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Ammar Khurshid

Frontend Web Developer

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About Me

Me

Hi, I'm Ammar :D
I'm an MSc Computing Science student at the University of Glasgow .
A frontend web developer by profession with a proficiency in ReactJs.

Hit me up for anything and everything tech related, or if you want to see me talk about why Samwise Gamgee is the real hero, not Frodo Baggins.

Experience

Adobe

Senior Technical Product Consultant

Facilitated clients in implementing, optimising, and troubleshooting web implementations for Adobe Analytics and Adobe Launch. Analysis of data extracted from Adobe Analytics to gain insights into customer spending behaviour and resolve outliers in reporting.

ICICI Lombard

Developer, Former Intern

Developed Angular web apps with 50+ fields for data management and entry of 100,000+ clients. These apps issued and renewed health insurance policies. Worked on UI/UX Design for 10+ screens – intending to minimise data entry. Rebuilt an Ionic application using Angular to improve page load time, mobile responsiveness and reduce API usage.

Viga Studios

Frontend Developer, Intern

Developed a React web app to serve as a repository for tracking sequences and shots in movie production. The application hosted media files and enabled interaction between a director and a production team. Additionally, developed a Single-Sign-On and user management portal. UI/UX Design of 15+ screens – converted low-fidelity designs into mobile responsive web pages. Communicated with stakeholders extensively to understand problems and build user-friendly solutions.

Formula Manipal - College Student Project

Driverless Subsystem

Spearheaded a team with the objective to convert combustion and electric vehicles into autonomous vehicles. Worked with Internet of Things, Robotics, Image Processing using OpenCV, and Robot Operating System.
Participated in Formula Bharat 2020 with an electric team, finalists for Ather Energy Software awards.

Education

University of Glasgow, Scotland

September 2022 - September 2023

Master of Science in Computing Science

Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India

July 2017 - August 2021

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology

Delhi Public School, Indirapuram, India

April 2011 - April 2016

High School

Projects

MovieFlix

Built out of a need to stop endless scrolling through Netflix. Login and get customized movie recommendations, and leave reviews.

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Travelo

A user could rent and return bikes from different locations around the city, and super users could manage operations (charging and repairing status) and revenue (per user and per vehicle revenue).

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Emokey - Reinventing passwords through emojis

Built an alternative method to conventional password authentication, using emojis instead. Every password text is uniquely hashed to 3 emojis, and the user's input is obfuscated into emojis. Built for Human Centered Security Course at University of Glasgow. (A grade)

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Chat application using React and Loopback

This is a chat application that works on localhost, where a user can sign up/ log in and chat with another user. It uses web sockets to establish and maintain connections between users, and uses redux to manage application state.

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Semi-autonomous four-wheeled bot

Stream video from a bot using Raspberry Pi and camera to a host computer in master-slave configuration to perform obstacle detection and move the bot around using commands sent from the master computer

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