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New York, NY, US

• Manage a global team of engineers to build and maintain POS and RFID applications
• Successfully implemented high data volume inventory count application using RFID technology (Android SDK, Java/J2EE) in Google Cloud.
• Implementation of various operational efficiency and metrics capture for Point of Sale (POS)
• Oversee the architecture, design, and technology roadmap
• Promote process enhancements and engineering excellence to ensure quality and performance
• Resource administration, mentor and build high performing collaborating teams

Jacksonville, FL, US

• Complete ownership to deliver customized quality technology solutions to financial/banking sector clients, by collaborating with senior leadership and global product management
• Manage a global team of developers, testers and business analysts to deliver on time
• Direct responsibility for the full SDLC (Agile) from inception to delivery/implementation
• Responsible for estimation, capacity planning, budget and program/project management
• Oversee the solution architecture/design to align with corporate standards and policies
• Establish goals for the team, provide feedback, mentor/coach, evaluate and address concerns

Alpharetta, GA, US

• Held senior IT management roles at MedAssets, Cultra Technologies, Genuine Parts Company (GPS) and CIOX Health
• Coordinate efforts with senior leadership and business stakeholders to plan new strategies and identify opportunities to meet business goals/operational efficiencies
• Responsible for capacity planning, estimation, budget and program/project management
• Managed geographically distributed IT division (40+ resources) including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions
• Manage the IT budget effectively to support the various business segments
• Oversee the application architecture/design for enterprise strategy/roadmap alignment

Columbia, MD, US

• Collaborate with Senior Managers and business stakeholders to plan new strategies, and deliver New Product Initiatives (NPI)
• Successfully managed multiple project teams (personnel administration & project management) and parallel releases. Responsible for estimation, capacity planning, and budget
• Efficiently managed the upgrade of workflow management (Java/J2EE, JBPM) that was behind schedule. Met all goals through efficient planning, risk mitigation and proactive communication
• Managed ‘Operational Efficiency’ program that eliminated extensive manual operations and reduced the operational cycle time, thus achieving very high customer satisfaction.
• Utilized my leadership excellence and management skills to direct the successful implementation of a multi-year ‘Address Base Sample Frame’ program on time/on budget to meet external commitments with Attorney Generals.
• Act as single point of contact to provide technical guidelines to teams under the program, including the approval of policies and architectural/design changes.

Farmers Branch, Texas, US

• Technical Project Manager/Project Lead @ Department of Education - thru Raytheon (Oct 2004 – June 2006)Managed the development of an integrated solution for Federal Student Aid (FSA) across related business areas and.
• Exploited my organizational skills to assemble a highly productive team from various consulting agencies that were disorganized and unmotivated for the Federal Student Aid program (DOE)
• Performed project estimation, resource/task management and mentoring.
• Developed Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process, procedures and artifacts.
• Developed architecture for CSB based on SOA using Java\J2EE, WebSphere MQ, and Oracle.Architect/Senior Developer @ Social Security Administration - thru Lockheed Martin (Sep 2002 – Sep 2004)
• Designed and developed software components for Electronic Disability (AeDib) and Data Exchange agreements using Java/J2EE, JDBC, JSP, JDOM, XML, WebSphere MQ, DB2/400, CICS

Muscat, Muscat, OO

• Led the development team for design/development of ‘Vehicle Information’ and ‘Trade-In Systems’ to support sales/service operations using JAVA, RPG IV, CL/400, SQL/400, IBM DB2, AS/400
• Responsible for managing the project schedule, prioritizing tasks and task assignments to meet the milestones.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Managed Academics division including staff management, course tracking, and progress reporting.
• Successfully implemented automated students feedback collection system

Master Of Science - Ms, Physics, Electronics

Higher Diploma In Sofrware Engineering, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics