I am a professional C++ developer with very strong design, development and problem solving skills with over 13 years of experience. I have been involved in development of user interfaces for applications, development of GUI components (both managed and unmanaged), layered system design, multithreaded programming, network programming, database programming, design and development of high-performance grid-enabled solutions and COM/COM+ components. Have solid understanding of object-oriented programming and modular software design, extensive experience with many design patterns, debugging/profiling, identifying bottlenecks and fine-tuning application performance using tools/techniques such as Rational Quantify, DevPartner Studio, Profile-Guided Optimization etc., detecting and resolving hard-to-catch/reproduce bugs. I am ready to take on on toughest design/programming challenges and deliver excellent results in a timely manner.