Experience

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  Hcl america, inc.

  Jun 2002 - now

  Project : Cisco Digital Network Architecture Center (DNAC)Roles and Responsibilities:• As a Technical Program Manager, lead cross functional programs across teams involving, development, test and release engineering• Build and drive program plan with well led dependencies and cross functional alignment• Implement and supervise program deliverables, milestones, action items, technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans• Work with engineers, product managers and other program managers to define priorities• Understand product use cases and communicate technically with engineering and product teams• Develop strong working relationships with cross-functional teams to best understand and deliver on business goals and priorities• Prepare program status reports and executive briefings for various stakeholder groups• Enforce to metrics and governance for D&A process and drive process improvements• Driving Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) and Quality Reviews for the cross-functional teams• Experience in usage of different tools during the project life cycle (Jira, Rally, Target Process, etc.) Show less Engineering lead in Security NMS products leading full engineering ownership and joint productdevelopment engagements. Transitioned the products from staff augmentation to full engineering ownership driving major, minor, and maintenance releases including customer and solution integration.Products ownership :Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, Cisco Security Services Exchange (SSE), ASA Rest API, Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM), and Cisco Security Manager.Team Size: 75Responsibilities:1. Program Management: Managed large, complex projects and delivered them in a successful and timely manner as expected. Tracking multiple programs and related scrums with tools like Target Process, Confluence and Jira. Provided regular updates to management on the health status of projects, risks, and mitigations. Enable and drive collaborations within teams thus moving the deliverables up in the value chain.2. Engineering Management: Product Development & Engineering Management, Product Sustenance, Field Support, Integration Support, Sales Support, Escalation Management, Product Training, and Consultation to Field Support Engineers and Customer Engineers.3. Innovation & Technology Management: Lead Innovation Council, Value Creation, Proof-of-Concept of NG products, Build Competency in New Technology Areas (Ex: Cloud, OpenStack, Analytics) to stay ahead of technology/market transitions4. People Management and Operations: Staffing, Recruitment, Bench Management, Learning and Development, Competency Building, Performance Management, Compensation, and Benefits Management, Contract Management & OperationsImpact Delivered:* Full Engineering Ownership, High Customer Satisfaction, Technology transitions, Product Life Extension* Increased Feature Velocity, Smooth Transition to NextGen Products, Next Generation PoCs andInnovation* Own High Software Quality and Productivity Metrics - Agile Development, Software Practices,Sustenance and Customer Support Show less Summary:Technical and Delivery Lead responsible for the development and delivery point of contact of NG as well as legacy Wireless NMS products. Participated in design and architecture, design reviews, code reviews, product sustenance, field support along with individual hands-on contribution. Team Size: 25 peak FTEsProducts:Cisco Prime Infrastructure, New Generation Wireless Controller UI, Wireless LAN Controller UI, Prime Network Control SystemResponsibilities:1. Program Management: Co-ordinate with multiple teams across different geo locations. Design process/procedures to track deliverables from multiple teams. Identify interdependencies and overlapping deliverables and ensure stakeholders understand and deliver accordingly. Effective usage of Confluence (Atlassian) tool for tracking and reporting.2. Technical & Management: Hands-on contribution, design and architecture, development and Innovation, Customer Management and Customer Liaison3. People Management: Staffing, Recruitment, Bench Management, Learning and Development, Competency Building, Performance ManagementImpact Delivered:* Successfully completed assignments with high customer satisfaction* People management with leading a team of 25 people* Growing team with single-digit team size to double-digit through technical excellence and customer staisfaction. Show less Summary:Joined HCL-Cisco as Java developer in Q0S project. Created an impact with Application Server migraiton from JOnAs to JBoss to address muti-context issues. Also fine-tuned the performance of the product to provide stellar results. Later moved to design and development of legacy security NMS products.Team Size: 20 EngineersProducts:Wireless LAN Controller System, Cisco Configuration Assistant, Wireless LAN Solution Engine, QoS Policy ManagerResponsibilities:1. Development and Sustenance of various products2. Driven Competency Development initiatives and contribute to training across business unitsImpact Delivered:* Quality in features developed* Knowledge sharing with team and competency building.* Interviewing and mentoring of new hires Show less

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