ANITHA BEBERG Email:
[email protected] Updated: April 2014 PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Software professional with over 15 years of experience. Ten years as a Project Manager focusing on software product development, release management and customer support management. ● ● ● ● ● ●
Starting and managing an online business, and taking it from concept to a launched product. Excellent knowledge of release management and software product development lifecycles. Building relationships with customers to meet and exceed their requirements and expectations. Fostering goodwill and teamwork while managing software development projects and cross-functional teams. Automating and streamlining processes within any organization in a company. Managing product transitions seamlessly from software development to customer implementation.
WORK EXPERIENCE Founder/CEO, CraftAgent Inc, San Jose, CA, 2010-Present Stealth startup in the entertainment space. Founder/CEO, Bridezilla Software Inc, San Jose, CA, 2008-2010 Developed original concept and business plan for a website where customers can design and create a customized wedding gown. Oversaw engineers and designers creating product customization software. ● ●
Identified strengths and weaknesses within the team, and finding the right talent to fill any voids. Learning about the graphic design industry and how to seamlessly meld graphic design with a software application.
Software Project Manager, Buongiorno USA, Inc, Los Gatos, CA, 2006-2008 Oversaw messaging and tools software releases to handset manufacturers including Motorola, Samsung, Verizon, and Qualcomm. Managed entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process, bug assignment/tracking, QA testing and release schedules. ● ● ● ● ●
Met with software development teams to ensure compliance with user requirements and functional specifications Presented status reports tracking software schedules and critical issues to executive staff and clients. Liaison between internal technical and external client teams and management. Responsible for creating Statement of Work documents, Change Orders, and project feature clarification documents for all client related matters. Engaged in pre-sales meetings to attract future clients by answering technical questions relating to mobile application development.
Project Manager, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, CA 2006 Oversaw the implementation of web portals for doctors, nurses, and other medical staff. An extensive security analysis was also performed which probed El Camino Hospital’s IT network and it’s security mechanisms. Significant network breach risks were identified and recommendations were made in an effort to locate potential vulnerabilities that could have been exploited by hackers. ●
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Managed entire project life cycle including gathering user requirements from customers, directing software development, implementing test plans and overseeing hand-off of finished work to satisfied clients, and developed training materials and User Guides. Ensured project stayed within scope and any changes that were requested by the client were properly documented within the Statement of Work (SOW) and Change Order Request forms.
IT Program Manager, Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, CA 2004-2005 Helped lower infrastructure costs by optimizing system utilization in the e-Business IT Operations division. ●
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Defined plans to move servers from a single software asset-structure into a virtualized resource pool. This was accomplished through alternative upgrade/expansions and through the creation of virtualized server instances using VMware for Windows and Linux servers and VPARS for HPUX servers. Reviewed existing hardware infrastructure and identified their future needs, capacity excess, and opportunities to implement less expensive virtualized servers. Established and chaired the Operational Infrastructure Forum as a means of understanding the changing software and hardware needs of each business group within e-Business. Guided project infrastructure requests for various engineering groups within HP.
Software Program Manager, Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose, CA, 2002-2003 Oversaw the development and deployment of gridMatrix software and acted as a liaison to customers and software developers. Project planning included creating the product release plan, maintaining a release schedule, assuring that target release dates were met, and sending out release notes to customers. ● ● ●
Liaison between internal customers, globally distributed software development team, and executive management by communicating product release milestones and other important changes. Chaired a weekly configuration management group that prioritized bug fixes and enhancements to be included in each release based on customer feedback. Managed software developers’ workload assignments using Rational Rose and MS Project, and assigned and prioritized tasks for deployment engineers and developers in India.
Software Program Manager, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, 2000-2001 Managed the software product releases for hundreds of EDA verification tools and CAD flows for the Millennium chip group. Enabled more upgrades of tools to be fine-tuned and included in each rollout, thus allowing for IC designers to work in a virtually bug-free and worry-free environment. Also, managed and led the entire SDLC process for a multi-million dollar product release of Siebel customized software for the Integrated Circuits division, from requirements gathering and implementation to training and support. This new system greatly improved the bug tracking process, thus saving millions in less time spent.
Process & Automation Engineer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, 1999-2000 Received an award and a promotion for role in automating manual order tracking and inventory management procedures for the Microelectronics Division. This system resulted in improved visibility to management of overall infrastructure spending and reduced approval time for infrastructure orders placed. It also streamlined costs and created a more efficient organization, thus saving the company potentially millions of dollars. Internal Communications Manager, Infineon Technologies, Cupertino, CA, 1997-1999 Hired by the Director of Infrastructure to improve internal processes and procedures relating to running the company’s internal infrastructure. Initiated and managed the company’s corporate Intranet project, including project design, budgeting, setting up servers, gathering content, and training other employees to produce web content. Customer Support Administrator, Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA 1996 Worked closely with Director of Customer Support and Engineering to ensure proper communication throughout Operations, Engineering, and Sales divisions. Controlled the delivery schedule and ensured products got delivered on time. Ensured a high level of customer service to all customers and hardware vendors was maintained. EDUCATION University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Bachelor's Degree in Communications, with specialization in Network Technologies CERTIFICATIONS ● ● ● ● ●
MS Project Project Management Certification JavaScript Certification Adobe Photoshop Certification Siebel Foundations, Tools, and Server Administration
TECHNICAL SKILLS Languages: Visual Basic, Java, Perl, and JavaScript Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX, Solaris Hardware: Solaris Platforms, Intel Architecture and compatibles Applications: Balsamiq, Qualcomm’s BREW, TestTrack Pro, SharePoint, HP OpenView, Lotus Notes, Sybase, Siebel, ClearCase, J2EE Rational Rose, Load Sharing Facility (LSF), AutoCAD, Star Office, Autoplan II, NetObjects Fusion, DreamWeaver, MS Project, MS Office, MS Access, Quark Express, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
