Past
  • Program Manager - Quality at Digital GlobalSoft
  • Senior Software Consultant at Intergraph
  • Project Manager at EMRC, India
  • Member - R & D at TVS-Suzuki
Education
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka
  • Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi
Connections
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Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Summary

Senior software professional having a total work experience of more than 15 years primarily in the area of Quality Management and Consulting, backed up by strong technical research background and additional hands-on work in diverse areas like Software development, Project Management, Customer Support, R & D and Technical Sales.

Experienced in setting up Quality Management function from scratch.

Process Definition and Process Consulting for internal and external clients.

Developed Courseware and delivered internal Trainings and Workshops on various process areas.

Conducted Process Gap Analysis and Internal Quality Audits.

Successfully led several software process improvement initiatives culminating in attainment of high maturity levels (Level 4 & 5) in SW-CMM/CMMI and ISO 9001 Certifications.

Assessment Team Member in SCAMPI-B and CBA-IPI appraisals.

Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Specialties:

Process Quality Models & Methodologies – CMMI, ISO 9001, Six Sigma, Scrum,

Software Metrics – Metrics Definition and Analysis, Process Performance Baselines, Process Performance Models, Statistical Techniques

Process Definitions and Documentation

Trainings and Workshops Conducted – Overview of CMMI, Overview of ISO9001, Requirements Development and Management, Peer Review, Software Metrics, Software Quality Assurance, Risk Management

Process Consulting


Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Experience

  • Head - Global Quality Assurance

    Aris Global

    (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

    June 2009November 2009 (6 months)

  • Quality Manager

    Freescale Semiconductor

    (Privately Held; Semiconductors industry)

    August 2005April 2009 (3 years 9 months)

  • Program Manager - Quality

    HP GDIC (HP GlobalSoft)

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20042005 (1 year )

  • Program Manager - Quality

    Digital GlobalSoft

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    20002004 (4 years )

  • Senior Software Consultant

    Intergraph

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19962000 (4 years )

  • Project Manager

    EMRC, India

    (Computer Software industry)

    19931996 (3 years )

  • Member - R & D

    TVS-Suzuki

    (Automotive industry)

    19861988 (2 years )


Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    Ph.D , Mechanical Engineering , 19881993

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

    M.Tech , Mechanical , 19841986

  • National Institute of Technology Karnataka

    B.E. , Mechanical , 19801984

  • Vikas Vidyalaya, Ranchi


Additional Information

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Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Interests:

Books, Music, Movies, Teaching, Languages

Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Groups:

Member - Toastmasters International,

  •    280 Group: Product Management & Product Marketing
  •    Agile Software Community of India
  •    NITK Surathkal Alumni
  •    Quality Experts
  •    CMM - Integrated (CMMI)
  •    ex-digital employees
  •    HP Connections
  •    The Official Toastmasters International Members Group
  •    Agile CMMI
  •    Freescale CPG & Alumni
  •    Lean Six Sigma and DFSS for IT and Software Engineering
  •    FSL Alum Blr CPG
  •    Freescale Semiconductor India
  •    Software Metrics

Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Honors:

Sir Rajendranath Mookerjee Memorial Medal for 1995-96 at Indian Engineering Congress, for the best paper published in Journal of Institution of Engineers (Mechanical), India


Gopinath Ramakrishnan’s Contact Settings

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