Armen Chakmakjian

Current

Senior Manager, Product Development - Platform-as-a-Service Group at Intuit

Past

Author at Self
Director, Product Development and Services - Open Systems Solutions at Vision Solutions
Senior Development Manager - HACMP Development at Lakeview Technology

Software Engineering Manager at Teradyne
Principal Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
Rochester Institute of Technology

Fairfield College Preparatory School
Fairfield Prep

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Armen Chakmakjian’s Summary

I have written code or managed projects and teams using multiple languages on at least 6 operating system platforms for standard and proprietary hardware as well as web based software and services. I've managed large multi-time-zone product development teams as well as end-to-end product teams (from pre-sales, support, and services in addition to engineering teams).

I get things done while concurrently developing people in both technical leadership and managerial positions. I strive to create a learning atmosphere within an organization so that it can sustain growth and change. If an organization can provide individuals and managers with the professional and technical growth they desire, they will do the work and exceed their own goals and expectations to the benefit of that organization.

On the side of my day job, I've published a Sci-Fi novel only on the Amazon Kindle. You can read more about it on my book website http://web.mac.com/armenchakmakjian/Urtaru/Welcome.html

Armen Chakmakjian’s Specialties:

Web hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Semiconductor ATE Software
High Availability/Clustering/Continuous Data Protection Software
Large organization and Project Management inc. offshore work
HR and Budget responsibility
Customer and Vendor contact
Coding on mainframes, microcontrollers, minicomputers, workstations, and pc's.
Firmware,Diagnostics,Drivers
User Interface Development
Windows, AIX, Solaris, Linux, VMS, Tops-20,
C/C++,VB/VC++,Perl,Korn,Java,Javascript,AJAX,XML

Armen Chakmakjian’s Experience

Senior Manager, Product Development - Platform-as-a-Service Group

Intuit

(Public Company; INTU; Computer Software industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Leading and growing the product development team in the Platform-as-a-Service Group specifically on the QuickBase Enterprise and Corporate Workgroup editions and the newly released Intuit Partner Platform.
Author

Self

(Internet industry)

October 2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

I have written and posted a book on Amazon's Kindle. It's a Sci-Fi novel. Read more about it at the link. I still have my day job at Intuit. The book is named "Urtaru" http://www.amazon.com/Urtaru-The-Chronicles/dp/B001J6OV1S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225072027&sr=8-2
Director, Product Development and Services - Open Systems Solutions

Vision Solutions

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Lakeview was purchased by Vision Solutions in June 2007.
Directed the Waltham Lab in the areas of Product Development, Pre-Sales, Services and Support teams on the MIMIX for AIX, MIMIX for Linux, and Replicate1 products.
Developed and executed plans for complex Java and C++ based products for AIX, Linux, and Solaris
Managed the quality assurance plans for all internal and integrated products
Collaborated with Product Management and Marketing teams on product release and customer support activities
Senior Development Manager - HACMP Development

Lakeview Technology

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 2005 — August 2006 (11 months)

Managed a sw development team of 20+ software engineers on a High Availability Computing environment primarily for IBM's AIX operating system.
Interfaced with customers on project requirements, definition, design, implementation, integration and all other aspects of a co-development contract.
Worked closely with management across different groups on all aspects of product development
Managed teams and individuals to successfully reach schedule and revenue goals
Actively managed the professional development of organizations to grow people into both management and technical leadership roles
Performed all HR related activities for direct reports including salaries and performance reviews for organization
Software Engineering Manager

Teradyne

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TER; Semiconductors industry)

October 1994 — October 2005 (11 years 1 month)

Managed multi-site domestic (up to 14) and offshore teams (up to 25) to deliver software on time while successfully achieving product quality goals
Integrated with business unit management on development project initiation and deployment schedules
Designed, implemented and deployed software projects in the Windows environment using VB and VC++ for the Flex and J750 IG-XL platforms
Designed, implemented and deployed software projects in the Solaris/Unix environment in C, C++, and Perl for the Catalyst and A580 IMAGE platforms
Delivered on-site product training to internal teams
Delivered product status and technical information during critical customer technical exchanges and customer users group gatherings
Represented software organization at on-site software beta test
Actively managed the professional development of individuals
Perform all HR related activities for direct reports including salaries and performance reviews
Establish and manage budget for organizations
Principal Software Engineer

Digital Equipment Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

June 1984 — October 1994 (10 years 5 months)

Led teams from 3 to 10 people to deliver firmware and diagnostics for several VAX and Alpha workstation platforms
Architected the ISA configuration strategy for OSF and VMS used for Alpha workstations and PCs
Designed and implemented embedded SCSI and NI drivers and diagnostics on VAX and Alpha workstations
Worked with Product assurance team to provide diagnostic environment to measure system MTBF
Delivered on site training to manufacturing facilities
Developed and deployed Regis to Sixels Translator (RETOS) for VMS
Deployed the multi session serial line driver software for the TOPS-20 operating system
Coded a multi-session terminal (a VT240 with primitive windows)
Implemented the firmware for a Touch Screen interface board based on the 8051 processor for a VT220
Firmware Quality Assurance team member developing and running system exerciser modules for DEC and ANSI compliance of VT series of terminals

Armen Chakmakjian’s Education

Bentley College - Elkin B. McCallum Graduate School of Business

MBA , 2008 — 2012 (expected)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

Finance 2007 — 2007

This was a Finance for Technical Executives Seminar.
Rochester Institute of Technology

BS , Computer Engineering , 1982 — 1987

The curriculum required 6 3-month co-op sessions (hence the 5 years) all of which I served at Digital Equipment Corporation developing firmware for terminals and software for Tops-20 and VMS operating systems

Activities and Societies:

Eta Kappu Nu (Electrical Engineering Honor Society)
IEEE Student Member
Fairfield College Preparatory School

High School , 1978 — 1982
Fairfield Prep

High School , 1978 — 1982