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Joan Aranda

SW Foundations & DevOps strategies lead

Summary Statement

Experienced player in the SW industry. Passionate about technology, digital transformation, change management, and continuous process improvement in general. Throughout my broad career (39 years, 31 in hp), I have been lucky enough to engage in SW programs through very diverse assignements. I have been people and program manager, process and change management lead, developer and quality expert. This allows me to understand the challenges of SW development from a broad set of angles, and proactively improve processes to mitigate risks before crises arise.

Work Experience

SW Foundations & DevOps strategies lead

HP · 2020-Present · 4 years

Provide efficient SW Foundations/DevOps services for the whole range of Large Format Printing SW solutions:

  • Increase reliability and efficiency through the proper implementation of processes and tools
  • Focal Point of Open Source reviews for the whole SW Solutions portfolio
  • Definition and refinement of the SW Solutions Product Lifecycle

Keywords: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, Nexus, Grafana, Swagger

Big Data Program Manager · Application Architect

HP · 2014-2020 · 6 years

Diverse Big Data responsibilities, ranging from very program oriented to very technical roles:

  • Program Manager in charge of the integration of the Large Format Big Data assets into a cross-divisional Big Data ecosystem
  • Program Manager and Architect of our main Big Data solution (~300 million print jobs)
  • Process Curator: Continuous improvement of our Data Products Lifecycle
  • Data Privacy Focal Point for the Large Format division

Keywords: big data, program management, end to end application architecture, cloud solutions, Amazon Web Services, AWS, S3, SQL, XML, JSON, API, data analytics, data cleansing, data payloads, dashboards, Power BI, Redshift, Aurora

Software Quality Expert · SW Quality / Process Curator

HP · 2008-2014 · 6 years

In charge of multiple and very diverse efficiency/quality improvement programs & processes:

  • Program Manager of a cloud-based solution to assist SW localization
  • Program Manager of DTS tool simplification (DMAIC + training)
  • Curator and trainer for the Requirements/Defect management processes and workflows
  • Leader of the Front Loaded SWQA team, focused on prevention and early detection of defects

Keywords: requirements management, program management, problem solving, defect prevention, focus on quality, SW/tool/process improvement, six sigma, DMAIC, CMMI

R&D Program/People Manager

HP · 2001-2008 · 7 years

  • 2007/2008: Organization Manager for 37 HP employees + 11 contractors
  • 2006/2007: Connectivity & Views Team Manager: 15 local engineers + offshore
  • 2001/2006: Program/People Manager: Retail solution with HP Consulting, involving remote development teams in US, France, Brazil and India

Previous Roles

Misc · 1985-2001 · 16 years

  • 1996/2001: Software Development Engineer (5 years · HP)
  • 1993/1996: Software Quality Engineer (3 years · HP)
  • 1991/1993: Software Development Engineer (2 years · Telesincro)
  • 1985/1991: HW & SW Design Engineer (6 years · MAPS Informàtica Industrial)

Key Attributes

Skills identified through Gallup’s StrengthsFinder (currently CliftonStrengths)

www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/home.aspx

  • Achiever: Great deal of stamina. Gets satisfaction from productivity
  • Analytical: Ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation
  • Connectedness: Seek links between all things. Every event has a reason
  • Individualization: Seek how diverse people can work together productively
  • Arranger: Like to figure out how all pieces can be arranged for maximum productivity

Top 15 Featured Skills & Endorsements in LinkedIn

Further details at linkedin.joanaranda.cat

  • Big data analytics (30)
  • Project Management (29)
  • Testing (29)
  • Requirements Mgmt. (25)
  • SW Development (25)
  • System Architecture (24)
  • Team management (24)
  • Process improvement (23)
  • Business intelligence (22)
  • Leadership (22)
  • SQL (22)
  • XML (22)
  • Software Design (19)
  • Software Quality (19)
  • Software Engineering (18)

13 recommendations from senior profiles also available at linkedin.joanaranda.cat

Education

  • Master in e-Business

    1999-2001 · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

  • Telecom engineering (Computer Science spec.)

    1983-1988 · La Salle Bonanova / Universitat Ramon Llull

Other relevant trainings

  • HP Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (w/o project)

    2013 · MoreStream University

  • Value Requirements engineering

    2009 · Gilb International

  • Introduction to CMMI

    2008 · Carnegie Mellon University / SW Engineering Institute

Publications, Patents & Awards

  • Cloud-based tool for high quality cost-effective localization

    Tech Con (2014) · Authors: Diana Pascual / Marisa Arola / Joan Aranda / Jorge Ordás

  • HP Print Marketplace: give the power, remove the hassle

    LFP Innovation Campaign (2013) · Authors: Ivan Escoda / Joan Aranda

  • Large Format Printer Usage Tracking in the Cloud

    Tech Con (2012) · Authors: Johan Lammens / Joan Aranda / David Turpin

  • Method and system for remote network printing

    Patent US20030112464 · Authors: Eduardo Garcia / JM Asensio / Joan Aranda / JM Aymerich

For further details, please unfold "Publications" in linkedin.joanaranda.cat

Community involvement

Member of the Board / Project Manager at CSC

1998-2022 · 24 years

Volunteer cooperation (unpaid) as Member of the Board, Project Manager and Technical Consultant for multiple Internet projects related with dance and music events. Several levels of involvement, depending on each project:

  • portalsardanista.cat (budgeting, requirements elicitation and program mgmt.)
  • lsda.cat (requirements elicitation, program mgmt. and implementation)
  • agendaens.cat (design and implementation of REST API and events engine)
  • capitaldelasardana.cat (technical consultancy and support)
  • exposardanes.cat (technical consultancy and support)
  • obp.cat (technical consultancy and support)

Personal interests

Chess, running, sardana dancing, internet technology, keep learning