Project Management Software Solutions

Uday Arun Prabhune

San Jose, California ***** • 408-***-**** • *************@*****.***

Highly technical, hands-on results-oriented people leader with focus on mobile applications, device drivers, application software, embedded systems, and firmware in startup as well as large multinational companies. Proven success developing and leveraging technology with business processes and acting as critical change agent; adept at interfacing with clients and across business disciplines to devise solution strategies.

Core Competencies

●Client Engagements

●Project Management

●Effective Leadership

●Competitive Analysis

●Vendor Management

●Software Solutions

Professional Experience

Spruno, Inc., San Jose, California, 5/2021–present

CEO and Cofounder

●Business Leadership and Strategy

Led all aspects of the business, including developing and implementing overall strategy and operations, developing user acquisition strategies, ensuring compliance with local regulations, and establishing partnerships.

Key Accomplishments:

●Established partnerships with 125+ restaurant operators and 2 dairy farms, expanding delivery coverage throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, enabling consumers to order from restaurants 50+ miles away and reducing delivery costs through pooling.

●Designed, developed, and ported iOS apps from Objective C to Swift, releasing both original and maintenance builds to the Apple App Store for customer and partner use.

Spruno: Food Near and Far: Consumer app for ordering restaurant and dairy farm products.

Spruno Business: App for restaurant operators to manage product listings.

●Integrated payment processing (Stripe, Dwolla), secure bank account connections (Plaid), Google Maps, Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), Firebase Hosting, Apple Push Notifications, Facebook Single Sign-On, and POS support for StarMicronics and Epson printers.

Fujitsu America, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 12/2004–4/2021

Manager, Mobile Software Engineering

●Mobile Computing Factory Automation Innovation

Drove innovation for Fujitsu Japan’s mobile computing factory automation PoC by overseeing the development of a solution that implemented AI model pipelines to monitor and validate factory worker test actions using publicly available models.

●Vendor Qualification and Project Management

Conducted vendor qualification and due diligence, selected the optimal vendor, ensured alignment on project requirements, and managed collaboration between the vendor team in India and the Fujitsu team in Japan. Tracked progress, addressed challenges, and completed the project on schedule, exceeding PoC requirements.

●AI Processor and Software Evaluation

Researched, collaborated, and worked with Silicon Valley AI companies to evaluate new AI processors and software (e.g., FlexLogix, NovuMind, GyrFalcon, Intel Movidius NCS1 & NCS2, NVIDIA Jetson TX2). Led technology benchmarking of AI processors, ISVs, and SDKs, resolving evaluation issues with AI technology vendors.

●Benchmarking Expertise and Collaboration

Represented Fujitsu Japan in MLPerf working groups, gaining expertise in edge inference processor/system performance benchmarking, and developed a deeper understanding of benchmarking complexities and dependencies.

●Benchmarking Collaboration with UK Vendor

Selected and managed collaboration with a UK vendor for executing benchmarking tests on Fujitsu’s product for edge inferencing. Led brainstorming sessions to explore strategies for driving optimal benchmark results while adhering to benchmarking requirements and restrictions. Tracked testing progress, ensured alignment with project goals, and delivered timely submission of results that met all specifications.

●Software Solutions Development and Cost Efficiency

Led a team of developers, as well as quality assurance personnel, to devise, implement, and launch software solutions for mobile products, including Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE), Windows-based Advanced Hardware Diagnostics, Pen & Touch diagnostics, and factory processes for Windows preinstallation images for production notebooks and tablets. These projects drove significant cost savings and process efficiencies across service centers and Fujitsu Japan factories.

●Escalation and Issue Resolution

Ensured all WWAN SE escalations and customer problem reports (CPRs) were resolved in accordance with CPR and systems engineering (SE) escalation metrics.

●SOWs and Budget Management

Prepared and reviewed Statements of Work (SOWs) and budgetary quotations with Fujitsu Japan to secure department funding. Ensured all deliverables and schedules were met, including UL testing, performance tests, and 802.11a tests.

●Cross-Department Collaboration

Collaborated with global business divisions to establish application deliverables and project milestones for New Product Introduction (NPI) of Fujitsu notebooks and tablets.

●Requirements and Schedule Finalization

Reviewed Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and Software Requirement Documents (SRDs) with Product Marketing and finalized schedules in coordination with Program Management.

●Project Planning and Management

Prepared and managed comprehensive project plans, including scheduling, resource allocation, budget, and performance management.

●Quality Assurance

Defined quality assurance testing scenarios to ensure product reliability and performance.

●Vendor Coordination

Coordinated with independent software vendors (ISVs, such as Symantec and Google) and original device manufacturers (ODMs in Taiwan and Japan) to ensure timely and quality solution delivery and support.

●Pre-Sales Expertise

Served as a technical expert for high-level pre-sales engagements, primarily covering the technical aspects of Fujitsu notebooks and tablets. Additionally, contributed to the pre-sales technical management of IoT solutions and customization of Fujitsu's Ubiquitousware. This included driver safety solutions (e.g., Drowsiness Detector wearables), worker safety innovations (e.g., predicting/measuring/responding to conditions with the Vital Band), and worker efficiency enhancements (e.g., remote support using head-mounted display/HMD with augmented reality/AR overlays).

●WWAN Certification Leadership

Guided WWAN certification for Fujitsu notebooks with AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, reviewing schedules and ensuring timely deliverables through team coordination.

●Training and Coaching

Trained and coached sales and system engineers on new products and features, enhancing their technical knowledge and customer engagement capabilities.

Key Accomplishments:

●Built and managed a high performing, diverse team that successfully completed and delivered multiple projects on schedule.

●Through mentorship, coaching and support, helped the team members grow both professionally and personally.

●Interfaced with cross-functional teams inhouse and vendors in different countries to formulate new product/feature strategies that secured market niche and drove revenue generation, cost savings.

●Recognized with President's Award for orchestrating ‘Beyond-the-Box’ software solution for a major account.

Fujitsu America, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 7/2003–11/2004

Project Leader

●Software Development Lifecycle Leadership

Directed team of software developers and quality assurance resources through all phases of product/software development lifecycle, to include requirements gathering/analysis, scope/deliverable determination, programming, testing, and new product introduction (NPI).

●ODM Collaboration and Technical Support

Collaborated with Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to validate product specifications. Supported pre-sales teams with technical activities.

●Trusted Platform Module (TPM) - Trusted Computing Group

Collaborated with engineers from top organizations to shape hardware-based security standards, acquiring deep expertise in secure computing and semiconductor technologies.

Key Accomplishments:

●Recommended, deployed and patented tablet PC drive solution that increased product reliability standards; trademarked as BayLock.

●Led select team to design wireless printing support solution for Fujitsu's first PDA product.

Fujitsu America, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, 7/2000–6/2003

Senior Software Engineer

Collaborated with field engineers to assess customer requirements, craft solution strategies, and lead development of applications and device drivers for notebooks and tablet PC products. Cultivated relationships with third-party computer graphics vendors (ATI, Trident) to implement Software Development Kit (SDK) with feature-rich enhancements.

Key Accomplishments:

●Oversaw software developer in design and development of patented tablet PC button subsystem.

●Earned Fujitsu Quality Award for outstanding service and commitment to excellence.

Horner APG (sub. GE Fanuc), Indianapolis, Indiana, 6/1997–7/2000

Project Engineer

Devised applications, device drivers, and firmware for embedded systems (GE Fanuc modules) to automate industrial activities with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC). Implemented interface programming for PCMCIA flash memory cards.

Key Accomplishment:

●Honored with the President's Award for superior performance and customer solution delivery.

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Additional Experience: Research Assistant at University of Hartford; Project Engineer with Tata Honeywell, Ltd. - Deployment of Honeywell TDC 3000 distributed control systems (DCS).

Education/Credentials

Master of Business Administration in Marketing ~ Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering ~ University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut

Bachelor of Engineering in Instrumentation & Control ~ COEP Technological University, Pune, India

Deep Learning Part I & II - Data Institute, University of San Francisco; IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks and TensorFlow; Programming with C#; ISO 9000 Quality Awareness Training; Fujitsu Leadership Development Programs; Microsoft Windows Advanced Training

Patents

●System for Processing Programmable Buttons Using System Interrupts (U.S. Patent #7,139,850)

●Electronic Apparatus and Program: Tablet PC Optical Drive Locking Mechanism trademarked as BayLock (U.S. Patent #7,787,245)

Technical Skills

Languages:

Swift, Objective C, C, Visual C++, C#, Visual Basic, Assembly, PLM-51, MATLAB

Tools:

Xcode, Visual Studio, Visual SourceSafe (Source Code Control System), TestTrack Pro (Bug Tracking System), PC-lint, InstallShield, Davinci Resolve, Inkscape, Blender, MS Office Suite, MS Project

Hardware:

MicroController Series 80X86/80X96, DSP Processors, TMS320C31, DSP56000

Software:

Kernel Mode Driver Framework (or KMDF) and User Mode Driver Framework (or UMDF), Windows Driver Model (WDM), Windows Device Driver Kit (WDK), Microsoft Windows, Windows PE, Windows CE, and embedded systems

Protocols:

Controller Area Network (CAN), SAE J1587, OLE for Process Control (OPC)

Publication:

Real Time Transformer Fault Diagnostics Using Supersonic Sensors and Wavelet Transforms. International Conference on Signal Processing Applications & Technology, 1997, San Diego, California

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