Makarand Kokane
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Pune, India
Toptal member since October 4, 2022
Makarand is a software developer with over 19 years of experience in C++. He's looking for hands-on development work, specifically using C++. Makarand has been practicing hands-on development throughout and has worked at various American companies for 19 years, of which seven have been for US companies providing outsourcing services and 12 years for product-based companies. These companies include PTC, Fiserv, Oracle, Cummins, and Analogic.
Portfolio
Experience
- C++ - 19 years
- C - 19 years
- Multithreading - 17 years
- C++11 - 10 years
- VTK - 9 years
- Qt - 6 years
- QML - 6 years
- Medical Imaging - 5 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
C++
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on is visualization in a CT scan medical imaging app. Developed several features, including volumetric views, MPR, and curved reformat.
Work Experience
Contractor
Turing
- Integrated OpenAI for automatic game generation. Integrated generative AI-based image generation software to generate game background and character images.
- Made the theme of the produce configurable and added a light theme. Earlier, it was a dark theme with hard-coded colors throughout the code.
- Added a feature to provide a more straightforward user interface than what was present earlier to attract new users.
Senior Technical Architect
Agiliad
- Completed ownership of a module for visualization. Added approximately 45 KLOC in five years, including some major code refactoring and a lot of new development.
- Used multiplanar reformat (MPR) and curved planar reformat (CPR) processes.
- Worked on volumetric viewing, 3D annotations, and image segmentation.
Software Specialist
Cummins
- Fixed bugs and developed features as a developer and a team lead for electronic engines' software tools.
- Worked in the automotive domain on electronic engine fault diagnostics.
- Worked on a tool to check the validity of ECU calibration files and one to provide online updates for ECU software.
- Developed a tool to send files to a server over the internet.
- Created an Android and an iOS application for showing engine faults.
Software Consultant
PTC
- Fixed approximately 300 bugs, ranging from simple to very complex, in a vast and old codebase of ProE, Creo.
- Worked on enhancing the post-processor module of the CAD application.
- Migrated the UI from an old system to a new Windows ribbon-based system.
Senior Developer
Fiserv
- Formed complex options strategies formation, options strategies optimization, and non-standard options strategies formation.
- Led cash account processing, margin requirements computation, and futures margin.
- Improved performance and memory footprint optimization research initiatives.
Experience
CT Scan Medical Imaging Visualization
The top features I developed from scratch are multiplanar reformat, curved reformat, and volumetric viewing.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) - Pune, India.
Skills
Libraries/APIs
VTK, OpenGL
Tools
GitHub, Microsoft Visual C++, ITK
Languages
C++, C, C++11, QML, SQL, Pro*C
Frameworks
Qt, .NET
Platforms
Linux, Android, iOS, Oracle, Unix, Ubuntu, Windows
Paradigms
Cross-platform
Storage
Databases
Other
Geometry, 2D, 3D, Multithreading, Mathematics, 3D Architecture, Image Processing, Visualization Tools, DICOM, Medical Imaging, IPC, Game Design, 3D Games, 3D Rendering, Game Production, Human-machine Interface (HMI), Quantitative Modeling, Medical Devices, Touchscreens, Game Development
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