Computer
Software and Information Systems
Assignments
Performed
Assessed
the business plans of 29 leading multinationals for establishing software
development subsidiaries or joint ventures in India. Prepared their applications
to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board, Software Technology Parks, Reserve
Bank of India, Secretariat for Industrial Assistance, Customs Bonding,
etc. Introduced their executives to senior Indian government officials,
politicians, and print and television journalists. Got the companies profiled
and the executives interviewed in newspapers, magazines and on television.
Continued liaison with government departments until all approvals were
obtained from central and state government authorities (1987-2000).
Advised
a US vendor of statistical software packages on outsourcing four projects
on Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, IBM OS/2 platforms to South Asian software
developers (1995-1997).
Advised
a US vendor of mathematical software packages on outsourcing five projects
on IBM RS6000, Sun SPARCStation/Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics, IBM
OS/2 platforms to South Asian software developers (1995-1997).
Advised
a European vendor of graphics and simulation packages for mechanical engineering,
civil engineering, metallurgical and aerospace applications on outsourcing
two packages to South Asian software developers : (a) Simulation of Fatigue
Crack Growth, and (b) Structural Analysis of Thin Shells, Panels, and Pressure
Vessels; both in C source code, on DEC VAX/VMS, DEC Alpha AXP, Digital
UNIX, ULTRIX, IBM RS/6000/AIX, HP 9000 Series 700, HP Apollo, Sun SPARCStation/Sun
OS, Sun4/Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIS platforms (1995–1997).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a US firm developing C++ and Small Talk
V Object Oriented Programming Systems (1995).
Assessed
Indian software companies for a US corporation for maintenance and documentation
of telecom network planning software (1994).
Assessed
Indian software development companies for a US firm marketing third party
engineering, finite element analysis, structural analysis, graphics, M-CAD/CAM,
and GIS software (1989-1993).
Formulated
detailed action plans for a multinational in the fields of software and
circuit design for establishing a 100 % Indian subsidiary and obtained
all approvals from central and state governments (1989-1990).
Advised
a US computer hardware and software systems integrator in its negotiations
with Indian software companies for sourcing third party systems and applications
software (1989-1992).
Assessed
Indian software development companies for a European value added re-seller
of CIM, MRP-II, and GIS software (1990-1992).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a German firm developing multimedia
and animation educational and game software (1994).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a US firm developing World Wide Web
Internet multimedia software (1995-1996).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a US firm developing Digital Signal
Processing Algorithms and MPEG-2 Software (Jan. 1995 - April 1996).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a US firm developing Network Performance
and Internode Call Congestion Profiling Software (Jan. 1995 - April 1996).
Assessed
Indian software subcontractors for a US firm developing 2 B + D OSI Layered
and Real-Time Network (3rd) Layer Protocol software (April 1995 - Aug.
1996).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Eight Million for an Indian startup to develop
microbrowsers based on Wireless Markup Language (WML) and WMLScript for
PDAs (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Two Million for an Indian software developer specializing
in WebLogic and WebSphere (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Forty Million for an Indian software developer specializing
in NetDynamics and Cold Fusion (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Forty Three Million for an Indian software developer
specializing in Cold Fusion and Silverstream (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Seventeen Million for an Indian CRM vendor specializing
in Siebel (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Eleven Million for an Indian CRM vendor specializing
in Vantive and Clarify (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Eight Million for an Indian e-commerce developer specializing
in BroadVision (1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Vignette
for obtaining venture capital and private placement of equity and debt
(1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Ariba
for obtaining venture capital and private placement of equity and debt
(1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Silknet
for obtaining private placement of equity and debt (1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Tradex
for obtaining private placement of equity and debt (1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Blue
Martini for obtaining private placement of equity and debt (1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Bowstreet
for obtaining venture capital and private placement of equity and debt
(1999-2000).
Assessed
the business plans of an Indian e-commerce startup specializing in Net.commerce
for obtaining venture capital and private placement of equity and debt
(1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Sixteen Million for an Indian middleware developer specializing
in Tuxedo and CORBA (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Fourteen Million for an Indian software startup specializing
in CORBA, Active X, and COM/DCOM (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Two Million for an Indian software startup specializing
in Jbuilder, PowerJ, and Apache (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Fourteen Million for an Indian software startup specializing
in Java Beans, RMI, UML, and ASP (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Seven Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Frame Relay and SS7 (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Seventeen Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Wireless Access Protocol WAP (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Two Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Blue Tooth (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty One Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Verilog (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Six Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Data Link Protocols and Router Development (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty Three Million for an Indian startup to develop
WAP-based and HTML-based microbrowsers for handheld thin clients (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Sixteen Million for an Indian startup specializing in
Vx Works and PSOS (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Twenty One Million for an Indian startup specializing
in ODBC, JDBC and Perl (1999-2000).
Obtained
finance of Rupees Seventeen Million for an Indian startup specializing
in Viador (1999-2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Internet Security Systems for development of a multihoming SYN Firewall,
SYN packet interceptor, and connection mediator supporting virtual networking,
remote accessibility, and programmable transparency. The platforms were
Sun SPARCStation/Sun OS, Sun4/Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIS, HP/HP-UX
(1996–1997).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company with a US provider of Internet
Security Systems for development of an enterprise firewall with features
such as envoy technology, multilayering, multihoming, multiple levels of
encryption, programmable transparency, out-of-band authentication, scalability,
enhanced logging, address re-user, and both remote and on-site configuration
and administration. The platforms were Sun SPARCStation/Sun OS, Sun4/Sun
OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIS, HP/HP-UX (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Internet Security Systems and Services for performing feature enhancements,
porting, verification, validation, and testing, adaptive maintenance and
perfective maintenance, and documentation of a Web-based network management
architecture which provided real-time dynamic management information regarding
integration, reporting, and security. The platforms were Windows NT, Windows
95, UNIX compatible, Java and HTTP source code, TCP/IP Network support
(1996-1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Internet Security Systems for development of a permanent connection
security firewall, combining an integrated front-end server, a proxy server,
and a virus detector, for providing a single, secured route for all data
traveling between LANs / WANs and the Internet. The platforms were Windows
NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.x, Apple Macintosh, IBM OS/2, UNIX System V,
SCO UNIX, HP/HP-UX, DEC VAX/VMS, TCP/IP Network support (1996-1997).
Obtained
an export order for a leading Indian software developer from a US vendor of
Internet Security Systems for development of a hybrid, turn-style firewall
system combining packet filtering with proxy services, using user-defined,
rule-based authorization programs to accept or deny access. Platforms were
Sun SPARCStation/Sun OS, Sun4/Sun OS, Solaris, Silicon Graphics IRIS, HP/HP-UX,
DEC Alpha AXP, Digital UNIX compatible. C, C++ source code. Novell Netware,
Banyan, Ethernet, Token Ring, TCP/IP network support (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Network Gateway and Switching software for development of a Branch CommServer
combining an IPX/IP router, bridge, SNA gateway, concentrator, frame relay
access device, CSU/DSU, hub, and SDLC to LLC2 converter within a single
unit. Platforms were MS DOS, AT&T UNIX System V compatible, IPX network
support (1996-1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Network Gateway and Switching software for development of an SDLC converter
that converted SDLC traffic to LLC2 and then carried it over a LAN-based
internetwork. Platforms were MS DOS, AT&T UNIX System V compatible.
Token Ring, Ethernet network support (1996).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of Network Gateway and Switching software for development of a Virtual
Central Office (VCO) Integrated Provisioning Platform providing access-on-demand
to public network services for enhanced voice, data, and video applications,
and featuring SNMP-based network management capabilities and subscriber
access to voice services, digital leased and switched data services, ISDN,
frame relay, SMDS, and ATM (1996).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of router software for development of a multiprotocol datagram encapsulation
and transport component across Frame Relay WANs, providing interfaces for
SNMP management. Platforms were Windows 95, Windows 3.x, MS DOS, Apple
Macintosh, UNIX compatible. ANSI C source code. Novell Netware network
support (1995).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of router software for development of an IPX WAN protocol stack component
of software architecture which provided Novell compatible negotiation and
configuration of various IPX network and router information, used for estimation
of WAN link delays, negotiation of IPX routing, compression protocols and
common IPX network numbers, and discovery of adjacent router names and
primary network numbers. Platforms were Windows 95, Windows 3.x, MS DOS,
Apple Macintosh, UNIX compatible. ANSI C source code (1995).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US provider
of router software for development of a sequenced packet exchange protocol
stack which provided transport layer services for embedded applications
in Novell Netware IPX / SPX environments (1995).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company from a US provider of CASE
Tools for development of a CASE tool for maintenance and reverse engineering
of Pascal and Fortran source code, providing complexity analysis, graphical
results, acceptance criteria and documentation, test case execution, histograms,
test case definition, code restructuring and source code browsing. Platforms
were HP 9000 series 700, Sun 4 / Sun OS, Solaris, IBM RS 6000 AIX, DEC
Alpha AXP compatible. Pascal and Fortran source code (1993).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company from a US provider ofsoftware
debugging and testing tools for development of a Test Case Generator using
AI search engines (1993).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company from a US provider ofsoftware
debugging and testing tools for development of an automatic error detection
tool for Win 32 applications running on Win 32 platforms that would automatically
find and identify API errors, stack memory overruns, invalid Windows API
parameters, invalid Windows API return code, invalid ANSI C parameters,
invalid C return codes, memory locking problems, null pointer manipulations,
resource and memory leaks, data and heap corruption, and ensure Win 32
compliance. C++ source code (1993).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Ada, Apex, Rose, C++, UML services on a continuing basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a French customer
to provide Oracle 7x/8/8i services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide CICS and DB2 services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Visual Interdev, MTS and MIIS services on a continuing basis
(1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Danish customer
to provide Oracle Designer and Rational Rose services on a continuing basis
(1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a French customer
to provide Power Builder 6.0 / 7.0 services on a continuing basis (1998).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide SQL Server 7.0 and Oracle 8.0 services on a continuing basis
(1998).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide MVS, JCL, DB2, CICS services on IBM S/390 OS/390 platform on
a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide OS/390 customization and installation services, TSO/E, REXX,
RACF Administration, DB2, DBA services on IBM S/390 platform on a continuing
basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide DB2/400, CL/400, RPG IV, SQL/400, CICS/400 services on IBM AS/400
platform on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide LabView, ObjectTime, and Swing services on a continuing basis
(1998).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a German customer
to provide SNMP, CMIP, and CMIS services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide FPGA design services on a continuing basis (1996).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Enterprise Java Beans and JavaServlets services on a continuing
basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Spanish customer
to provide Netscape Application Server and Netscape Enterprise Server services
on a continuing basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide EJB, mySQL, DBI, and Flash services on a continuing basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a German customer
to provide Javabeans, JSP, EJB, RMI, IIS, MTS services on a continuing
basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide MFG/PRO services on a continuing basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with an Austrian customer
to provide SQL Engine and VLDB services on a continuing basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide Swing, EJB, JDBC, RMI, JNDI, JTS, JNI, JMS services on a continuing
basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide Net.Com, Java 1.2, VBScript, Visual Interdev, MTS, XML services
on a continuing basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Power Builder and Crystal Reports services on a continuing basis
(1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Natural / Adabas services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Synon services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide Clear Case, PVCS, BPCS services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a British customer
to provide JD Edwards, IEF, ADW services on a continuing basis (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide Palm OS, Embedded 68 K, Mcore, and QNX services on a continuing
basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Canadian customer
to provide MSMQ and MQSeries Middleware services on a continuing basis
(2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a Danish customer
to provide Tuxedo and CORBA Middleware services on a continuing basis (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide OMC, OAMP, SNMP, SS7, C++ services on a continuing basis (1998).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a European telecommunications
vendor for development and maintenance, in NODAL C, of payphone access
indicators and calling party category information, customized interactive
voice responses, and subsequent call handling and routing (2000).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide SS7, TCAP/IS-41, TCP/IP, IPC, C++ services on a continuing basis
(1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide QA Partner and MS Test services on a continuing basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide Visual Test and XRunner services on a continuing basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide Win Runner and Purify services on a continuing basis (1999).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US customer
to provide TCP/IP internals, UNIX Kernel, Device Driver programming services
on a continuing basis (1996).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company from a US customer to provide
RP / OSFP / BGP services (1999).
Obtained
an export order for an Indian software company from a US customer to provide
X-Windows, X/MOTIF, TCL/TK services (1997).
Obtained
a strategic alliance for an Indian software company with a US corporation
specializing in Wireless Application Protocols (WAP) to develop a lightweight
protocol stack to minimize bandwidth requirements and enhance security
(1999-2000).
Advised
an Indian business group intending to establish a software export unit
in its negotiations with potential foreign collaborators and customers
(1994).
In
conjunction with our US counterparts, obtained four export orders from
USA worth US$ 384,200 for two Indian software companies for maintenance
and retrospective documentation of local area networking software. Services
provided by our US counterparts and us included feasibility studies; user
requirements analysis; estimation of schedules, resources, and costs; contract
negotiations; risk assessment; advice on project management and process
quality; and obtaining 90 day export financing from Indian banks (1989-1993).
In
conjunction with our US counterparts, obtained two export orders from USA
worth US$ 138,700 for an Indian developer of real-time process control
software. Services provided by our US counterparts and us included feasibility
studies; user requirements analysis; estimation of schedules, resources,
and costs; contract negotiations; advice on project management and process
quality; and obtaining 90 day export financing from Indian banks (1990-1992).
Obtained
three orders from Defence Research and Development Organizations for an
Indian circuit design firm. Services provided by us included user requirements
analysis; feasibility evaluation; estimation of schedules, resources, and
costs; contract negotiations; and quality assurance (1989-1992).
Reviewed
and assessed the business plans and market penetration strategy for India
for a French vendor of Software and associated Hardware for Real-Time Process
Control of Thermal Power Plants (1992-1994, subcontract).
Reviewed
and assessed the business plans and market penetration strategy for India
for a US vendor of Software for Modelling, Simulation, and Visualization
of the Thermal Cycles of Thermal Power Plants (1992- 1994, subcontract).
Reviewed
and assessed the business plans and market penetration strategy for India
for a US vendor of Software for Modelling, Simulation, and Visualization
of Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (1992-1995, subcontract).
Reviewed
and assessed the business plans and market penetration strategy for India
for a German vendor of Software for Simulation and Real-Time Feedback Control
of Electricity Generation, Transmission, and Distribution (1992-1995, subcontract).
Assessed
the process maturity of six Indian software development organizations utilizing
both the Process Capability Maturity Model of the Software Engineering
Institute, Pittsburgh, and the European Community's BOOTSTRAP Institute.
Advised them on transitioning to a higher process maturity level. (Performed
as subcontracts from Quality Assurance Institute India Ltd., 1992-1994).
Consultants
to Quality Assurance Institute India Ltd., 1992 onwards, for strategy and
marketing.
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