Skilled software consultant and trainer, with strong focus on software innovation. Creator of xtopdf, a Python toolkit for PDF creation Elected member (Fellow) - Python Software Foundation. Goal: to consult with organizations on the area of software innovation: envisioning, giving shape to it, and through to hands-on implementation/execution of technical aspects. Former employers include Veritas Software & Infosys Technologies, in both development and management roles. Good skills in multiple technologies including Python, C, UNIX/Linux (both development & administration), many relational databases, many open source libraries, tools and apps. Ability to pick up new technologies reasonably fast. Good project management skills in a CMM Level 5 company (Infosys). Training: https://jugad2.blogspot.com/p/training.html Business web site: https://vasudevram.github.io/ Email: vasudevram@gmail.com Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/vasudevram Blog on software innovation, Python and other topics: https://jugad2.blogspot.com Open source projects: https://vasudevram.github.io/products.html - xtopdf: PDF conversion toolkit - PDFXMLRPC: Client-server PDF creation from text over the Internet. - PySiteCreator: tool to create web sites by writing them entirely in Python. See: https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram for some other projects. ActiveState Code recipes: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4173351/ Specialties: Python, C, Ruby, Linux, UNIX, shell scripting, command-line utility development, SQL databases, PDF generation, PDF text extraction, open source technologies, Python training, SQL training, Unix training, Requirement Analysis, Project Management, technology evaluation / recommendation / implementation, Software Design and Development, Technical Article Writing, Blogging, Automation of tasks via programming, Data Conversion, File Format conversion, ETL. Former colleagues and managers have described me as resourceful, creative and strong technically.