Summary

• Project management leader with 15 years of experience in deadline
• oriented and regulated settings
• History of successfully executing projects and improving work processes

Core Competencies:

• Project lifecycle management as per PMI methodology
• Managing team scheduling, communication and conflict resolution; developing team members
• Managing vendors and contractors
• Significant domain knowledge in technical areas like Engineering, Information Technology and Medical Devices
• Strong communication skills; adept at effectively interfacing with technical and non
• technical audiences

Work experience

Confidential, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA 2004 - present DIRECTOR, RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT 2006 - present Responsibilities:

• Leading cross
• functional team on the $2M Tonometer Development Program; manages key aspects like project management, requirements analysis, vendor management and contract development, solution designing, finalizing specifications, procurement, budgeting and risk analysis
• Key contributor toward change management and continuous process improvement in operations
• Mentors team members on technical, communication and task planning aspects
• Manages relationships with academia and vendors

Key Accomplishments:

• Product innovation: Adopted emerging technologies into Tonometer Development Program. Led the $125K initiative to develop the Tonometer Web User Interface. Developed strategy to commercially exploit the website by integrating a web store with advanced content management to facilitate and track device/license purchase
• Product innovation: Led the $400K project for development of a Robotic Test Station for Tonometer
• Process improvement: Led the development of Automated Flow Test Station for Glaucoma Valves (ophthalmic implants)
• Process improvement initiative: Currently promoting adoption of Rational Team Concert within organization for better management of software development projects
• Design achievement: Designed a custom silicone sensor interface to eliminate pre
• pressurization while retaining the benefits of a hermetic seal
• Design achievement: Created human facial interface for Tonometer to ensure consistency, comfort and intuitive usability
• Algorithm design: For accurate and efficient capture of intra-ocular pressure

Projects:

• Automated Flow Test Station for Glaucoma Valves (ophthalmic implants) 12/2007 - 08/2008
• Summary: Led development of automated system to replace manual in
• vitro testing of Glaucoma Valves. Improved process cycle time by 90% and eliminated human errors
• Role: Project management, requirement identification, idea generation, technology evaluation, guiding testing, delivery
• Tonometer for measuring intra-ocular pressure 08/2006 - 11/2010
• Summary: Developing a portable device for doctors and glaucoma patients
• Role: Project management, idea generation, commercial projections and strategizing, technology evaluation, mechanical design, BOM cost research and control, risk analysis and mitigation, workload distribution, testing, delivery
• Robotic Test Station for Tonometer 08/2009 - 04/2010
• Summary: Created automated system to operate Tonometer prototypes and analyze the output data
• Role: Project management, requirement identification, idea generation, mechanical design, testing, delivery
• Tonometer Web 02/2009 - 09/2009
• Summary: Secure and granular online portal to patient IOP records/trends to doctors and glaucoma patients. Created a store to purchase devices and licenses
• Role: Project management, idea generation, market need identification and commercial strategizing, technology evaluation, testing, delivery

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 2004 - 2005 Responsibilities:

• Development of robotic assembler machines for Glaucoma Valve
• Initiation of the Tonometer Development Program Key Accomplishments:
• Product innovation: Spearheaded development initiative for Robotic Assemblers
• Program launch: Initiated Tonometer Development Program to develop portable device for measuring intra-ocular pressure. Evaluated technology options and led the successful initiative

Projects:

• Robotic Assembler for Glaucoma Valve 11/2004 - 07/2005
• Summary: Created automated system to replace human assembly of eye implant. Designed stubs in for future integration with biometric authentication, operations data collection and network database update. Improved process cycle time by 50% and eliminated human errors from the assembly operation
• Role: Project management, idea generation, technology evaluation, guiding testing, delivery
• Tonometer device prototyping 05/2005 - 12/2005
• Summary: Led prototyping of Tonometer devices based on several candidate concepts
• Role: Project management, idea generation, testing, delivery

Confidential, INDIA 1993 - 2001 MANAGER, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS REPAIR DIVISION 2000 - 2001 Responsibilities:

• Identification and improvement of operational processes
• Department administration

Key Accomplishments:

• Headed the Medical Instruments repair division
• Eliminated overstaffing by 7.5% resulting in $36K of direct savings
• Increased plant productivity by 5% by streamlining bottleneck processes
• Spearheaded the successful initiative to upgrade Inventory Control System to use MS Access

Project:

• Inventory control system improvement
• Summary: Upgraded previous spreadsheet
• based system to use MS Access
• Role: Project management, contribution to development of architecture, some data entry, delivery

SENIOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 1996 - 1999 Responsibilities:

• Managing workflow and task allocation, resource balancing, client feedback processing
• Delivery of monthly training on safe work practices

Key Accomplishments:

• Hired and trained 15 new workers in the entire maintenance process
• Instituted a safety culture at workplace

JUNIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 1993 - 1995 Responsibilities:

• Leading repair and maintenance of hospital equipment
• Identification of process improvement opportunities

Project:

• Inventory control system improvement
• Summary: Upgraded the legacy system to use MS Excel
• Role: Project management, architecture development

Technical tools

• PMBOK, MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, SDLC, Solidworks; Autodesk Inventor, Labview, Solidedge, Edgecam, GX Developer, GT Developer, Yamaha VIP for RCX40, C-More touch-panel programming software, SQL Server, MySQL, C, Qt C++, QWT, Visual Basic, Visual C#, Drupal, HTML, PHP, Javascript, Suse Linux, Gentoo Linux, Stereolithography (3-D prototyping), Microchip MPLAB, PADS

Education / Certification

• Masters in Computer Science
• Bachelors in Engineering
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Personal information

• I enjoy working in and managing teams. I am passionate about making things better and getting things done in time. A deep area of interest for me is emerging technologies. I also like sharing information and knowledge with co
• workers in formal and informal settings
• Permanent resident of United States