
	Softwares: Perl, Python, Oracle/SQL, MySQL, HTML, Javascript, JSP
	
	Tools: ETLM, OBIEE, Eclipse, JIRA, NS-2, Matlab


Work Experience:
	[Jun 2009 - Present] Software Development Manager at Amazon Development Centre, Chennai
	* Managing a 10 member team of Software Developers. 
	* Team focussed on building workflows and tools for improving the content quality of Kindle eBooks.

	[Dec 2006 - May 2009] Software Development Engineer at Amazon Development Centre, Chennai
	* Worked on the Design and Implementation of offering Digital solutions in Amazon.com website
	* Built a reporting framework for improving Kindle eBooks selection
	
	[Jan 2005 - Dec 2006] Member of Technical Staff at Oracle USA Inc, Redwood Shores, California
	* Worked on Application Server Management as part of the System Management Products team.
	* Worked on the Design and Implementation of the Data Exchange feature between Oracle’s
	  Enterprise Manager (Grid Control) and any external system (specifically BAM - Business
	  Activity Monitoring tool). This project is part of Oracle’s SOA release.
	* Good exposure to Service-Oriented Architecture, J2EE including JMS and XML technologies.
	* Attended courses in Oracle University including a course on Spoken Communication and 
	  Presentation skills.
    
	[Jan 2004 - Dec 2004] Research Assistant at WAIL  
	* Worked with Networks Research Group under Professor Paul Barford

	[Aug 2003 - Dec 2003] Teaching Assistant at UW-Madison
	* Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (Java)


Graduate Courses:
	
	* Introduction to Computer Networks
	* Advanced Topics in Database Management Systems
	* Advanced Computer Networks
	* Data Models and Languages (Formal Topics in Databases)
	* Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
	* Advanced Operating Systems
	* Models and Formalisms for Computation
	* Thesis on using Intel’s IXP 2400 for Packet Classification in an Intrusion Detection System
	

Projects:

	``Implementing a Packet Monitor on Intel's Network Processor (IXP 2400)''
	Project carried out as part of CS740 - Advanced Computer Networks, Spring 2004
	Used IXP2400 - Intel's second generation of Internet Exchange Network
	Processors - for implementing a flow-based packet monitor. With
	multi-threaded transmit/receive drivers, the results show better
	performance, due to high-level of parallelism.

	``Implementation of an Ethereal-based packet trace analysis tool''
	Project carried out as part of CS640 - Introduction to Networks, Fall 2003
	Studying TCP-behavior by analysing packets captured using Ethereal. 

	``Dynamic IP Address Reconfiguration using SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol)''
	Accepted as a POSTER paper for presentation in the IEEE TENCON 2003 Conference
	Used NS-2 Simulator to simulate dynamic IP Address addition/deletion
	within an existing SCTP association without disturbing the established
	connection. Studied the multi-homing and multi-streaming feature of SCTP
	and did a comparative study with TCP. 


Special Achievements/Scholarships:
	* Spot-Award for showing great ownership in delivering the Kindle selection reports [2008]
	* Chosen as the best presenter in Oracle University’s Spoken Communication Course [2005]
	* Got admission in University of Wisconsin, Madison will full-assistantship (Teaching Assistant) [2003]
	* Anna University Gold Medalist, Gold Medal from Department of Computer Science and Engineering for being the top ranker in B.E degree programme [2003]
	* Ramanujam Centenary Gold Medal for having secured the highest marks in Mathematics in B.E degree programme, Anna University (2003)
	* General Proficiency Award for being School Topper in Higher Secondary Exam (1999)
	* Diploma in Multimedia - All India Rank 11 (1997-1999)