Prakash Mali

Experience

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  Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Pune

  Jul 1997 - Dec 2000

  Project Lead

  • Worked for eGovernance project of Public Works Department (PWD)• Interacted with key officials of PWD to gather functional requirements and define solutions• Authored a comprehensive Information Strategy Plan for computerization of PWD across the state• Worked on data centric applications and evangelized MS SQL Server into project that later became de-facto standard for multiple other projects• Effectively executed multiple roles like database designer, database administrator and developer• Managed a team of 36 developers, spread across geographical locations• Was part of Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG) at C-DAC and worked for ISO certification and CMM verification Show less

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  Cognizant Technology Solutions

  Dec 2000 - Dec 2001

  Developer

  • Analysis of requirement and documenting designs• Hand on implementation of GUI for data administration• Code reviews and unit testing Java code• Maintenance of previously released codebase• Designed a document management, routing and tracking system using Microsoft SharePoint Server

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  Satyam

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

  Project Lead

  • Analyze requirement and define solution architecture• Worked as onsite developer and coordinator• Consulted multiple projects for implementing best practices in Java coding• Lead efforts to proliferate database support of product to MS SQL Server and DB2• Contributed to improve developer productivity through usage of tools and IDE• Delivered zero defect code that does data collection, parsing and report generation for Credit Report of UK citizens

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  Symantec

  Dec 2004 - Sept 2011

  Sr. Principal Software Engineer

  • Communication with Product Management, Sales, Support teams to gather business requirements• Convert business requirements and system requirements to engineering requirements• Design of software components and present it to engineering team• Implementation of requirements through hands on coding and code reviews• Unit testing using JUnit and functional testing• Contribute in defining product future roadmap• Driving technical decisions for NetBackup PureDisk and OpsCenter• Evangelize technical, quality and process related initiatives• Usability improvements for better customer experience• Act as change agent to continuously improve engineering processes• Balance short-term versus long-term actions and continue to move towards goal• Rise above detail to see broader issues and implications for whole product and team Show less

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  SunGard Availability Services

  Nov 2011 - Apr 2012

  Technical Manager/Architect

  Worked as Sr. Architect for SunGard Availability Services' Enterprise Cloud Services (ECS) platform. ECS is an IAAS offering in cloud and it deals with provisioning of data centers using virtualization. My responsibilities include:• Convert business requirements to software specification and design, estimation and planning• Implementation through hands on coding using Java, Python, GWT technologies• Collaborate with QA teamDomain: Cloud Computing

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  Innovative Farms

  May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Self Employed

  • Research into ‘Sustainable Farming’• Technical evaluation of Cashew and Mango production practices• Evangelized new ideas in farming for farmers having small land holding• Educate group of farmers about new practices in farming and ways to improve productivity

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  Veritas Technologies LLC

  Sept 2013 - Jun 2016

  Senior Manager, Development

  • Lead a team of highly talented engineers engaged in development of Storage, Availability, Disaster Recovery and Cloud services related products• Handle relations with non-engineering stakeholders like Product Management, Program Management, Sales and Support.• Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters• Be responsible for the release content delivery and timelines• Innovate ways to improve team productivity and code quality• Foresee any risks, dependencies and mitigate them Show less

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  Nuance Communications

  Sept 2016 - Jun 2018

  Senior Development Manager

  Was involved in implementation of a unified product platform for customers to monitor and report against their business entities for healthcare domain. This product interfaces with certain other external systems in customer organization to gather supporting data that can help in real time monitoring. The product architecture was cloud ready and implementation was based on various Java technologies.

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  Qualys

  Jun 2018 - Oct 2024

  Senior Manager, Engineering

  • Involved in engineering SaaS based applications in Security and Policy Compliance domain, Script Manager and File Integrity Monitoring FIM, using micro-services and distributed architecture that can scale to increased demands.• Responsible for the overall software development lifecycle and manage complex products with significant business impact.• Work with the Product Management to develop a long-term product plan and manage the release planning cycles for the products.• Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments, knowledge sharing.• Collaborate with cross-functional peers and leaders to deliver dependencies and mitigate risks.• Discover the implicit requirements underlying feature requests, translate them into technical solutions, and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines.• Operational Excellence – improve monitoring and operation of production services. Instill best practices for software development and engineering documentation.• Career management and development of direct reports.• Create positive team culture where people feel valued and challenged to excel. Show less

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  JumpCloud

  Nov 2024 - now

  Senior Engineering Manager