Steve Gileno

49 Showers Drive, #W309

Mountain View, CA 94040
h: 650-948-9370
c: 650-799-5276
steve_gileno@yahoo.com
Summary
15 years of Domestic and 9 years of International Software Project Management Ex
perience (WBS, EVM, CPM)
15+ years of Software Process Engineering Experience (CMM, FDD, RUP, MS Project
, all MS Productivity Tools)
6 years of Software Engineering Management Experience (Weak Matrix, Strong Matr
ix, Functional)
14 years of Software Development Individual Contributor Experience (C/C++, Windo
ws, Macintosh, UNIX)
20+ years of Software Development Lifecycle Experience (Agile, Iterative/Increm
ental, Spiral, Waterfall)
Experience
Seagate Technology Sr. SW Project Mgr. (contract) Sunnyval
e, CA 03-08 to present
* Manage and/or track multiple software development projects for the Seagate and
Maxtor brands of direct attached storage (DAS) and network attached storage (NA
S) consumer and business product lines.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Program Management, Product Line Managemen
t, User Experience, Software Development and QA, System Test and Global Customer
Support to ensure successful product development.
* Drive all projects to achieve the rapid time-to-market objectives of the Consu
mer Solutions Division management.
* Manage both Windows and Macintosh software development projects.
* Manage and collaborate with internal, outsourced and offshore software develop
ment teams (India and Romania).
* Manage vendors to resolve critical engineering challenges, including engineeri
ng firmware interface issues.
* Manage software localization projects for the American, European and Asian Pac
ific regions of the world.
* Drive software process improvement initiatives and track completion of key pro
ject documentation artifacts.
* Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal and Purchasing to author and execute
statements of work (SOW) and purchase orders (PO), for procurement of contract
labor (SW development / QA) and software capital equipment.
* Utilize MS Excel and Project to manage project plans, and HP Quality Center to
manage resolution of SW defects.
SoftReach Services Sr. Technical Project Mgr. (contract) Mountain
View, CA 11-07 to 01-08
* Managed projects to enhance the quality of service of the VoIP WAN used worldw
ide by Intuit contact centers.
* Collaborated with network and telecom engineers to successfully add new redund
ant circuits to the VoIP WAN.
* Managed onshore and offshore (India, Philippines) engineering teams as well as
third party service providers.
The Lash Group Sr. SW Project Mgr. (contract) San Brun
o, CA 10-07 to 11-07
* Managed development of the Lash Groups CRM/workflow software system utilized b
y domestic call center personnel providing health care reimbursement counseling
and nursing services for the Humira pharmaceutical.
* Managed risk, schedule, quality and scope to balance objectives of call center
and SW development management.
The SilverAir Group Sr. Technical Project Mgr. (contract) Belmont,
CA 08-07 to 10-07
* Developed schedules in Microsoft Project of all FAA certification activities f
or this startup airline.
Applied Signal Technology SW Eng. Product/Project/Section Mgr. Sunnyval
e, CA 12-03 to 02-07
* Managed all software development lifecycle (SDLC) activities from concept to d
eployment for multiple products.
* Collaborated cross-functionally with Program Management, Business Development
and CTO to more than double product-related contract sales to $5M annually, refl
ecting a significant increase customer satisfaction.
* Managed and tailored software development processes, helping the company achie
ve CMM level 3 certification.
* Managed and developed software written in C/C++ for UNIX platforms (Red Hat En
terprise Linux, Sun Solaris).
* Managed and developed software to interface with digital signal processing (DS
P) software used to demodulate analog waveform signals of interest.
* Matrix managed a team up to twenty-one engineers in the role of Software Produ
ct/Project manager, while also functionally managing up to twelve software engin
eers in the role of Software Section Manager.
* Utilized Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Earned Value Management (EVM) and the
Critical Path Method (CPM) for planning, managing and tracking project progress
.
* Utilized MS Project and MS Excel extensively to manage project plans, risks, r
esources, costs and revenues.
* Utilized Rational Requisite Pro to manage requirements and Telelogic Synergy t
o manage releases and defects.
* Utilized Feature Driven Development (FDD) to promote rapid software developmen
t/deployment to customers.
SJG Enterprises, LLC Manager and Founder Mountain
View, CA 11-01 to 11-03
* Managed and founded a limited liability corporation providing project manageme
nt consulting services.
Globalstar L.P. Manager, System Analysis SW San Jose
, CA 01-99 to 11-01
* Received Inaugural Presidential Award for Performance Above and Beyond.
* Collaborated with Engineering Research and Development management and Human Re
sources to build a new, high-performance internal team of nine software developm
ent engineers, three software quality assurance (SQA) engineers and one engineer
dedicated to software configuration management (SCM).
* Managed five software development projects with an annual labor budget of $1M.
* Responsible for technical leadership and all budgets (labor, capital, training
) for all projects.
* Managed the development of the Globalstar Evolution Model (GEM), a distributed
, multi-threaded, object-oriented application with a JAVA GUI front-end, a C++ n
umerical engine back-end, and an Oracle 8i database. This product simulated Glo
balstars next generation wireless satellite telecommunications systems and servi
ces.
* Managed three C/C++ sustaining engineering products and the engineering intran
et.
* Utilized MS Excel and Telelogic DOORS to manage requirements.
* Utilized Rational Unified Process (RUP) and FDD software development methodolo
gies.
Globalstar L.P. Software and Intranet Project Mgr San Jose
, CA 04-94 to 12-98
* Managed and developed software written in C/C++ for Microsoft Windows and UNIX
(Solaris, IRIX, HP/UX) platforms to support ground station location selection a
nd quality of service analysis of sites throughout the world.
* Collaborated with our partners worldwide including Loral, Qualcomm, Vodafone,
Alcatel, France Telecom, Alenia, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Hyundai and Globalst
ar do Brasil regarding software features and priorities.
* Collaborated with Systems Engineering and the Executive Staff on an engineerin
g and business case study which saved the company $100M and prevented an 18 mont
h delay in the launch of commercial service.
* Managed and developed the engineering intranet, which enabled document sharing
, collaboration and publishing.
* Collaborated cross-functionally with Marketing, Business Development, Informat
ion Systems and Finance to establish strategic and tactical plans for informatio
n systems infrastructure improvements.
* Managed information systems projects including capital equipment procurement f
or a department of 36 engineers.
Prior Experience Software Development Experience as an Individual
Contributor
Software Engineering Specialist, Software Developer and Member of Technical Staf
f at Loral Western Development Labs, Systems Control Technology and Rational Tec
hnology, Inc. respectively.
Education
University of California Extension, Santa Cruz
* Certificate in Internet Programming received in 2003.
* Professional Sequence Awards in XML Programming, C#.NET and Perl Programming r
eceived in 2003.
Denison University
A rival to Dartmouth in computing resources for small colleges, Denison Universi
ty, located in Granville, Ohio, was a test site for the Digital Equipment Corpor
ation.
* Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Computer Science, received in 1980.
* Member of the Phi Beta Kappa National Scholastic, Omicron Delta Kappa Leadersh
ip and Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics honoraries.
* Received Forbes B. Wiley Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Kappa Sigma Alum
ni Scholarship Award and two Kappa Sigma Fraternity Certificates of Merit for Sc
holarship and Leadership.
Training
PMP/CAPM Preparation Training Hybrid Seminar (UC Berk
eley Extension)
Managing Projects for Reliable Results (King, P
olino & Associates)
Software Principals of Managing Iterative Development (Rationa
l University)
Practical Software Project Management (UCSC Ex
tension)
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Using UML (Rationa
l University)
Interests
Former part-time professional musician and bandleader (trumpet, keyboards, all s
tyles).
Constantly improving my language skills in Brazilian Portuguese.
Avid sports enthusiast and tennis player.