Deepak Vohra  
14989 Roper Ave  
Apt 105  
White Rock  
BC V4B 2E5  
604 535 7251  

Summary:  
Sun Certified Java 1.4 Programmer and Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the J2EE 1.4. Oracle Certified Associate Oracle database 10g.   
Published J2EE platform related technical articles in  WebLogic Developer's Journal, Oracle Technology Network, XML Journal, ONJava, java.net, IBM developerWorks, Java Developer’s Journal, Oracle Magazine, and devx. 
Fellow British Computer Society (FBCS).
Published six books on Java technologies and tools. 

1. JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development
2. Ajax in Oracle JDeveloper
3. Processing XML documents with Oracle JDeveloper 11g
4. Ruby on Rails for PHP and Java Developers
5. Pro XML Development with Java Technology
6. EJB 3.0 Database Persistence with Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g  

WORK EXPERIENCE:  
 
11/2001-Present Independent Consultant  

Indexing Editor, Technical Editor Proofreader Manning Publications, since January 2007. 
	Indexing Editor for the following books. 

1. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives
2. Brownfield Application Development in .NET
3. PowerShell in Practice
4. SharePoint 2007 Developer's Guide to Business Data Catalog 
5. The Art of Unit Testing
6. Indexing editor DSLs in Boo
7. The RSpec Book

Proofreader for the following books. 

1. SQL Server MVP Deep Dives
2. SharePoint 2007 Developer's Guide to Business Data Catalog 

Technical Editor or Technical Proofreader for the following books. 

1. WebLogic: The Definitive Guide
2. Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner
3. Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action
4. Entity Framework 4 in Action
5.  SQL Server DMVs in Action

11/2001- present NuBean.com Consultant  

Developed an application to translate a DTD to an XML Schema for XMLEspresso 6.x XML editor. XMLEspresso is an XML editor for creating and editing XML Schema and DTD based XML documents  Tested and developed Help documentation for XMLEspresso 6.x editor.  
 
10/2000 10/2001 Lawson Software Independent Contractor  
Developed a JSP to generate and display a calendar. Developed documentation on Session EJBs, Econsole Java applet and JSP Tag Libraries that provided access to Lawson ERP applications from within a J2EE application server environment.  
 
8/1989 12/1995 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, Engineering Department, Graduate Assistant. Teaching Assistant for an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Lab.  Research Assistant for a project on testing the feasibility of using coal in zinc smelting.  
 
EDUCATION:  
 
8/89 to 5/92: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL , USA
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Cumulative GPA 3.96/4.0.  

7/83 to 7/87: Panjab University, Chandigarh, India  
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering.  

HONORS:

 Graduated in B.E. with Honors.

CERTIFICATIONS:  

Sun Certified Java 1.4 Programmer  
Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the J2EE 1.4  
Oracle Certified Associate-Oracle 10g Database Administration I  
 
COMPUTER SKILLS:  
 
Programming Languages: Java , Ruby on Rails, PHP 
 
Web Technologies and Tools:  
 
HTML, XML, Ajax, XML Schema, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS  
Design of DTD and XML Schema  
Validation of XML documents with DTD and XML Schema  
Design of XSLTs. XSLT Transformation.  
Parsing and Validation of an XML document with JAXP 1.2.6.  
Binding of an XML Schema to Java classes with JAXB and XMLBeans.  
Parsing and Validation of an XML Document with Xerces2-J and JDOM. 
Dreamweaver, Framemaker.
 
Java Technologies:  
 
EJB 2.0 and 3.0 Specification. JSP 2.0 specification. Entity EJBs and Session EJBs, JSP, JDBC, EJB tag Libraries and Struts.  
 
Application/Web Servers:  
 
WebLogic Server 9.1/10.3, JBoss 4.0/5.0  
Development of J2EE applications in WebLogic  server 9.1/10.3.  
Deployment of J2EE applications in WebLogic Server.  
Configuration of JDBC Connection Pool and DataSource in WebLogic server with  
Oracle database.  
Development and Deployment of J2EE applications in JBoss server.  
Configuration of JBoss with MySQL database.  
Configuring WebSphere JDBC and deploying applications in WebSphere. 
 
PUBLICATIONS: 
 Some of the publications are listed below:

Vohra, D.(2009). XPath Support in Oracle JDeveloper 11g. SOA World Magazine. 
Vohra, D.(2009). Configuring JDBC in Oracle JDeveloper. Java Developer's Journal.
Vohra, D. (2008). Integrated Support for XML Data Management. PowerBuilder Journal.
Vohra, D. (2007). Configuring WebLogic Server 9.x JDBC. Java Developer's Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2007). How to Create a Directory Service Using the OpenLDAP Directory Server. Open Source Magazine.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2007). Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS). Java Developer's Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2006). Configuring Eclipse for Remote Debugging a WebLogic Java Application. WebLogic Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2006). Integrating Apache Poi in WebLogic Server. WebLogic Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2005). Transforming XML-to-XML or -Text or -HTML. XML Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2005). Migrating a JBoss EJB Application to WebLogic. WebLogic Journal.
Vohra, D. (2005). XML Schema Binding with XMLBeans. XML Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2004). Configuring BEA WebLogic 8.1 JDBC Connectivity. WebLogic Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2004). SimpleType and ComplexType in a Schema. XML Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2004). Developing Entity EJBs. WebLogic Journal.
Vohra, D. & Vohra, A.(2004). DTD and XML Schema Structures. XML Journal.

REFERENCES:  
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