Manager Engineer

Uttara A. Athavale

**** ** *** **, ********* CA *5014 408-***-**** (Cell)

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Profile:

Experienced Technical professional with exceptional leadership,

negotiations, analytical, problem solving and coordination skills. Has

worked with variety of Product Management, Agile Development, Quality and

Documentation teams including offshore teams to manage multiple projects at

the same time. Self-motivator and ability to work with teams in fast paced

changing environment. Creating a vision and structure where none exists.

Self-starter with charming "Can do" attitude. Timely follow-ups, sending

meeting minutes and project status updates to agile cross-functional teams

and management.

Tools: Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, JIRA, RADAR and Bug queries. Excel,

Word, Linux/Unix, MS Project, Sharepoint, Apache, MS IIS, Oracle Access

Manager and Identity Manager, Tcpdump, Wiki, SVN, Perforce.

Education:

B.S. in Computer Science, Utah Valley University, 1999

Additional course work in Project Management.

Experience:

Lead. Project Engineer, Apple Inc. iLife Group

Jan 2012 - Present

iLife group is responsible for delivering multiple desktop applications on

Apples OS and iOS.

. Responsible for Multiple projects to deliver and meet Quality

criteria, Aperture, ProKit, iLife Slide Show and iLife Media

Browser.

. Tracking regressions of iLife Frameworks to ensure resolutions are

delivered before Release.

. Coordinating quality efforts on multiple platforms, including

mobile devices iPad, iPod and iPhone.

. Communication of project status to cross-functional teams on new

and upcoming Firmware and OS X releases.

Sr. QA Engineer, Apple Inc. QuickTime Group

Oct 09 - Oct 11

Quick Time is Apple's most popular Media player.

. Executed automated scripts regularly to achieve desired test

coverage.

. Increased Quality of the product by adding Functionality and Ad-Hoc

testing of recording Movies, Audio and Editing on QuickTime Pro

. Extended testing efforts on various Platforms including Windows and

MACs.

. Communicated Status to cross functional Project teams

Lead Integration Engineer, Apple Inc. Media Browser Group

Sep 08 - Oct 09

Media Browser is integrated into all iLife apps.

. Lead QA efforts on Integration of iLife Desktop applications such

as iDVD, iMovie, iWEB, iPhoto, iTunes and GarageBand.

. Managed Solutions to issues reported by Customers, and Integration

QA.

. Developed and reviewed existing tests suites, to increase test

coverage.

. Presented weekly status on all issues found and resolved to core

team.

Staff QA Engineer/Test Lead Propel Software

Oct 03 - Mar 08

Propel Web Accelerator and Bandwidth manager

. Designed and maintained the QA lab with Propel Servers

. Conducted Market Research, evaluated tools that were comparable

with Propel Accelerator and recommended solutions during multi-team

meetings.

. Drove Customer Escalation and Release Management processes

providing customized solution set to ISP's.

. Implemented Customer requirements and communicated status of

customer deployments to internal groups.

Test Lead. Apple Inc. Mac OS X Server Group.

August 01-March 03

Mac OS X Server [10.1] based on Java 2, and the latest in web services and

security standards.

. Created Test plans and developed functional test suites and test

cases.

. Increased Test coverage using Pearl scripts for Macintosh Manager.

. Lead execution of round the clock reliability tests for Macintosh

Manager product.

. Drove performance testing for Macintosh Manager in various Apple X

server updates

. Mentored new team members with the niches of the product.

Lead QA Engineer - Oblix /Oracle Apr 99 - Jun 01

Provided Identity Management Solutions and Security Portal via NetPoint

. Managed Customer interaction and integration of LDAP and Novell

Netware directories.

. Routine Testing of Single Sign ON [SSO] with AAA engine.

. Designed, developed and executed test plans for Web based security

portals OAM/OIM in fast paced multitasking / multi project

environment.

. Mentoring new QA members.

Software QA Engineer, Open Market Systems [Publishing company] Jan 98 - Mar

99

QA Intern, Intel Inc. Jul 97- Oct 97

QA Intern, Novell Inc. Dec 96 - Jul 97

Extra Curricular:

Events/Project Manager, CCA Sep 2008 -

Present

CCA is Non Profit organization dedicated to youth Cricket

. Managed National Cricket Tournaments comprising of over 10 teams,

as well as yearly tournaments with 8 youth teams, impacting over

hundred youths and their parents

. Supervised teams for scheduling, food, ground preparations at

games, handled budget/expenses of up to $100K.

. Organized year-end general body meeting, attended by Mayor, City

Council as well as other business leaders, players, and families

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