NILESH SINHA

aduz0e@r.postjobfree.com 650-***-**** Fremont, CA

www.linkedin.com/in/nileshsinha

PROFILE

Software Engineering leader with extensive experience in delivering complex, mission-critical software. Demonstrated track record in leading diverse and distributed teams of world-class engineers and effectively collaborating with cross-functional experts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CELLARES, South San Francisco, CA Dec 2021 - Present VP, Software Engineering

Built a software organization from grounds-up to develop a pioneering cell therapy manufacturing solution.

• Created a 40-member full-stack software organization from scratch within a year in a rapid growth environment

• Responsible for Software Engineering, SQE, Product Owner and DevOps organizations

• Delivered the first-ever fully functional software that automates cell therapy manufacturing

• Formed and fostered a growth mindset and a highly collaborative culture in the software organization

• Created technology roadmap, reported status and progress up to the founders and the board members

• Led team to build a highly available, scalable, and reliable software platform

• Managed ambiguity by instituting SDLC, DevOps, Agile and Kanban processes

• Identified key roles within the software org and influenced structuring of cross functional teams

• Led architecture decisions to enable planned organization growth and meet delivery timelines VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, Palo Alto, CA Mar 2008 – Nov 2021 Head of Software Development

Led a multidisciplinary software engineering team to design the streamlined ProBeam® system with a graphical and easy-to-use interface that consolidates all software applications for treatment, imaging, and motion management. This groundbreaking system delivers ultrafast, exceptionally precise, and error-free proton radiation for a non-invasive cancer treatment.

• Oversaw and directed the software strategy and development of the $150 MM medical product

• Formed award-winning software engineering team of 60+ people spanning 3 continents

• Led performance improvement efforts to streamline software processes, reducing costs by 30%

• Systematically ensured relentless customer focus while meeting stringent delivery timelines

• Managed budget, schedule, resources, risks, and scope of high-value FDA-regulated products

• Successfully delivered multiple product releases while consistently meeting compliance requirements and high quality and reliability standards

• Instituted Agile process, automated code analysis, automated builds & deployment, test automation and Unit Testing in the software teams

• Coordinated and aligned with cross-functional teams such as external customers, product management, project management, usability, manufacturing, IT, customer service, software quality, and support engineering – across the US, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, India, and Japan

• Oversaw the development of the novel Remote Service product line using Azure cloud

• Hired and mentored members with experience ranging from interns to senior engineering managers

• Led the team through the entire SDLC – from collecting the customer requirements to architecting and delivering the first and the subsequent generations of 510k approved medical devices

• Evaluated and selected latest technology to meet the business needs

• Created the technology roadmap in alignment with the product roadmap

• Supported the patent process for the innovative ideas INNOVETTE, INC., Fremont, CA Sep 2006 – Feb 2008

Founder / Consultant

Created smartphone apps in the upcoming mobile apps marketplace. Provided software consulting, subcontracting and offshore outsourcing solutions.

• Created and marketed Find a Doctor app that allowed users to search for doctors based on location

• Pitched product to the investors, responded to RFP, and identified talent to build the apps

• Reduced treatment time from 30 minutes to 4 minutes, by co-implementing RapidArc® feature on Varian’s Treatment Consoles

• Expanded market penetration of existing Consoles to non-English speaking countries by implementing it in 8 new languages

ANYCOMM CORP, El Dorado Hills, CA (Startup) Feb 2006 – Aug 2006 Consultant Software Engineer

Developed Digital Home Solutions – a home automation product that provided users a single point of interaction to entertainment, communication, security, and networking, using a remote control and TV.

• Demonstrated beta software to company’s Venture Capitalists to secure additional funding

• Involved in entire Software Development Life Cycle, including analysis of business requirements, conversion of requirements to design, development and verification of complex, innovative and commercially lucrative software

HONEYWELL INC., Phoenix, AZ / Bangalore, India Jan 2003 – Jan 2006 Team Leader/Senior Engineer

Designed and developed components of Airbus A380, A320/A340 and Boeing 737.

• Lead contact person for a 12-person offshore team, team’s process champion

• Developed automated report generation tool that saved over $7,000 per month

• Developed Airbus 380 Flight Management System's Health Monitoring Component TECHNICAL SKILLS

Python, C#, Azure DevOps, Java, React, WPF, WCF, C++, .NET, Visual Studio, OOP, Angular, Enterprise Architect, SmartSheets, Orcanos, Azure Cloud, Rational ReqPro, DOORS, MS Project, Agile, SAFe CERTIFICATIONS AND PATENTS

Certification: Design For Six SigmaTM Green Belt

Patent US 9764163 B2: Method and Device for Efficiently Irradiating a Target from Multiple Irradiation Angles in a Particle Therapy System

EDUCATION

UCLA Anderson School of Management Los Angeles, CA MBA 2014

M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology Bangalore, India Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science 2002

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