Experience

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  Software technology group

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1999

  Executive

  Software Technology Trainer : Providing corporate training on C, C++, Unix, VC++Microsoft certification of MFC

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  Siemens communication software

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2004

  Technical executive

  Requirements Elicitation, Analysis, Design, Implementation, Reviews, Testing and Documentation

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  Nokia

  Sept 2004 - Jun 2017

  Member of Nokia central Quality team responsibilities include- Process Improvement : Inventing and identifying new Quality metrics, Processes at the organization level by working closely with R&D teams - Providing thought leadership across strategy, engineering, product innovation and development lifecycle.- Auditing and improving the existing Quality and Process KPIs through workshops involving various stakeholders- Collaboration : Working closely with the top management and R&D teams to identify and bankroll Quality & Process initiatives focusing on left shifting that resulted in significant cost savings for the company- Partner Management: Audit Nokia partners to verify the Quality and Process adherence as per organization guidelines Show less - Comprehensive ownership of core engineering & delivery, stakeholder management, quality, cross team dependencies and conflicts resolution involving Product, Engineering.- Extensive experience in steering large-scale teams involving cross-functional and full stack PODS/Squads - People Management : Mentoring, performance management and resource allocation.- Continuously monitoring cross-functional Development Area quality to secure customer satisfaction and meet program goals- Quality assurance (Metrics, internal checks, process deployment follow-up, Process tailoring, Process trainings) and reporting- Quality checks of the technical deliverables against the defined “Done criteria”- Continuous improvement: Initiate and monitor quality improvements and preventive actions based on weakness Analysis, Quality checks, RCA, DQA/EDA and phase end lessons learnt sessions- Detailed Quality analysis for the Escalated customer Faults and Build blocker Faults- Optimizing the processes/methods based on different quality initiatives/findings enabling left shifting - Stakeholder management : Coordinating with R&D managers and Program Quality Managers Show less - Led 2 technical teams responsible for end-to-end Software development and Testing in agile Mode.- Managed takeover of software development and testing from Hungary team to Bangalore team- Handled the Scrum Master role.- As a feature group leader coordinated with different cross function teams to deliver the feature. Responsible for complete cross functional features from Analysis until delivery to the customer. Technical consultant for all the components impacted by the feature.- People Management: Technical Guidance, Mentoring, performance management and resource allocation Show less

  • Senior Manager : Quality, Process and Program

    Jan 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Project Manager

    Dec 2008 - Dec 2014

  • Technical leader

    Sept 2004 - Nov 2008