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Round Rock, Texas, Us

• Design and develop many features and components of the PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM) software for the discovery, backup and restore of Virtual Machines (VM) in VMware vSphere enterprise cloud computing virtualization environments. https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/en-US/l/powerprotect-data-manager-virtual-machine-backup-and-recovery-1/data-manager-integration-with-virtual-machines-3/• Provide real-time monitoring and reporting services and additional features for VM discovery and recovery through the use of Elasticsearch, vSphere SDK, vCenter SDK. • Draft and present design and functional specifications, proofs of concept, transfers of knowledge on new and complicated features, code structure and flow of the Virtual Machine Data Management (VMDM) Discovery and Recovery components of PPDM.• Create APIs, REST endpoints and vSphere Client plugin for PPDM VMDM Discovery and Recovery.• Improved the efficiency, reliability, scalability and manageability of VMDM Recovery by restructuring the code to be more modular, structured, transparent and object driven. This has allowed for a simpler base engine and the flexibility and ease of adding new features whose actions are executed in a plug-and-play architecture.• Automate, streamline and continuously improve end to end testing of many features of the PPDM VMDM component.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Drafter and co-inventor on ----- Patent #9430527 - Data Deduplication Using Chunk Files - A method for data deduplication to any backup storage that can provide the most basic file I/O APIs.----- Patent #10394760 - Hybrid Browseable Container with Deduplication - A method that allows the latest version of container-based data to be browseable.• Acted as Software Architect and Principal Software Engineer for file backup and sync applications running on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. Worked with cross-functional teams for client/server software integration to support multiple network storage platforms.• Architected and developed abstract layers and interfaces to allow for software extensibility, flexibility, scalability, maintainability. Created many shareable components that can be used across multiple WD applications. Implementations of file system watchers and file transfer components are OS and platform specific. These components are plugins to the transport interface which provides an abstraction at higher levels. Supported transports include the handling and management of account authentication, local Windows file systems and network file systems on WD network drives, Dropbox, Hightail.• Coded to report Google Analytics data for configuration settings and data usage.

• Drafter and co-inventor on patent #9430527 for Keyword-Based Content Management - Methods to extract, store, organize and back up data based on keywords.• Acted as Technical Lead for the flagship Backup and Sync software which supports 5 product applications, several OEM versions, in 20 different languages, running on Windows XP and compatible for Vista and 7.• Acted as Technical Advisor between Memeo and several partners such as Western Digital, Seagate, Buffalo Tech, Netgear to gather requirements and answer all technical questions through email, phone conversations and meetings.• Produced several technical specifications on backup features and functionalities, backup encryption and decryption for within the organization and to outside sources.• Designed, developed and maintained all components of the software from GUI to engine controller and databases.• Solely responsible for the localization and internationalization of all products in 20 languages.• Solely responsible for designing and automating the customization of the UI and feature sets for all products according to different OEM branding and requirements.• Coded file scanning and file system watchers, phone-home data services, event-driven services, controllers and APIs to support client-server communication.• Coded to detect and extract fixed, remote and removable drive info for the management of drive detection and space usage. Coded drive auto-detection and software auto-registration based on valid drives.• Coded data encryption and decryption using SHA1, MD5, Triple DES and proprietary encryption logic.• Performed code review, provided technical and background info and guided other developers on how to best implement features or bug fixes. Worked with developers in Southern and Northern CA, India, Canada and Romania.• Closely worked with cross-functional teams to manage project scope, prioritize tasks and identify appropriate risks, resources and estimates.

• Owned and designed handmade invitations, cards and gifts for parties ranging from casual get-togethers to fancy or formal events such as birthdays, engagements, weddings and anniversaries.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Worked closely with Product Managers and Quality Assurance teams throughout the entire process of design, development and testing cycles. • Produced detailed functional specifications and reviewed product requirement documents and test plans based on Cisco Great Engineering Methodology (GEM).• Designed, developed, and maintained the GUI for several applications to allow ISPs and their users to perform software installation and configuration, user authentication and information, system configuration and performance status.• Developed Windows applications to authenticate and authorize users using Telnet, PPP, ISDN and DSL protocols.• Designed, developed and maintained real-time system components of the Cisco RADIUS servers to perform equipment and system configuration, status, usage reports and analysis used by ISPs.• Developed software components for Compaq PC routers, Cisco 7xx routers, CiscoSecure AAA servers, Cisco NI-2/6260 DSLAMs and 678 CPEs.

• Designed, developed, and implemented software testing strategies, code, and analysis for the Command, Control and Communications systems of the Milstar software and for the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting (REACT) Console Operations Program (COP) software of the Minuteman III system to verify and ensure system security and reliability.• Presented technical briefings and submitted reports of detected problems and suggested solutions to project managers and customers on a monthly schedule.