Program Manager, Director Program Management

Project/Program Manager

Qualifications Profile

Highly analytical, results-driven, and accomplished professional with extensive years of experience in product, program, and project management; coupled with strong knowledge of Cloud, Virtualization, Analytics, Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and programming. Excellent at implementing innovative strategies to exceed target goals, maximize growth opportunities, and streamline business operations. Adept at overseeing schedules, plans, policies, and programs for cloud graphics, network communication, data integration, and information systems. Equipped with articulate communication and interpersonal skills in building positive work relationships with professionals of all levels.

Areas of Expertise

Supplier Relations and Management System Development Life Cycle Market Research and Competitive Analysis

Business Intelligence Systems, Applications, and Products Enterprise Resource Planning Team Leadership and Building

Platform as a Service (PaaS)/Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud Virtualization Data Warehousing Quality Assurance

Requirements Evaluation Strategic Planning & Implementation Software Development Vendor Management

Professional Experience

CONFIDENTIAL, Santa Clara, CA 1998–Present

Virtualization Program Manager – Software and Solutions Group Jul 2015–Present

Graphics Virtualization:

Provide leadership to the Intel graphics virtualization technology (GVT) by supporting XenGT and KVMGT hypervisors and driving visual compute cloud market segment

Direct the development and implementation efforts for XenGT and KVMGT while working directly with OSV’s such as Red Hat, SUSE, Citrix, and Oracle to generate the XenGT and KVMGT capabilities

Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and establish roadmap and PRD’s

Facilitate OSV technical sync-up meetings while contributing to the quarterly community releases in addition to specific releases to the OSV’s

Key Highlights:

Citrix officially announced XenServer product at Citrix Synergy Conference in May, that XenServer supports Intel Pro Graphics with Intel’s XenGT technology

KVMGT fully up-streamed in kernel 4.10, which is a prerequisite to get KVMGT productized in RHEL7.4. So, a critical step towards KVMGT scale enabling

Network Function Virtualization (NFV):

Spearhead the network function virtualization (NFV) program for KVM and ensure alignment of classes of network node functions with the requirements for NFV infrastructure (NFVI)

Function as the project technical lead (PTL) for KVM4NFV projects while participating in the OPNFV community program to monitor the NFV evolution through an integrated open platform

Hold responsibility in managing key requirements which include performance, reliability, security, manageability, and interoperability which are the most critical requirements for NFV

Key Highlights:

Coordinated with Intel, Wind River, Huawei, China Mobile, Nokia, Redhat, and Cavium networks in initiating and managing project

Successfully led two presentations at the OPNFV summit in Berlin, Germany which included Real-Time KVM Ready for Commercial Deployment? And Real-Time and Secure Docker for NFV/SDN

Provided first and second releases of KVM4NFV for OPNFV with critical improvements in latency and fast-live migration

Product Marketing Manager (Big Data and Analytics) – Software and Solutions Group Feb 2015–Jun 2015

Oversaw the big data and analytics POC engagements with software vendors

Program/Product Manager (Enterprise Applications) – Information Technology Jan 2012–Jan 2015

Directed the virtualization of enterprise applications which included Systems, Application and Products (SAP); Business Intelligence (BI); Enterprise Integration Engineering (EIE); and Data Center Hosting (DCH)

Administered security controls for the highly secure virtual environment as well as the landing of applications that have a greater Intel confidential requirements, SoX regulated applications and IT core infrastructure

Offered program support to Mobile Communications Group in monitoring usage of laboratory equipment

Executed RFx process for data virtualization (DV) tool and chose Denodo tool to attain IT enterprise requirements

Held accountability in establishing a team of experts from several departments; as well as developing and running use cases through POC and supplier demonstrations

Collaborated with IT Finance, and Procurement groups to guarantee funding was dedicated in procuring tool

Key Highlights:

Successful virtualization of enterprise applications allowed Intel IT to attain 75% virtualization target

Enhanced grading matrix to assess suppliers and closely monitored DV capability, which optimized TTM by approximately 50% time savings and decreased cost and latency of data integration

Supervised the integration of service management (Service now) and solution manager platforms utilizing Agile/Scrum processes, thus enabling attainment of operational goal of 50% reduction in major incidents

Made substantial contribution to the successful deployment of over 300 network simulators in Montester and cost avoidance of over $12.5M annually by permitting laboratory engineers and operations managers developed informed decision with regard to capacity planning, capital purchase, and system upgrades

BI Program/Product Manager (Enterprise Datawarehouse Engineering) – Information Technology Mar 2005–Dec 2011

Took charge of overseeing product, program, vendor, and general operations of the entire Intel’s business intelligence environment which included Teradata, SAP, Business Objects, Microstrategy, Master Data Management, and associated services

Effectively handled over $5M annual budget for EDW tools including licensing, support, consulting, and training

Assumed responsibility for strategic financial planning of business intelligence products and services along with the implementation of roadmap plan for EDWE organization

Developed and supervised a high-performing team throughout the entire product and project life cycle while maximizing both employee potential and satisfaction

Offered strong leadership to product and project managers to assist them in enhancing skills to successfully handle and deliver products

Key Highlights:

Structured and instituted enterprise growth and adoption strategy which increased business intelligence user base from 6K to 14K, projects from 250 to 450, databases from 1K to 1.5K, and data from 20TB to over 40TB

Refined and executed product management processes, thereby achieving on-time delivery of major product release and streamlining existing and new processes for effective product management

Took charge of master data management (MDM) program on Teradata with the ability to say “Yes” to customers and external reporting capabilities, which increased and maintained sales, revenue, and savings of over $2M annually

Earlier Positions Held:

Engineering Manager – Technology and Manufacturing

Software Engineer – Technology and Manufacturing

Education and Credentials

Master of Business Administration Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara, CA

Master of Science in Computer Science University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Project Management Institute (PMI)

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