Akshay Bhalla has a Master's degree in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Production from Manipal University of Technology in India. He currently works as a Software Developer at Kroger in Cincinnati, where he develops and customizes APIs and microservices using technologies like Spring Boot and Cassandra. Previously he worked as a Systems Engineer at Infosys in India, where he supported several global banks and managed the migration of an alerts application. His skills include Java, JavaScript, SQL, Angular, React, and tools like Git, Maven, and Tableau.

1. Akshay Bhalla
Apartment #304W, 727 MLK Drive West, Cincinnati, OH-45220
bhallaay@mail.uc.edu • phone # 513-410-8388
https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshaybhalla
EDUCATION
University ofCincinnati, Carl H. Lindner College ofBusiness, Cincinnati, Ohio December 2015
Master of Science, Information Systems
 Graduate Coursework: Data analysis, Data Analysis Methods, Enterprise Resource Planning, IT Management, Data
Modelling, Database Design, Project Management, XML and Web services, and Process Modelling.
 Data Analytics Certificate.
Manipal University, Manipal Institute ofTechnology, Manipal, Karnataka,India
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Production. May 2011
 Studied subjects in the areas of Management Information Systems, Operations Research, Engineering
Economics and Engineering Management.
EXPERIENCE
Kroger, Cincinnati, Ohio. June 2015 – Present
Software Developer
 Working as a Software developer in an agile environment, involved in developing and customizing SOAP web
services and RESTful APIs supporting the ClickList eCommerce platform.
 Developing a set of Microservices using spring boot and Cassandra,replacing the IBM Integration Bus middleware.
This will provide a scalable solution for the growing demands of eCommerce and enable independent deployments,
drastically reducing the time to go to production.
 Developed a Java spring application for automated testing of synchronous and asynchronous web services,reducing
the time for post deployment testing by 70 percent.
Infosys Limited, Pune,Maharashtra,India. July 2011- June 2014
Systems Engineer
 Worked as a Java developer for Finacle Alerts: An application used to deliver alerts to the subscribed customer on
event generation.
 Single-handedly managed the migration of the Finacle Alerts application for a leading Indian Bank significantly
increasing the rate of message delivery per minute and improving performance.
 Provided application support to 8 global banks.
 Managed and streamlined the delivery and tracking processes.
SKILLS
 Languages: Java, JavaScript, JMS, XML, Xpath, SQL, R.
 Frameworks: Spring, Angular, Junit.
 Tools: Gradle, Maven, IBM Websphere Application Server, Websphere MQ, Team city, Git, Microsoft Project,
Tableau, ReactJS.
 Demonstrated strong problem solving skills while supporting the clients, facing a new problem each day, finding the
root cause,and providing solutions.
 Believe in continuous improvement and always eager to learn new technologies.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
 Secured second position in Centric business case study competition.
 Won “Best use of Technology” award at Kroger Hackathon. Integrated Kroger online shopping experience with
amazon echo, enabling addition of items to shopping cart using voice commands.