Ravi S. Iyer

Objective

Exploring opportunities for web application development (Next.js, MERN stack) as well as suitable technical consultant work, in part time, work from home mode.

Current Skills Summary (June 2023 to Sep 2024)

• Web app devlopment using Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Node Express, and Mongoose/MongoDB
• 'Plain vanilla' web app development using only HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• VB.Net

Past Skills Summary (1984 to 2002)

• Web technologies using C#/ASP.Net and Java 2 Enterprise Ed.
• OOAD incl. Design Patterns and UML
• GUI Design
• TCP/IP socket prog, VoIP MS API, SMTP gateway, X.400, X.500, Sendmail, Banyan Vines Network OS, RPC, Videotex
• IIS & Netscape web server API, Web Services (SOAP)
• C/C++, STL, Visual C++/MFC, Visual Basic, Oracle, Sql Server, Informix, PowerBuilder, SQLWindows, X-Windows API, Wang VS Assembler, COBOL
• Microsoft Windows, Unix/Linux/Solaris and Wang VS operating systems
• ATL/COM, Multi-threading, XML, Windows Hooks

Companies Worked With As Employee/Consultant (1984 to 2002)

• Netherlands startup (CelPro, Mumbai) from Jul 2001 to Aug 2002: Offsite Netherlands company project.
• Mastek, Mumbai from Nov 1993 to Jun 2001: Offsite US, UK, Japanese, German etc. company projects.
• Freelance Corporate Training Instructor in Mumbai from Mar 1993 to Oct 1993
• Indian startup (Boshu Technics, Mumbai) from Jun 1990 to Nov 1992: Onsite and offsite US, German and South Korean company projects.
• Datamatics, Mumbai from Mar 1984 to May 1990: Onsite assignments: Wang Labs. USA and Belgium, Baan Netherlands; various offsite projects.

Software Development Experience Overview

• June 2023 to September 2024 (16 months)

  Returned to software development work after a gap of around ten years

  • June 2024 to Aug 2024 (3 months part-time)
    • Developed an open source Bhagavad Gita Frontend app using Next.js, React, Tailwind, TypeScript and GraphQL - GitHub repo, Blog post with screenshots. Made notes-posts for other self-learners.
  • October 2023 to May 2024, September 2024 (9 months part-time)
    • Learned Next.js, Tailwind and TypeScript. Wrote notes-posts to help other self-learners.
    • Developed a Blogger Blog Feed to HTML Book open source, plain vanilla JavaScript app (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) - GitHub repo.
    • Learned MERN (MongoDB, Express, React.js and Node) full stack web development with simple blog mini-project:
      Full Stack ver. (needs credentials; slow initial API access) - GitHub repo.
      Local Storage ver. without credentials - GitHub repo.
      Published roadmap and notes to help other self-learners.
  • June 2023 to Nov 2023 (6 months part-time)
    • Developed an open source Blogger blog backup to book software in VB.Net - GitHub repo.

• 1984 to 2014 (30 years)

  • 2011 to 2014 (3 years part-time)
    • Blogged about improving software development practice in academia, shared my lab. courses material online (link given below), and explored open source IT development for rural society which did not really take off.
  • 2003 to 2012 (9 years)
    • In a Deemed University in India, taught programming (lab) courses and was technical consultant for projects at M.Tech. (CS) and M.Sc. (Maths & CS) level.
  • 1984 to 2002 (18 years)
    • In software development industry (in U.S., Europe, Far East Asia and India), played roles right from programmer, designer, project manager, software development manager to finally a software consultant role.

Non Software Development Work

• Sept. 2011 to June 2023 (11 years 9 months)

  • Wrote on social media (blogs and Facebook) on spirituality & religion as well as worldly topics (including some computer industry history posts). About my books and blogs