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Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Waltham, Massachusetts, Us

Lead engineering teams, integrating cloud software with automated warehouse infrastructure, and optimizing project management for global success.Project Management | Technical Expertise | Agile Methodologies | Incident Management | Team Leadership- Successfully led a project to increase warehouse productivity from 20-30 units per line hour to over 100 units per line hour, resulting in substantial cost savings and improved profitability for the company and its clients.- Expand the engineering team from one to three teams in the US and facilitate the establishment of a new company in India, effectively navigating challenges associated with international team management and remote work.- Restructure the organization's domain structure, consolidating teams and fostering a more focused and specialized approach, leading to enhanced productivity, knowledge sharing, and product quality.- Implement Kanban methodology across the organization, resulting in significant improvements in throughput, productivity, predictability, and product quality, ultimately contributing to the company's overall success and growth.- Provide mentorship and management training to junior managers, contributing to their professional development and growth within the organization.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

MITdesignX is an academic program in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) dedicated to design innovation and entrepreneurship. We empower students, faculty and researchers to build new business ventures and forward-thinking solutions designed to address critical challenges facing the future of cities and the human environment.

Organized teams, process and work breakdown into ScrumPartnered with Product Management to build a unified roadmapDesigned, built and implemented career roadmap for engineering, ops and supportWorked with Ops team to maintain cloud infrastructure including COGS tracking

Boston, Ma, Us

Engineering methodologyScaled Agile FrameworkLead Scrum development teams working on SaaS delivered softwareCareer development of software professionalsPromote best practices through team development, process enhancements and tools

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Worked with senior engineering management to define and execute product and functional group strategic plans that align with business goals by providing leadership, resources and support for their engineering team(s) to deliver value to internal and external customers. Responsible for communicating the strategic direction, encouraging innovation, and providing technical and project leadership to all members of my development team(s); coordinated and collaborated with program and product management and test engineering. Participated in strategic planning and risk assessment and identifying measures for building organizational capability, capacity and agility.Specifically worked on the XenApp/XenDesktop product lines. Remotely managing teams at other sites and interacted with groups worldwide. Actively worked to redefine and implement a new Product Development Life-Cycle moving a traditional Waterfall SDLC to a more Agile, and SCRUM based methodology. Assisted in creation of joined up engineering plans to engage QA/Test early in the cycle. Took complex requirements and broke them down into manageable engineering tasks.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Manage an engineering functional group for Test/QA requirements. Oversee the development and execution of software test plans and analysis of test results. Provides day-to-day management of a group of engineers regarding work plans, establishing technical objectives, and assigning tasks. Tracks deliverables to ensure activities are on schedule, and to quality. Facilitates coordination with other groups such as software development.Primary Duties / Responsibilities-Project Related* Ensures successful execution and delivery of group's projects, and continuous improvement of the groups'ability to execute them.* Manages the development and maintenance of the test lab environment including the hardware, software,networks and tools needed to measure the software quality of the products.* Interfaces with senior management to report on project and program milestones.* Identify and implement operational policies and directives that optimize processes to deliver a quality product.* Prepares and presents status, technical, and management reports as required.-People Management* Manage the performance expectations of the team to meet project requirements.* Involved with hiring, promotions, and other personnel actions within the group.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Software Quality Assurance:Manages an engineering functional group responsible for “full product Quality Assurance” including both detection and prevention of defects. Oversees the development and execution of software test plans and analysis of test results. Owns efficiency of testing and creates a plan for improvement. Provides day-to-day management of a group of QA engineers regarding work plans, establishing technical objectives, and assigning tasks. Tracks deliverables to ensure activities are on schedule, and to quality. Facilitates coordination with other groups such as software development.Release Engineering:Manages an engineering functional group responsible for creating and maintaining the build, installation, and release infrastructure for the Provisioning Services (PVS) product. Coordinates the delivery of the final PVS image to other Citrix teams for inclusion on product DVDs. Tracks release related deliverables such as installation and upgrade scripts.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Perforce System Administrator for the Virtualization Systems Group. Responsible for source code structure, branching procedures, release procedures and user licensing issues (Adding new users, removing obsolete users) as well as system backup, performance and general maintenance. Enabled Perforce Proxy servers at remote locations for performance across multiple sites.Re-wrote a script based build system in Ant and AnthillPro. Enabled Continuous Integration and automated release builds. Managed to halve the build times of the previous build system, while introducing better error handling, notification and robustness.Developed build and release procedures for the local development group and managed the interaction of these with the Citrix Manufacturing Group. Responsible for all product releases.InstallShield Support...

San Jose, California, Us

Designed and implemented cross product installations for the LiveState product line. Worked with worldwide development groups to coordinate the release cycle for the LiveState system. Aided in providing direct Configuration Management support to a 3 site 75 person development staff using Ant, AnthillPro, MKS SourceIntegrity, Perforce and replication services. Developed an integration plan for Dev, QA, and CM.Member of Symantec’s Installation Integration team to develop installation standards and guidelines for the new Symantec/Veritas company. Provided expertise in cross platform installation technologies and Windows MSI technologies.Coordinated development efforts between different physical locations through meetings, email and other tools. Provided installation support to the Product Services Organization, Software Engineers and Help Desk. Demonstrated core products at various trade shows and demonstrations.

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Designed and implemented installation architecture for an enterprise client server system. Researched current installation technologies for Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac. Implemented cutting edge solutions for all of ON’s installation needs. Provided Graphic Design guidance for product presentations and installation media. Created all installation graphics and CD-ROM Browsers. Used JAVA and Install Anywhere to provide installation solutions to any JAVA enabled computer system.Managed several projects from initial requirements phase to first customer shipped, including ON’s flagship product CCM V5.0. Implemented several new procedures to enhance group collaboration with members from multiple countries simultaneously.

Led support team servicing 250,000 users worldwide. Directed technical presentations at multiple national user conferences. Trained new staff in technical support and quality assurance methodology and procedures.Lead Quality Assurance technician responsible for the conversion from DOS to WINDOWS platform of 2nd most widely used Architectural CAD package in the U.S. Encountered and resolved over 1,500 program bugs in less than 8 months. Managed and directed multi-national BETA test sites. Product was released to critical acclaim.Programmed and created multiple software installations (InstallShield 4-6.10 IDE) ranging from core programs, demo versions to software update installations. Created both installation media and direct internet downloads. Provided same for international dealers channel and aided in translation issues.

Met with clients to assess needs. Performed as built drawings. Created working drawings. Helped to set CAD standards.

Graphic Design Teaching Assistant - Ran Macintosh Computer Lab and assisted in teaching an Italian Design Class.