Project Manager Software Engineer

WADIGZON DIAZ-WONG

**** ********* ***** **. . ***** Vista, CA 91914 . 619-***-**** .

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SUMMARY

Highly analytical professional with more than 10 years of experience in the

US and Latin America in High-tech, Education, Health Care and Defense

industries. Proven experience in bringing together IT solutions to meet

business needs, executing complex projects, and managing small to medium

sized teams. Fluent in Spanish. Areas of expertise include:

. Project management

. Managing cross-functional teams

. Software development life cycle

. Offshore development

. Risk management

. Conflict resolution

EDUCATION

. MBA, University of California Irvine (UCI), Irvine, June 2007.

. MSCS, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, Aug 1999

. BS, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Lima-Peru, Jan 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

. PMI Certified, Number 521293

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

SALESTREAM Software Inc., Corona, California, 08/2009-Present

. Implemented diverse strategic PM status reports at stakeholder's

request

. Standardized documentation methodology for systems requirement's

analysis and design.

. Analyzed current processes and systems. Proposed and implemented new

set of recommendations (process engineering) for project management

and software development life cycle.

. Created and implemented new system (@task) training for employees.

. Successfully managed the migration from issues-only management system

into @task, a full blown PM solution

Project Manager

VERIMATRIX Inc., San Diego, California, 08/2008-07/2009

. Managed cross functional teams of 5-10 engineers spread among five

different projects.

. Formalized PMI framework in the company, providing a more standard way

to manage projects.

. Managed outside contractors and addressed personnel needs of various

projects

. Administered communication between the company and partners in the

ecosystem for project completion.

. Formalized task estimation methodology for the entire company.

. Successfully introduced a new form of project update to upper

management, ensuring a simplified and practical view of all customized

projects.

. Standardized risk management procedures for engineering projects.

. Introduced earned value analysis in the company as a way to monitor

and control project progress.

Project Manager

L1 TECHNOLOGIES, San Diego, California, 10/2006-07/2008

. Efficiently managed offshore development team including ten

engineers in Ukraine. Development was basically in two areas: GPS for

navigation, and GPS for Golfers.

. Lead the implementation of the entire centralized IT infrastructure

for source control, and issues management across all software projects

for an improved coordination and control of offshore teams.

. Lead the implementation of the voice prompts and points of

interest features for navigational systems.

Lead Software Engineer

ISL INC., San Diego, California, 07/2003-09/2006

. Identified and implemented a company-wide software-bug management

system that sped-up and reduced cost for the bug correction process by

using a centrally located open-source server.

. Led the company GIS (geographic information systems) initiative,

responsible for the complete project life cycle: requirement mapping,

product selection, project championing to top management for approval

and funding, and system implementation. Advocated/implemented a

standardized System Development methodology that reduced development

cost and increased quality by detecting errors during design phase,

writing reusable code, and documenting applications before coding.

. Supported an underwater-sound research application, implementing

improvements for storage management and image rendering.

Senior Software Engineer

ENTRIQ INC., Carlsbad, California, 02/2001-06/2003

. Successfully implemented Pay-per-time plug-in for Windows media server by

using an effective multithreading model, resulting in a higher connection

rate in the streaming server.

. Awarded "Plug-in Award" for excellence by significantly improving

performance of all plug-ins.

. Created a very efficient and portable library to be used with all Real

Media server plug-ins.

. Implemented Pay-per-view plug-ins for streaming media servers and all

platforms (Windows, Linux and Solaris).

. Created a comprehensive Architecture design document for the media server

plug-ins including a section for creating plug-ins in generic streaming

media servers.

Senior Software Engineer

SMITHS INDUSTRIES, San Diego, California, 08/1999-01/2001

Vertical Blanking Interval Project

. Successfully implemented the TV signal insertion server, allowing any

piece of software to insert internet packets into the encoder.

Limitation of one-connection-only was overcome by implementing a

creative design based on the same principle of multiplexing elements

of communication.

. Developed the configuration server component, this allowed to setup

the encoder in a more open and practical fashion than using any

proprietary software.

Plane Engine Vibration Project

. Created the Database model for storing all spectral information as

well as the weight configurations of the engines.

. Successfully implemented the user interface and all functionality

behind it.

. Effectively assisted in the development of the vibration acquisition

unit by creating and coding part of the real time processing loop for

a real time OS.

Software Engineer

COMPUTING CENTER, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, Lima, Peru, 01/1996-06/1998

. Analyzed the existing information system at the medical center as a

starting point to the new information system.

. Designed and implemented database functionalities and client

interfaces on the new and more efficient scalable information system.

. Achieved total user satisfaction while interacting with the new

system.

AWARDS

Annual Competition of Research at Catholic University of Peru, Graduates

category, 1998.

US CITIZEN

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