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Surya Gahlot
Hi there! I'm Surya Gahlot.
I am from Rajasthan, India.
Initially, I desired to become a cinematographer / photographer / a technician in electronics and went to school. One thing led to another and years went by. And lo, now I am a solutions architect without ever planning to become one!
So now, I'm a Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD), Sitecore Certified Professional Developer & Certified Scrum Master. I am working as a Software Solutions Architect in Atlanta (USA). Professionally I have been programming for 18.6 years. I have a passion for Microsoft technologies, especially of web technologies. All my interests and hobbies are related to programming and photography.
I love to challenge the complex problems and prove them to be simple.
When I'm not coding, you'll find me browsing web.
I always look for new challenges and new people to meet.
EF is the world's largest private educational company. Working at EF is challenging, fun and of multicultural. Presently working at EF Academy and this is the first time I got a chance to work on a very powerful CMS Sitecore and now I am a Sitecore Certified Professional Developer.
Photography is one of my hobbies. There is nothing more enjoyable than capturing pictures of wonderful moments and images and sharing them with others. This was the reason to buy a very professional full frame camera - CANON 5D MARK III and enjoy the weekends.
I had the opportunity to work for France based company named Cegedim. I worked on a very beautiful and huge product "Mobile Intelligence (MI)". It is a comprehensive, Web-enabled product suite that improves communications, optimizes promotional activities, and streamlines new product launches of pharmaceutical companies.
I got a chance to work on "Route Builder" module for iPad version of MI.
This was the time when I planned to have more interaction with outer world, so created a technical blog and named it as MSCoder. Though it was limited to Microsoft Technology but got a very good response.
Working with Relyon was very challenging and exciting. Had an opportunity to work on a very first web product of Relyon called "SaralTDS Web". I played a very significant role. I was involved in designing the architecture, coding, code reviewing & db designing. I had very low level understanding of the product architecture.
This product is being used in many Indian banks
During this period, I worked on 2 major products called Saral Account and Saral Office. I worked on TDS module of Saral Accounts and I was a Lead Developer for "Balance Sheet" & "Service Tax" module of Saral Office.
This was my first job in Bangalore. I was new to Bangalore city but after joining Relyon I was so comfortable as co-workers have been so friendly and supportive. I have made lots of new friends :).
My first assignment was a product named ROC (Registrar of Companies). This product was to file ROC returns.
I moved from Rajasthan to Bangalore. I was scouting for a job and had lots of free time. So, planned to work on something new. Suddenly I sported an idea to create website for "Love". Finally that idea turned into a Lovemeter website. This was my first website. Along with this website I created one more website just to play with web stuff.
I would like to thank company Brinkster for providing free webhosting.
After completing Masters, I got an opportunity to work as a freelancer for a stock broker. I worked on a product called EasyMan. This product was very helpful for them. It was an accounting application which helped them to manage their client accounts with brokerage slab calculations and to generate different types of reports.
I enjoyed working on VB 6.0. I used to spend more than 18 hrs a day just doing VB coding.
Doing M.Sc. (Computer Science) was a coincidence. In fact I was never interested in studies. The area where from I have come is very backward. There was no college to study Computer Science. That was the reason I had to do part time degree from far off city called "Bikaner".
I had worked as a trading operator for stock broker firms Hinglaj Investment & Mataji Investment for 1.4 years. I got an oportunity to learn lots of things about major indian exchanges - BSE, NSE, NSE Future & Options, NCDX & MCX.
I also worked as a Data Entry Operator for Income Tax department for more than a year. I learnt about Income Tax rules & regulations.
Besides my studies I was busy doing few other things too and Photography was one of them. I bought my first professional film camera Cosina and for videography I used to borrow panasonic M1000 and M3500.
I've been a great fan of electronic gadgets. I use to disassemble electronic gadgets and look inside it before even playing with the gadget. This led me to become a electronic technician. I had worked at a repairing shop and I used to repair B/W TV, Radio & Tape Recorder. Later I started assembling B/W TV by self and sell it in nearby village.
Please feel free to contact me for any questions, suggestions, job offers, or to tell me your secrets, or just to say "hi"
You can reach me by mail : surya(at)suryagahlot.com