Chirag Shah

Current

• Product Manager at Flexera Software

Past

• Product Manager at Acresso Software
• Senior Software Consultant at Acresso Software Inc.
• Senior Software Consultant at Macrovision

• Developer Support Engineer at InstallShield
• Web Application Developer at Fisher Printing

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Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology

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Connections

216 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Company
• Past Company

Chirag Shah’s Summary

Dynamic and professional software product manager with more than 9 years of software industry experience. Experienced in various aspects of the field with strong organizational, communication and customer facing skills. Focused, self-directed leader with a passion for developing and implementing great solutions for customers.

Chirag Shah’s Specialties:

• Product Management, Service Delivery, Project Management, Knowledge Management, Customer Handling
• Help customers be successful, selling solutions meeting customer requirements
• Software Deployment and Release Engineering
• Java, J2EE, .NET
• Windows Installer Technologies (MSI), InstallShield InstallScript, InstallAnywhere

Chirag Shah’s Experience

• Product Manager

  Flexera Software

  (Computer Software industry)

  October 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Product Manager for award winning InstallShield and InstallAnywhere.

• Product Manager

  Acresso Software

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  September 2009 — October 2009 (2 months)

  Product Manager for industry award winning InstallShield and InstallAnywhere.

• Senior Software Consultant

  Acresso Software Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  Macrovision divested its software business unit in April of 2008 and Acresso Software was formed.

• Senior Software Consultant

  Macrovision

  (Public Company; MVSN; Computer Software industry)

  July 2004 — April 2008 (3 years 10 months)

  • Deliver technology and implementation expertise on Macrovision products to customers at customer sites
  • Develop and complete client-facing deliverables including technical briefs, project plans, technical action plans and project/activity updates
  • Participate in technical scoping discussions with customers to identify system complexity and estimate implementation costs and timeframes
  • Develop solution based on design documentation, develop integration to other applications
  • Prepare project plans, maintain project scope definition and effectively manage the change control process
  • Facilitate requirements discovery meetings (conference calls, on-site visitations, etc.)
  • Engage in business development by completing project scoping, estimating, and proposal writing

• Developer Support Engineer

  InstallShield

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2004 — June 2004 (6 months)

  • Work with software developers programming in C/C++, Java, and other programming languages on multiple platforms.
  • Help Installation Developers design and build their installations.
  • Research complex development issues for customers facing tight deadlines.

• Web Application Developer

  Fisher Printing

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Printing industry)

  January 2003 — January 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  • Developing and testing web applications for clients using various web technologies like JSP, Java, JavaScript, SQL and HTML. The web server used is Apache Tomcat.
  • Design and Maintenance of databases using SQL Server 2000.
  • Maintaining other in house applications and client support.
  • Designing Web Sites for different clients using HTML, DHTML, Dream Weaver, JSP, JavaScript and other technologies.

Chirag Shah’s Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  MS , Computer Science , 2001 — 2003

• Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology

  B.E , Engineering (Chemical) , 1996 — 2000

Additional Information

Chirag Shah’s Websites:

• My Company
• Past Company

Chirag Shah’s Interests:

Professional Networking, Project Management, Extreme Programming, Camping, International Travel, Cooking

Chirag Shah’s Groups:

•    eOffice
•    EPM - Business Intelligence
•    Online Business Owners
•    Igniting Innovation
•    Illinois Institute of Technology - IIT
•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    Google Group
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    .NET People
•    Linked.NET Users Group (LIDNUG)
•    Offshore Recruitment Proces Outsourcing
•    International Business
•    LinkingIndia
•    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Alumni Association
•    Macrovision Alumni {Worldwide}
•    Application Packaging Engineers
•    e-Commerce Solutions
•    Official Microsoft App-V Group (formerly known as Softgrid)
•    DDIT Nadiad Alumni
•    Pragmatic Marketing Certified
•    NRIs [NON RESIDENT INDIANs]
•    InstallShield Software Alumni
•    Creative Product Managers
•    IT Product Manager
•    App-V
•    InstallShield Professionals and Experts
•    product manager/product development
•    PRODUCT MANAGER, PRODUCT MARKETING AND MARKETING MANAGER NETWORK (100 plus)
•    Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing

Chirag Shah’s Honors:

• WHO’S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Award for the 2001 year.
• NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ENGINEERING AWARD from United States Achievement Academy.

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