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Hi Friends, Thanks for taking time and interest to read about me. I am a Technocrat Internet Marketer, Affiliate Business Owner or whatever you want you can call me. I run my small company in Ahmedabad the famous city located in state of Gujarat. I am the CEO of my IT Company Web Sense Solutions which works for offshore clients based in US, Europe and Australia. I am still 24 and still learning to Todd. I started Web Sense, when I was still in 5th semester of my college. Still taking my college education and starting a business was has hard decision but I don’t regret it anymore. We were a group of 5 people when we started Web Sense Solutions and today we are 20+ in Ahmedabad and many contract employees work for Web Sense Solutions Globally from India, China, Egypt, Russia and US & UK. Just to introduce myself, I completed my BE in Computer Science Engineering. And started doing jobs with IT Companies in Ahmedabad. Working with them had been fun and a great learning experience and I got chance to work with a bunch of International & Domestic Clients. Most of my projects were technology consulting. But destiny had something else in store for me. At the peak of my career and with a dream Job in Hand, I left my Job and turned down many Job Opportunities to return back to Web Sense Solutions, to fulfill the greatest dream I cherished from my college days. Web Sense Solutions my dream company which I founded while I was still in my 5th semester of my college, we started as a group of 5 friends. People asked me many questions, my colleagues felt that I am fooling around by turning down such a good offer; no one had the courage enough to back up my decision. There were several reasons for this – 1. The key market for IT companies – US was facing a huge recession leading to lots of job cuts and pink slips both in US and Indian IT companies serving US. 2. People were scared to even switch jobs and they wanted to be safe and not make much noise, as an example, earlier a fresher from Chennai if got base branch as Mumbai, he would make the life of HR like hell, but now ball was on the HR’s court, no one dared to make any noise. 3. There was no salary hikes, no promotions, gone were the old days of jumps in salaries when switching companies. 4. Indian IT sector was massively hit by the recent Satyam Scandal and investor has no faith on BIG IT bulls, leave aside start-ups like mine. 5. All in all, IT Market in India became a buyer market where Service Buyers were having an edge over service sellers. With a service provider perspective, like us (IT Employees), we were under the dungeons of the great downfall. Quitting a cushy job and starting a business that too in IT was not taken as a wise decision by anyone, seeing such pervasive conditions. Anyways everybody is free to think whatever they feel. India is democratic country and I can’t force my imagination, thinking and belief on anyone. I knew what I was doing and I had full confidence on myself and my skills. Not everyone can take such decisions, but those who take and are able to take it right make themselves the leaders of generations to come after them. I am truly inspired by Bill Gates and DhiruBhai Ambani on the way they took decisions against the world and proved that they were right. Summary:- Summary • Object Oriented PHP 5 / MySQL web developer • UNIX/Linux, MVC, Subversion, Zend, and LAMP toolset • SEO (Search Engine Optimization) expertise • Creative online business strategist • 3 years developing for the Internet • Strong back end developer with wide skill set • Project management and supervisory experience Skills Professional Web Development / Programming, Web Systems Administration (Apache, Linux, UNIX, MySQL, PHP, Subversion), Database Design and Query Optimization, Organic SEO (Search Engine Optimization), Online Business Development, Marketing and Market Research, Technical and Creative Writing. Technologies PHP (3, 4, and 5), MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL, Zend Framework, PEAR, Smarty Template Engine, MVC (Model View Controller), XHTML / HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Unix / Linux / OS X, Cold Fusion (4 and 5), Perl/CGI, FreeBSD, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows (3.x, 95-98, ME, XP, 2000, Vista), Apache Web Server, Sendmail and Qmail, Mac OS (classic and OS X), Subversion Version Control (user and Admin), CVS (concurrent Versioning System), Familiarity with many other web technologies (ASP, JSP, ORACLE, SQL Server, IIs etc.). Applications Zend Studio, Pico / Nano Editor, Case Studio (Toad) Database Modeling, TextMate, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Adobe Photoshop, Pagemaker, Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook. Experience Contract Web Developer / Producer / Consultant Apply a wide breadth of technical skills, Internet knowledge, and experience across the spectrum of online development in the service of building and improving online properties for multiple clients. Includes: site architecture and infrastructure, backend development using open source toolset (PHP, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache, Linux and others (i.e LAMP), front end development with CSS and HTML/XHTML, organic search engine optimization and strategy, web systems administration, technical writing, marketing communications and online business consulting. Web Developer / Administrator / Producer • Converted all user facing applications from Cold Fusion to PHP. • Normalized database tables and performed extensive query optimization. • Cleaned up and rewrote front end HTML and CSS to meet validation requirements. • Maintained 24/7 high volume availability demands using open source tools such as Linux, Apache, PHP, and MySQL. • Played a key role in guiding the company's marketing strategy and overall direction, which lead to its significant market share and successful buyout. • Maintained ongoing organic SEO effort leading to the elimination of a paid search campaign and eventual position as a market leader. • Identified and implemented missed SEO opportunities that increased site traffic exponentially. • Created a marketing platform for promoting the business that became an industry standard. • Devised methods aimed at user retention and increasing customer transactions that increased company's bottom line dramatically. • Devised and implemented a competitive pricing and promotion strategy that resulted in an increasing client base. • Built and programmed intelligent features into the site aimed at maximizing the site's effectiveness, usefulness and keeping abusive elements at bay. • Strategically planned and programmed applications that collected business minded intelligence and helped to better manage the site. • Completed transition to new owners in the summer of 2005. Included technical setup and configuration, thorough documentation and an extended technical support contract. PHP Web Developer As part of the development team, programmed a temporary Internet gateway to tie together two e-commerce systems using PHP for a major Internet retailer. In addition to code development, maintained project documentation and assisted in application design. PHP Web Developer / Consultant Dynamic web site design and programming using PHP, MySQL, HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Perl. Set up and administration of web servers and server software. Online business consulting from securing domain names, project planning, logo and graphic identity development, to online marketing, search engine placement and promotion.