Ranjeeta Pillai
1451 South Bayport Lane, IL, 60073  Tel 847-740-0794  Email: ranjeetap@hotmail.com
SUMMARY
Open source review and compliance experience
Workload forecast, budget planning and cross functional project management
Strategy and business intelligence
Software experience in enterprise and consumer markets
Data driven decision maker
Agile engineering experience
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 
Open Source Governance, Continental Automotive Systems Inc, USA (Dec ’17 – till date): Open source governance for all projects within Continental AG.
Responsibilities
Deliver scalable open source compliance solutions, adapted to an expanding software portfolio (embedded-units, mobile-apps, cloud-services) in an agile environment and deploy compliance to all Continental projects (2018 sales: approximately €44 billion).
Expand the center of competency for open source compliance within the Continental AG to manage compliance of globally distributed projects and improvements via automation.
Monitor trends with customer requirements, court cases, industry regulation, etc. to assess compliance risk for Continental AG.
Monitor global cross-divisional workload to support resource planning and budget planning.
Empower teams to deliver, experiment, and embrace feedback loops. Develop talent by mentoring and cultivating high potentials.
Open Source Governance, Continental Automotive Systems Inc, USA (Apr ’15 – Nov ‘17): Open source governance for all projects within Division Interior (Div-I).
Responsibilities
 Development &amp; establishment of open source compliance team; R&amp;D guidelines, policies, processes, and procedures and their deployment to all Div-I projects (2014 sales: approximately €7 billion).
Develop and execute Div-I’s open source strategy; establishment of corporate open source policies; strategy for holistic engagement with engineering teams, product owners, supply chain managers and customer interface team.
Expand the first center of competency for open source compliance within the Div-I to manage compliance of globally distributed teams; drive customer engagement, offer management and solution support.
Drive innovation, execute release plans, build up open source system software for use as a base platform in Div-I’s product portfolio.
Open Source Compliance, Continental Automotive Systems Inc, USA (Jun ’12 – Mar ‘15): Open source compliance for all projects within Business Unit Infotainment and Connectivity (BUIC).
Responsibilities
 Open Source Compliance Officer: Development of open source compliance team; establishment of guidelines on open source usage by development teams, supply chain managers and customer interface teams; establishment of open source compliance policies, processes, and procedures and their deployment to all BUIC projects (2014 sales: approximately €0.7 billion).
Open Source Compliance Manager: Primary interface with project developers, open source advocates, legal counsels, product management and R&amp;D senior management to ensure all license obligations are met using tools (eg: Blackduck) and code audits.
Open Source Review Board Administrator: Administer legal review of packages (inbound, outbound, supply chain), license evaluation and compliance. Pioneer open source compliance process and training within Continental Automotive Systems Inc.
Pioneer the first center of competency for open source compliance within the Continental Automotive Systems Inc.
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Continental Automotive Systems, USA ( Nov ’08 – Jun ‘12):
Development of a Linux based platform with open sourced components to support Multimedia, Navigation and Telephony applications for advanced automobiles.
Responsibilities
 Open Source Compliance: Responsible for the open source compliance of all components of the Deer Park team. Primary interface with open source developers, open source advocates, legal counsels, product management and customers ensuring open source license obligations are met using Blackduck tools and code audits.
Requirements Management: Responsible for system level requirements of Multimedia subsystem in the Connectivity Software platform. Primary interface with customer and product management.
 Architecture: Part of a team responsible for defining the architecture of Connectivity Software platform (Multimedia and Open Source).
 Project Management: Determine and track the Connectivity Software platform feature rollout plan to support the customer’s release schedule (Multimedia and Open Source).
 Configuration (ClearCase) Management: Build and verify the official platform releases. Update build-scripts to accommodate any change requests.
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Motorola Inc, USA ( Nov ’05 –  Nov ‘08)
Development of platform for the Linux-Java based mobile phones in the Mobile Devices Sector. (C and C++). 
Responsibilities
System Engineering / Product management: Responsible for end to end system architecture, feature requirements, design and integration for all phones based on MOTOMAGX. Coordinate with various component teams in Motorola to finalize the short-term and long-term road-map for the MOTOMAGX platform. Resolve resource and/or ownership issues between development teams in the US, China and India. Use of SCRUM as the project management method for agile development.
Architecture: System architect for Sync, PIMS &amp; User Applications domains for Motorola’s MOTOMAGX Platform. Analyze all features to ensure their compatibility with platform. Identify and resolve system software’s deficiencies by coordinating with development teams in the US, China and India. Architected the Sync framework, Secondary Display framework and the API for dynamic menu extensions. ClearCase (UNIX) is used for version control.
Vendor management: Integrate applications, developed by external vendors, into the official platform release. Responsibilities include understanding and adhering to the financial and legal aspects of the work agreement, finalizing &amp; approving software requirements, coordinating software delivery schedule, providing access to Motorola’s build &amp; test environment (including hardware), approving test suites, resolving critical SW bugs.
Software Engineer Senior, Motorola Inc, USA (01 Mar ‘04 – Nov ‘05)
Development of platform for the Windows OS based Smartphones in the Mobile Devices Sector. (C and C++). 
Responsibilities
Development: Design and implementation of platform for the Motorola Q phone (Windows Mobile 5.0 OS with Intel’s Bulverde chip as Application Processor). Analysis &amp; resolution of problems identified during the Integration test, System test &amp; Field test phases. 
Testing: Involved in stress testing (hopper test). Provided analysis of failures/crashes - fixes were implemented by other developers.
Involvement: Lead the Display &amp; Keypad teams during the development of basic drivers – with scheduling, resource management, requirements &amp; testing as primary responsibilities. Part of the audio &amp; RIL teams during the later phase with design, coding &amp; testing as primary responsibilities. Windows based ClearCase was used for version control.
Localizations: Developed and implemented the system for handling Mpx-220’s string translations covering 13 different vendors in 26 languages. System was adopted as the standard for subsequent products.
Software Engineer Senior, Motorola Inc, USA (07 Aug ’00 – Mar ‘04)
Developing &amp; testing software for EMX 2500 series wireless switching system that allows cellular phones to communicate with residential phones, pagers, other cell phones and similar devices (C and assembly). 
Responsibilities
Development: Design and implementation of real-time software based on CDMA technology. Resolving problems found in the EMX labs and at customer sites (world wide) within strict timelines. Adherence to Six-Sigma, Fagan Inspection guidelines and SEI level 3 standards. 
Testing: Created Call Processing Application (CPAPP) code and Labsim scripts. Executed the scripts in a simulated environment and provided CPAPP support during feature integration testing for 3G1X. Involved with the Platform regression/integration team for testing fixes with the maintenance database.
Involvement: Started as a developer and after 20 months, lead a team for the entire developmental cycle of a functional area during feature development. Reviewer for System Release manuals and build issues in Clearcase views (unix based).
Team work: Involved with cross-functional, multi corporation and multi-national teams during feature development using Shared Network environment.
Software Engineer, Siemens Public Communication Networks Ltd., India (01 Oct ’97 – Aug ’98)
Worked on Telecommunication Network management software called Multi-Link Operations System (MLOS). The ONMS (Optimized Network Management System) Access Integrator is an element and network manager for the Multilink family (VC++).
Responsibilities
Development: Design and Implementation of a portable and compact version of the Software Download sub system (used for onsite testing)
Involvement: Development-support and trouble shooting at the testing and release stage. Use of UML (Rational Rose) for flexible, controllable synchronization of code and model.
Team work: Worked in coordination with cross-functional and multinational teams.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, University Technology Services, The Ohio State University (07 Sep ’98 – Jun ’00). Software development for Internet Applications using Cold Fusion Studio for Technology Enhanced Learning and Research (TELR) Project.
 Responsibilities
Development of interactive software packages for Distance Education over the Internet using Cold Fusion Studio integrated with MS-Access.
Development and maintenance of UTS web pages
Project Research Assistant, Department of Telecommunications, RV College of Engineering (Sept ’96 – Sept ’97). Simulation of digital filters using microprocessors
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 
Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering (Sept ’98 – Jun ’00)
Major Area: Communications
RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India
Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication Engineering (Nov ’93 – Aug ’97)
Grade: First Class with Distinction (2nd Rank in the University)
REFERENCES 
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