Hariprasad Prabhu Balakrishna
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Education
University of Texas at Dallas
• MBA candidate, MIS & Supply chain (GPA 3.75) Aug 2012
Centre for Advanced Computing, C-DAC-India
• Diploma in Embedded Systems Design Feb 2004
Manipal Institute of Technology-India
• Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Jun 2002
Summary
• Over 9 years of IT experience in Embedded and Telecom industry with experience in project management, customer interface and software development
• Exposure to product development, Business intelligence, Supply Chain, SAP R/3, SAP APO software and operations management
Professional Experience
Capstone Project Consultant at Ericsson Jan 12- till date
• UTD Capstone project for Strategic sourcing team at Ericsson
• Developing a model involving aggregation of suppliers for increased cost saving
Data mining project on Freight Analysis Framework data - academic Jan 12- till date
• Freight analysis framework data issued by Department of Transportation integrates various sources to create comprehensive data of freight movement through various states and by all modes of transportation
• The project aims on determining patterns on freight based movements within various states in US, geographic distributions of economic activity using cluster based data mining technique
Technical Lead at Wipro, deputed at Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. Richardson, TX -Aug 05 – Nov 11
Fujitsu Flashwave 9500 product Aug 07 – Nov 11
• Technical Lead at on site. Customer interface, Interacting with Fujitsu Japan and various cross functional team at Fujitsu and Wipro for handling customer issues. Well experienced in handling customer issues in a fast paced environment.
• Championed project for customer, taking care of all software technical aspects of project in 2008 -2011, thereby increasing cost savings for Customer of over $300K/year
• Managed and guided a team of 5 in 2010- 2011
• Led various software development features for Next generation Packet Optical Transport Product. Technical expertise in SONET/SDH/Embedded, device drivers, software design, software feature development, system development plan, Test plan, System testing.
Sr. Software Engineer at Wipro, India
IMA Software implementation for Siverge Networks: Bangalore, India/Israel Jan 07 – Jul 07
• Responsible for Software design, development and Testing of IMA software features: FPGA Driver interfaces, interrupt handlers, Event Handlers, Scheduler and ICP modules
• Handling customer calls, technical support and managing deliverables
Software Engineer at Wipro, India
Liberty R2e/2.05 Motorola WLAN product: Bangalore, India/Schaumburg, IL Aug 05 – Dec 06
• Client interface between Motorola IL/Israel and Wipro Bangalore. Conducted several technical meetings for Requirements and Design phase.
• Technical contact point for software upgrade feature, one of the major features involved in the WLAN deployment.
• Designed and developed Dual bank Software feature for Motorola liberty R2e/2.05 product and Software upgrade feature for Motorola Liberty R2e consisting of Application software, Kernel and BSP upgrade
• Also involved in Requirement gathering and product support
Software Engineer, L & T, Mumbai, India Nov 04 – Jul 05
D-Mine Monitoring and Control of MCCB:
• Responsible for design and develop software base I2C and other software features
• Customer interactions and weekly interactions with various cross functional teams including production department
• Technical expertise in eCos OS porting on to SH 7729 platform, embedded application using RTOS eCos, Modbus, I2C, eCos architecture, IPC mechanisms in eCos, RS-232, RS-485, Emulators
Associate System Engineer, Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, Bangalore, India Mar 04 – Oct 04
Software Testing in GGF & FMS: Bangalore, India/Phoenix, AZ
• Testing of Graphic Generation Functionalities and features of cockpit Displays. Testing for Performance database for FMS.
• Experienced in testing critical software component for FMS, with high concentration in quality and delivery timelines.
• Knowledge of DO – 178 B Standards
Embedded Software Engineer, Chip Integrated Technologies (P) Ltd, Bangalore, India Jul 02 – Sep 03
• Designed and implemented ISO 7816 protocol for smart card embedded applications
Skills
• Project management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Financial Analysis, Business Intelligence, SAP R/3, SAP APO, MS excel, PowerPoint
• C/C++, Assembly, Shell, TCL, Linux, eCos, Clear case, microprocessors
Professional Accomplishments
• `Feather in my cap` award for handling software upgrade in Motorola's LibertyR2e/R2.05 product at Wipro.
Extracurricular Activities & Interests
• Active member at Dean's Council, ISM UTD chapter, SIFE, eClub
• Participated in Business Idea Competition, semifinals at UTD, 2011
• Volunteer Member of `Hands on North Texas`
• Art Director & member of editorial board for `SPECULUM` In-house student publication of Manipal Institute of Technology (2001-2002)
• Outdoor photography