| Contact Information | |
| Name: | Nikhil Kadu |
| Email: | nikhil.kadu (at) gmail (dot) com [email concealed] |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Resume | |
| Position/Title: | Application Security Architect |
| Resume: |
Nikhil P. Kadu Email: nikhil.kadu (at) gatech (dot) edu [email concealed] Phone no: 404-861-9450 1079, Center Street NW, Atlanta GA 30318 http://nikhil.kadu.googlepages.com/research OBJECTIVE To obtain Full Time position in Software Development, starting in Dec 2008 EDUCATION • Master of Science in Information Security (GPA: 3.66/4.0) (Aug 2007–Present) Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (Anticipated graduation in Dec 2008) Courses Taken: Network Security, Wireless Networks, Secure Computer Systems, RFID Security • Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Science (GPA: 3.83/4.0) (Jul 2000–Jun 2004) Pune Institute of Computer Technology, University of Pune, India SKILL SET • Programming Languages: C, C++, JavaScript, Perl, Python, PHP, HTML, SQL • Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/XP, Linux, Solaris • Other Technologies: TCP/IP, HTTP, Mozilla Web Browser, XPCOM, MySQL, Linux Device Drivers, ODBC, AJAX, XSS, SQL Injection, Network Programming in Windows/Linux, Linux O(1) scheduler • Tools & Utilities: Venkman, Identify's Appsight, WinDebug, NMAP - Network Port Scanner, WinCVS, Bugzilla, MS Visual Studio 2003, Microsoft Visio 2007, Eclipse, Apache Tomcat, Apache Web Server PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. Sun Microsystems, Santa Clara, US (Full-Time) (Jun 2008-Aug 2008) Designation: Summer Intern as a part of SECuR-IT program (http://www.truststc.org/securit/). This 10 week program was organized by UC Berkeley and Stanford University. 2. Great Software Laboratory Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India (Full-Time) (Jul 2004-Jul 2007) Designation: Member of Technical Staff Duration: 3 years Client: Cenzic Inc. Projects: • Cenzic Hailstorm, a Web Application Security Scanner (C++, JS) (Mar 2005-Jul 2007) My responsibilities involved design and development of o Browser Event Delivery and Management System o Recorder and Player of user interactions with Mozilla Web Browser o HTTP Requests/Responses Logger o Throttle Manager to regulate the flow of outgoing HTTP requests • NessusWin32, an Open Source Remote Network Security Scanner (C) (Nov 2004-Feb 2005) I was solely responsible for design, development and delivery of following tasks o Porting Nessus from Linux to Windows (http://sourceforge.net/projects/nessuswin32/) o Integration of NessusWin32 with Cenzic Hailstorm and NessusWX o Writing Syn Scan and TCP Connect Port Scanners • ODBCAccess, an Open Source Database Wrapper for Mozilla Web Browser (Aug 2004-Oct 2004) I was solely responsible for design and development of this project (C++, XPCOM) (http://odbcaccess.mozdev.org/) ACADEMIC PROJECTS • Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology (Aug 2007–May 2008) o Project: Multi-user Web Based Flowchart Development and Sharing System (PhP, AJAX) • Master’s Project: Development of Secure and Flexible Web Browser • Undergraduate Project: Trinity – A Group Based Resource Manager for Linux Kernel 2.4.20 (C) AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS • My undergraduate project ‘Trinity’ won following prizes (May 2004) o 1st prize in project presentation competition at IEEE, Bombay Section o Calsoft's Special Prize for best project and Techlab's “Award for Excellence” prize o 2nd prize in Open Software competition at Techfest, IIT Bombay o 2nd prize in System Software category at Impetus 2004 & Concepts 2004, PICT • Won 2nd prize in Website Designing Contest at IEEE Student Branch-PICT (Mar 2002) • Awarded the Best Student of the year 2000 prize at Brijlal Biyani Science College (Jan 2000) • Represented Cenzic at 3rd International Conference on Network Security at Delhi, India (Mar 2006) |