SUMMARY:

• Senior software engineer with 13 years’ experience in development and ITIL support of IT - based solutions in the Manufacturing and Life Sciences domains. Experienced in AspenTech InfoPlus.21 (IP21) implementation and support and programming in VC++, MFC and .Net for the development of Wonderware DAServer Integration Drivers, Windows Device Drivers, and GPS applications.
• 13 years of experience in development and support of IT-based solutions in the Engineering & Manufacturing and Life Sciences domain
• Product Experience: AspenTech InfoPlus.21, Biovia CISPro and Foundation Servers, Wonderware DAServer Integration Drivers
• Experienced in leading Service Management and IT Operations Management of GMP-based manufacturing and engineering applications in Manufacturing & Life Sciences domain
• Experienced in leading L2 support of chemical inventory system in Biovia CISPro
• Experienced in leading the implementation and L2 support of AspenTech InfoPlus.21 (IP21) historian & layered products of the AspenTech Manufacturing Suite
• Experienced in .Net, Win32 & MFC Windows programming for development of Wonderware DAServer device integration drivers, Scanner Drivers for Windows (TWAIN/WIA), GPS applications, and Web publishing solutions
• Rich domain experience in the areas of consulting, design, estimation, engineering and commissioning of industrial automation projects
• Project execution in various domains like chemicals, life sciences, traffic & security, consumer printers and global navigation
• Good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
• Technical pre-sales experience in responding to project proposals (RFP), system architecture design, POCs, cost sheets and estimation

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

MES: AspenTech Manufacturing Suite (InfoPlus.21 & layered products, Batch.21)

Historian/Database: AspenTech InfoPlus.21 V7.3 Plant Historian, OSI PI Historian, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11i

Inventory Management: Biovia CISPro, Biovia Pipeline Pilot, Biovia Foundation Server

Device Integration: Wonderware DAServer, Kepware OPC Server, CCTV, Megaphone, Traffic Incident Detection, Scanners, Multi-Function Printers, GPS Devices

Windows Drivers: TWAIN, WIA, Network TWAIN, Digital Image Acquisition

Programming Languages: C++, MFC, Win32, C#.Net, VB.Net, ASP.Net, WScript, SQLplus

OS and Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Pocket-PC, Windows CE

RAD & IDE: Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 6, Cygwin

Network Programming: WinSock, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), WinCrypt API

Version Control: SourceSafe, Subversion, Rational ClearCase, ClearQuest, TeamTrack

Methodologies: UML, Enterprise Architect, Visio, StarUML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Associate

Responsibilities:

• Leading Service Management and IT Operations Management of GMP-based applications in Manufacturing & Life Sciences domain. Development of device integration drivers in the Manufacturing domain
• Technical pre-sales involving responding to RFPs & RFQs, presentations, Proof of Concepts (POCs), system architecture design
• Resource management, team management, project management

Confidential

Team Leader

Responsibilities:

• Leading Service Management and IT Operations Management of GMP-based applications, ensuring minimum downtime and SLA compliance
• Incident and Service Request resolution, Problem Management, Change Management
• Configuration Management in Service Now
• Application Lifecycle Management in HP ALM
• Disaster recovery, risk management, mitigation and contingency planning
• Review and approval of Requirement Specifications, Design Specifications, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Knowledge Base and other documents

Confidential

Team Leader

Responsibilities:

• Management of 24x7 uninterrupted support, shift-roster and transport
• Coordinate with multiple vendors for resolution of technical issues
• Risk management, mitigation and contingency planning
• Presenting project quality audit & project management review
• Ensuring SLA compliance & managing escalations
• Defect prevention coordination & ensuring Business Continuity Plan (BCP) compliance
• Resource management, recruitment, allocation, shift-allowances, performance management
• Project status and metrics reporting and compliance in Cognizant20
• Bulk tag creation, CIM-IO, External Tasks, AFW security, Repository Fileset configuration, Scheduled SQLplus queries, Calculated Tags, support for client application installation

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Performing history data and configuration migration from old to new server
• Development of Upgrade Cookbook document that is a walk-through of the complete uplift process that is followed for all the InfoPlus.21 instances
• Development of automated script to uninstall version 2006.5 and install version 7.2
• Coordination with site point of contacts (SPOC) till the end of the cutover
• Project status and metrics reporting and compliance in Cognizant20
• Design and architecture documentation of custom applications, network architecture documentation, knowledge base documentation

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Development of Wonderware ArchestrA DAServer integration layer drivers for CCTV, Megaphone and Automatic Incident Detection subsystems using the Wonderware DAS Toolkit which formed a middleware between physical devices, OPC Server and Wonderware ArchestrA.
• Development of XML parsing shared engine used for managing device configuration files
• Working closely with ArchestrA Object Toolkit (business layer) team for finalizing on data exchange contracts using XML
• Design documentation, programming, code review and unit testing
• Guide team members to deliver modules and in any difficulties
• Commissioning and maintenance support

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Design documentation, programming, code review and unit testing of the TCP/IP server
• Using Wireshark packet analyser to trace data exchange between application and the printer
• Developing parser for print job written in Intermec Printer Language (IPL)
• Converting label print job to bitmap output
• Status reporting

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Windows device driver development for a variety of scanner and multifunction printer products
• Addressing special product requests and field issues
• Design documentation and code review

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Development of TWAIN Data Source, Network TWAIN Data Source and WIA Microdriver
• Development of TWAIN Data Source UI and C++ wrapper classes for TWAIN
• Addressing Special Product Requests and field issues
• Debugging, stack trace and memory leak detection using WinDbg
• Code review

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Development of algorithms for code coverage computation and automation macros for code instrumentation
• Programming and code review of various UI and other modules
• Maintenance and upgrade of program architecture and design

Confidential

Junior Software Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Development of Windows applications with GPS device integration
• Requirement gathering, design documentation & status reporting

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Development of NMEA GPS Device integration modules (Bluetooth/serial), and processing of NMEA GIS data

Confidential

Web Master

Responsibilities:

• Web development

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Development and integration of Embedded OpenType UNICODE Fonts for enabling cross-browser multi-lingual text support

Confidential

Junior Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Windows application development

Confidential

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Programming and design documentation