From: pthonda@andy.bgsu.edu (Pratap Thondapu)
Subject: Software Engineer
Keywords: S/W ENGG
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:36:56 GMT



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				PRATAP  THONDAPU
			    214, Napolean Road, 18
			     Bowling Green ,43402
                          Phone: (419) - 353 - 2426 		
                      Internet: pthonda@andy.bgsu.edu
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Objective	A challenging position as  a software engineer.
Education
		Master of Science (Computer Science, GPA 3.9/4.0) 			
		Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio .
	 	(August 1990 - August 1992)
		Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
		University of Poona, Poona, India .
		(August 1984 - March 1989)
Skills
		Languages
		C,  C++, Pascal and OCCAM .

		Operating Systems
		Unix, DOS, VMS, SUN OS, PNX, MacOS and OS/2. 

		Systems
		VAX11/785, VAX11/780, VAX8650, SUN SPARC Stations, IBM-PC and Macintosh.

		Networking Software
		SUN RPC library, Berkeley Sockets, Transport Layer  Interface,  NFS 
		and NetWare.

	        GUI Development Kits
		Open Look Intrinsics toolkit & widget set, XView, X-lib and MS-Windows .

		Simulation Packages & Case Tools
		SIMAN, COMNET , NETWORK and KNOWLEDGEWARE .

Professional
Experience     
		Software Engineer  (1989-1990) in Era S/W systems, a S/W division of 
		SEEC INC, Boulevard Baum, Pittsburgh, PA. 
 
		Developed an on line Hotel Management System by using C- ISAM library. 	
		Ported  to DOS .

		Developed real time software to computerize a  PABX system  using IPC 
		facilities of Unix. 
Relevent
Experience
		Thesis Project: 
		Design and implementation of an algorithm which adds byte error 
		protection to non byte error detecting linear codes.

		Research Projects: 
		Design and simulation of an Internet of Token Ring networks to study 
		the performance of 802.2 protocol .

		Design and implementation of a preprocessor to convert local applications
		to distributed applications using Sun Systems'  Remote Procedure Call 
		library .

		Design and implementation of File Handling Primitives over Sun Systems 
		RPC library to create network based applications. Incorporated UNIX and 
		DES authentication.

		Developed an OpenLook interface  using XView to task allocation 
		applications .
 
		Design and implementation of distributed algorithms using OCCAM to run 
		on a network of transputers .

		Course Projects:
		Provided an OpenLook interface using Xt and OpenLook Widget set to an 	
		application simulating  page replacement  algorithms.

		Developed an application to generate system information from Virtual and 
		Kernel memory files .

		Implemented primitive graphics commands in XView environment. 

		Implemented CRC scheme in a Token Ring network .

		Designed and implemented a  PC based Logic Analyser, including an 8085
		dis-assembler .

Presentations
		Presented a paper titled "Interconnected Ring Networks: A Performance 
		Study"at Winter Simulation Conference, 91 Phoenix, AZ . 
	
Articles
		Authored papers on task allocation in distributed systems.	                  	
Awards
		Scholarship (Graduate Assistant), BGSU.  (August 1990 - May 1992.)		
References
		Available on request .