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// Career · 2009 → today

The build log.

Agencies in India, freelance work for US clients, state government projects at Deloitte, and the products I run myself.

Timeline

  1. Illustration: a college computer lab in the evening, where it started

    — · Education · Surat, India

    B.C.A., Bachelor of Computer Applications at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

    Where it started: programming fundamentals, databases and the first websites.

  2. — · Education · Ahmedabad, India

    M.C.A., Master of Computer Applications at Gujarat Technological University

    Master's in computer applications; software engineering and web development.

  3. Illustration: a small web agency office with wireframes on the screens

    — · Full-time · India

    Web Developer at Bluebox Infosoft Pvt. Ltd.

    Built and maintained PHP, HTML and CSS templates and website interfaces to project specs.

    PHP · HTML · CSS

  4. — · Full-time · India

    Web Developer at Vardaam Web Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

    Built and optimized high-traffic WordPress and PHP sites with custom themes and functionality; looked after uptime, hosting and databases.

    WordPress · PHP · MySQL

  5. — · Full-time · India

    Web Developer at Bluemoon BPO Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

    PHP and WordPress sites focused on performance and scalability.

    • Integrated XML APIs and payment gateways
    • Custom post types and themes
    • SEO and UX improvements

    PHP · WordPress · XML APIs

  6. — · Freelance · Remote

    Laravel & Full-Stack Developer at Client platforms

    A Laravel digital business card platform with QR codes and print fulfilment, a full Laravel ecommerce build, and several car-wash ERP systems written from scratch in PHP and MySQL.

    Laravel · PHP · MySQL

  7. Illustration: a flight from India to a US city skyline at dawn

    — · Freelance · Miami, FL · Remote

    WordPress Developer at WorldVsPlastic

    Subscription platform with Stripe and PayPal: registration, referral "tribes", self-service plan changes.

    • Custom member dashboard with recycling impact and downloadable certificates

    WordPress · PHP · Stripe · PayPal · MySQL

  8. — · Freelance · New York · Remote

    WordPress Developer at Vyvoa Consulting LLC

    Designed and built the company's CMS-based marketing website.

    WordPress

  9. — · Freelance · Chicago, IL · Remote

    WordPress / PHP Developer at PriceXAuto

    A CarMax-style dealership platform with Yelp-style ratings, plus a WooCommerce multi-vendor marketplace.

    • Customized Dokan multi-vendor setup and custom plugin work

    WordPress · WooCommerce · Dokan · PHP · jQuery

  10. Illustration: dashboards and accessible portal screens in front of a state capitol

    — Present · Full-time · US · Remote

    Delivery Consultant, Software Engineering Solutions at Deloitte

    Front-end and full-stack delivery on six U.S. state government projects.

    • Six government projects across FL, VA, NC, SC and TX on teams of around 30
    • About 2 years 8 months as a core developer on the Florida project; several Applause awards
    • Consolidated thousands of NIH microsites into 7 Drupal sites
    • Redesigned a Texas state Drupal site on the USWDS grid
    • Figma wireframes to production React components for an internal AI product

    React · Drupal · Salesforce Lightning · USWDS · REST

Illustration: three small worlds rising from a laptop, one for each venture

Branches: what I run now

  • — Present · Venture · New Jersey

    Founder at Nexaces LLC

    Gov-tech web architecture and engineering: secure, accessible portals for the public sector.

  • — Present · Venture · fictbase.com

    Creator at Fictbase

    A WordPress plugin that turns any site into a self-hosted serialized-fiction platform.

  • — Present · Venture · doodrio.com

    Creator at Doodrio

    An AI platform that turns a pasted script into a stickman YouTube video.