Work history
Project Manager
tags:
project management
• agile developement
How would you describe your time at Spot Runner?
Achievements:
- Setup processes in place to better the quality of the product by engaging the developers and QA testers during the Requirements phase. Engaging the QA team helped increase the quality of the test effort during development phase.
- Created Project Plan using MS Project that tracked the overall progress of the project end-to-end, number of resources allocated and the total man hours spent (using MS TFS tool).
- Setup a central PRD document template - Worked with the Product Management team to reach consensus on a standardized PRD format.
- Setup daily standup meeting to collect status from the Product, Dev, SDET and QA teams.
- Provided weekly status reports to the Executive team
- Represented Product team in key negotiations with Partners.... 
Product Analyst
tags:
vb script
• customer relationships
• ms excel (macros / pivot tables)
How would you describe your time at Expedia?
Achievements:
- Participated in analysis of large-scale projects and deployment of new and existing systems and services on the eCommerce platform.
- Business owner for various recurring reports related to system scalability, capacity, budget and planning.
- Identified opportunities for growth and improvements through insights grounded in data analysis, which could have resulted in better contractual agreements with specific suppliers.
- Worked with internal customers, external partners, planning, and forecasting groups to determine the e-commerce business process requirements.
- Automated report generation by writing Excel macros using VB script.
- Wrote ecommerce related documentation and procedures to continually improve internal process and maximize efficiencies....
Expedia
November 2004 to October 2006
Release Test Engineer
tags:
team building
• release manager
• mentorship & responsibility
How would you describe your time at Expedia?
Achievements:
- Negotiated new process with the QA org to reduce the overall test execution time by 25% and reduce the number of resources needed to "Accept" a "development build" by 15%.
- Effective planning and communication with the QA org resulted in shortening the "site shunt" windows during "Release to Web" phase by 5%. This amounted to saving approximately $135,000 in Gross Bookings.
- Helped re-define and simplify the 'Live Site issues' (HotFixes) test process for the entire company. Conducted detailed HotFix training for the Test Org.
- Used MS Excel to analyze the test metrics and used the results to increase the efficiency of the overall test effort in a given product Release cycle.
- Mentored new-hires on the Team.
- Promoted within 6 months of joining the team....
Education
Certificate in Product Management
tags:
product management
• project management & analysis
• marketing plans
• budgeting & forecasting
How would you describe your time at University Of Washington?
Certificate program in Product and Project Management. Worked on defining, scoping, developing, marketing and launching two products - a games package targeting women over 35 and another online interactive game for die-hard football fans.
MS in Electrical Engineering
tags:
wireless communications
• electrical engineering
• java
How would you describe your time at University of Toledo, Ohio,...?
Completed my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering. My primary area of research was into efficiently communicating data in urban environments. Using JAVA simulated data flow between various 'nodes' using Cellular IP protocol.
