SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years software and hardware project management experience.
• Experience managing large global cross - functional projects that met or exceeded requirements expectations, timelines and budgetary targets.
• Experience running large cross-functional programs
• Proven leadership, risk management and organizational skills
• Strong negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership
• Experience in working in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment
• Experience leading Confidential programs
• Strong Requirements Analysis, Project Scheduling & Testing/QA expertise
• Cross-Functional Supervision, Team Building & Mentoring
• Executive level presentation skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Six-Sigma Tools: Experience with the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) Process, using tools such as 5-Whys, Brainstorming and others

Management Tools: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS SharePoint, eRoom & other Confidential tools, JIRA, FeedbackCentral

Hardware: Confidential Symmetrix and VMAX systems, SAN (Storage Area Networks), SCSI, iSCSI, Optical jukeboxes (MO, DVD, Blu Ray etc.), Ethernet networks

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hopkinton, MA

Global Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a cross-functional team that was responsible for delivering all new releases for Confidential ’s flagship Symmetrix/VMAX product line.
• In addition, I led several other Symmetrix software programs.
• Defined program direction and led issue resolution discussions for VMAX hardware
• Developed project plans, schedules and milestones for all new VMAX releases
• Prepared and presented program status at various program and executive forums
• Oversaw hardware allocations, budget, deliveries and installation of engineering hardware for all cross-functional teams
• Delivered software and hardware programs, meeting budget, schedule and requirements expectations

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements, track and reported program status, triaged all defects and demonstrated new QE tool that manages 9,000+ test cases for over 500 QE engineers
• Led a team of developers creating defect and test case reports for various Confidential QE and engineering teams

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Introduced Agile software development process which reduced release cycles from over a year to six months
• Led the transition of an Confidential storage software product from the US to India
• Created processes and procedures that improved project reliability, schedule predictability and internal communication for all assigned projects

Confidential

Bus Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Reduced Confidential /Internationalization testing costs by 80% using internal resources instead of third party testers
• Defined the L10N/I18N requirements, engineering guidelines, schedules, budgeting
• Designed and incorporated new development processes (using Root Cause Analysis tools) that reduced the number of field escalated defects by 20% in 5 months
• Negotiated contracts, assigned resources, maintained schedules and reported status

Confidential, Nashua, NH

Director of Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Created a cross functional product life cycle process
• Led a team that designed, tested, released and supported archival storage products and wrote functional specifications and design documents
• Created a development organization in India to maintain a $10 million product line