Ivan Barajas Vargas Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, US

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Acting as an ‘Intropreneur’ initiating, and driving multiple initiatives within the systems tests group
• Defining technical/technological strategy for a group of 90 engineers working with Sr Director
• Identifying technological tools requirements to drive the team to the future
• Implementing frameworks to foster innovation in the 90 engineers team
• Defining the competencies that engineers must have to build a better team and prepare for the future

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Managed a team of 8 software engineers: 4 in US + 4 in India
• Evaluated customer usage of the product to drive quality improvements
• Drove implementation of initiatives in the System Quality Engineering team of 190 engineers located inUS, India and China
• Designed quality assurance strategies for new data storage servers from EMC corporation

Round Rock, Texas, US

• Performed as technical lead of a complex data storage product
• Established a space in the team to promote innovations and improvements in existing processes
• Mentored and trained new hire engineers in China, India and US
• Drove the design and implementation of quality strategies for the main entrysystemof EMC, interacting with sw architects, managers, technical leads and engineers in China, India and different US cities

• Consulted with european startup on a probono basis through the Global Entrepreneurial Lab
• Developed a market and a competitive analysis of the forex trading automation tools industry
• Proposed Go-to-Market,and joint venture strategy to european startup
• Analyzed potential partners for joint venture, and recommended a contact approach to these
• Proposed a strategy to attract and retain users, as well as a pricing strategy
• Analyzed financials of NC startup, and discussed concerns with CEO

Tinton Falls, NJ, US

• Interacted and negotiated with different hardware vendors to get the required hardware for testing
• Researched and identified hardware products in the market, and designed their certification strategy
• Designed strategies to verify the quality of the Simpana software with different virtualization platforms
• Proposed additions and modifications to the testing process aiming to get better quality products

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MX

• Participated in new business proposals providing technical estimations, and new projects ideas
• Led till 19 engineers distributed in 3 teams, located in different time zones (Israel, US, Mexico)
• Negotiated and presented plans/results to sr management, and managers in different functional areas
• Coached 3 new project leads, developing the potential of the people in the team
• Acted as the US onsite responsible and technical lead for the 30 engineers team in Mexico
• Evaluated 6 direct reports performance, and set goals for their development and motivation

Houston, Texas, US

• Automated processes for the supply chain, and order management business units, developingefficiencies of 3 hrs per day for a team of 5 people
• Provided analyzed and meaningful data to supply chain team by developing web applications

Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX

• Learnt to work in small company and startup environment
• Designed, executed and reported results of test cases for different software applications

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategy And Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Computer Systems Engineering