Software Project Manager

ROY NEJABI

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Summary

Senior engineering director with over seventeen years of experience managing

software organizations and complex multi-disciplinary and multi-geography

projects.

Outstanding program and project manager with a solid track record in successfully

planning and executing large software development projects in multiple

geographies and delivering high quality products on time and within budget.

Effective organizational leader with extensive experience leading and growing

professional teams in co-located or dispersed environments. Demonstrated aptitude

to initiate, grow, and manage offshore teams (in India & China).

Proficient software leader with in-depth knowledge of software architecture,

embedded real-time software, software methodologies, software development life

cycle, software release plans.

Transformational leader with exceptional track record in bringing positive change

to organizations. The highlight of my tenure has been transforming organizations

by instituting "predictability" (i.e., cost, duration and quality),

"repeatability", "data-driven measurement" and "continuous improvement".

Professional History

Juniper Networks Inc. (Westford, MA - HQ: Sunnyvale, CA)

Senior Director of Software Engineering (2007 - 2009)

Company Industry: Telecommunication Equipment & Services

Company Size: 3000+ employees worldwide - $3+ Billion annual revenue

Customers: Top Tier Carriers (e.g., Verizon, Comcast, AT&T)

Competitors: Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Alcatel

Reporting to: VP of Engineering

Role Organization Size: 100+ engineers and managers in Westford, MA and

Bangalore, India

Direct Reports: Four software directors, three senior software

managers, two project manages and one software architect

Responsibilities: In charge of the new development, sustaining and

project management for Juniper broadband software (i.e., embedded IP

router software)

Technology: Developing embedded real-time software using C/C++ on

Windows platform for VxWorks and Linux target OS.

Major Major Customer Deliverables: Planned, oversaw and delivered

Accomplishme necessary broadband software to enable FiOS product for Verizon. The

nts project involved over 200 software and QA engineers. The project

included over 50 customer specific features and generated over $300M

over four years.

Internal Projects: -Devised and executed an accelerated plan to

transition legacy product line ($150M annual revenue) from North

America to the Bangalore, India. The key success factors included

systematic, focused and collaborative approach to planning and

execution.

Self-Initiatives: Instated a number of practices (e.g., data-driven

approach to projects and organizational management) to increase

predictability of delivery dates, resource utilization and product

quality. Many of these practices were adopted by wider Juniper

community.

Migrated the organization from a "content-driven" software release

model to a "time-driven" model.

Reason for Lay-off. Due to wider economical conditions, the company

Leaving significantly reduced R&D across satellite offices in favor of

lower-cost development centers in India and China.

SeaChange International (Acton, MA)

Director of Software Engineering (2006 - 2007)

Company Industry: CableTV Products

Company Size: 400+ employees worldwide - $200M annual revenue

Customers: Cable Providers (e.g., Comcast, Time Warner)

Competitors: Motorola, Cisco Systems, Concurrent

Role Reporting to: VP of Engineering

Organization Size: 60+ engineers and managers in Acton, MA

Direct Reports: Five software & QA managers, one product manager

and one project manager

Responsibilities: In charge of the new development, sustaining and

project management for Video on Demand software

Technology: Developing VOD application software using Java/C++ on

Windows and for Windows platform.

Major Customer Deliverables: Planned, oversaw and delivered necessary VOD

Accomplishme software for Comcast's next generation network as per Statement of

nts Work. The project involved over 50 software and QA engineers. The

project generated over $50M.

Internal Projects: - Led a comprehensive and collaborative

initiative between customers (e.g., Comcast) and engineering teams

to improve planning of software upgrades (including pre- and

post-upgrade analysis and support) and software patch and service

packs delivery.

Self-Initiatives: Instated a number of practices (e.g., data-driven

approach to projects and organizational management) to increase

predictability of delivery dates, resource utilization and product

quality. Many of these practices were adopted by wider Juniper

community.

Migrated the organization from a "content-driven" software release

model to a "time-driven" model.

Introduced software release planning and management disciplines as

well as more deliberate software development processes (e.g., Agile

and SCRUM) to improve predictability (i.e., duration and cost) and

quality of software development.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries (Willow Grove, PA)

Director of Software Engineering - Contract (2005 - 2006)

Company Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials

Company Size: 500+ employees worldwide - $450M annual revenue

Customers: Intel, Texas Instruments, Samsung, NEC

Competitors: ASM International, Shinkawa

Role Reporting to: VP of Engineering

Organization Size: 80+ engineers and managers

Direct Reports: Seven software & QA managers, two project managers

Responsibilities: In charge of the QA, software sustaining and

project management for Wire-bonder embedded and management software

Technology: Developing embedded real-time software using C/C++ on

Solaris platform for VxWorks OS.

Major Customer Deliverables: Planned, oversaw and delivered over 10 major

Accomplishme and minor releases.

nts Internal Projects: - Devised and executed a comprehensive and

aggressive software globalization plan to consolidate software

development from four geographical locations (US, Singapore, India,

China) to one location in China.

This activity included -a revision of the development processes,

release planning and software configuration management as well as

updating the engineering tools prior to the transition.

Lucent Technologies - Acquired by Alcatel (Westford, MA)

Senior Software Engineering Manager - Data Networking Division (2000 - 2005)

Company Industry: Telecommunication Equipment & Services

Company Size: 40,000+ employees worldwide - $20+ Billion annual

revenue

Customers: Top Tier Carriers (e.g., Verizon, Comcast, AT&T)

Competitors: Ericsson, Cisco Systems

Role Reporting to: Sr. Director of Engineering

Organization Size: 30 engineers

Direct Reports: Five software managers and technical leads

Responsibilities: In charge of the platform and device driver

software teams for ATM, SONET, Frame Relay and IP products

Technology: Developing embedded real-time software using C/C++ on

Solaris and Windows platform for Chorus and Linux target OS.

Major Customer Deliverables: Planned, oversaw and led major releases

Accomplishme (hardware and software) utilizing engineering staff in United States

nts and India. Each release consisted of multiple hardware (e.g.,

chassis controller and line cards- OC3/OC48) and software components

(e.g., PNNI, MPLS). All projects adhered to rigorous software

development processes; followed very aggressive development

schedules and were delivered on-time and with exceptional quality

that set benchmarks within the company.

Internal Projects: - Led the product transition to lower-cost

development centers including training newly hired managers in

India.

Self-Initiatives: Initiated, designed and led the software

restructuring of the legacy code base to ensure better

maintainability; including the development of a set of reusable

software libraries for efficient and rapid development and to

facilitate feature expansion and maintenance of the product.

Devised release management processes and techniques leading to

better planning (resources and duration), improved quality and more

accurate on-time delivery.

Nexion Networks - Acquired by Fujitsu Communications (Acton, MA)

Manager of Software Engineering (1998 - 2000)

Newbridge Networks - Acquired by Alcatel Networks (Ottawa, Canada)

Senior Software Engineer (1998 - 2000)

Self-Employed-Contractor (Toronto, Canada 1993-1995)

Software Engineer (1998 - 2000)

Dynatek Automations (Toronto, Canada)

Software Engineer (1992-1993)

Education

Business Administration Certification 2001

Harvard University - Extension School, Cambridge, MA

Master of Science, Computer Science 1995

York University, Toronto, Canada

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science 1992

York University, Toronto, Canada

Additional Training and Qualifications

Technologies: Hierarchical storage, SNMP, SQL, Embedded and

Relational Databases, SAN, DTV, VoD, ATM, Frame Relay, DHCP,

PPP, TCP/IP, SONET, Ethernet, MPLS and VoIP

Operating Systems: VxWorks, Chorus, PSOS, Solaris, Linux, BSD,

Windows

Software Languages: C, C++, Perl, Object-Oriented software

Software Development Models: Waterfall, SCRUM, Agile, Test

Driven Development

Quality Standards: ISO9000, TL9000, CMMI

Training and Certification:

Project Management Certificate, Boston University.

Managing Technical Organizations and Professionals, MIT

Executive Studies.

Managing Complex Product Development Projects, MIT Executive

Studies.

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