Avirag Narendra Srivastava

Causeway Bay, Hong Kong | +852-56034224 | aviverma2008@rediffmail.com

EDUCATION

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Aug 2017 – May 2018
• Master of Science, Information Technology. CGPA: 3.67/4.0, Top 15% of the class.

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India Jul 2010 – May 2014

• Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering. CGPA: 8.81/10, Top 10% of the class.

EXPERIENCE

Senior Software Engineer, The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., Hong Kong Jul 2018 – Present
• Working on the Smart Room Technology based on the IoT platform by developing Android and web-based
solutions to enhance guests’ experience such as Room Controls, In-Room Dining, Online Shopping, etc.
• Developed and delivered full stack projects for existing hotel properties right from the Backend, Web
Frontend (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML) to the Client side Frontend in Android (JAVA, Kotlin)
• Hands-on experience with Splunk (Data visualization and Analytics) platform from the infrastructure setup
to creating reports and meaningful dashboard using SPL language for analysing user behaviour.
Senior Software Engineer, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore Jul 2014 – Aug 2017
• Conceptualized, Prototyped and Commercialized ‘Direction based lock screen’ for the Samsung Galaxy S7, on
Android Platform, resulting in optimized User Experience and privacy for visually impaired users.
• Filed a Patent (currently in India and USA) for ‘Direction Lock’, titled ‘Method and apparatus for unlocking
devices’, which is also published on Google’s patent website.
• Received award for providing one of the best user trial feedback for Samsung Tizen Z4, which helped achieve
the phone launch on time with bug free software.
• Received ‘Employee of the Month’, one of the most prestigious award in Samsung Electronics, for April,
2016.
• Designed an award (Spot Award) winning algorithm to group the UI Elements in the ‘Universal Switch’
feature which resulted in a more accurate and contextual grouping of the UI.
• Worked in a cross functional team based across India, South Korea, China and USA.
• Resolved more than 200 Issues on ‘Direction Lock’ and ‘Universal Switch’ features along with the
implementation of new GUI’s and new requirement update while working at the Samsung Corporate
Headquarters in Suwon, South Korea leading to efficient and bug-free software features.
Intern, Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore Dec 2013 – Jun 2014
• Conducted market research of visually impaired users and fashioned various solutions among which
‘Direction Lock’ was included in Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, and was graded novel and innovative to be
patented.
• Created a comprehensive report by scrutinizing the existing features in Samsung devices to their extremities
versus the suggested solutions based on User Experience of the differently abled users.

Intern, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic Jun 2013 – Jul 2013
• Developed and prototyped solution for Traffic Monitoring System which required detection of vehicle’s
distinguishable components using Computer Vision algorithms.

Summer Training, Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd., Noida Jun 2012
• 3 week long Technical training on Networking Technology involving Routing and Switching.
PROJECTS
• Analysing, predicting and visualizing the performance measure of airline carriers based on their past flight
records using the concepts of Big Data Technology.
• Vehicle value prediction and classification based on various Machine Learning algorithms.
• Project entitled ‘Enterprises Network End to End solution’ using CISCO Packet Tracer software which
involved simulating entire networking of a country with correct IP classifications.
• ‘Information System for Knowledge Testing’ which required to build an application to check the IQ of school
students, based on the concept of ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’.
• ‘Info Desk Registrations’ using Advanced JAVA Technologies which enabled smooth and efficient
registrations of Members for various events organized by student societies of M.I.T., Manipal.

CORE TECHNICAL SKILLS

Android, JAVA, Kotlin, AngularJS, NodeJS, HTML, PHP, MySQL, TypeScript, JavaScript, SPL (Splunk), Algorithms

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Recipient of Arthur and Louise May Scholarship for Young Engineers awarded by “Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology” based on quality of academic background, work experience & performance in
admission interview.
• Recipient of School of Engineering Entrance Scholarship awarded by “Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology” based on academic excellence and professional achievements for pursuing Master of Science
program.
• App developed during Microsoft Appfest Manipal, which took place from 27th August to 30th August, 2013
was selected as one of the Top 25 Apps and was awarded for the same.
• 1st runner up in Application Development, an event under Computex Category in TECHWEEKEND 13.02,
conducted by IEEE Students’ Chapter (Manipal). The event involved building an application on a given
problem statement.
• Successfully cleared the IBM Certification Exam for the course on “Rational Application Developer for
WebSphere Software V6.0” and achieved a title of “IBM Certified Associate Developer”.
• Co-authored an entire 20 page full-fledged business plan entitled ‘CYCL-ONE’, which proposed an idea for a
revolutionary form of transport. The plan was presented at the final round of PROVENANCE-2011, a National
Level Business Plan Competition organized by MUTBI (The Entrepreneurship-Cell of Manipal University)
which eventually won a consolation prize.
• 2nd runner up in App Whiz, an event under CRYPTOSS Category in TECHTATVA-2011 (National Level
Technical Conference of MIT, Manipal). The event involved building a Chrome extension on a given problem
statement.
• Winner of ‘Buzzinga’, an event under Techno-Management Category in TECHTATVA-2011. The event in its
final round involved making of a service company and virtually realizing its’ running for 10 years.
• Conducted and tutored at various on-campus workshops on Android, Data Structures using C and Java,
Object Oriented Programming using C++ and Java, Basics of VHDL, Basic Sorting Algorithms in C.
• Joint Technical Head at Institution of Engineers - Computer Science Engineering (IE CSE), Manipal.
• Organizer and JAVA Trainer at Google Developers Group, Manipal.
• Worked as the Student Placement Coordinator for the department of Computer Science & Engineering at
MIT Manipal.
• Category Head for ‘System Administration’ at REVELS-2013 (National Level Cultural Conference of MIT,
Manipal).