ABHAY POAL
- |-| mumbai,india
Summary
An adaptable, software developer proficient in a wide variety of languages(strong in java)
and methodologies. Believer in creating beautiful software that provides a first class user
experience.I set and achieve high standards consistently, enjoying self development and
learning new things. A strong team player, who works well under pressure and is consumerfocused.I have won two awards in product idea consulting.
Experience
Founder,Software Developer
Poal technologies private limited
a software technology based startup
did coding in java to make a social (website link sharing) app
worked in android studio ide
integrated the app with AWS(amazon web services backend)
used amazon dynamodb for text data storage and amazon s3 for photo storage on AWS
along with other aws services: amazon cognito,aws identity and access
management,AWS mobile hub
bootstrapped the startup
handled both the product development part and finance part of the startup
did company registration,income tax return filings,roc filings,legal compliance
filings,working with CA for auditing of the company,service tax registration and return
filings
did online courses(no certification yet) to learn java programming skills,attended video
lectures on udacity.com for courses:- Intro to Java Programming,Material Design for
Android Developers,Android Development for Beginners,Developing Android Apps.
Also made an attempt at crowdfunding site indiegogo to raise some initial
funds,uploaded the product idea on the crowdfunding campaign
Product Idea Consultant
Independent
company registration work,independent
October 2013 – march 2014
Mumbai, india
starting to do paperwork for company registration
corrected date of birth in pan card registration,and thereafter went for company
registration
used vakilsearch.com legal services for company registration
did all the relevant paperwork
Software Developer,Summer project scholar
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
January 2014-January 2015
Mumbai, India
participated in many challenges at US based innovation company website
innocentive.com and a few other websites,logo design contests.
won two scientific challenges
1.Novel Approaches for Predicting Individual Life Expectancy
2.Autonomous Vehicle Sensor Technology
did research and analysis of the challenge topic and gave a solution to it
the client was satisfied with my solution and gave me the award
sold intellectual property rights over the idea to the client through innocentive.com
transferred royalty-free,perpetual and non-exclusive license over the idea to the client
Entrepreneur,Manager
September 2014 – present
Mumbai,India
April 2011 – June 2011
Mumbai, India
used software autodock to do docking studies of Protein Kinase EhC2PK binding to Nterminal domain of calcium-binding protein EhCaBP1 of Entamoeba Histolytica
entamoeba histolytica is a parasite microorganism causing amoebiasis disease
did literature overview of the topic
identification of these proteins is important target for developing novel therapies against
amoebiasis
did the docking and analysing the lowest energy structures
gave the presentation for the project, with my guide,professor appreciating my work
Student ,applying to Stanford summer program
independent
applied to Stanford Graduate School of Business Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship
(SIE).
Filled their online application,wrote essays and obtained letter of recommendation from
two iit madras professors
emailing and calling them to check status of my application
unfortunately couldn't get through program as they limited people with masters degree
only to its stanford students
Software Developer,Internship
Max Planck Institute of Biophysical Chemistry
May 2008 – Aug 2008
Goettingen, Germany
Collaborated on a protein structure prediction problem named “High Resolution
backbone structure of protein c2a domain of Rabphilin-3a” with Dr. Markus Zweckstetter
Discussion with Director, Group Leader and Guide regarding their existing approach and
future outlook.
Obtained encouraging results by introducing a new strategy of homology modelling
Used quantitative tools for analysis of protein NMR data
Generated data reports for the presentation and choosing suitable risk measure for
inclusion in reports.
Got positive results using coding in C++, monte carlo simulations and using softwares
named rosettaNMR, Mars and Pales to determine the 3D structure of the protein.
Chief Co-ordinator(Manager) ,Physics Carnival
SHAASTRA
December 2010 – April 2011
Mumbai, India
May 2006 – Oct 2006
Chennai, India
Worked with a dynamic team of 36 students to conduct the event which went on to
become the a successful event in Shaastra 2006.
Gave high quality event presentation to the enthusiastic audience as the event presenter
Performed well in high pressure and under very strict time constraints.
Excellent team planning for the event at Shaastra, with the quiz event getting an
outstanding over all appraisal
Education
Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Madras
B. Tech + M.Tech ,Dual Degree, Biotechnology
2005 – 2010
Guru Nanak High School & Jr. College, Bhandup (W),Mumbai
12th std,2005,92/100 in mathematics course,85.33% in physics,chemistry,maths
Kendriya Vidyalaya IIT powai,mumbai
10th std,2003,marks:94.4%,came in top 5 out of 150 students.
Honors/Awards
Ranked in top 2% in over 200,000 students to get admission into I.I.T Madras.,cleared
J.E.E with 98 percentile.
Awarded DAAD fellowship 2007-08 for pursuing summer research project in Germany.
Founder member and Co-ordinator of Physics Club at I.I.T. Madras.
Qualified GATE exam with above 90 percentile for Teaching Assistantship in 2008-09.
Awarded CBSE all India merit scholarship for excellent performance in 10th std.
Technology Skills
JAVA,C/C++,HTML,CSS,MATLAB , SQL, knowledge of UNIX environment,MS Word,Excel
and Powerpoint, AutoCAD
Additional
Language competencies:english,hindi,marathi