Alok Gaur

Germantown, Maryland-*****

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Accomplished strategist and technologist, subject matter expert focused on software/system development best practices following agile methodologies.

Evolved years of leadership experience in critical engineering and technical management roles.

Track record in successfully delivering products on time, QA and within budget while implementing and improving process best practices.

Strong in strategic thinking and project execution aligned with organizational policies and priorities.

Consummate and goal-driven with ability to link technology solutions with business objectives.

Self-initiated and realistic; always strive to deliver measurable results with innovation bound by product management, development, and planning.

Experienced in various enabling technologies in fields IT, Telecom, and virtualization etc. CORE COMPETENCIES

SAFe 4.0 SDLC Product management System engineering Project planning & execution System test, automation and Integration Change Control UI/UX Budgeting Agile (SCRUM, KANBAN & TDD) Waterfall Quality Assurance Technical support (pre & post-sale) People Management Vendor Management Program Management TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE

SATCOM (3G/4G cell backhaul), WUIs, RESTful APIs, User and Network Security, IP routing (TCP/IP, IPsec), LTE QoS, IMS, VoLTE, 802.11ac (WiFi), VoIP & Video over IP

TOOLS & ENVIORONMENT

Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL), Virtualization (VMware, Dockers, Containers and other openSource), DevOps (Cloud, Ansible & Chef), Microsoft office suite, CVS, GIT, JIRA, BitBucket, SQL, simulation tools as Spirent, Ixia, Aeroflex, Agilent, Empirix etc. Career Portfolio

• VT iDirect (Herndon, VA) – (2015 – 2020)

• Texas Instrument Inc. (Germantown, MD) – (2001 – 2015)

• Siemens Inc, Colorado - (2000 – 2001)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VT iDirect

Systems Engineering Manager (Product Owner) – R&D (2015-2020) Responsible for product road map, requirements backlog and prioritization, scope control, people management, ensuring quality, within budget and timely delivery of new 3G/4G over satellite software solutions.

• Developed epics, user stories and done criteria for both SCRUM and KANBAN teams using JIRA, ensuring all the product teams are completely coordinated and aligned as per business values and goals

• Effectively managed requirements, traceability, and backlog grooming as primary liaison between SCRUM teams, business development and sales teams

• Kept the big picture vision highly available and drove the progress of product roadmap to accomplish strategic short- and long- term goals achieving ROI

• Negotiated trade-offs, and sell a compelling vision to stakeholders and business sponsors

• As a “complete transparency advocate”, directly worked with stakeholders, executive management, and customers, providing regular updates via meetings and/or presentations. Effectively managed globally teams, vendors, and subcontractors

• As a SAFe 4.0 professional, effectively prepared & presented quarterly PI planning at organization level following Agile best practices

• Partnered with engineering and product leadership to drive and manage the solution development process, ensuring the product team understands the direction and vision

• Demonstrated commitment by doing whatever is necessary to build the best product/solution possible meeting business requirements being actively engaged with cross functional teams i.e. daily standups, SCRUM ceremonies, planning, reviews, and retrospectives

• Actively reviewed system design, architecture, test, customer acceptance (UX/UI), DevOps (CI/CD) & integration plans, ensuing the execution is in alignment with business requirements and product roadmap

• Effectively negotiated sprint goals with the teams, which resulted in slashing delivery time by ~25% in a single quarter TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC.

Senior Technical Lead (product owner) – Systems Engineering (2008-2015) Accountable for product development, planning, system engineering and QA; providing direction for successful system deliveries aligned product requirements and roadmap.

• Implemented successful lean Agile process across multiple business units

• Created and maintained the solution vision, roadmap, and backlog of work through the project's life cycle.

• Translated features into user stories within the team’s backlog while managing, ranking, and prioritizing the backlog to reflect stakeholders’ requirements using JIRA

• Vital role in project planning and execution with continuous risk management, change control, configuration management and critical paths assessment

• Effectively managed globally teams, vendors, and subcontractors

• Provided learning and development opportunities, ensuring technology readiness and enrichment of teams

• Gathered business requirements from various departments and directly from customers ensuring the data is migrated to work with the new systems and the downstream applications.

• Planned and estimated 2-week sprints in a realistic yet time-efficient manner that allowed the teams to deliver ~97% of the MVP aligned with business roadmap.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC.

Member of Technical Staff/Team Lead (2005-2008)

Accountable for system engineering, product quality and requirements management

• Responsible for managing inbound requirements, system design (SDDs), system test and integration of media gateways, session border controllers (SBC), voice/video over IP product line including, cable modems, and IP phones

• Designed simulated networks for efficient system testing, experimentation, and research

• Worked with CTOs and cross functional teams to put together initial system designs as per standards bodies e.g. IEEE, ITU-T, ETSI

• Developed quality measures and procedures to improve bug testing and reporting and evangelized them within the division.

• Delivered a complete technology stack re-architecture which enabled ~35% increase system speed and scalability; awarded as

“TI Choose to Lead”

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC.

Product Validation Engineer, SME (2001-2005)

Accountable for system test plan design, execution, tools development, interoperability, and automation

• RFIs, RFQs and SR resolutions

• Mentored teams and partners as an SME on VoIP signaling protocols, TCP/IP, voice, and video quality

• Continuously improved system test plans and methodologies as per new system requirements and customer cases

• Performed multiple onsite PoCs and system demos; wining $23 million business for the organization SIEMENS INC.

Senior System Engineer – Wireless systems (2000 – 2001) Responsibilities included Product verification and validation, system integration, to perform in all the aspects of testing and analysis of wireless and wireline infrastructure.

• Test plan designing and execution according to international standards of all different aspects of signaling protocols, messaging, call processing e.g. H.323, GSM interfaces, ISDN, SS#7, MAP and switching

• System performance, functionality analysis and reviews with cross functional teams EDUCATION

• M.S. (Technical Management), The Johns Hopkins University, USA

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunications), Utkal University, India

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