I am a seasoned project manager with more than 6+ years of experience in Project Management and overall 15 + years of professional experience. I have owned different types of Projects in my due course of professional life. I have extensively managed and owned the delivery of critical projects related with Complex Medical Devices like, CT Scanners. I have worked and managed projects on Network security, Healthcare, Medical transcription, Active Directory, Cloud based Big Data Analytics and many complex and critical projects. I believe in performance and Ownership of delivery. I love to take ownership to deliver the project with good quality and desired results, meeting expectations of all Stakeholders. I have extensive experience in managing people from different ethnicity. I have strong people leading and managing skills, working across the geographies.

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SHIVA. J. ASTHANA
B-502, Siroya Sunshine, Manorayanpalya, RT Nagar Post,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India - 560032
Mobile No:+91-9886755904/+91-9686578267 Email:shivajyoti@gmail.com orshivajyoti_a@rediffmail.com
Highlights
ExecutiveMBA fromIndian Instituteof Management(IIM) –Bangaloreand PMPTrained seasoned ProjectManagerwith
15+ years of crossfunctionaland technicalexperience:
 Projectmanageroffering 6+yearsof deepProjectManagementexperienceof successfully leading all phases of
diverse technology Product development and Projects.
 Strongin people management skills - setting and reviewing individual’s goals & objectives, appraisal reviews,
one-one, conflict resolution, identifying individual’s aspirations, leading & motivating team members,
recognizing & rewarding high performers.
 Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with
external and internal stakeholders.
 Strong leadership skills and proven ability to motivate and align teams of architects, leads and developers,
toward creating business value and augmenting the throughput of the team.
 Vast experience in leading and managing teams distributed across the globe.
 Experience in executing projects, using SDLC models like Agile–SCRUM, Lean, Iterative, Waterfall etc.
 Seasoned professional, with outstanding project planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and resource
balancing skills with proven ability to support multiple projects simultaneously.
 Ownership of Product Life cycle from User Requirements gathering to Validation and release of a Product.
 Well versed with Vendor management and Procurement management.
 Stakeholder management across cultures and geographies, especially from US, China and Europe.
 Domain experience in Healthcare, Medical Systems, Active Directory and Security.
 Appliedknowledgeof the different regulations needs of Food Drugs and Administration (FDA, US), HIPPA, US;
and other regulatory aspects in SDLC.
 Applied knowledge of Quality Processes of CMMI, IEC 62304 and ISO 13485.
 Used extensively Six Sigma tools for Risk Management, Reliability and Performance improvement.
 Strong technical knowledge of OOAD, OOPS, Architectural and Design Patterns.
Industry Experience
Company Tenure Designation/Role
Philips Electronics India
(Subsidiary of Royal PHILIPS of Netherlands)
July 2014 – Till Date Senior ProjectManager
July 2011 – July 2014 Architect / Project Manager
Symphony Services
(Owned by Harman)
July 2010 – July 2011 Technical Manager – Product Development.
September 2006 – June 2010 Technical Lead – Product Development
Valtech India June 2006 – September 2006 Senior Software Engineer
Acusis Software India December 2004 – May 2006 Senior Software Engineer
Adonai Infotech July 2004 – November 2004 Development Leader
IT Park – Software Development Center April 2001 – June 2004 Senior Programmer
Non Industry Experience
Organization Tenure Role
Aptech Computer Education May1999 – March 2001 Senior Facultyof VC++ & C++ and Center Resource Person.
Datapro Infoworld October 1998 – March 2001 Free-lance C++ Programmer.
Referencescanbe made available on request.

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Education
 Executive MBA (GMITE): from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. With electives in Strategic Market
Planning and Business Intelligence.
 BachelorinComputerApplications(BCA). PassedWith1st
divisionmarks.
 PMP trainedfromSabComs,anauthorizedvendorof PMI,US
Technical Skills/Competencies
Skill / Area Detail
Domain Medical devices , Healthcare,Network, Security and Active directory.
Project Management tool MS Project,XPlanner, IBM RTC, MS Office.
Administrative tools OracleAgile,IBM Clear Quest, Clarity,IBMDOORS
Programming Languages C++, Visual C++, C# .Net, JAVA Android and Visual Basic
Technologies All Microsofttechnologies,Web based technologies,Android and Embedded systems.
Awards
 “You Rock”, for successfully completing major release of CT Host Software for iCT product family in 2013.
 “You Didit”, award inPHILIPSfor outstandingdeliveryof projectplanned, designed and executed by me with a
team of 7 developers in Dec 2011.
 Hall of Fame Award, in Symphony Services, for Outstanding Performance in Nov 09.
 Awarded with “Going the Extra Mile” by Symphony, in Mar 08.
 Received the MVP Cash award from Client, Novell in Symphony Services for the year 2007.
 Received award from Symphony Services for the “Outstanding Performance”, in Aug 07.
Work Experience
SeniorProjectManager– PHILIPS
 Complete end-2-endresponsibilityforthe ProjectDelivery from Requirement gathering, Design, Development
and Verification /Validationanddelivery of ComputedTomographyScanners(CT) –Console (Host) software for
the PHILIPS Big Bore CT scanners.
 Accountable and responsible for all the phases of development of the PHILIPS Big Bore CT Scanner Program
(Product).
 Managing the schedule, cost and resources of Projects, as part of PMO (Project Management Office).
 Stakeholder management for different set of cross-functional stakeholders in China, Israel and US.
 Responsible of preparing,distributingandtrackingWork-packages(UserStories), across multiple development
and verification Units distributed across sites.
 Practicing Agile and Lean development methodologies.
 Leading a team of developers, architects, clinical specialists and system engineers across the different
geographic locations for bringing clarity in scope and design.
 Responsible for Quality Assurance and Control, by making sure that Regulatory and Compliance norms are
followed and practiced at all stages/phases of product development.
 Resource Planning and estimation, Risk management and critical path mitigations for a team of over 40+
developers and 20+ verification engineers.
 Practicedthe Qualityprocesstoadhere tothe FDA,US needs. Facedmultipleauditswhichare pertaining to FDA
clearance.
 Having knowledge and implemented IEC 62304 standards for medical device software.
 Responsible for team engagement, solving organic issues to enable smooth execution of project.
 Vendor and procurement management for sub-contracting and fixed price based projects related with the
PHILIPS CT Console (Host).

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Technical DevelopmentManager– Symphony Services (nowaHarman Company)
 Managed andleadthe team of developers placedatgeographicallydistributedlocations (India, US and Bolivia),
who were directly reporting to me.
 Key responsibilities include Delivery Management using Agile SCRUM methodology, Repeat Business
Development,CustomerCoordinationandRelationshipBuilding, Resource RecruitmentandUtilization,Attrition
Control, Competency Development, People Management and Process Implementation.
 Followed extensively Agile SCRUM, pair programming, methodologies.
 Lead the team to have important releases (3 major versions and 4 service packs), of product Group Policy
Administrator, Group Policy Guardian, and Exchange Migrator for NetiQ (Now Novell Netware).
(http://www.netiq.com/products/gpa).
 Controlled and regulated the cost of operations and expenses. Achieved the targets of organization to have a
controlled bottom line.
 Member of Product Core team and prepared and managed the Product Backlog.
 Opened the opportunities for team members for cross site work assignments.
 Responsible for managing people and their organic and project needs.
 Coordinatedwithdifferent stakeholders, like, Product Management Team, Delivery Managers, Architects and
Marketing, to have flawless release of products at their prescribed schedule.
 Organized different team building events and activities to boost synergy.
 Worked with the Pre-Sales team for offerings and RFPs, on Cloud Computing, BigData, Active Directory, and
Compliance and Vulnerability management.
 Made salespresentationtodirectclients,of variousdomains,like, Compliance and Vulnerability management,
BigData, Storage, and Engineering Solutions, along with high executives of organizations comprising, VPs and
Presidents.
 Mentoredandguided the teamindue course to establishnew Global OperationCenters(GOCs) for out sourced
development center for some esteemed clients.
SeniorSoftware EngineeratAcusisSoftware,India
Technologiesused: Visual C++,MFC, ATL/COM, DOM, .NetFramework,SOAP,XMLWebServicesandOracle database.
Major Products:
1. ContentDriven Formatting Solutions:A suite of desktop applicationsusedby medical transcribers and doctors,
to effectivelymanage andmaintain patient records and transcribes. A product with dynamic and customizable
UI, this catered to the varied requirements of different doctors/hospitals.
Role: Design, Development and Deployment.
SignificantAchievement:DevelopedanXML basedmechanismtoexternalize the configurationthat allowed doctors
across demographiczones,tocustomize the lookandfeelof the UI. Developed using MFC/VC++, this mimicked the
flexibility available in the today’s WPF Xaml.
Personal information
Father’sName: Mr. N.P.Asthana
Mother’sName: Late. Smt. KanakAsthana
Date of Birth: May 26th
, 1977
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Male
Nationality: Indian.
Languagesknown: English,Hindi andUrdu
VISA: US - B1/B2