Annie Victoria Dsouza
Engineering Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Engineering manager with 12 year of experience in Project Management in building CDOT products along with 8 years of experience in hardware of cards and systems, 8 years of experience in core and application software, and and 2 years of teaching experience as a Lecturer.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates
Work History
Team Leader - PMR + CMR - TOT - Validation - Campus WiFi Architecture
CDOT
Bengaluru
01.2018 - 01.2023
- Led a team of 4+ engineers for Project management and Process Activities for multiple CDOT products from project planning to successful closure.
- CMMI level 5 certification achieved for 5 CDOT products.
- Initiated several PCRs for improvements in the Project Management Domain.
- Product TOT Release for 12+ CDOT products, which includes Preparation, Consolidation, Verification For Draft, Provisional and Final Release of software, drawings, documents (card level, mechanical inspection, packaging, user manuals, system level) and QA
- Training and support provided to TOT partners for CDOT BBWT products regularly.
- Deployment, installation and maintenance of CDOT varied Wi-Fi products in CDOT Bangalore Campus to test the CDOT WiFi Systems for capacity, load and field issues.
- Optimised the product and reduced the up time by 30% for CDOT miniPDO.
Team Leader - PMR + CMR- Validation
CDOT Bangalore
Bengaluru
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Led a team of 3 engineers for the preparation, review, updation, release and archival of process and technical artefacts as per the periodicity (monthly, quarterly, etc) and project phase applicable.
- Preparation for Quarterly Audits and Auditor for many projects.
- Generation and Updation of Plan throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- CMMI level 5 achieved in 2017
- Coordinated with multiple teams for Validation testing of individual cards and systems for features for various versions of Software, and Hardware for 15+ CDOT BBWT products, one of which installation was done at Naval Base, in Mumbai and Karwar.
Team Leader - SGRAN Hardware
CDOT Bangalore
Bengaluru
01.2008 - 01.2015
- Managed a Hardware team of 12+ engineers for design, development, coding, assembly, card testing, environmental testing, field testing & support, documentation, templates, component selection, review, indenting, tender related activities, debugging & upgradation 9 cards in 4 products. Co-ordinated with teams of PI, Modem, CAD, VDG, CSG, MM, Stores, Purchase, vendors, etc.
- Hands on Document preparation for card, systems and products. Hands-on Indigenous Tester Codes for the processors and individual IC’s of the cards of the SGRAN system.
- Note: Initiated the documentation activities of each card to be online. It was accepted and is in force across all teams and reduces the hardware team time and effort by 40%.
- Attended CMMI workshops, performed estimation for WBS, conducted SGRAN Audits and RTM preparation, spot check preparation etc resulting in CMMI Level 3 for SGRAN hardware project.
Research Engineer - ATM - Platform Software
CDOT Bangalore
Bengaluru
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Programming in C5 and Linux
- Debugging, testing and validating various releases of the ATM system.
- Booting DSP from Flash- writing device drivers.
- Writing Test Plans and Performance Monitoring Testing of ATM modules which were integrated with which were integrated with BEL software and tested in BEL, Jallahalli and employed on the INS Vikrant.
- Coding and testing of mediation software and IOCTLS of 2 CDOT projects.
Research Engineer - Software Development - DSP
CDOT - Bangalore
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Coding, Testing, Integration of ABIS framing and deframing into the baseband as per the 3GPP standards.
Research Engineer - Application Software Development - 3GRAN
CDOT Bangalore
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Development, Coding and Implementation, testing and Integration of the GSM Speech Processing blocks as per the 3GPP standards
Research Engineer - Software Development - WCDMA
CDOT Bangalore
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Design, development and testing of prototype of WCDMA system blocks as per 3GPP using C on DSP EVM boards C6201 and C6202, notably integration of the uplink and downlink chains and scheduling with VHDL.
Graduate Engineer Trainee
CDOT
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Developed the algorithms to measure the Signal to Noise Ratio for the WCDMA systems on ADS Simulator and VHDL.
Lecturer
N.M.A.M.I.T, Nitte
01.1997 - 01.1998
- Conducted Lectures and Labs for III and IV Year Students in the Electronics and Communication branch.
Junior Lecturer
Sri Mahaveera Polytechnic, Moodbidri
Moodbidri, Karnataka
01.1996 - 01.1997
- Conducted Lectures and Labs for I, II and III year students of Electronics and Electrical Branches.
- Developed a Guide for the students easy reference.
Education
Master's Of Technology - Digital Electronics and Advanced Communication
NITK, Formerly KREC, Mangalore University
Mangalore01-2000
Bachelor's Of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering
N.M.A.M.I.T, Nitte, Mangalore University
Nitte, Karnataka01-1996
Skills
Project Management : Primavera, MiniTab, thunderbird, teaching, Project Management (Planning, Estimation, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Scheduling, Tracking Projects Report, SDLC, HDLC) Team supervision Team Training
Technical : C, Linux, BIOS, HTML, SQL, DSP Simulation Tools, VHDL, Code Composer Studio V12, EVM 6201, EVM 6202, makefiles, pthreads, shell programming, Card design, Card assembly, component selection, Device Drivers, tester codes, card testing, card interfacing, system testing, product testing, Validation, Transfer of Technology, Vendor Interaction
Accomplishments
Patent filed by CDOT for Enhanced Active Infrastructure Sharing System (EAIS) on Nov. 23, 2011. The patent application number is 4012/CHE/2011 A. The international classification number is H04L 12/00.
First Rank holder in the M.Tech (DEAC) in Mangalore University.
Certification
PMP Course for 1 week in CDOT
Timeline
1. High Speed Design Best Practices for Signal Integrity by Bogatin Enterprises
11-2023
2. Attended several seminars on DSP and VHDL and was certified.
11-2019
Team Leader - PMR + CMR - TOT - Validation - Campus WiFi Architecture
CDOT
01.2018 - 01.2023
Team Leader - PMR + CMR- Validation
CDOT Bangalore
01.2015 - 01.2018
PMP Course for 1 week in CDOT
08-2008
Team Leader - SGRAN Hardware
CDOT Bangalore
01.2008 - 01.2015
3. Certificate course in Learning Disability.
06-2005
Research Engineer - ATM - Platform Software
CDOT Bangalore
01.2005 - 01.2008
Research Engineer - Software Development - DSP
CDOT - Bangalore
01.2004 - 01.2005
Research Engineer - Application Software Development - 3GRAN
CDOT Bangalore
01.2003 - 01.2004
Research Engineer - Software Development - WCDMA
CDOT Bangalore
01.2000 - 01.2003
Graduate Engineer Trainee
CDOT
01.1999 - 01.2000
Lecturer
N.M.A.M.I.T, Nitte
01.1997 - 01.1998
Junior Lecturer
Sri Mahaveera Polytechnic, Moodbidri
01.1996 - 01.1997
Bachelor's Of Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering
N.M.A.M.I.T, Nitte, Mangalore University
Master's Of Technology - Digital Electronics and Advanced Communication
NITK, Formerly KREC, Mangalore University
STRENGTHS
- Leadership - By motivating and inspiring others to work together towards a common goal, I am able to establish a trusting and respectful environment.
- Team Management - Create a positive and collaborative environment for the team, where every member contributes by their full potential.
- Adaptability - By taking up the hardware team management as per the company requirement, along with the software experience gained, and then the project management responsibility has given me the adaptability required to take up new challenges.
- Task Delegation - Delegate tasks according to staff strengths, lead projects that finished ahead of schedule.
Work Availability
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Additional
- 1. Guided 4 B.Tech students for developing, and testing and verification of 5 CDOT products.
- 2. Guided 3 M.Tech Project Trainee (2002-2003) for 3 CDOT products.
- 3. Assisted Asha Kiran Special Needs School as a substitute teacher.