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NIMESH R. DESAI
EDUCATION
➢ Master of Science in Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology - Current (GPA: 3.34/4.0)
o Concentrations: Application Development, Mobile Application Development, Software Engineering
o Honors: RIT IT Department Merit Scholarship (September 2008 – November 2010)
➢ Bachelors in Information Technology, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India - May 2008
TECHNICAL SKILLS
➢ Programming Languages: Objective C, C++, C, Java, C#, JSON, XML
➢ Technologies/SDK: iOS, Mac, Android
➢ IDE: Xcode, Android Studio, Eclipse
➢ Version Control: Git, SVN
➢ Database: MySQL, PostGRE SQL, SQLite
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
➢ Mutual Mobile – Staff Software Engineer, iOS: Part of a very dynamic, agile, fast paced team responsible for
shipping apps that are highly responsive, visually beautiful and technically at par with what the app store has to
offer. Responsibilities include being innovative, self-starter, problem solver and having the ability to find a
solution irrespective of the severity of the challenge. Credits include multiple iPhone, iPad and Mac applications
on the AppStore. (March 2013 – Current)
➢ AccuWeather, Inc. - Lead iOS Developer: Primary responsibilities include creating a sound architecture,
implementing new and exciting features, creating reusable code base for current and future projects, bug fixes,
writing highly optimized code. Credits include AccuWeather's iPhone and iPad applications (both 4 and 1⁄2 stars)
published on the AppStore. (March 2011 – March 2013)
➢ BrokenMyth Studios – Intern Programmer: Worked on development of a 3D Training Simulation developed in
C# .NET and Unity3D. Another project was the design and development of an e-learning simulation in
ActionScript 3 and Flash. Developed company website using CSS, Javascript and jQuery. (December 2009 – May
2010)
PROJECTS COMPLETED
➢ RIT Chat: An XMPP backed real-time chat application for my Master's capstone project. Students can chat with
fellow students and teachers in the classes, take part in group chats and 1-1 chats, send and receive files and see the
full chat history. Offline users get push notifications when they recieve 1-1 messages. OpenFire server is hosted on
AWS and mobile clients are implemented on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8.x (August 2014 – Present)
➢ Drink with Friends: A community driven mobile application allowing people to discover new beverages based on
their location and preferences. Users can rate a beverage they have consumed and based on these ratings, combined
with user preferences, users can explore all the top drinks at a bar or a cafe. Backend hosted by Parse.com, clients
implemented for iOS and Android. (April 2014 – Present)
➢ TANtastic: An iOS app for tanning enthusiasts. Users can view the most optimum days for tanning, track and
review their tannaing sessions, take pictures and share on social media. Developed for a client (reference available)
and weather content provided by AccuWeather. Backend hostedn on Parse.com
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tantastic-uv-free/id700877167?mt=8 (May 2013-March 2014)
➢ Zeal: Zeal is a 3D RTS + augmented reality board game where players use their hands to wage war on a shared
table top. Developed in C++ and DirectX 10 in a team of 6 students. Developed as a school project and more
information is available here: http://igm.rit.edu/node/458 (September 2009 – November 2009)
RELEVANT COURSES
Application Development for iPhone
Java for Programmers
Database Architecture and Implementation
References available upon request.
Theory of Computer Algorithms
Database Client/Server Technology
2D/3D Graphics Programming