1. Brijesh Pavith
Mobile: +91-9810102219 E-mail: pavithbrijesh@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
To utilize project/product management, technology and domain skills to deliver value in the Information Technology industries and in the
process enrich own repertoire
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
 Currently working as Manager (Project Management Group) in Magic Software Pvt. Ltd.
 15+ years of overall IT industry experience with focus on e-Learning, Mobile Application, e-Commerce, Content Management,
Web application software.
 4+ years of Project Management, Team Management and Delivery Management experience
 11+ years of hands-on application software development experience (SDLC, Requirements Gathering, Data Modelling/Design and
Development.)
PROFICIENCY FORTE
Planning & Estimation
 Develop the overall plan for the projects, ensuring that all tracks are effectively planned
 Undertake estimation of the projects in terms of time and staffing the right people
 Present alternative approaches for estimates and scope decisions that meet client’s objectives
 Define and manage change control process to produce win-win results
Issue and Risk Management
 Identify, quantify and track issues and risks in the projects
 Create and analyse reports on track status, issues and risks and report the major risks and issues to the Leadership Team and other
stakeholders
 Assess and mitigate business impact of issues and risks to the projects
 Devise and drive issue and risk resolution solutions to ensure effective delivery and mitigation of the business impact
 Support the Leadership Team in effectively communicating the risks to the client
Quality
 Analyse project metrics and guide team appropriately to ensure compliance to quality
 Establish, promote and drive compliance of project specific and standard quality processes
 Drive the compliance of SLAs and make strategies to resolve non-compliance causes
 Drive corrective measures proactively for general and specific non-compliances
Client Management
 Understand the client’s business drivers and ensure that priorities are addressed
 Engage the client at all stages from planning and estimation through delivery and seek early feedback
 Explain the trade-offs and impact involved in designing the technical aspects of the solution to the client and the team
 Manage peer-level client relationships (expectations, communications, escalation, etc.)
 Understand the clients’ culture, capabilities, team structure and decision-making processes to ensure success for the client
Team management
 Define and communicate responsibilities for the team
 Build a positive, collaborative working environment
 Coaching and mentoring the team on critical project aspects to help them deliver to the client expectation
Commercials/Financials Management
 Managing the projects’ margin

2. CAREER PROGRESSION
 Magic Software (Noida), Des: Manager (Digital-Media), April 2012 - Till Date
 Magic Software (Noida), Des: Manager (Technology), April 2011 - March 2012
 Magic Software (Noida), Des: Asst. Manager (Technology), April 2010 - March 2011
 Magic Software (Noida), Des: Programmer Analyst (Technology), Oct 2005 – March 2010
 Braahmam Net Solutions, Des: eLearning Consultant, Aug 2002 to Sep 2005
 Roar Technologies Pvt. Ltd.(New Delhi), Des: Lead Developer, Jan 2000 to July 2002
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
 Certified Microsoft Professional (CMP - MS Excel)- Microsoft
 Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.) – Devi Ahilya Vishva Vidyalaya - Indore
 Bachelor of Computer Applications (B.C.A.) – Devi Ahilya Vishva Vidyalaya - Indore
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Office Package: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Project Plan (MPP)
 Programming: C/C#, Java, VB, Perl
 Web Technologies/Scripting Languages: JavaScript, HTML/HTML5, CSS2/3, VBA for Excel, XML, XSLT
 Databases: SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle 8i
 Configuration Management Tools: Subversion (SVN), GIT, Microsoft Visual Source safe (VSS)
 Collaboration Software/Tools: Google Docs, WebEx, GTM
 Knowledge in Bug Tracking Systems: Bugzilla, Jira, BTS
 Expert in building E-Learning applications, Assessment and web-application.
 Operating Systems: Worked on all major OSs’, such as, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Magic Software Private Ltd. Nov 2014 – Till Date
Manager
Worked as a Manager with Magic Software Pvt. Limited.
 Working as a project manager in managing a complete end-to-end mobile platform testing solution.
o This is an exciting new product that has been envisioned in our organization to solve the problems currently startups/existing
businesses are facing while launching mobile friendly products with thousands of devices to test them with. It will not always be
feasible for everyone to go out there and acquire multiple mobile devices to do both automated functional testing and manual
testing.
o This project involves integration of multiple solutions into one umbrella to deliver a complete end-to-end testing solution to the
customer.
o The product can be customized to be a cloud based solution or could also be deployed on business premises as a way to
optimized usage of devices.
o My role in this project is to manage the weekly sprints and to get adoption for this program within the organization as start and
then to leverage that experience to tailor it into a marketable product for external entities.
 Worked as a project manager for development of a LMS created based on multiple open-source libraries and technologies.
o This project is part of an organization initiative which has been envisioned to grow out as an independent product/platform in the
market. Our sales and marketing team is currently pitching this to various customers in the market and packaging it in various
ways as per customer requirements
o My role in this project is to manage changing demands on the requirements.
o Also, have to manage multiple teams to create content for this LMS with quick POCs everywhere.
o This involves dealing with multiple set of potential customers with different needs, so the LMS has to be showcased as per the
specifics of each customer and also make the product moving forward as per the initial vision.
 Contributed as a project manager in developing online-offline reader apps for multiple platforms. This was an enhancement of a pre-
existing app, which involved complete removal of licensed libraries and replacing with other third party open source library.

3. o This was a technology driven piece from a top publisher with whom we worked with successfully for more than 5 years. This
product had 4 different set of apps for 4 platforms (windows, mac, android and iOS) already deployed on thousands of students
desktops and devices across US. Our goal was to enhance this app, remove the licensed third party libraries besides fixing
customer issues. My role comprised of working with 4 separate technical teams along with an overall Solution Architect and
deliver 4 apps which works similarly across platforms.
o This project had various challenges with the different platforms, most of all with meeting deadlines for the licensed software
getting expired and the school session starting, and the app being ready with all the student annotations still intact. My team
always proposed more than one possible solution with the pros and cons for each, which the customer took away and
confirmed on one of them meeting their budgets and timelines.
o The project was based on Agile, so we had 3 weekly sprints along going on with daily scrums along with the customer. This
being an important piece with a large account, Customer Engagement was a key attribute of this role.
Magic Software Private Ltd. Apr 2010 – Oct 2014
Technical Manager
Worked as a Technical Manager with Magic Software Pvt. Limited.
 Involved in setting up a retained team with a leading Ireland/US based publisher right from the initiation stage into a million plus
dollar account for the company. I was a key member in this account and my role included the following:
o Understanding the problem statement – This was a key customer and had various products and hence different type of problem
statements. My role comprised of understanding there products and the problems both and in enough detail so that the
proposed solution is agreed and the estimates are competitive.
o Proposing Solutions – We always proposed more than one possible solution with the pros and cons of each, hence the
customer upfront knows what will it take for solving a problem and can go with what best suits them based on their budgets and
timelines.
o Implementing Solutions – To ensure that the team implements the solution and meets the committed quality standards and
timelines.
o Customer Engagement – This was very important function of my role. This was a retained team model; day-today engagement
with the customer to ensure that we are working as there team, not as a vendor was very critical for the Business. The
Customer Engagement was key attribute of this role.
 Involved in setting up processes for e-book production and assessment xml creation.
o Was instrumental in creating a pdf to epub3 creation tool which was a one-stop solution for mass e-book production. This in turn
resulted in creation of quarter million pages in a year for various programs of the client for 3 continuous calendar years.
o Created processes to setup assessment xml creation process. This in turn resulted in creation of 1 lac assessment items for
various programs for the client.
 Led the team for development of Teacher gateways for various programs
o Went on-site to Dublin, for understanding requirements and created specifications sitting with business analysts from client side
o Led a team of developers to create the multi-purpose gateway. The gateway was built using upcoming technologies during the
time - HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery with Jquery mobile
Magic Software Private Ltd. Oct 2005 – Mar 2010
Programmer Analyst / Team Lead
Worked as a Programmer Analyst/Team Lead with Magic Software Pvt. Limited.
 Contributed as part of a senior-level coding team for development of an Assessment Runtime Engine, which renders QTI XML
content into quizzes, and assessments for grades Pre-K to Grade 14.
o ARTE is an acronym for Assessment Runtime Engine, which delivers QTI compliant assessments to a SCORM compliant LMS
(Learning Management Server). This engine was being built for one of the leading E-learning Company based in Ireland. The
engine takes in QTI compliant XML as an input and renders Flash based assessment to students for grades Pre-K to Grades 14
o Involved in the project from the design phase and have been the tech lead for the project.
 Designed and developed a QTI XML generator tool, for migrating legacy HTML questions to run in the Assessment Run Time
Engine.
o Migration Assessment project involves conversion of legacy HTML based questions to QTI XML form such that they can be run
on the Assessment Run-Time Engine (ARTE). This project was in three stages: The first stage involved mapping of the HTML
based questions from the existing LMS database to the types of questions that can be rendered on the ARTE. The second
stage involved the making of a QTI – XML generator tool, which would convert these HTML based questions to the QTI XML

4. format. This was developed using VB6.0. The third stage of the project involved fitting in these QTI based XML files onto the
ARTE, which involved making additional dynamic layouts to ARTE
o Involved in the project from the design phase and have been the tech lead for project.
 Design and development of templates for automated HTML generation and course development.
o Diversity Series framework was a product of a leading UK based media client. This framework was used to develop multiple
courses, which has been aimed at the corporate sector in teaching them various kinds of diversity in work environment. These
are essentially a set of cd-based products in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The framework uses XML for content that is combined
with XSL templates and passed through an html generator, which in turn produces the end product. The courses are all W3C
compliant, and Jaws ready.
o Involved in this project as Tech Lead and was on-site in London, for the initial requirement-gathering phase and the later project
closure phase. My involvement in the project was from the design phase till the final implementation.
 Design of a packager that outputs different versions of a course as per the requirements of the user
o Diversity Series Multiple Installer is an enhancement of the previously developed framework. The framework, which was a cd-
based product, was to be made available to be run on different LMS and online as a web version. This involves creating a
packager, which is a Director MX 2004 application that would create these multiple versions of the product on the fly and output
the deployment-ready zip file to the user’s hard drive. The courses have to be made compliant for various LMS standards, such
as, AICC, SCORM1.2 and SCORM 2004
o Involved in this project as Tech Lead. Led and mentored a novice 4 member team and guided them through the project.
 Design and development of a SCORM compliant LMS for one of the biggest solution providers in e-learning for Sweden
o Involved in this project as a Team Lead and an expert on SCORM 1.2 and 2004 standards. The project was in C# .Net, HTML,
Javascript, and SQL Server
Braahmam Net Solutions Ltd Aug 2002 - Sep 2005
eLearning Consultant
Worked with BraahmamNet Solutions as an eLearning consultant on various E-learning projects:
 Development of a content based e-commerce website for KSA, a Management Training firm of U.K.
o Contributed as the Team Lead and Lead Developer, created database structure, wrote ASP code for the dynamic admin section
and the credit card transaction for ManageTrainLearn, content-based e-commerce website
o Independently designed and developed the content management system for the Management website.
 Contributed in coversion of various WBT’s to SCORM compliant courses for various LMS’s, such as, IBM Learning Space,
Blackboard, Enlitor, and Docent.
o Worked as a lead technical consultant on various coursewares for clients like, Bharti Telecom, Mitsubishi Corporation, Kotak
Bank, Aptech, etc for SCORM compliance. All kinds of data tracking have been done on these coursewares for various LMS’s,
which include, IBM Lotus Learning Space, Blackboard, and Enlitor
o Independent developer for converting of AICC courses to a SCORM compliant course.
 Contributed as senior developer in the development team for NIIT in developing more than a dozen AICC courses for Shell
Corporation in HTML and JavaScript. There were three different versions of all these courses: (LMS course with complete tracking,
Cookie version course with client-side tracking and Stand-Alone version with no tracking)
o Worked as a trouble-shooter for these courses and also in charge of maintaining and fixing the templates for all the versions for
the courses. I also take care of the AICC compliance issues with Docent LMS. Also involved in the installation of the Docent
LMS in Windows environment.
o Developed AICC courses for Shell Corporation.
o Contributed in converting of AICC courses to a SCORM compliant course.
 Contributed as part of a large team for creating the global website for NIIT
o Led the team for developing of e-card and admin features for the global website.
Roar Technologies Pvt Ltd. (a subsidiary of IT Angel group) Jan 2000 - Jul 2002
Lead Developer
Worked with Roar Technologies as a lead developer for various US based clients and projects.
 Contributed in development of various customized financial applications for a large trading firm in Chicago and Wall Street, New
York City.
o I was part of a multi-functional team involved in developing applications to collect financial exchange market feed, store the data
in a persistent manner and to convert the feed data into a fixed message format according to FIX 4.2 protocol. This enables the
traders to get up to date information via customized trading applications and help them analyze the market and in making
accurate market decisions while trading.
o I was part of the development team that created the FIX (Inter-firm messaging protocol), used by financial institutions and firms
in the USA and Eurpore. FIX is a message protocol developed to facilitate the electronic exchange of information related to
security transactions Contributed in development

5.  Contributed in developing and designing a customized corporate section in an online limousine service that transits passengers all
over USA and major cities in Europe
o Urbanride is a firm, which deals in vehicle rental service in countries like USA, Canada, U.K, France and other European
countries. The corporate module, which is the most important piece of functionality in the project, was developed using JSP and
Java Servlets, while the backend database was Oracle 8i. The module deals primarily with corporate clients that have a choice
of booking the rental services by the transfer rates between their houses to airports or from airports to their houses or by using
the hourly rates of Urbanride.
o I contributed as the Lead Developer, wrote JSP code, developed Java classes and Beans, Servlets
 Contributed in design and development of a number of web applications such as PumpandTank.com for Iraconklin Inc.;
Fasthog.com for Harley Davidson; Msnug.org for online software support of Maxwell Systems; Onlinearabia.com for an online dating
and matchmaking enterprise.
o I developed the two chat modules for the msnug.org website. I was responsible for the entire design and development cycle,
which enabled me to learn a lot how to execute in a project lifecycle.
o I co-developed and maintained all the e-com websites. I helped in database development and application design. I also coded
various modules of the websites in Perl/CGI.
PERSONAL VITAE
Passport : Yes
Interests :  To acquire program management skill for mid-large engagements
 To acquire and hone general management and leadership skills
Recreation : Reading, Traveling, Music
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