Jan 2024 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bothell, Washington, United States · Remote

• Led the integration of MES with SAP and LIMS to launch the Arlo-Cel(GPRC5D) product for multiple myeloma treatment.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launch and implementation.
• Developed custom technical solutions like dose calculations, optimized product performance and enhanced manufacturing process.

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · United States · On-site

May 2023 – Dec 2023 · 7 mos · Norwood, Massachusetts, United States · Remote

• Drafted functional requirements specifications and user requirements specifications.
• . Bitbucket, Syncade, and SAP-MES Integration.
• Utilized bash/Linux scripting to streamline processes.
• Kneat validation software for the life sciences industry, ensuring compliance and accuracy in operations.

Jan 2022 – Apr 2022 · 3 mos · Foster City, California, United States · Remote

• Enterprise Systems Migration
• ★ Migration of Oracle ERP Release 12 (R12) to SAP S/4HANA 2020
• ★ Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement a comprehensive conversion plan, including data migration and testing.
• ★ Coordinated with external vendors and internal IT teams to implement system customizations and enhancements to meet business requirements.

Aug 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Tampa, Florida, United States · Remote

• Maximize automation with the end goal of digitalization.*
• CI/CD, Enterprise Systems Integration and Project Management
• ★ MES for CAR-T cell therapy products and many other products fighting rare diseases.
• ★ Abecma and Breyanzi
• ★ Designed & implemented code deployment software (similar to github) from scratch to be used by all BMS manufacturing sites. **Build once, re-use many times mantra.**
• ★ Guide implementation of interfaces between ERP/LIMS and MES by using integration frameworks previously developed by me at the MES manufacturer.
• ★ Interface with site leads and site PMs for delivery and deployment of solutions. SmartSheet and Jira for project management/tracking.
• ★ Created training videos on Confluence (Atlassian) to teach team on how to use code repositories.

May 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

• ★ Project objective is to increase run rate of drug production by migrating to new Syncade MES platform -
• I am responsible for the design & implementation of the global rollout of Business integrator software (BI 1.3 - Emerson product) used to integrate Syncade with SAP and LIMS. Initial rollout is @ pilot sites viz. Vacaville, CA and South San Francisco, CA. Additional responsibilities – collect and document requirements & design, run meetings with vendors and SMEs, quality control of deliverables, master data validation.

Jan 2020 – May 2020 · 4 mos

• ★ I have overall responsibility for leading complex capital projects or programs to successful completion. I am responsible for effective project management of all major project phases: initiation, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, qualification and closeout. I ensure that the capital investment is able to achieve functional, strategic, compliance and financial goals. I influence and lead diverse, cross- functional teams in the successful delivery of projects. Typical project/program size ranges from $500k - $10M. Some of the projects I am leading are - Raman spectrometry (Multivariate Data Analysis, Inline testing) Bioburden analyzer (Anybus communicator) and Benchtop YSI analyzer(Critical bioprocess monitoring and fermentation control).

May 2020 – Dec 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Remote

Jun 2017 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Orange County, California, United States

• ★ Hands-on lead engineer role in the Life Science West Coast Engineering Center :
• ★ Co-created MES integration packages (Business integrator software viz. BI 1.2 and BI 1.3) for various inbound and outbound Syncade transactions to be used globally by other Emerson engineers as a starting point to further enhance the integration platform with customer specific requirements .
• ★ Work with customers such as pharmaceutical (Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Aquestive Therapeutics), tobacco (Philip Morris) & biotechnology (Biogen, Genentech/Roche, Juno Therapeutics) companies to gather & write requirement documents, design & code interfaces (B2MML/ISA-95 Part 5/OAGIS, XML, XQuery, XPath, XSL, Web services, Microsoft SQL Server, VBS, C#, RESTful APIs, TLS 1.2), test & implement interfaces between Syncade (Emerson's MES i.e. Manufacturing Execution System) and customer's ERP (SAP and Oracle) , CRM (SalesForce) and LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System).
• ★ Integrate MES with DeltaV(automation system), Recipe Authoring systems, Asset Management System, Training Management System, Document Management System.

Apr 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Diego County, California, United States

• Managed, Architected and Led a team of SAP consultants, server/desktop support personnel for the following ($400K annual budget):
• ★ Integration of ERP with SaaS based CRM (Pipedrive) via open RESTful APIs.
• ★ Integration of ERP with Manufacturing execution system (MES) - Collect product, process and workflow data, store and make that data available to SAS JMP and SAP. Closed loop feedback to optimize/improve production output. Data visualization in SAS JMP.
• ★ Cloud (AWS) hosting of ERP to be eventually accessed by business units in US, Europe and China.
• ★ Business Process Modeling - Manufacturing & operations process improvement initiatives using
• factory floor simulation software under the framework of TOC (Theory of Constraints) & Taguchi.
• ★ Evaluation/Implementation of Document Management System (DMS) and Product lifecycle management (PLM) across all business units.
• ★ Leading process flow mapping (both As-Is and To-Be states) for Procure to pay (P2P), Quote to cash (QTC), Inventory/BOM, AP/AR, payroll etc.
• ★ Lead hardware/server/desktop upgrades through approved vendors
• ★ Developing POC/prototype for a Manufacturing Execution System.
• ★ Leading the effort to set up & customize ERP (SAP B1) platform for the enterprise which includes Financials, Sales – A/R, Purchasing – A/P, Business Partners, Banking, Inventory, Production, MRP, Master Data migration from Peachtree, BOM (Bill of materials), workflows, Returns (RMA/RGA), pricing matrix. - Basecamp as project management and team collaboration tool.
• ★ Manage 3rd party desktop and server support for the company, Office 365 migration, IT infrastructure upgrades, server migration

Apr 2015 – Mar 2016 · 11 mos · San Diego County, California, United States

• Managed, Architected and Led a team of analysts for the following:
• ★ Managing, designing and guiding team to implement cost-effective data collection/validation methods using OWASP principles for product set-up & maintenance. The objective was to build a scalable solution integrated with SAP MDM which would reduce the delay in go-to-market and reduce the cost of doing business. ($1.5M+ combined impact when considering "lost sales opportunity" on the revenue side and type 1 labor costs reduction).
• ★ Managing improvement of pricing process by moving pricing towards an enterprise solution - automating pricing match with competitors, reverse engineering business logic residing in non-enterprise tools & dynamic price changes due to internal factors.
• ★ Multiple process improvement initiatives around - Customer call center escalation process, customer returns process, Web order review blocks, SEO, special orders processing in call centers, Catalog publication process.
• ★ Procurement/Invoicing from vendors/suppliers : EDI (850,855,856, 810) versus cXML/Webservices.
• ★ Coaching/Mentoring/Evangelizing Lean Six Sigma principles across various organizations.

Apr 2011 – Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Managed, Architected and Led consultants & internal IT team for the following using Oracle 11i, VB thick & thin client applications on Windows mobile, SFTP etc.
• ★ Product configuration postponement – Reduction in safety stock, warehouse space savings, manufacturing set-up reduction, cost avoidance of emergency shipping, Tracking of orders, level of service improvement due to lesser risk of stock out and expedited trans-ships.
• ★ Corporate brand protection/compliance - Managed the budget, software design & development, hardware & network set up & reporting. Accountable and responsible for centrally coordinating groups such as warehouse personnel, 3rd party software developers, brand protection group, network/hardware engineers, business folks & the safety group to ensure ergonomically acceptable hardware choices. The goal of the project was to minimize millions of dollars of annual losses incurred as a result of grey and black market transactions.
• ★ Improvement & cost control of fulfillment operations - I-Pack system put in place to minimize shipping, consumables, operating costs & optimize productivity. Accountable and responsible - for forecasting costs to make system & operational changes to identify smaller orders based on size/volume & use optimal packaging to replace the existing ‘one size fits all’ implementation, for managing redesign to incorporate usage of any compatible printer, for leading team consisting of operations, 3rd party consultants, software architects & hardware engineers, Cost control in warehouse by managing ordering of spare parts for I-Pack by striking a balance between required level of service and reducing business expenses. Quantitative KPIs used to measure process improvement. Price/delivery negotiations while procuring from vendors.

Apr 2010 – Apr 2011 · 1 yr

• Managed, Architected and Led consultants & internal IT team for the following using Oracle 11i, web applications (JSP/JSF), .NET mobile application running on Honeywell & Motorola scanners (Windows mobile OS)
• ★ Enhance IT infrastructure in warehouses - Drove usage of web applications/services instead of client-server/ mainframes, managing re-architecting of the print mechanism used in supplies warehouses, automation of advanced shipping notifications and improving the reporting system. Numerous cost-benefit analysis to justify (or not) the need for better technologies.
• ★ Developing markets(Advanced shipping notification) – Drafted business case to control costs by reducing manual labor, time wasted due to errors & overtime costs, eliminate risks of fines arising due to erroneously misrepresenting the export documents and corresponding freight, Integration with an existing system to automate DMO ASN.
• ★ Remote printing in minor warehouses(Hub-spoke model) – Managed hardware/network set up and end-user training to use remote printing & web applications integrated with Oracle ERP.
• ★ Returns disposal - Supply chain sustainability & improving reverse logistics processes were the objectives. Customer returns classified as active/obsolete/discontinued, recycle/reuse/dispose locations in the warehouse. Managed and designed scalable mobile solution (scanners) for warehouse operators improving productivity from current state of spreadsheet & paper process. Customer returns routed to waste-to-energy converters, landfill, engineering center or back to shelves.

Nov 2008 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Led a team of application architects and software engineers for the following initiative:
• ★ Architected a set of services for a corporation wide centralized customer payments PCI compliant (tokenization)platform by not storing, processing or transmitting credit/payment card information. Design reduces scope of PCI compliance & allows flexibility to switch 3rd party processor. The forecasted savings for applications in avoidance of PCI remediation costs is in millions of dollars. Authored the RFI/RFP for selecting 3rd party processor by providing SOW, worked with treasury, global purchasing to evaluate vendors, with banks and merchant acquirers to take actions to obtain PCI compliance certification, with Gartner, Forrester to understand industry trends, with Information Risk management group to ensure that PCI DSS 1.2 and privacy requirements are met, with senior management. Guided requirements gathering, bench-marking, production support, development/ QA, logging/monitoring, network engineering. Payment Card Industry certification completed for the Technology Business in the first quarter of 2013, with assessment and remediation of 42 IT applications. - JSF, Oracle BPEL (SOA), HMAC-SHA1, Asymmetric key exchange (public-private key pairing), Digital signature, 128 bit SSL.

Sep 2001 – Oct 2008 · 7 yrs 1 mo

• Managed, Architected and Led a team of software engineers and other IT support personnel for the following:
• ★ Integration of open source 3rd party collaboration software (LifeRay) with Xerox portal.
• ★ External service provider hosted portal (InterShop) with internal legacy ordering/inventory systems.
• ★ Integration with AMEX, Verified by Visa, MasterCard Secure Code E-Commerce program. Eliminate fraudulent transactions and shift the chargeback liability to the credit card issuer. Gathered requirements, technical design, prototyped application, worked with end users, 3rd party vendors, Xerox business partners, Web services, Sarbanes-Oxley, project budgeting.
• ★ Capture orders (punch-out) placed on www.ariba.com and GE’s trading hub into the order processing system. Collected requirements, prototyped trading Hub cXML order capturing/transmission process, managed and developed a tool to simulate trading hub order placement, automated comparison of cXML to middleware XML, Web services, internationalization, interfaced with corporate B2B customers, corporate internet marketing team.
• ★ Obtain live inventory availability information from the mainframes system to the web on www.xerox.com .
• ★ Managed and architected the upgrade of the middleware/integration system.
• ★ Managed and architected integration module for Xerox's Oracle/non-legacy/E-Max customers. This enabled E-Max customers to access their orders, view invoice details and view/change their addresses.
• ★ Managed and architected single sign on (SSO) capability on the web for E-Care applications like account tool, Meter Reads and Order status Full/Lite. The web customers authenticated once for all E-Care applications.
• ★ Managed and architected project to enhance process of sending the supplies web orders to the order processing legacy systems. Worked with business people, wrote modules to calculate taxes, figure out taxable and non-taxable shipping costs.

Feb 2001 – Aug 2001 · 6 mos · Bentonville, AK

• As a group leader, led a team of software engineers for the following:
• ★ Wal-Mart - Bentonville, AR - www.walmartstores.com (Led initiative for careers section)- Designed schema, raw data containing job details in a flat file were regularly uploaded into tables, implemented functionality to distinguish insert/update/delete records, eliminated file of irrelevant data, recorded & automatically sent diagnostics to administrators, integrated search engine to site. Web pages/forms designed/developed for submitting resume details.

Aug 2000 – Feb 2001 · 6 mos · Bedford, MA

• ★ MRO (IBM) - Bedford, MA. www.wescodirect.com was designed/developed for WESCO (electrical supply solutions). Implemented schema, table design, normalization, data population, extended tables to include customized fields for order & payment statuses. web pages for administrators, order header & detail pages, adding shipping addresses on the fly, modules for tax exemption, downloading data from tables to various file formats, alert schedules, email generation, client and server-side validation, error and exception handling.

Dec 1999 – Jul 2000 · 7 mos

• Led a team of software engineers and other support groups for the following initiative:
• ★ www.serviceevaluation.com is a portal developed for consumer research organization SEC that evaluates the sales performance of its clients like Kroger, Hard rock Café etc. by conducting surveys using mystery shoppers. My responsibilities included client coordination, project lead, requirement analysis, functional/design specifications preparation, database designing, alpha & beta testing, data migration, generating reports, implementation & end user training.

Dec 1999 – Jul 2000 · 7 mos

• Led a team of software engineers and other support groups for the following initiatives:
• ★ Project-1 (HOC): - E-Jems is a product for the diamond & jewelry industry. Project leader, requirement analysis, testing & implementation.
• ★ Project-2 (HOC): - Time Sheet Processing System - developed & maintained the software, designed & created tables.

May 1999 – Nov 1999 · 6 mos

• Led a team of software engineers and other support groups for the following initiative:
• ★ Project 1:- Data warehousing & Business Planning System (sales forecasting system). Providing functionality changes, production support for BPS. Maintenance & support of data warehousing system. Onsite coordinator & group Leader, requirements analysis, bug fixing, application technical support for users all over Europe.
• ★ Project 2:- Data Conversion - IDMS to Oracle tables. Denormalization, trace and document column mappings from flat files to Oracle tables

Jan 1998 – Apr 1999 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Led a team of software engineers and other support groups for the following initiative:
• ★ Project 1:- Workers compensation Division of TN department of labor - Record keeping system for claims & settlement of state employees.
• ★ Project 2:- Project Monitoring System assessed, reported SDLC stages to facilitate tracking, estimation and monitoring of a live project.
• ★ Project 3:- Payroll Package required bug fixes, incorporation of new features, backing up databases for a particular financial year & testing.

Aug 1997 – Dec 1997 · 4 mos

• ★ Programming and designing in Oracle, Power Builder, Mainframes

Jul 1996 – Jul 1997 · 1 yr

• ★ Migration of the TIFR payroll package to Oracle 6.0