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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Program & Delivery Management (STB, MW, HEADEND, OTT)

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

1. Delivered STB, MW & Headend projects of value 1 million USD in last 1.5 years.2. Leading a team of Project Managers.2. Spearheading the STB, Android, E2E solution deployment, Application & Middleware delivery Programs of Irdeto's key customer & the India's largest Pay TV Operator - Tata Play (formerly Tata Sky)3. Managing the commercial CR, Effort estimates for all the new requirements with customer.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

DishD2h is one of the largest Pay Tv operator in India / Asia region • Heading the C.P.E. / STB Development function and managing a team of more than 12 Team Leads , STB Specialists & Test Engineers.• Communicating at CXO level for sharing the product roadmap, vendor selection & delivery plan.• Vendor coordination & Delivery managent of new Android Box & Streaming device• Coordination with marketing & brand teams to get the desired features implementation on the custom… Show more DishD2h is one of the largest Pay Tv operator in India / Asia region • Heading the C.P.E. / STB Development function and managing a team of more than 12 Team Leads , STB Specialists & Test Engineers.• Communicating at CXO level for sharing the product roadmap, vendor selection & delivery plan.• Vendor coordination & Delivery managent of new Android Box & Streaming device• Coordination with marketing & brand teams to get the desired features implementation on the custom launcher, Middleware & the backend.• Planning for the E2E backend solution for the Advetisement , recommendation & Analytics solution.• Release planning and feature implementation on more than 25 different models / variants i.e. Android, Zapper , HD, SD, DVR Set top boxes. Show less

Dubai Media City

• MBC Group (Dubai) is a leading & largest private media company in middle east & north African region, comprising of people from more than 60 countries working together under the same roof. .Coordinated activities of running STBs & Mobile app projects to ensure quality and meet timetlines.• Launched first Pay TV STB for MBC named GOBX.• Product life cycle management of Set top box and Mobile applications.• Assumed the role of Delivery Manager / Scrum Master for… Show more • MBC Group (Dubai) is a leading & largest private media company in middle east & north African region, comprising of people from more than 60 countries working together under the same roof. .Coordinated activities of running STBs & Mobile app projects to ensure quality and meet timetlines.• Launched first Pay TV STB for MBC named GOBX.• Product life cycle management of Set top box and Mobile applications.• Assumed the role of Delivery Manager / Scrum Master for weekly sprints during the Applicatiton development process.• Studied and evaluated new STBs project, Android TV, Customer launcher and other platforms• Provided technical support for existing system and recommend new technical suggestions and selections.• Managed STBs project & testing activities in details with close coordination with the vendors.• Prepared acceptance test plan as per business requirements.• Ensured the Execution of test cases as per test plan.• Readiness of the Automation system for the STBLAB.• Perform, Maintain and support STB testing platforms and servers.• Support, follow up and solve reported STBs incident on a daily basis.• Customize and produce STBs and MW testing and project tracking reports.• Implement and automate responses to end-users providing status updates and informational notes• Document resolutions for future reference.• Participate in writing technical documents, manuals and guidelines for STBs and MW support for call center usage and/or Customers.• Participate in Writing technical specifications and project plans.• Provide orientation, documentation and support to the new STBs support staff. Show less

Noida

Led the overall success of the Dish TV STB development and quality management. With the team, partnered with manufacturers, vendors, software and hardware development and integration teams.Product enhancement # Chaired discussions with various vendors – identifying, evaluating and incorporating new features in STB as per the requirements and technological advancements# Worked with STB chip manufacturers i.e. Broadcom, ST microelectronics & MSTAR to choose the most feature… Show more Led the overall success of the Dish TV STB development and quality management. With the team, partnered with manufacturers, vendors, software and hardware development and integration teams.Product enhancement # Chaired discussions with various vendors – identifying, evaluating and incorporating new features in STB as per the requirements and technological advancements# Worked with STB chip manufacturers i.e. Broadcom, ST microelectronics & MSTAR to choose the most feature rich & cost effective chip for different STB models.# Conversed with STB middleware vendor (Open TV) for adding new features in the STB as per the business requirements.Vendor Management# Engaged with various vendors and strategized and executed STB Projects – for commercial discussions, RFP processes, contract/deal closure and defining service level agreements. The vendor includes Handan, Arion, Skyworth.# Communicated the product improvement changes in the devices, based on the feedback received by the customers.# Quality Assurance - Validated & upgraded the new over to air (OTA) software • Guided the Integration & Certification of the STB for Conditional Access System (CAS) parameters which Involves Fingerprinting, scrambling, messaging, Proper Encryption & decryption of Channels.• Brainstormed with the service team, on the complaints/requests made by the customers and designed solutions/resolutions for the STBs, enhancing the performance and customer experience Show less

Noida Area, India

Profile - STB / OpenTv Middleware / C.P.E. Planning & Development

Noida

STB & C.P.E Development

Noida

Profile - Digital Headend/Compression system Planning , Operations & maintenance# Worked with Tandberg, Evertz & Spacelink team for the successful completion of Teleport Headend project# Worked with HBE Team for testing & Finalization of Nimbra Equipment to be used for bringing content from various broadcasters till Teleport facility via Fiber network

Manesar , Gurgaon

# Worked with GSI ,Tandberg , Evertz & NDS team to Complete the Bharti DTH Headend project as per launch date.# User Acceptance testing & B.O.M. verification done for entire Headend system before final Handover of the project.# Addition of News services along with channel mapping & Bandwidth allocation sheet.# Day to day Operations , Preventive maintenance & troubleshooting of Headend equipments along with report preparation.Training & Skill Set summary#… Show more # Worked with GSI ,Tandberg , Evertz & NDS team to Complete the Bharti DTH Headend project as per launch date.# User Acceptance testing & B.O.M. verification done for entire Headend system before final Handover of the project.# Addition of News services along with channel mapping & Bandwidth allocation sheet.# Day to day Operations , Preventive maintenance & troubleshooting of Headend equipments along with report preparation.Training & Skill Set summary# Trained & Certified from Tandberg on Bharti Compression system equipment configuration ( including Ncompass version 6 )# Trained on Evertz system - VLPRO server , autoresponse , Graphics & MVP maestro. Show less

Noida

# Evaluation & Development of STBs(Set top box) for s/w and h/w parameters.# Worked on STB projects -> Middleware (Opentv) Integration in Dish TV STBs. It includes new EPG , Applications , Active Services , Bmails, Games, Payment messages.# Testing & upgradion of the new over to air (OTA) software for implementing new features or for resolution of any software bug.# Coordination with Service Team for understanding & resolution of Customer issues related to… Show more # Evaluation & Development of STBs(Set top box) for s/w and h/w parameters.# Worked on STB projects -> Middleware (Opentv) Integration in Dish TV STBs. It includes new EPG , Applications , Active Services , Bmails, Games, Payment messages.# Testing & upgradion of the new over to air (OTA) software for implementing new features or for resolution of any software bug.# Coordination with Service Team for understanding & resolution of Customer issues related to STB / Middleware. Show less

New Delhi Area, India

STB software / hardware testing.

M.Sc.(Informatics), Communications , Networking,Software Engg

B.Sc.(H) Electronics, Electronics

Activities and Societies: Captained the college chess team & participated in inter college chess tournament

12Th C.B.S.E, Physics,Chemistry,Maths