Gaurav Malik
M.B.A UC Davis - Class of 2011 Actively seeking opportunity to partner with a start up.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech, Computing, Education, Financial, Information Technology, Internet, Nanotech, Retail |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, Java, Perl, Python, Software Engineering, System Administration, Unix |
| Next step: | I want to join a start up or form my own company. I am seeking new ideas, though I have some ideas breweing in my head. |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition |
| Visas: | India, U.S.A |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Growing my group, Helping friends, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Starting a company |
| Tags: | academics, finance, green, technology, tutor |
| Schools: | University of California System - Davis, Western Kentucky University |
FULL BIO
M.B.A - U.C Davis - Class of 2011
M.S - Computer Science - Western Kentucky University
B.E - Industrial Electronics - J.N.E.C
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Salesforce.com Inc., San Francisco |
| Position: | Sr. Release Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Managed a team in implementing software solutions to improve the efficiency of product release cycles.
• Designed and developed a self-service web portal, improving productivity by 33% • Designed and implemented an automated deployment and testing solution, which helped improve the quality of the product • Defined and implemented release processes and strategies for IT team • Implemented the Agile software development methodology |
| Employer: | Charles Schwab Inc., San Francisco |
| Position: | Technical Lead |
| Time period: | November 2001 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Managed the release process for 17 products, including Schwab’s largest revenue generator, the Schwab.com stock trading website.
• Designed a framework to make software releases a repeatable, reliable and efficient process • Successfully implemented the IBM Rational Unified process, a software life cycle methodology, saving Schwab $500,000 annually • Automated the software compilation process improving the compilation time by 50% • Developed a self-service website, improving turnaround time by 24 hours • Led the team to automate the software deployment process, improving the install time by 33% • Trained junior software engineers |
| Employer: | Ampent, San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Team Lead |
| Time period: | October 2000 - November 2001 |
| Description: | Led the design and implementation of core modules for this Internet start-up company.
• Successfully implemented the automated lease approval process, improving application certification time by 55% • Administered the go-live release and triaged production issues |
| Employer: | OSI Consulting, Costa Mesa, CA |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | June 2000 - October 2000 |
| Description: | Successfully implemented Internet based software solutions for clients such as Canon and Sitelite. |
| Employer: | Optech Solutions, New Delhi, India |
| Position: | Software Engineer |
| Time period: | January 1998 - July 1998 |
| Description: | Designed and wrote programs on IBM’s 370 mainframe computer.
• Implemented solutions for Galileo’s computerized airline reservation System, improving the response time by 23% |
| Employer: | Monotype India Ltd., New Delhi, India |
| Position: | Sales/Service Engineer |
| Time period: | November 1997 - December 1997 |
| Description: | Installed and maintained Apple Macintosh computers and scanners sold to media clients.
• Sold $200,000 worth of hardware. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship, MBA |
| University: | Western Kentucky University |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2000 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, MSc |
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Hitesh Kapoor
Computer Science and Engineering graduate from IIT, Varanasi with MS from UTD, pursuing MBA at UC Davis