Project Manager

Harpreet Rana

abl1je@r.postjobfree.com * 510-***-****

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

. Carrying strong technical and leadership skills with 12+ years of

extensive experience in Management, Design, Development, QA and Support

for Client / Server, N-Tier and Web 2.0 solutions.

. Worked extensively in Healthcare (Medical PACS), Real-Time Application

Performance Monitoring solutions and simulations involving Artificial

Intelligence.

. Solid understanding of PLM, SDLC and various methodologies such as Agile,

Waterfall, SCRUM.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools MS Project, MS Visio, Object Domain, Eclipse, Visual Source

Safe, CaliberRM, Rational Clear Quest, Clarify, Test Track,

Clear Case, CVS, SVN, Perforce

Languages C, C++, C#, VC++, .NET, ASP.NET, Java

Web JDBC, Apache, Tomcat, JBOSS, HTML, XML, AJAX

Technology

Database Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, SQL, MS ACCESS, DAO, ODBC

Components STL, MFC, Win32 API, ActiveX, Sockets, TCP/IP, WINSOCK

Scripting Java Script, UNIX Shell Scripting, Perl

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Philips Medical Systems, Foster City, CA January 2007 -

Present

Product Manager (API Integrations) Role

Responsibilities:

. Working on the Philips PACS (Class II FDA Medical Software), ISITE

Enterprise and Radiology.

. Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple

ISITE API related products directed toward strategic business and other

organizational objectives.

. Performing Strategic and Tactical PM activities for multiple projects:

Dictation Software, Q9, EMR Integrations, API support, Safety

Committee, DoD and Philips PACS.

. Discuss with customers to gather requirements and write Customer

Requirement Specifications (CRS).

. Engage customers, partners, and vendors by direct meeting, Insight

Visits, surveys - thereby generating leads for new product ideas.

. Converted customer expectations to requirements and generated detailed

Use Cases, PRD, RCR and ECR

. Developed new roadmap product ideas and business cases, and present

these concepts for approval to the senior management team

. Work in conjunction with cross-functional teams to come up with SRS

from CRS.

. Perform Win Loss Analysis, Prioritize product features and Develop

product strategy.

. Work with Program Managers and customers for scoping, planning and

release of API related Projects

. Improve time to revenue by 25% by proactively driving customer issues

to closure and bug fixes.

. Participate in Risk Review Meetings to evaluate risks for various

products.

. Co-ordination of daily defect 'Business Review" meetings for defect

status and update HEAT ticket system.

. Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with

stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the

organization.

. Experience in coordinating and managing Matrix Teams.

. Lead roles of ScrumMaster, Product Owner and Team Member for various

projects.

. Successfully managed products from conceptual to prototype to product

release.

. Executed and maintained project management processes and disciplines

in the areas of: Project Scope Management, Project Time Management

(using PERT and CPM), Project Quality Management, Project

Communications Management, Project Risk Management

Technology Used: MS Office, MS Project, Visio, CaliberRM, C++, C#, ASP.NET,

MFC.

Infoblox Inc., Santa Clara, CA August 2006 - January

2007

Technical Project Lead

Responsibilities:

. Architected an Active Directory Agent for the Infoblox RADIUS One

Package for reliable and secure AAA (authentication, authorization,

and accounting) services out of the box.

. Lead the Design and Implementation of the core agent module which

involved creating the service, monitoring, event logs, custom events,

custom application specific messages, Registry change notifications,

sockets and network management methods to retrieve and export the data

from the service running under Active Directory to the appliance.

Developed the GUI, deployment module and managed the QA team.

. Was accountable for the complete design, development and testing of

the Agent.

. The completion of the windows based Active Directory Agent was a

crucial business requirement for the Infoblox Appliance to satisfy the

needs of the customers on MS Windows domain.

Technology Used: MS Project, Visio, C++, VC++, Sockets, Active Directory,

Install Shield

DIRECTV, Inc, Los Angeles, CA February 2006 - July 2006

Technical Project Lead

Responsibilities

. Worked on the UI and middleware layer of the setup box (STB) for

DIRECTV, Home Media Center. I was involved in analyzing and improving

the performance of STB components like APG Engine (Application Program

Guide), CA Manager (Conditional Access Manager), iTv (Interactive TV)

and OSD module (On Screen Display).

. Supported the development of JAVA based UI applications that can be

deployed in an embedded environment in set -top boxes running on LINUX

OS.

. The successful completion of the project led to reduction in memory

leaks, increased performance of the system and improved end-user

viewing experience.

Technology Used: JAVA, Linux, Eclipse.

Quest Software Inc, Pleasanton, CA February 2000 -

February 2006

Senior Software Engineer / Project Lead

Responsibilities

. Worked in the Foglight division for Application Performance Management.

. Involved in developing Core Monitoring Agents (DB, System, and Web Server

Application Performance Monitoring agents), Client \ Server modules and

Web Interface of the product.

. Used Object Oriented Programming principles, Design Patterns and UML

diagrams for designing the core components of the product.

. Developed and Managed MFC based Multi-threaded server, client, database

configuration managers, GUI and Reporting Modules related to the product

. Lead the APACHE Project for Foglight to customize it for the product and

perform JBOSS and TOMCAT Servlet engine integration.

. Architected the Foglight Deployment Solution thereby managing and

designing the deployment packages using Install Shield and developed

tools that checked system processes, modified registries and associated

system privileges, setup dedicated port validations, Re-enabling

Performance Counters, complex setup packages including silent mode, non-

silent, remote installs, automation.

. Lead the QA team to prepare Test Cases and Test Plan based on Business

Line Functional Requirements.

. Involved in the design, development, testing, release, and maintenance

for all versions of Foglight.

Technology Used: Visio, C++, VC++, MFC, STL, SQL, Win32 API, WINSOCK,

Oracle, and MySQL

C-DAC, Pune (INDIA) December 1997 - December 1999

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) (Applied Artificial

Intelligence Grp.)

Member of Technical Staff

Responsibilities

. Research and development for defense related project for the Indian Army

- SABRE (Simulation of Armored Battle Response Ex-pendulum)

. Conflict resolution module: The system was designed to simulate various

battle situations and provide 'Conflict Resolution' in different types of

terrain.

. Implemented logistics, delay modeling for the system and Replay logic for

the entire simulation.

. The school of Armored Warfare used SABRE to train army personnel to help

them make tactical decisions and with AI built into the simulator helped

them mimic actual war-like scenarios thereby improving their decision

making skills.

Technology Used: C++, MFC, VC++, STL, Win32 API, WINSOCK, SQL, and MS

Access

EDUCATION

Pune University May 1993 - May 1997

BE, Computer Engineering (Graduated with Distinction)

CERTIFICATION / PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Member of AIPMM (Association of International Product Marketing & August

Management) and 280 Group of Product Management. 2010

Pursuing Training towards the Certified Product Manager/Certified

Product Marketing Manager (CPM/CPMM)

High Impact Presentations and Writing April 2010

PMI PMP Training June 2008

Completed 50 hours of Project Management Professional training

towards PMI PMP Certification.

Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

DELPHI COMPUTECH PVT. LTD. July 1999

Successfully completed the course of Sun Java Programming (SL275)

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