Manager Project

Srikrishna B. (MS, ME)

Santaclara,CA

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3G,4G 3GPP standards Test Management Test simulation Software Development & Testing

Cross functional Team Leadership Process Improvement AI&IOT

Technical knowledge:

Domains : 3G, 4G,IMS and VoLTE, SDN/NFV, L1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, Physical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCRRC,NAS 5G & IoT.N/W

Coding : C, C++, Java, Octave(Matlab), R, Python Debugger : Lauterbach, gdb, in-house tools.

Scripting : TTCN3, TTCN2, ML-API++ Tools : MSPE, JIRA, Tableau

O/S : Windows, Linux Test infrastructure : Lab, Field and IoT

Software Engineering (10 years+) :

Object Oriented Programming. Coding and Testing Customer interfacing and delivery

Verification and Validation Back office and logs analysis Statistics and risk assessment

Tech-Management Skills:

Test Management Agile Scrum Methodology Managing Software Engineers

Software Development Lifecycle. Cost & Benefit Analysis Process (Quality) improvement

Enterprise Software Project Mgmt. Project and Test Mgmt Software Configuration Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE :

Key traits and accomplishments:

Have been working on protocols for more than 13years on 3G, LTE - highly passionate to continue on the same domain.

Very good understanding of LTE/3G UE AS/NASL1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, Physical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCPRRC,NAS protocol layers, procedures, APIs and the associated 3GPP standards (Rel8-12).

Good understanding of factors controlling throughput namely Modulation, MIMO, CA and Interference handling.

Proactively reviewed product specs, aligned test development based on system view and impact analysis.

Drove teams to generate tangible and intangible deliverables, appreciated business topline and bottom line targets.

Drove day-to-day operational aspects of software test development and execution.

Worked as a Configuration Manager, enabled compliance and met exit criteria during internal QA Audit.

Performed risks analysis, prioritize and proposed risk management solutions as appropriate.

Correctly represented the urgency of issues and addressed the issues appropriately based on RACI chart.

Proactively communicated and executed common strategies across multiple sites to meet the program goals.

Lesson learned through RCA(Root Cause Analysis), drove process change and improvement based on the execution outcomes.

Participated regular CCBs (to communicate with R&D and PMOs) to identify and escalate potential issues as well as implemented recommended solutions.

Highly motivated & positive approach towards accepting unplanned change requests.

Regularly communicated work status, deviations and key issues to management and stake holders.

Followed up customer issues or new requirements that could improve any long term relationship.

Consulting Company Feb 2017 – Till date

Project Manager and Business Analyst

Usecase Analysis and creation of BRD followed by FSD using DevOps.

Product backlogs creation, user stories writing and prioritizing the implementation.

Estimating velocity for in-house projects using Scrum methodologies.

Improved 4G Small Cell functional coverage analysis resulted in better performance.

Thorough analysis of end to end usecases related to 4G LTE MIMO scenarios linked to the Network Specifications namely 36.213 and associated mapping with 36.211 specs. Getting accustomed to GitHUB repository.

Independent Technology Consultant - Bangalore, India June 2014 – July 2015

Improved 4G Small Cell functional coverage analysis resulted in better performance. rough analysis of end to end usecases related to

4G LTE MIMO scenarios linked to the Network Specifications namely 36.213 and associated mapping with 36.211 specs.

Upper layer signaling message encoding and decoding for CQI wide band and sub-band configurations and reporting types.

Throughput estimation for various usecases related to LTE MIMO configurations (out of all 8 possible modes).

Created various erroneous scenarios related to LTE 4G MIMO and proposed possible automation.

Day to day operations and execution improvement through test automation planning.

Ramped up on cutting edge technologies namely – SDN/NFV, L1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, Physical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCPRRC,NAS 5G, IoT etc.

CellOS Software Systems Limited Gurgaon/Bangalore, India 4/2013 – 5/2014

CellOS Software Systems Limited is a multinational CRAN & Data Analytics software company having more than 100 employees in Singapore, Australia and India. http://www.cellossoftware.com/

Project -1

Project Manager and Test Manager, 4G platform development

Recruited and developed team at the early phase of a startup formation.

Enabled team to design, develop and test the EnodeB Radio Head prototype, accomplished Software and Hardware delivery milestones over a span of 10 months at vendor site.

Successfully made several platform L1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, hysical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCPRRC,NAS TTCN-3& component releases using Agile (SCRUM) methodology.

Avoided cost overruns through early phase Root Cause Analysis, phase reviews & release readiness.

Program management and coordination through cross functional communication and follow up.

Reduced lead time and improved quality through proactive partnerships with fab and assembly houses.

Adapted analytical approach toward milestone planning to make effective decisions at various phases.

Created various erroneous scenarios related to LTE 4G MIMO and proposed possible automation

Project -2

Project Manager and Test Manager, Data Analytics Proof of Concept Development

Created a project plan to track all deliverables aligned to SoW, phase1 Proof of Concept demo.

Prepared detailed prioritized Risks and Mitigations plan document along with proposed a contingency(plan-B) budget plan for handling schedule variance.

Participated in team recruitment, their competency development using IBM Cognos and tracking regular progress.

Analyzed Data design, reviewed and extension proposed by MapReduce algorithm(Big Data and Machine learning)

Project schedule & budget controlled through EVM(Earned Value Metrics) tracking, change requests implementation and by dash board sync up.

Demo conducted to customer and internal CXO team against detailed requirement traceability matrix.

Assisted in developing start up to full fledge business model; supported hands-in development with admin and other works.

Achieved strategic objectives of presenting business cases, identified ROI, and returned more than 70% Cost of Quality at the closure.

Mentored team on Standards and Best Practice – Advised & provided guidance to new team members on project management, and development lifecycle processes/procedures to reduce ramp-up time.

Intel Mobile Communication, India, Munich and Beijing June 2011 – Mar 2013

Member Technical Staff, VoLTE platform verification and validation across multi-sites.

Mentored and developed VoLTE validation,TTCN-3 & verification team in Bangalore.

Led modem teams for LTE FDDL1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, Physical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCRRC,NAS, TDD test development activities.

Proactively drove teams to create various VoLTE scenarios including CSFB and SRVCC.

Created UE functional and system testcases using test simulators namely Anritsu, Anite, R&S and Agilent(KeySight).

Improved the verification cycle time by 2-3 months, reduced 20-30% escape defect.

Partnered with Test & Measurement companies at Bangalore and Beijing for early feature verification.

Anritsu Limited, UK, Japan Aug 2010 – May 2011

Senior R&D support engineer for LTE(& InterRAT) conformance and functional test development and support.

Improved Changed Requests closure rate through continuous analysis followed by raising tickets and following up w/ dev teams and regular communication across all parties involved.

Improved customer satisfaction, retention and increased support revenue.

Mentored junior team members during 3G log analysis.

Sasken Communication Technologies, India Oct 2009 – July 2010

Product Test manager for 3G & HSPA platform field trial.

Product test validation (field testing) at customer site as well as at off-site.

Reduced issue back logs at customer site by managing back-office (e.g log analysis) activities.

Proactively took part in hi-scale recruitment and team ramp up activities.

Managed team of 12-15 people, educate them on new technologies based on the skill gaps identified.

Competency building training reduced the time to billability for new engineers & new skill development

Improved 4G Small Cell functional coverage analysisL1 Layer (RACH, HARQ, Physical layer (PHY),,RLC/PDCPRRC,NA resulted in better performance. rough analysis of end to end usecases related to

4G LTE MIMO scenarios linked to the Network Specifications namely 36.213 and associated mapping with 36.211 specs

Freescale Semiconductor India Limited, India Feb 2006 – May 2009

Verification lead and Manager

Consistently achieved 90-95% pass criteria through proactive bug replication and detailed regression analysis.

Reduced 30-40% post validation defects through early simulations in the lab.

Improved 4G Small Cell functional coverage analysis resulted in better performance. rough analysis of end to end usecases related to

4G LTE MIMO scenarios linked to the Network Specifications namely 36.213 and associated mapping with 36.211 specs

Managed platform execution through efficient cross functional co-ordination & communications.

EDUCATION

University of Texas at Dallas (full time MBA & MS) Aug 2015 – Dec2016

Dual degree MS (IT Management), University of Texas at Dallas, USA [GPA 3.52/4, Upper scale 3.82/4]

Master in Telecom Engineering (Computer Major), Jadavpur Univ, India

Bachelor of Engineering (ECE), NIT Durgapur, India

CERTIFICATIONS

Machine learning from Coursera, SDN/NFV, TTCN3, Agile/Scrum & PMP training, PRINCE2.

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