**Meivenkatkumar Lakshminarayanan**
(323) 675-4081
meivenka@usc.edu
portfolio.meivenka.com
linkedin.com/in/meivenkatkumar
github.com/meivenka

### **EDUCATION**
**University of Southern California**, Los Angeles, CA
*Master of Science in Computer Science* | Aug 2022 - May 2024 | CGPA: 3.90/4.00
- Relevant Coursework: Analysis of Algorithms, Mobile Game Dev, Scientific Visualization, Information Retrieval

**National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli**, India
*Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering* | *Minor: Management Studies* | Jul 2018 - May 2022 | CGPA: 8.81/10
- Relevant Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Web Technology, Operating Systems

### **WORK EXPERIENCE**
**Cloud Software Engineering Intern**, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA
*IoT and Full Stack Developer* | *Python, Node.js, ReactJS, AWS IoT Core, CloudFormation* | May 2023 - Aug 2023
- Integrated AWS Sidewalk connectivity into Rheem Clearblade broker via novel protocol translator
- Enabled seamless MQTT-HTTP-Sidewalk translation
- Configured performance monitoring system, identifying 23% resource waste on redundant tasks

**Undergraduate Research**, NIT-T, India
*Heart Disease Prediction* | *Guide: Prof. Dr. Chandramani Chaudhary* | Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
- Enhanced hyperparameter tuning and PCA dimensionality reduction with feedback loop
- Applied domain adaptation to address data scarcity across regions

**Software Developer Intern**, Deutsche Bank, Pune, India
*Financial Risk Modeling* | *TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Django, MySQL* | May 2021 - Jul 2021
- Built ensemble model to detect outliers in 10M+ masked transaction records
- Improved risk assessment using anomaly scores for investment decisions

**Front-end Developer**, NIT-T, India
*Rolling Reels Film Festival* | *ReactJS, Material UI, Golang* | Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
- Developed festival website for 2020 & 2021 editions
- Ensured responsive design across 6+ browsers

### **PROJECTS**
**Mama Chick** – *Mathematical 2D Platformer Game* | *Unity, C#, Python, Jira* | Oct 2023 - Dec 2023
- Designed core + 6 mechanics; built tutorial levels with intuitive UI
- Led 5-developer team, optimizing production builds

**Web Crawler & Inverted-Index Creation** | *Python* | Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
- Built spiderbot to crawl news sites; created inverted-index pipeline

**Activity Recognition System (AReM Dataset)** | *Python* | Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
- Applied stratified cross-validation for RFE optimization
- Compared logistic regression & Naïve Bayes with case-control sampling

**Pragyan CTF** | *Node.js, Python, Shell Script, GCP* | Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
- Designed OAuth/CSRF/RCE/XSS challenges
- Deployed Kubernetes cluster with zero downtime

**Virtual Stock Exchange Simulator** | *gRPC, Golang, TypeScript* | Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
- Optimized server via Docker multi-stage builds & MPM worker

### **TECHNICAL SKILLS**
**Languages:** C, C++, C#, Python, Bash, JavaScript, PHP, SQL
**Web & Tools:** HTML5/CSS, Bootstrap, Material UI, ReactJS, TypeScript, Node.js, MySQL, MongoDB
**Platforms:** AWS IoT Core, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, Azure, Linux, WSL

### **LEADERSHIP**
**Computer Support Group Head**, CSE Association - NIT-T | Jul 2020 - Apr 2022
- Led server deployment for workshops; integrated payment API for ticketing

**Web Developer & SysAdmin**, Delta Force | Aug 2019 - Apr 2021
- Managed CI/CD (CircleCI) for university website; handled security & deployments

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