Nitin Pinnanath

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City: Fremont

State: CA

Zip: 94536

Country: USA

Phone: 408-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $180,000

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NITIN PINNANATH

38872 Glenview Drive

Fremont, California 94536

408-***-****

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SENIOR MANAGER:

Quality Assurance Product Development Product Management

Hands-on technical leader with more than 14 years experience driving the advancement of core software product development initiatives for a variety of global corporations, most recently for Cisco Systems. QA and testing expert adept in directing the efforts and performance of development engineering teams. Skilled in achieving the highest standards for quality and customer satisfaction with a talent for collaborating cross-functionally to promote project management and product management best practices.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Quality Assurance (QA)

Software Testing

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Management

Project Management

Product Development

Product Life Cycle Management

Agile

Waterfall

Test Automation Development

Test Strategy Planning

Data Analytics

Quality Control

Client Relationship Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Escalation Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Team Building

Managerial Leadership

Continuous Improvement

US Permanent Resident

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CISCO SYSTEMS, San Jose, California and Bangalore, India

2007-Present

World-leading provider of IP-based networking, communications, and IT products.

Engineering Manager

Direct a 10-member team across two international locations with complete accountability for the global QA function supporting the core Cisco Prime Security Manager product. Ensure the seamless integration of QA across the cross-functional product management operation, serving as a key member of the product team and providing regular QA metrics and analysis for team members and senior management.

Played a leadership role in the successful delivery of Cisco Prime Security Manager 1.0 by managing the QA team to the achievement of all schedule and performance milestones according to the established Scrum methodology and project objectives.

Drove the QA teams migration from Waterfall to Agile methodology, ensuring complete adherence to quality standards while coaching the team through the transition.

Effectively maintained strong levels of team morale and collaboration and mentored six employees to promotions, overcoming the challenges of an overseas divide by personally engaging with each team member on a weekly basis.

While stationed in India, built and led the QA team through the delivery of multiple versions of the Cisco Web Security Appliance product in close collaboration with US-based colleagues.

Led several business unit-wide QA initiatives, including on-site customer engagements for the engineering staff, the design of a baseline QA process roadmap and master product release plan, and as champion of a standard system of metrics for QA reporting.

Recognized for outstanding performance and leadership in the management of the Web Security Appliance product with assignment to the Prime Security Manager team and selection to relocate to the San Jose office to take on increased accountability for the QA process through the products latest iteration.

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EMC DATA STORAGE, Bangalore, India

2006-2007

Information infrastructure and virtual infrastructure technologies and solutions provider.

Software Manager

Recruited to build and manage a new development team from the ground up, serving as the chief development engineering resource for the Product Manager in translating business requirements for new features into actionable technical development plans. Handled the product portfolios escalated customer issues for the North America, EMEA, and APAC regions.

Drove the successful release of multiple new versions for three key products, including Digital Asset Manager, Import Manager, and Web Content Manager.

Established robust internal systems to ensure QA and engineering best practices, including creation of a QA process roadmap, a master product release plan, a strategy for capacity planning, and a framework for regression automation.

INFORMATICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, Bangalore, India

2003-2006

The worlds number one independent provider of data integration software.

Software Quality Assurance Manager (2005-2006) Lead Engineer (2003-2005)

Progressively promoted from a successful role as the engineering teams technical lead and QA expert into a management role with oversight of the QA function for two key product lines. Championed automation and continuous process improvement within the QA organization, implementing an enterprise-wide defect management process and formal capture metrics.

Made significant contributions to the performance of the Power Analyzer product, creating an automation framework and devising a production instance for bug trending that was adopted for widespread use across the organization.

Integral in the development of the business intelligence (BI) product line as engineering and release manager.

CAREER NOTE: Additional roles include positions as Software Quality Assurance Lead for SUN MICROSYSTEMS and as Software Engineer for AOL TIME WARNER / NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS / IPLANET INC. Details available upon request.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Maharashtra, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Perl, SQL, Shell Script, Silktest 4Test

Database Systems: Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2

Operating Systems: Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Linux, Windows, Macintosh

Software: Weblogic, WebSphere, Jboss, SunONE Directory Server, Sunone Web Server, SunONE AppServer

Configuration Management: CVS, ClearCase, StarTeam, Perforce

QA Automation Software: Silktest, QA Partner, Selenium

Other: Content Security, Web Security, Context Aware Firewall, Content Security Management, Content Management, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, e-commerce, Identity Management, Security, Cryptography

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