Technical Leader / Manager Software Development
Menlo Park, Ca & Research Triangle Park, Nc
Acted as 1st-line management; oversaw software quality of Cisco IOS (UNIX based Cisco operating system) networking software products. Collaborated with development engineering and marketing managers to assess requirements, define scope, and commit projects. Assigned personnel resources, established timelines for project deliverables, acquired equipment resources, and resolved issues.• Designed and constructed performance analysis and solution scalability environment to assure continued quality operation of software in large scale network environments• Created and implemented Enterprise customer WAN Aggregation test environment for continued release quality assurance, including session shaping (QOS) and secure authorization (AAA) technologies, L2VPN, MPLS and OSPF internetworking.• Provided software quality validation of several hundred revenue-generating release iterations over 8 years, while delivering multiple releases across extensive router and switch product line.• Initiated and facilitated establishment of east coast WAN technologies team, which matured to include many technical leaders and several distinguished engineers responsible for redesign of significant software components. • Supervised team of 15-25 US based and offshore engineers, addressing individual performance, compensation, and career management