Kevin Minnelli Resume

Nikunja Parida

Summary

Delivery Manager with20 plus years of overall IT management experience.Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects, multi side development and, large teams of direct reports orcross functional teams with maturity and professionalism.Successfully completed numerous IT projects includingSetup Box, Digital TV and Mobile, Gateway products; the development and implementation of manufacturing test solution project for the different EMS partner. Other implementations have includedJAVA and .NET based applications, Image Processing Application.Proven track record of hands-on management and getting into the weeds to understand complex projects from the bottom up. Prefers Agile life cycle but understands every project has its own unique needs and objectives.

Professional Experience

Tata Elxsi Limited– Bangalore, India / June 2007 – Present
Delivery Manager

Manage team of 20 technical resources spread across 5 distinct areas–Product Development, Test Automation, Configuration Management, Responsible for team performance, reviews, career guidance and skills development.
Delivered projects specific to Comcast-RDK Marvell SOC platform, supporting HEVC, MP4 and H.264 play back support.
Delivered projects specific to OSVR platform and device, porting it to Linux platform (Ubuntu-14.04)
Delivered projects related to WIFI, MOCA and CM feature in MTS (Manufacturing Automation Solution) domain.
Direct project team on creation ofresource allocation planning, capacity planning, project scheduling, risk management and mitigation issues, action item resolution, performance requirements and productivity metrics tracking within an Agile and Waterfall environment.
Created several team specific dashboards to provide a more accurate status to the team leads and project schedulers regarding project milestones. This dramatically improved overallstatusreporting and strategic planning of the project.
Managed Business Analysts to create Use Cases in half the time. Combined principals of rapid and joint application development to consolidate requirements gathering through joint approval meetings.
Facilitate project team meetings and work closely with the developers and business intelligence report writers to follow consistent configuration management procedures. Recommended and implemented the use of Version Manager for document and code control.
Oversee the analysis, design, implementation, testing and documentation of all end user applications and supporting project documents.

Kyocera Wireless India Ltd.(acquired by Mindtree Ltd) – Bangalore, India / Jun 2005 – Jun 2007
Software Engineering Staff Manager

As a Member of Senior Management Team - contributes high-level decisions in support of the company's strategic planning, mission, visions, and goals.
Directs Manufacturing, Engineering, and Quality for on-time and on-budget execution of projects and products through clear communication and coordination. Formulates annual operating budgets; tracks and controls spending for budgets exceeding $300,000.
Lead and support new product design and manufacturing, testing programs and product launches. Lead, develop, and manage 6 direct reports to achieve individual and company goals.
Review and modify purchase agreement terms and conditions, joint venture contracts, and non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements. Managedprojects within the budget and fully hands on with every aspect of design and integration.
Led cross functional team of development, Account ManagementChaired weekly delivery meeting to improve overall system performance for successful client delivery. Handles multiple customers like CRICKET, VERIZONE, ISUACELL and CRICKET in mobile domain and their requirement.
Developed and implemented Engineering team-based design projects
Performed process improvements and ongoing cost reduction activities resulting in successfully meeting goals and saving millions of dollars per year.

Philips Software Center Pvt.Ltd. -- Bangalore, India / May 1999 –Jun 2005
Technical Leader

Managed large scale middle ware software component development for audio & video features in digital television. Responsible for all project deliverables, technical client communications.
Understanding of customer requirements, responsible for high level and low level design, review, implementation and testing.
Ensured proper change control of key project deliverables, including requirements, functional and technical specifications, source code and all procedure documentation.
Instituted several enhancements optimization technique to improve the system performances.
Responsible for audio/video components for the complete product delivery for all European and US key customers of Philips.
Developed and maintained status project tracking reports. Details of processing were tracked down to the second in an attempt for continual process improvement. While client communication was tracked at a high level, detailing risks and project progression.

Tata Elxsi Limited -- Bangalore, India / Nov 1997 – May1999
Senior Software Engineer

Responsible for technical design of the Motion Estimation Compensation module in MPEG4 decoder project.
Generated verification and validation reports for all technical project documents.
Reviewed external input documents from customer side. Understand the functional requirements of the decoder for Windows platform.
Worked closely with the development teams and the software vendors for integration testing.
Responsible for preparing unit test plan and integration test plan and their testing and validation.
Responsible for low and high level design review.
Generated class inheritance diagram .

National Remote Sensing Agency--Hyderabad, India / Aug 1995 – Nov1997
Software Engineer (Contract Employee)

Responsible for the implementation of noise sensitive edge operator for image processing application.
Understanding of image processing requirement, analysis and performance measurement.
Implemented complex algorithm (IEEE) in the image processing domain.
Reviewed low level design, implementation. Followed the quality guide line and standard of the key deliverables.
Responsible for data gathering and validation.
Identified project risks specific to the performance of the system.
In depth knowledge in embedded software system design, soft and hard time real time system.

Education

Govt. Assam Engineering College--Gauhati, Assam / 1995
Degree: Master Of Computer Application (MCA), % of Marks: 70
Utkal University –Orissa / 1990
Bachelor of Science (Physics), % of Marks 57, Honors with Distinction.
Council Of Higher Secondary Education–Orissa / 1987
+2 Science, % of Marks 61
Board Of Secondry Education–Orissa / 1985
Matric, % of Marks 67

Qualifications