EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Product Manager / Product Owner / Technical Leader with proven track record of software development. Managing multiple software projects in different stages of product life cycle. Experienced in Systems Research and Requirements definition phases, Standards - compliance, Product Management, Architecture Analysis and Design, Coding, Debugging, Integration, Testing and Deployment. Working for startups companies most of my career.

• Engineering Standards Specialist/Analyst
• Expertise in Systems Requirements Specifications, API definitions and SW Design
• Experienced with Agile Methodology (SCRUM) (Atlassian)
• “Hands on” Web Client/Server Design
• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP Networking Protocols and Networking Management
• Proficient in Development of Embedded Systems Software

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

Programming Languages: C/C++, Java, C#, MFC, Borland, PLM, and Assembly.

IP Networking: TCP/IP (RTP, RTCP, UDP, IP layer), DHCP, DNS, NAT, RIP, Ethernet, Token Ring, QoS, Reliability, Scalability and Security.

Network Management: OAM&P (T)/FCAPS, TMN (Q3), OSS, Configuration Management (Provisioning), Remote Network Monitoring (RMON), Element Management System (EMS), MIB, SNMP, SYSLOG, and CMIS/CMIP.

Operating Systems: LINUX, JUNOS, UNIX, VxWorks, PSOS, MQX and a variety of proprietary RTOS/CPUs.

Additional Technical Experience: Real-Time and Embedded systems, AIS (Automatic Identification System - Maritime), Session Border Controller (SBC), User Interface Design (UI), Device Drivers (BSP), CPU peripherals, Firmware, Chip-Design, IC/ASICS, APCM, WEB-server (embedded), CLIGUI, Database applications, DVB CA (Conditional Access), Block /Symmetric Key Cipher (DES, AES, TDES), Stream Cipher, Asymmetric Key Cryptography, POS, EMV.

Development Methodologies: Agile/SCRUM (Atlassian tools), OOD, Top Down and Bottom-Up, TQM (ISO 9001).

Standard Groups: OSI, IETF, ISO, ITU, ETSI (TISPAN), IEEE, CableLabs (PacketCable, OpenCable), DVB, SCTE, ATSC, 3GPP2 NGN (IMS), EMVCo, UPOS (JPOS).

Other: MS-Project, Scripting (DOS, Linux/Unix), Software Change Management (SCM, Perforce), Recruiting &, Software Requirements, Requirements Analysis, Problem Management, Test Planning & Performance Tests, Debugging and Testing Tools, Technical Writing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Serving as a SCRUM Product-Owner, defining the product vision by creating initial overall requirements and prioritizing features for POS Web Server, defining JSON APIs for Web
• Server Development Team and persistently advocating for the customer/user interests.
• Contributed strongly in achieving a uniform WebSocket Protocol for all different applications.
• Pioneering a RESTful Web Service for a Semi-Integrated Payment Application using
• REST Architectural Style. This initiative won first place in company’s 2017 hackathon.
• Evangelizing for REST Architectural Style by sharing the RESTful API principles with the
• Development Teams. Analyzing and improving existing REST Web Server features.

Confidential

Sr. Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Quickly mastered financial system architecture and POS applications designs.
• Developed an ECR Simulator for EMV transactions to help debugging and testing. Implementing and integrating interface with Collis Tool Host Simulator Module.
• Designed and coded of EMV contact and contactless terminal features according to merchants’ requirements (e.g.: Amount Zero, Balance Inquiry, Online PIN, Issuer Scripts Results, etc.).
• Provided guidance regarding EMV functionality and standard compliance issues to developers, QA analysts and sales engineers.
• Excellent ability to analyze EMV transactions with Collis (B2) Tool.

Confidential

Sr. Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Sifted for relevant software requirements from ITU-R 1371-4 and captured them in AIS software requirements specifications (SRS) document. Mastering NMEA0183 protocol for AIS messages. Became an SME (Subject- Matter Expert) on AIS tracking.
• Interacted and collaborated with ID (Industrial Design) and marketing groups and leading them on new modes of operations and GUI definitions for AIS application.
• Developed clean code that will be maintainable over the longer-term life of the product by applying OOD (Object Oriented Design) principles.
• Designed and implemented simulation mode for AIS to test code functionality and run a demo.
• Performed code reviews and documented general mechanisms of the software system as Logger, Database Abstraction Layer, and Database Naming Convention.
• Participated in numerous candidates’ interviews and assisted in hiring some excellent software developers.

Confidential

Product Manager / Software Development Architect

Responsibilities:

• Fully functional on an entirely new architecture within 5 weeks.
• Final point of contact for every technical issue with customers; negotiating and controlling features, priorities and software modifications.
• $ 300,000+ saved in development budget by keeping a uniform functionality for all customers.
• Discovered key missing elements in customer’s provided specifications doing implementation and resolved within original delivery schedule.
• First company participant to ITU-T standard committee (Study group 16 Q.3), contributed to H.248 MEGACO standards, and influenced standards in the direction favorable to the company.

Confidential

Product Manager / Software Development Architect

Responsibilities:

• For sales and R&D support, and presentation purposes, mastered a new multidisciplinary technology every 2 months, while providing technical support on 20 existing products.
• Satellite-to-LAN receivers migrated to DVB-S2.
• Within 8 weeks developed specifications for OpenCable Unidirectional Receiver.
• Technical expertise resolved stall in a set-top-box collaboration project.