Aparna Arunkumar Email & Phone Number

San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, CA, US

* Managing the adoption of Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (CSDL) for Cisco cloud products like Webex and Webex Teams (Cisco Spark) by engaging cloud teams, and tracking action items, and release timelines* Equipping teams adopting CSDL with tools, training, and documentation* Oversee the penetration tests of Cisco products, working with third party.

San Jose, CA, US

* Manage penetration tests for Cisco Collaboration products like Webex, while working with third-party security firms* Identified a pipeline of candidates for security assessments and managing release timelines

Santa Clara, CA, US

Was offered a grader position for securing the highest score in the Software Engineering course; held the position during the Winter 2016 quarter for the Department of Computer Engineering.

San Jose, California, US

• Coordinated product releases and ad-hoc patches end to end by leading cross-functional collaboration and communication and ensuring changes proceeded according to schedule and all risks were highlighted and addressed.
• Improved process workflows to track release and patch lifecycles and created documentation for team.
• Prepared for external audits (SOX, WebTrust) by establishing elaborate checklists, collecting artifacts and interacting with auditors to ensure all audit criteria are met.
• Designed a release dashboard for executive reporting by tying release metrics with organizational goals and proposed an online prototype using products such as Confluence and SharePoint.
• Formalized process for tracking and version control of key deliverables and approvals, to comply with SDLC exit criteria.

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

• Client: J.P. Morgan Chase
• Primary customer point of contact for JPMC projects, responsible for customer communication, status reporting and issue resolution, while also driving development with an offshore team.
• Successfully managed development and implementation of the Central Price Capture (CPC) project, which involved migration of asset pricing workflows to a central in-house application
• Addressed high impact customer production issues by managing the escalation process and leveraging the support and engineering teams to ensure quick resolution.
• Secured development projects worth over $600,000 by identifying use cases, upselling the company’s solutions and training programs, and fostering strong business relationships.
• Received a ‘Guiding Star’ award for strong leadership abilities displayed in mentoring and grooming a high performing offshore development team.

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

• Client: J.P. Morgan Chase
• Designated Team Leader of a 7-member development team, overseeing assignment of tasks, evaluating progress and authorizing final delivery to the customer.
• Successfully implemented Da Vinci COACS, a project which involved modifying critical corporate action (e.g. BUY, SELL, SPLIT) processes, by managing the entire lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Conducted customer trainings on best practices after project implementation to ensure early adoption by business users and funneled product improvement feedback to engineering teams.
• Framed functional and technical design documents using customer business requirements for development and testing.

Teaneck, New Jersey, US

• Client: IMS Health (Pharmaceutical Market Research), J.P. Morgan Chase
• Completed design, development and testing of over 600 process flows for 9 complex systems as a part of migration to new scheduling application (ESP Workload Manager).
• Successfully implemented estimation algorithms in COBOL to increase accuracy of supplier market data.
• Awarded ‘Associate of the Month’ for strong development skills and timely delivery of projects.

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering