Sameer Gupta
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Awards and Affiliations Education
Pepperdine University, Irvine,
Raytheon 6 Sigma Certified California
Raytheon Achievement Award 2007 Masters of Business Administration
Pratt & Whitney UTC Team Appreciation Emphasis Entrepreneurship
Award 2007
Boeing Company Appreciation Award 2006 California State University, Fullerton
Knowledge Management Fair Team Master of Science, Software Engineering
Coordinator System Engineering and Project
UCI Dean's List December 2004 Management Concentration
UCI Graduate School of Management
Business Competition University of California, Irvine,
California
Bachelor of Science, Information and
Computer Science
Information Systems Concentration
Professional Experience
Raytheon, Fullerton, California, June 2007 - Present
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
. Product Development - Directly worked with program management to complete
software and hardware development by:
o Improving requirement documents for company software and hardware
products, analyze work product plan and earned value
o Conducting and witnessing testing for numerous projects using
various software languages and environments such as Perl, C++,
Macro Scripts, Linux, and Windows. Testing included regression
tests, unit tests and black box testing on segments of code
generated for revisions to government projects. Increased product
efficiency by meeting customer needs and improved employee
productivity to complete projects ahead of schedule
o Analyzed product schedule, requirements, development and ensured
that the program stayed within project funding
. Software Quality - Conducted audit process for various company programs
by product evaluations, participating in test readiness reviews,
completing audit reports, analyzing corrective action responses and
verifying that actions have been completed and implemented. Increased
revenue opportunity by improving software process and minimizing
development errors.
. Hardware - Verified drawings for various company products. Conducted
final acceptance tests on GPS hardware units, created engineering request
releases for submittal of hardware utilities to customers, and integrated
software components to hardware
. Software Process and Standard Work - Improved correction request process
for quality department by applying 6 sigma training and defining new
correction request tool for department use. Increased productivity by
30%, finished project a month ahead of schedule
. Management - Led program members to ensure quality engineering
disciplines are following CMMI Level 5 and ISO 9001 processes. Reviewed
program documents, scope, risk and opportunities, program plan, schedule,
and budget. Participated in management level meetings to review and
resolve program issues. Interfaced with customers to ensure product
implementation was meeting expectation.
Sony Corporation, San Diego, California, August 2009 - December 2009
Marketing Strategy Consultant Project for Pepperdine University
. Strategic Consumer Product Consultant - Launched the Sony eBook reader
consumer product for the Sony Corporation
The Boeing Company/Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Canoga Park, California,
June 2005 - 2007
Software Engineer and Software Quality Engineer (Promoted to Level 2 in
Jan. '07)
. Product Development - Member of project management tool (IPPDControl
Suite) development team, developing and supporting Risk Management,
Opportunity Management, Action Management, and Issue Management software
by:
o Creating requirement documents for new company software products
and made upgrades to existing requirement documents for new system
architecture
o Developing software using JavaScript, VBScript, HTML, ASP, and
ASP.Net; regression, unit and black box testing on segments of code
generated for revisions to project management tools
o Utilizing Microsoft project to build and maintain project schedules
for software development
o Preparing team databases using SQL Server 2005
. Software Quality - Assisted with the audit process for company software
by planning and conducting audits, completing audit reports and analyzing
corrective action responses
. Software Process and Standard Work - Created software process for small
product creation for engineering standard of work for SPSP, worked with
outsourcing team to build requirements and finalize company projects to
outsourcing in India; worked on technical and risk management and
scheduling planning portion for numerous company proposals
. Support/Training - Worked with customers via phone and email to analyze
and identify system issues; analyzed and managed actions for space
shuttle main engine testing and enhancements; assisted in company
software demos/seminars and trained employees to learn and become more
efficient with the project management tools and company project
management process
Related Projects and Technical Skills
Personal: Program Manager for Jesato Designs. Liaison between developer and customer to
create web sites by gathering requirements