Anand Verma PMP, Agile CSM — Program Manager

• 20+ years of Project Management and Technical leadership experience in Semiconductor diagnostic, IP/Cable/Satellite DVB Set top box/digital TV, DVD players and recorders, Test Automation, Telecom SDH/SONET network protocol analyzer, embedded products. • A certified PMP Project Manager having core competency such as customer relationship, planning, execution, communication, risk and stakeholder management. • A certified Scrum Master and over one year of experience in Scrum/Agile environment. • Led large teams of skilled engineers, to manage road map and deliver features like ABR-VOD, PDL-VOD, HTTP streaming, Weskit browser, Home connectivity and Companion device application. • Proven track record of successful delivery of large scale programs in dynamic environment working with multiple cross-functional and geographically spread teams & stake holders. • Process driven, people oriented, motivating teams to deliver results. Able to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously. • Strong communication and strategic thinking abilities. Decisive leader, able to resolve problems in an independent, proactive and efficient manner. Go get it attitude. • Exposure to different organizations and cultures: worked extensively with the teams in US,UK, Canada,China,Korea, Turkey, Dubai, Doha-Qatar & Israel. Worked in Product as well as Services organization. • Proven expertise in managing all phases of software, pre-Sales estimation, Requirements, Resource and Delivery management, procurement, and post release support. • Managing cross functional distributed teams for large and complex projects • Vendor management: STB manufacturers (Humax, Coship, Kaon, PACE, Technicolor etc), Application developers (for STB and Companion devices), Chipset vendors (Broadcom, ST, etc) for integrate software-hardware components. • Excellent Mentoring and coaching skills. Motivating and retaining high performance teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Program Manager in the Semiconductor and Telecommunications industries.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 27 yrs 2 mos

Skills

Program Management
Project Management
Vendor Management
Test Management
Embedded Systems

Career Highlights

20+ years in Project Management and Technical leadership.
Proven track record in delivering large scale programs.
Expertise in managing cross-functional distributed teams.

Work Experience

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Senior Program Manager (11 yrs 3 mos)

Cisco

Program Manager (7 yrs 8 mos)

Philips

Sr Technical Leader (4 yrs 5 mos)

Wipro

Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 9 mos)

Bharat Electronics

Software Engineer (1 yr 1 mo)

Education

Certificate at PMI-PMP Certified

Agile at Certfied Agile Scrum Master

Bachelor's Degree at Bundelkhand Institue of Engineering & Technology

Anand Verma PMP, Agile CSM

Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India27 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years in Project Management and Technical leadership.
Proven track record in delivering large scale programs.
Expertise in managing cross-functional distributed teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Program Manager in the Semiconductor and Telecommunications industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementProject ManagementVendor ManagementTest ManagementEmbedded Systems

Other Skills

Cross-functional Team LeadershipDiagnostics EngineeringSoftware DevelopmentIntegrationCustomer InteractionTest StrategyResource AllocationTestingAutomationNetwork ProtocolsSystem DesignSet Top BoxPMPMS ProjectAgile Methodologies

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Experience

27 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

11 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Advanced micro devices (amd)

Senior Program Manager

Feb 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

I work with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CPU and APU Diagnostics Engineering teams.
CPU and APU groups are responsible for the development of diagnostic test suites that are used to test CPU, APU silicon designs in both pre-tapeout design health checking and during the post silicon phases of bring up, design validation/qualification, production. Subsets of these test suites are also used to facilitate the debug and analysis of issues that are encountered during many phases of the products life cycle.
Responsible to manage development, releasing and supporting CPU/APU diagnostics starting from program initiation till closure. Following project management principles to make smooth and organized delivery.As a program manager , I am responsible to interact with various external team located in US,Canada and China, resolve dependencies for diagnostic team.
Also responsible to fulfill need of HW and Silicons and ordering for diagnostic team for various program.

Program ManagementProject ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipVendor Management

Cisco

Program Manager

Apr 2007 – Dec 2014 · 7 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Project Manager for the key accounts Al Jazeera Sports Doha Qatar, Dogan TV Turkey & OSN Network Dubai accounts.
Responsible for managing multiple software components (including EPG, MW, CA) ,driver development teams, integrating and delivery (managing all engineering activities) of final product to Customers.
Direct interaction with customer, reporting to Sr. Management (VP & Directors), managing engineering teams to meet dynamic needs of the multiple simultaneous projects, and close co-ordination with various multisite partners.
Managed 20+ STB integration and development STB projects based on IP, Satellite and Cable broadcast.
Integrated PIP/Wi-Fi/Multiple DVB recordings/Audio-Video streaming from Server STB to Client STB.
Integrated UpNP framework with STB for connecting through iOS and Android Companion Devices (Phones, Tablets). Received award for on-time deliveries.
Delivered STB products to Turkish customer, which enables delivery of video content over HTTP Streaming to STB, and added Internet Browser capabilities for browsing and playing video contents.
Played the role of Product Manager for in-house R&D feature development of IP Media Gateway live streaming which provides live video content viewing over IP from Gateway server box to client set-top box within home network. Responsible for managing multiple software components and driver development teams, integrating and delivery of final product. Managing resources to meet dynamic needs of the product marketing team, and close co-ordination with various multisite teams.
Managed STB development & integration, customers/product marketing requirements, in-house requirements and responding back with schedule, cost and effort.

Project ManagementSoftware DevelopmentIntegrationCustomer InteractionVendor Management

Philips

Sr Technical Leader

Oct 2002 – Mar 2007 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore

Sr. Technical Leader led the team that designed, developed & tested DVD player and recorder & Media center. Project: The Media Center is a wireless system consisting of a base station (‘Server’) and receivers (‘Clients’). DVD-VCR Combi is a LSI based DVD recorder and Funai based video cassette recorder which has capability of recording /dubbing on DVD+R and DVD+RW disc from VCR.
Responsible for Test Strategy and Planning, resource allocation, tracking and reporting to Product Team.
Tested 10+ DVD Player/recorders (DVD+R,DVD+RW,DVD-R,DVD-RW and DVD+R dual layer disc) & Media server with different features set.
Automated DVD recorder test cases using Test Quest Pro tool. Handled testing issues from Singapore.
Started with a tester to test various features, and gradually took up the role of Team Leader for entire DVD recorder group.
Provided technical training on DVD recorder/VCR features such as copy protection, Dolby Digital etc& communication between VCR/DVDR.

Test StrategyResource AllocationTestingTest Management

Wipro

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 1999 – Sep 2002 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

Sr. Software Engineer
Key responsibilities
Design, Development and integration SCPI Proxy server for Ethernet Protocol Analyzer (MPC-860-based cards for ATM, SDH, PDH, SONET), is an instrument which will verify and qualify the performance of Network. The project was delivered to Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen (China) and Digital Lightwave ,Florida (USA).
Actively participated in Requirement and design phase.
Implemented SCPI proxy server in C++ which will contact to SONET (OC48, OC192, DWDM) and ATM card. The remote Client will send the SCPI command through Serial (RS232) or Ethernet interface to Proxy Server. Proxy Server will validate the command and send it to OC-48, OC-192, DWDM and ATM cards.

Software DevelopmentIntegrationNetwork ProtocolsEmbedded Systems

Bharat electronics

Software Engineer

Oct 1998 – Nov 1999 · 1 yr 1 mo · Ghaziabad

Project: Indian Navy project is Real Time Modular for Command and Control Application. The main function of the system is to get Real Time data from four radar, ship sensors & data links, process & assemble comprehensive tactical picture. Perform continuous air, surface & subsurface surveillance, threat assessment & tactical navigation, to provide decision support for warfare function.
Contributed in System Study, Design the Software Requirement Specification (SRS).
Coding for control messages, message transfer between VEX & CPA component.

Software DevelopmentSystem DesignEmbedded Systems