Sangeeta Chaudhary

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A competent professional with 11 years of extensive experience in

project management, software and development, process improvement, and

technical leadership.Good exposure in Project Management i.e. key areas

like scheduling, scope management, Risk evaluation, quality management,

Estimation, defining Process, customer interaction, interaction with

various commodities like global manufacturing and aftermarket, employee

development and mentor for technical activities. An effective team

member with proven abilities to be a part of the team during the project

phase, training & guiding team members. Strong Leadership,

Collaboration, Quality Management focussing on CMMi Level 5/ISO 9001:

2008. Very good exposure of supplier management with some involvement in

PPAP. Possess excellent troubleshooting, interpersonal, and time

management skills.

Core Competencies that Facilitate Growth

. Strategy/Planning/Execution

. Global Project Leadership

. Process Improvement/Re-engineering

. Customer Relationship Management

. CMMi Level 5

. Knowledge sharing and management

. Negotiations/Contracts

. Team Building/Motivation

. Vendor Management/Negotiation

. Change Management

. P&L/Budgets

Project Management Tools

Tools: MS Project, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS PowerPoint, Visio, Quality tools

like FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), DFMEA, Gantt Charts, Clear

quest (Issue reporting), Clear case, PVS, CVS (Change Management), Fishbone

diagrams, JIRA (Tracking Tool), Microsoft Dynamics (Axapta for accounting

purposes)

Technical Skills

Operating System: DOS, Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, UNIX.

Programming Languages: Assembly, Embedded C, C++, C#

Microprocessors/Controllers: Motorola 683xx, Motorola Power PC 565 and

566, Motorola Star12.

Tools: Logic Analyzer, CAN Analyzer, HP & Tektronix Oscilloscope, JTAG,

Hindsight, Cross view Pro-debugger, Tasking C Compiler, Diab Compiler, ETAS

and INCA, T32 Lauterbach emulator, CANoe

Protocols: CAN, KWP2000, J1587 and J1939 (Based on Can, Volvo

Proprietary).

Software Congiguration Management: Continuus CM Synergy, VSS, PVCS, Clear

case

Tracking/issue Management: JIRA, Clear Quest

Career Contour

PROJECT MANAGER, DEPLOYMENT, Clever devices, Woodbury, NY APRIL

2012-Dec 2013

. Planned and managed multimillion-dollar strategic AVM(Automatic

Vehicle Monitoring), Radio Retrofit, AVA(Automated Voice Anunciation),

BusTime, CleverCAD products deployment for multiple Clients like

NYCT(New York City Transit), San Diego Transit, GRTC(Great Richmond

Transit) across multiple integrated platforms while aligning external

client business requirements with technology solutions to drive

process improvements, competitive advantage and cost savings

. Focused engineering, On board Integration team, quality assurance and

operational teams both on business objectives and tracked progress to

ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with

the desired results

. Communicated project status effectively with senior management

internally and external client stakeholders and executives through

status calls, project plans, risk mitigation, action and change

control logs

. Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and

statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in highly

stressful situations to resolve concerns and improve efficiency.

. Defined processes, infrastructure and tools best suited to each

project. Used Waterfall and PMBOKl approaches depending on project

specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps,

plans, schedules and work breakdown structures

. Monitored account management activities which included : weekly

timesheets, project budgets, billing and monthly client steering

committees

. Skilled in building excellent rapport with vendor clients and team

members. Able to see the big picture, delegate effectively, coach,

mentor and motivate to achieve accountability for assigned work

. Coordinated with other departments to improve standards and process,

evaluate the issues portal, discuss and recommend service improvements

to streamline process

Major Accomplishments

. Was part of the Tiger team initiated to create and implement processes

in the deployment department.These processes helped the organization

in delivering quality products/services to the various transit

agencies.

Project manager, BOSTON POWER, Westborough, MA April 2011-

Oct 2011

. Project management for SAAB (HVFE - High Voltage front end) and

Beijing Auto Electric vehicle (BJEV - HVFE and BJEV gateway) project.

. Release engineering management for software/firmware for the SAAB and

BJEV projects.

. Time plan, resource planning and tracking.

. Managed 2 projects parallely and ensured the delivery on time.

. Budget securing, Resource allocation, Project Planning, Effort

Estimation, Issue and Team Management, Risk Management, Status

Reporting, Process and Quality Management, Process standardization,

Process definitions, Tracking Actuals, Internal Team Meetings, Monthly

and weekly status reporting to all stakeholders, Supplier meetings.

. Advise software engineering on MISRA compliance.

. Identifying and using software testing tools that improve code

quality.

. Creating processes for quality product and ensure that the team

adheres to the process.

. Conduct weekly action review meeting to ensure that the team in

synchronized.

. Manages and tracks the software engineering time plan and resource

plan.

. Configuration management.

project Manager, Volvo trucks, Bangalore, India

SEP 2009-OCT 2010

Major Accomplishments: Appreciated by general manager of Volvo Bangalore

site and also Vice President of Volvo 3P for meeting the 60SEK cost

reduction target set for each Volvo truck(Heavy duty) for the year 2010.

Appreciated globally in Volvo for taking initiative to build the main block

plan for the program.

Responsibilities:

. Responsible for all the projects running under the PCI Program.

. Managed 6 projects parallely and ensured the delivery on time.

. Project Kick off, Supplier selection, Budget securing, Resource

allocation, Project Planning, Effort Estimation, Issue and Team

Management, Risk Management, Status Reporting, Process and Quality

Management, Process standardization, Process definitions, Tracking

Actuals, Internal Team Meetings, Stakeholder meetings, VMT Meetings,

Organizing and conducting Steering committee status meetings, Monthly

and weekly status reporting to all stakeholders, Supplier meetings.

. Reviewed, managed and mitigated risks around technical, financial &

environmental.

. Developed proactive risk management strategies.

. Assured compliance with the organization's project management

guidelines.

Project Manager, Volvo Trucks, Bangalore, India MAR 2007-SEP 2009

Major Accomplishments: Proposed the idea of combining two different

software into one thereby reducing the project execution cost by 40%.

Created a new process for supplier management which was appreciated by all

stakeholders of the project. Initiated the task force for solving the red

card issue (Stop of production) for Instrument Cluster. Involved in the

launch of new truck series called market block 08(MB08) with new CAB.

Responsibilities:

. Project Kick off, Budget securing, Resource allocation, Project

Planning, Effort Estimation, Issue and Team Management, Risk

Management, Status Reporting, Process and Quality Management, Supplier

management, Process definition, Tracking Actuals, Internal Team

Meetings, Stakeholder meetings, Monthly and weekly status reporting to

all stakeholders.

. Organized and chaired regular planning meetings, team meetings and

project control group meetings.

. Created the process for handling the suppliers.

. 8D reports and root cause analysis.

. Conduct regular internal audits to ensure that all the projects comply

with ISO 9001:2008 as the Volvo site was ISO certified.

. Participate in customer satisfaction review meeting with the

counterparts in Volvo Sweden.

. Root cause analysis and then followed by corrective actions.

. Ensure best practices are in place at project level and overall track

level.

. Review of deliverables.

. Configuration of the clusters, Creating design documents, Unit

Testing, Creating Impact documents, Configuration Management,

Debugging, Provide technical leadership to the team, defect fixing.

. Training plan for the team members.

Senior software engineer, Yazaki Europe Limited, Hemel Hempstead, UK

FEB 2005-FEB 2006

Major Accomplishments: Appreciated by client for releases made on time

inspite of tight deadlines as the development team consisted of 3 members.

Responsibilities:

Design, develop and test software for automotive products (Volvo Instrument

cluster) using C and preparing documents. Designing, planning and preparing

documentation for test activities & requirement analysis, Analysis of

statemate models of the requirement specifications and create software

design documents,

Coding in Embedded C (MISRA Compliant) for some of critical functionalities

like Safety features for Volvo cars.

project engineer, Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, India

AUG 2004-Feb 2005

Responsibilities:

. Worked on SBA (Supernode billing application) module of SDM for Nortel

Networks.

. Requirement Analysis of all billing applications, Analysis of the

specifications sent by client, Implementation of SCR's (Software

Change Requests) for billing applications.

. Analysis of features, Documentation of all the analysis.

advanced software engineer, Delphi Automotive Systems, Bangalore, India

AUG 2002-Aug 2004

Responsibilities:

. Worked for E40 Engine Controller Program, E67 Engine Controller

Program, E38 Engine Controller Program, T42 Transmission Controller

Program.

. Worked in Analog team for input layer for processing all the analog

input sensor signals and developed device driver (QADC64E).

. Conducted weekly technical discussions on QADC (Power PC and Customer

requirements).

. Responsible for transferring knowledge to the new joinees in the team.

. Software design and coding in Embedded C of QADC module of Power

PC(Silver Oak).

. Conducted Peer Reviews.

. Software Verification and tests using Lauterbach.

. Data acquisition and analysis.

. Involved in analyzing and solving issues related to Analog component

of the software.

. Validated CAN modules.

. Error determination and correction.

. Program Technical Issues for Analog inputs.

. Involved in pre Audit of the software for quality control before

release.

. Carried out release functionality tests.

. Involved in design, coding and testing of complete QADC module of

Spanish Oak(Power PC 565 ).

. Preparing design documents for different discrete input output

signals.

. Unit testing.

. Development of some test automation tools.

. Analyze different input and output signals to the transmission module.

member of technical staff, CG Smith Software Limited (now known as KPIT

Cummins), Bangalore, India AUG 2002-Aug 2004

SEP 2000 - AUG 2002

Responsibilities:

Coding, Unit Testing, Defect Fixes, Debugging, Software Documentation, Test

Plan generation, System Testing, Porting and validation of device driver

modules.

Education

B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) - Electronics & Telecommunication

Engineering, Kalyani Govt. Engineering College, West Bengal, India

Certification of Project Management and Portfolio Management, IIL

(International Institute for Learning), Singapore

Leadership and Interpersonal skills, IIL (International Institute for

Learning), Singapore

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