Software Engineer

Sanjay Zope, MBA, PMP

408-***-**** **********@*****.*** Fremont, CA

Software Engineering Management Cross-Functional Leadership Strategist

Dynamic software development director with progressive experience leading and mentoring multi-faceted teams through innovative projects including: redesigning and programming for large-scale, front- and back-end software applications and/or systems. Proven track record of improving competitive advantage using Agile methodology. Thrives in high-volume environments with the ability to optimize ever-changing business needs, improve outreach, and continuously deliver results beyond expectations.

Adept at cultivating relationships and building lasting partnerships across business sectors, including executive-level communications. Ability to define processes and produce effective plans to ensure goals are achieved on time. Skilled at discussing complex concepts with certainty and clarity.

Areas of Expertise:

Software Engineering - Cross-Functional Leadership – Strategic Planning – Process Improvement – Presentation

Communication – Team Building – Agile – Coaching & Mentoring - Budget Management – Quality Standards

IT – Risk Management – Negotiation – DevOps – Customer Service – Governance – Java

Professional Experience

NationalMI – Emeryville, CA 2015 to Present

Director, Software Development

Effectively leads team of 95 within software engineering department, including managers & engineers, to build a scalable, robust, secure mortgage insurance platform. Mentored and built full-time staff of 12 while managing a $14M budget and overseeing governance and auditing responsibilities. Manages software releases using Agile methodology.

Notable Achievements:

Launched new initiative of “API As A Product” through evaluating latest technology and market trends and building a Proof of Concept.

Supervised 25 production releases per year, with 200 releases to pre-production environments annually.

Implemented rigorous use of Agile methodology using Rally as Scaled Agile for portfolio management, time boxed planning, flow-based planning (Kanban), and Scrum.

Instituted proof-of-concept practice to modernize technology stack, that included projects for search using ELK stack (ElasticSearch, Logback, Kibana) and for modularization using Java 9.

Led implementation of new solutions such as “Distributed in-memory data grid (Hazelcast)”, “Distributed batch processing (Spring Batch & Apache Ignite)”, “Reactive framework (RxJava)”, “Connection pooling (Hikari)”, “Re-design of audit function”, “Re-architecture of reporting solution using Jasper Server”

Adopted DevOps, including new puppet-based provisioning and redesigning deployment process to adapt to puppet needs.

Developed, instituted, and monitored adherence to product quality standards.

Created automation and performance testing practices for the company to remain competitive and improve efficiency.

Established 2 IT assessments, supported company-wide audit processes, and planned contingency for major vendors.

ACCENTURE – San Jose, CA 2015

Clients: Apple, Stanford Health Care, CA

Software Engineering (A) Manager

Built and led a team to design a scalable solution for large file processing. Served as a subject matter expert to develop architecture for MongoDB deployment for business-critical web application, supporting high availability and disaster recovery requirements.

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PEARSON – Iowa City, IA 2006 to 2015

Software Development Manager

Managed team of 10 developers & 6 testers designing and developing new products using Agile methodology and latest Java EE technologies. Managed Agile development teams, including roles as Scrum master, iteration and release planner. Oversaw product release life-cycle through cross-functional team collaboration for product integration, testing, and deployment. Negotiated time line and product features, created risk mitigation and contingency plans, and developed, maintained, and executed project plan and schedule. Ensured that the projects are delivered within baseline scope, schedule, time, and quality.

Notable Achievements:

Transformed team from Waterfall to Agile Scrum

Implemented scoring platform capable of handling up to 12M inputs per week.

Re-architected reporting function by evaluating solutions and implementing the new solution.

Improved collaboration among integration, testing, and deployment teams to execute important new product release on a tight schedule.

Instituted automation, which increased delivery from 40 tests a day to 800 tests daily.

Adopted to cloud deployments.

Hand-selected to present new software design concepts and conduct technology demonstrations at annual corporate meetings.

Maximized value of new product features by collaborating with marketing and sales departments.

Additional Professional Experience

Software Development Engineer – LMS (now Siemens), Coralville, IA

Developed high-quality motion simulation product with extensive features to build a system model.

Senior Software Consultant – Telcordia Technologies (Formerly AT&T Bell Labs), Piscataway, NJ

Designed, developed, tested, and maintained various modules of VoIP product.

Software Design Engineer – British Telecom/Mahindra, Martlesham Heath, UK

Designed and developed distributed component software, while handling complex server development in a short time span.

Education & Certifications

High Impact leadership – Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Master of Business Administration (MBA) – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Master of Technology (MTech)– Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi

Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Technical Expertise

Java – Java EE – JSF – Hibernate – Sonic ESB – MongoDB – MySQL/Oracle

Spring – Tomcat/Jetty/JBoss – CDI/Weld – Drools – Jasper Server – Apache Ignite – Redis

Hazelcast – HikariCP – Selenium – SauceLabs – JMeter – Attinuty – Maven – Jenkins

Github/Stash/Perforce/Subversion – JIRA/Rally – New Relic

Volunteer Activities

India Association of Iowa City Area (IAICA)

Co-founded and served as president and director; Implemented first management team.

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