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After consolidating the existing systems, led the process of reengineering the original system to utilize the Internet to create a truly distributed and scalable work force.  Also created public Web, Intranet and Extranet Web sites.

Redwood Shores, California, USA

Gupta was an innovator in the client/server sofware industry, offering the World's first PC-based RDBMS (SQLBase), and Windows-based RAD tools (SQLWindows).  Based in California, it has sales and support operations in many countries around the World.

Director of SQLBase Products (March 1998 to October 1998)

This key role required me to co-ordinate the overall direction and positioning of Centura's flagship database product line, including profit and loss accountability.  Rather than managing personnel directly however, this position primarily involved leadership and decision-making. It also required interaction at all levels with sales, marketing, engineering and finance to ensure that the products were congruent with the overall corporate direction, and competitive in the market place.  Strong product management skills were also required.

Responsible for the generation of technical collateral to support the product marketing organization, based on complete in-depth technical knowledge of all Centura products.  Created technical briefs and white papers, competitive analyses, product summaries and scripted product demonstrations for use by Sales Engineers and partners.

Senior Technical Support Engineer (December 1993 to Nov. 1995)

After initially specializing in SQLBase in standard front-line support, took on all other Gupta software products (SQLWindows, Quest, connectivity to 3rd party databases including mainframes).  Became the first TSE in the premium support group, providing dedicated support to top priority customers such as UPS and PeopleSoft.

Coventry, England

Senior Software Engineer (January 1990 to November 1993)

As a founding employee of a small but dynamic company creating customized applications for the process manufacturing industry, responsibilities included all aspects of work in a software development and implementation environment.

Birmingham and Edinburgh, UK

Software Engineer (August 1988 to December 1989)

Major contributor to the implementation of the UK’s then-largest 4GL process control system, which used Oracle RDBMS under UNIX (HP-UX) to monitor and control live plant.  A year on site in Edinburgh saw a successful conclusion, during which time in-depth knowledge was gained of database optimization under Oracle, complex time-critical database querying and DML, and advanced SQL*Forms programming techniques.  Carried out system development in parallel with 24x7 production support.

Education

BSc. Software Engineering/Computer Science (Hons.)

University of Birmingham, England (1985-1988)