Manage Pune software development office activities mainly covering software project management, customer support. Also support clients for setting up independent offshore development centers in Pune.

ICLP Pvt Ltd was established 5 years ago evaluate the off-shoring software development and support. In last two and half years, it was seen by the group as key offshore development center for software and client support activities.Role & Responsibilities:My primary responsibility is ensuring timely and effective delivery of software services from Mumbai office. However the role is more of "operations in-charge" for India office reporting into Technical director based in UK, adding several other responsibilities such as local Infrastructure, HR, Accounts and administration.Achievements:Presently managing 12 development/support projects for 3 client divisions with the help of team of 30+ developers and 5 testing team members.

Nor-link was established in India mainly to develop and support "PeopleLink", a product for Norwegian city administration. It was a team of 15+ people. The product was developed and implemented in three communes (cities) of Norway. This was a suit of products that the communes could implement in an incremental (more "as and when needed") manner. My job here had technical as well as administrative roles.Technical Role:Client interaction to obtain requirement clarifications, provide status and managing the delivery commitments. Setting up and improving the Product release cycle. Ensuring the release scope and dates are adhered effectively using incremental patch management, ensuring easy rollback in situations.Estimation, planning and tracking process to provide management a better visibility and control. Implementation of Scrum technique to ensure the effective project execution.Introduce and improvise development and QA processes. Establish the configuration management process to manage the code control and code move across development, QA and Production environments. Contributing to the software design from the architectural perspective, ensuring the Reusable, scalable, externalized and extensible designs.Administrative Role: Administrative responsibilities covered complete responsibility of running the Indian private limited company, as I was the only Indian director on board. Responsibilities covered:Team recruitment and team management.Setting up and managing accounting and HR/admin practices.Interfacing with Government agencies such as STPI, Customs, Registrar of Companies and Municipal authorities.Locating, buying and Setting up office in Pune. Interfacing with various vendors ranging from ISPs to furniture supplies.Technology, tools and Domains:VB.NET, asp.Net, Windows CE, SQL server, GPS trackingERWin, VSS, MS Project People logistics and optimization

Iota Technologies is a software consulting company in Pune. I was working with it mainly manging team for the Product development of Sixth-Sense an ERP for electronic parts manufacturing companies. I was handling a team of around 10-12 developers.Responsibilities:Major need was of making the organization more process driven than personal skills dependent and the reaction behaviors. Making the team aware of the (at-least the basic) processes, establishing and enforcing them on regular basis was the main assignment. Improvising Development practices was next. Defining "coding & design standards" and following then for each assignment. Creating externalized and extensible designs those will be key for customizable products.

I was part of a 3Com's large IT team to support their B2B and B2C sites.Responsibilities:To lead team of 3 developers mainly involved in JSP and Custom tags development for 3Com's B2C site. Also contribute in Internationalization of B2C site content delivery.Maintain and translate custom tags on Dynabase (SAX XML parser) into JSP and java custom tags.Technical lead for Intranet application for Live-site content data maintenance.Technology, tools and Domains:VB6, Dynabase (SAX Xml parser), SQL server, OracleB2C product sales, promotions and workflow for updating live data.

Nocil is a Petrochemical company in Thane, it uses various custom softwares to support their work. I was working on two of these software development activities on contract basis.Responsibilities and work done:Requirements gathering, creation of "requirements & scope" documentsDatabase design and User interface design Development using VB6, Oracle and SQL Server.Projects:Static & Electrical maintenance systemContract order systemTechnology, tools and Domains:VB5, foxpro, OracleAsset Maintenance, contract tracking

Sister concern of a CA firm in Dubai. They had developed and implemented accounting and Inventory software at around 30+ clients across UAE. I was handed over the resposnibility of supporting these clients.Responsibilities and work done:Lead & participate the support team (of four) for FoxPro based accounting package installed at 30+ clients within UAE.Interact with clients to resolve issues, define new change requests for reports as well as data-entry formats.Act as focal point between development team (of four) in Banglore and clients in Dubai for new Gold accounting package using VB5 and MS access as backend.Technology, tools and Domains:VB5, foxpro, Visual Foxpro, MS AccessMulti-currency accounting, trading inventory, Gold accounting and inventory.

finix Computers was a small training institute and software development setup. It conducted training courses for corporates and government departments. It was also involved in developing softwares for shops, schools and advocates.Responsibilities and work done:Requirements gathering, creation of "requirements & scope" documents. Database design and User interface design.Development using foxpro, Clipper, VB5 and Access.Conducting training for MS Office, AutoCad, Foxpro and others. Trained around 500+ people.Projects:Financial accounting and Inventory software for shops and factoriesSchool fees and timetable software.Case and fees tracking system for AdvocatesTechnology, tools and Domains:Basic, foxbase, Foxpro, Wordstar, Lotus 123, Novel Netware.

This was a finance company where I was the only IT person. I was suppose to select and procure the Hardware, software and also do as much computerization of the activities. Responsibilities and work done:Requirements gathering, creation of "requirements & scope" documents with help of concern user departments. Developing and implementing these applications either internally or with help of vendors. Vendor identification for hardware and software.Projects:Share registry application including Dividend printing and reconciliationHire-purchase and Lease system for tracking leased/loaned assets.Case and fees tracking system for AdvocatesTechnology, tools and Domains:Foxbase, Foxpro, Lotus 123, Novel Netware.System Plus Mumbai