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Retired and enjoy life to the fullest!

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Engineer Program Manager working on new HW security upgrade to the PTX and MX series. Also, working on design and development of an Optics Purchase Order tracking tool to support HW projects. This tool would interface with various vendors to get delivery schedules so that projects can better plan their testing. Interfacing between the projects and the lab.

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

• Senior Consultant (HCL America Inc. Employee) working at Cisco as a Program ManagerProgram Manager responsible for overseeing a $4 million dollar PCB cost reduction effort
• Tracked schedules and prototypes for 20 PCBs with SmartSheet. Monitored the qualification effort at the manufacturing sites and the engineering sites.
• Also, worked on conversion of manufacturing test system to cloud base test system, tracked conversion of test drivers to Python, led team meetings with development managers from different product lines. Provided.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Responsible for improving productivity and quality of Intel Graphics Development
• Automated the management dashboard to track the power-on progress of new graphic hardware bring up in real time
• Created and managed dashboard for static analysis results to detect and correct potential security issues in the code
• Created and managed dashboard for code complexity analysis for the development teams to help identify high risk code which should be refactored to improve maintainability and reduce the potential for bugs.
• Designed and developed a tool to automate the generation of release notes
• Created a web site template for all the project teams to use so that consistency is maintained from project to project and best practices can be carried forward

San Jose, CA, US

• Responsible new hardware and software development of the next generation routers.
• Managed development of routers which incorporated the latest technologies in switch, 3G, WiFi, and G.SHDSL/ADSL2+/VDSL
• Responsible for the development of the project schedule using Microsoft Project, resource plan, creating budget for the project, and tracking expenses & prototypes
• Other responsibilities included tracking multiple projects, running the project team meetings, following up on action items, working with various cross functional groups across multiple countries to resolve technical.

San Jose, CA, US

• Responsible for the development of the next generation fixed configuration routers Cisco 800, 1700, and 1800 Series for Small and Medium Businesses.
• Worked on project schedule using Microsoft Project to track project milestones
• Developed the release plan and strategy
• Coordinated with multiple groups on the development and test schedules to come up will an overall plan to integrate various software and hardware components together
• Worked with various senior engineers to develop a recovery plan after taking over a project which was seriously behind schedule. The project was delivered successfully on time
• Managed a variety of projects for the 1700 series and 1800 series which included the following technologies: T1 WAN Interface Card (WIC), ADSL WIC, G.SHDSL WIC, Ethernet WIC, V.90 Modem WIC, 56K/64K DSU/CSU WIC, BRI.

San Jose, CA, US

• Responsible for the test and validation of Cisco 1400, 1500, and 1600 Series fix configuration routers.
• Managed the testing effort for the 1400 Series routers (low end ATM and ADSL routers)
• Developed test strategy for 1500 Series hub (managed and unmanaged hubs)
• Led the testing of 1600 Series fix configuration routers
• Also worked as a Test Engineer and Beta Coordinator for the Cisco 1000 Series routers

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Worked on the design and implementation of a process manager written in C to enforce the corporate standards and methods.
• Developed a process manager on top of an object-oriented database
• Owned the development of the user interface (UI) for the process manager
• Evaluated different tools to support code development in the corporate Computer Aided Software Environment (CASE)
• Developed a message-handling program, which decoded incoming messages for processing by the Command Center for the government
• Worked on support tools that generated test data for a simulation system.

Bsee, Electrical Engineering And Computer Science

Ms, Software Engineering