Dev Lead

• Oct 2017 - Present

Senior Software Engineer

• Aug 2016 - Oct 2017

ProcureToPay My role in this project was to pick up data science and ML skills to gather insights from the product telemetry data using Application Insights. This was done using the Microsoft Kusto Platform where I used some of the time series analytic functions (besides others) to analyze performance the trends of the usage of different product features. I was also responsible for using an existing internal Text Analytics platform at Microsoft to gather actionable insights from the Text feedback data from the customers on our product. This is used to identify sentiments and trends using Power BI dashboards ProcureToPay (August 2016 to May 2016) As a senior Individual contributor, my role involves design and architecture of new features in existing internal procurement systems at Microsoft. I was responsible for end-to-end feature flighting and piloting of the new feature for controller global rollout. I was also responsible for DevOps, technical mentorship to juniors in the team. I also picked up skills in C#, ASP.NET, SQL, Windows Azure, and Machine Learning as part of my role at Microsoft IDC. Show less

Staff Software Engineer

• Feb 2013 - Aug 2016

QuickBooks Desktop Software Development (Feb 2013 till Aug 2016) I am involved in requirement analysis, design & implementation of various new features and enhancements to the products. I also work very closely with the End user, Product Manager, Customer Support and Compliance teams to ensure healthy and timely involvement of all relevant stakeholders. I have led the adoption of the C++11 standards in all new development and have been the first to check-in C++11 modern code implementation of new features in the product. I have had the opportunity to use C#/WPF on some of the new features added to the product. I also had the opportunity to develop a REST module within QuickBooks desktop using C#/TPL concepts. My role also involves technical leadership and mentoring of my immediate project and team. Show less

Senior Software Architect

• Sep 2011 - Jan 2013

Ultrasound Desktop Software Development (September 2011 till February 2013) As a senior Architect, and being completely new to the Healthcare and Ultrasound domain, I was involved in learning the basics of Healthcare and Ultrasound industry, and architecting/designing the new software features of some of the Philips Ultrasound product lines. Ultrasound Desktop Software Development (September 2011 till February 2013) As a senior Architect, and being completely new to the Healthcare and Ultrasound domain, I was involved in learning the basics of Healthcare and Ultrasound industry, and architecting/designing the new software features of some of the Philips Ultrasound product lines.

Senior Software Architect

• Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

Hyperspectral Imaging (January 2011 till September 2011)[for a Hyperspectral Imaging Technology Leader]As a senior Architect, I was involved in the study and research of Hyperspectral Imaging technology and related applications, design and architecture of the Hyperspectral Imaging Software Solution.I was also involved in coding / design and testing of the initial prototype of the SDK component of the Image Acquisition Pipeline on Linux using C++, STL, boost.

Competency Lead for C++, Windows, OOAD

• Oct 2006 - Dec 2010

Competency Lead for C++, Windows, OOAD (October 2006-December 2010)This initiative involved taking complete ownership of the C++, Windows application programming and OOAD/UML competencies. In this role I was responsible for design and delivery of training material / classroom / online training in the identified areas to engineers with 0-6 years of experience. My role involved identifying the latest trends of the usage of C++, Windows, OOAD and UML in various projects across different industry verticals such as HealthCare, Embedded, and Peripherals through interaction with various stakeholders in the business organization. I used this information to then arrive at an yearly training and assessment plan. My role involved preparing and delivering training content and authoring various internal discussion boards on my subjects. In addition my role involved preparing/reviewing questions in the central Question Bank for online assessments by the employees Show less

Project Leader

• Oct 2002 - Sep 2006

Project Development & Support of Multi Function Peripheral Devices (October 2002-September 2006)[For an MFP OEM]These series of projects involved providing technical guidance and mentoring for various feature enhancements and bug fixes. Technically involved at the architecture level for the MFP project which involved building mobility solutions to provide MFP services in public network (Hot Spots) and over the internet. I had a peak team size of 20+ engineers/tester across geographies and I was responsible for all aspects of employee management and customer management Show less

Project / Module Lead

• Dec 2000 - Sep 2002

Gaming Project (March 2002-September 2002)[For a Gaming Japanese OEM]This project involved development of the gaming adapter for PC for playing video games (gaming console interface to the PC was over 1394 and USB), to provide the WDM streaming video filter driver (ksproxy) to render the graphic frames on the display. I was also the module leader responsible for providing technical mentoring and guidance.WIA Imaging Driver (June 2001-Feb 2002)[For Wipro Internal]This project involved development of a prototype scanner driver using TWAIN protocol and WIA protocol and enhancing a TWAIN legacy driver to support WIA on Windows and was later utilized in a subsequent project done with Client.Printer Driver Framework for Windows 2000 (December 2000-May 2001)[For an Inkjet Printer OEM]This project involved developing a framework on the Unidrv (Minidriver) framework and then customize the default behaviour of the later according to the client needs as well as develop drivers for those areas of printing that were not supported by Microsoft, like Manual Duplexing from etc. Show less

Senior Developer

• May 1999 - Dec 2000

Printer Driver Framework for Windows 95/98 (September 1999-December 2000)[For an Inkjet Printer OEM]This project for inkjet printers involved development of an object-oriented framework for generating printer drivers on the fly with the least turn- around time to address the market needs for different printers on different OS with different rendering technologies. It consists of various plug and play modules which can be easily either replaced or enhanced onto the core components to provide a new or a customized feature implementation.Project File Filters for Quattro Pro for Windows Version 9 (May 1999-September 1999)[For a Major Office Product Suite Vendor]This spreadsheet product for Windows Version 9 is a part of an extremely popular office suite from the Client company. The project involved understanding the .123 file format and providing export and import features of Lotus 123 charts into the client spreadsheet product. Show less

Senior Engineer

• Feb 1997 - Apr 1999

Statistics Collection for File Driver (March 99 to April 99)[For a Major Storage Vendor]This project involved design and development of a file statistics collection driver for network data storage for multiple platformsFile Filters for Quattro Pro for Windows Version 9 (September 98 till February 99)[For a Major Office Product Suite Vendor]Project involved working on the file format and filters pertaining to export and import of Lotus 123 files into the Client’s spreadsheet product as well as to fix several existing bugs in Import and export of .WK4 LOTUS files into the client spreadsheet program. PCMCIA (November 97 to August 98)[For a Major Printer OEM]This project involved providing software support for PCMCIA on the MDM, a hand held device running uItron (RTOS) on HI-SH2 from Hitachi for supporting MODEM and ATA PCMCIA Cards SIMULATOR FOR APPLICATION GENERATOR (June 97 to November 97)[For a Major Consumer Electronic OEM]This project involved developing a Simulator for the BIOS of the Handy Terminal from client. VERSATILE HOSPITABILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (February 97 to May 97)[For a Major Consumer Electronic OEM]This project involved porting of existing Hospitability management system software on DOS to Windows. and involved development of a GUI module and a VXD drive module. Show less

Junior Engineer

• Sep 1995 - Jan 1997

BIOS TEST TOOL (October 96 to January 97)[For a Major Consumer Electronic OEM]This project involved developing an automated BIOS Test Tool for the BIOS of the Handy Terminal along with development of a front end to facilitate the generation and viewing of the test cases and test results by the end user, which are run on the handy terminalLINK MANAGER FOR UPLOAD DOWNLOAD UTILITY (May 96 to September 96)[For a Major Consumer Electronic OEM]This project involved developing a front end for a Serial Communication Software, developed on Application Framework tool called ZINC from ZINC Corp. USA that supports UNICODE on DOS and hence the choice. The front end was used to create/delete/modify and select file(s) for transmission over one of the Serial Line/SCSI etc to the HT using File transfer protocol the details of which were supplied to us by the client. BIOS FOR THE HANDY TERMINAL (September 95 to April 96)[For a Major Consumer Electronic OEM]This project involved providing support for PC/AT Compatible Display and Keyboard BIOS on the Handy Terminal, the native BIOS of which were altogether different from its PC/AT counterpart in terms of the interrupt numbers and the specifications and called for development of a middle level software layer called the Compatibility layer which was used as a switch to allow users to Select between the native and the PC/AT compatible BIOS calls. This allowed the simultaneous existence of the native and the new BIOS routines. Show less