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Sonia R. Sachs
 May 16, 2009
My Profile

  Computing and Communication Contributions
    Management of research and development of projects and programs
    Approach to leadership and management
    Contributions in:
        software engineering,
        embedded systems,
        simulation modeling,
        collaborative computing,
        formal methods,
        network architecture and protocols,
        metrics, data analytics, and performance management.
My Profile

  Computing and Communication Contributions
    Management of research and development of projects and programs
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Management of research projects, Principal Investigator, Lawrence
 Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 1995-2002:
    Created the vision for programs and projects, writing grant proposals to fund the work;
    Sold the vision to funding agencies and LBNL management;
    Planned the technical, human, and financial resources for the funded projects;
    Developed teams (hiring, training, managing/leading, evaluating);
       Undergraduate and graduate students
       Contracted developers
       Post-docs/visiting scholars
    Involved my team members in the architecture and design of project components;
    Engaging the team in a shared vision, deliverables, milestones for the projects;
    Evaluated roadblocks, risks, solved problems, developed alternative plans;
    Tracked schedules and budgets needed to ensure results on-time, within budget and with
    client satisfaction;
    Coordinated work across multi-laboratories (PNNL, ORNL, LBNL);
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Projects managed at LBNL: The DOE Electronic Notebooks project: Internet-
 based tool to support remote collaborative work. 1996-2000 (started with $500K,
 became a $2M/year program)
    Managed team graduate and undergraduate students, contractors, and visiting faculty.
    Created the vision for the project and managed the complete project life cycle.
    Coordinated the work across DOE multi-laboratories.
    Organized the “Electronic Notebooks Workshop,” IEEE Fifth Workshop on Enabling
    Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, June 17-19, 1996, Stanford
    University, CA.
    Prepared publications and presented the project to laboratory clients, to DOE project
    managers and meetings, and demonstrated the final product at conferences where LBNL
    had booths.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Projects managed at LBNL:
    Parallel Genetic Algorithms for materials science
       Advised a master student on his thesis work
       Coordinated with materials science colleagues and post-docs
       Led analysis and publication of results
    Remote instrumentation for the DOE Collaboratory at LBNL
       Managed the CS side of the ALS remote instrumentation
       Coordinated with ALS physicists and other DOE Collaboratory members
    Collaboration in distributed computing between LBNL and
    CAPES/CNPq, Brazil
       Invited talks
       Visiting scholars at LBNL
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Management of research projects at University of California, Berkeley (joint
 appointment as a visiting scholar)
    Projects were established by faculty at EECS, funded by DARPA: Mixed Initiative Control
    for Automata-teams - MICA (http://www.gigascale.org/mica), and Software Enabled
    Control - SEC (http://sec.eecs.berkeley.edu/).
    Managed detailed planning (tasks, deliverables, milestones), tracking schedules, ensuring
    on-time results.
    Led multi-disciplinary team of students, contracted resources, post-docs, visiting scholars,
    and faculty in
       weekly meetings and reviews,
       monthly reporting,
       designing and implementing prototypes to be demonstrated at DARPA program reviews,
       Presentations and publications.
    Managed conflict among team members and coordinated with external organizations.
    Active communication with DARPA program managers, reporting progress to the funding
    agency, including developing Statements of Work to reflect changes in research directions
    or other negotiated contract changes.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Management of research program at California PATH program:
   Management of the Advanced Vehicle Control and Safety Systems
   (AVCSS) Program (~$9M), funded by Caltrans.
      Collaborated with clients (Caltrans officials) to create the program
      solicitation,
      Managed the Request For Proposals (RFP) process, securing a pool of
      reviewers and their commitment to participate in the process, coordinating
      the review of proposals and the awards of the grants,
      Monitoring and reporting to the funding agency on the progress of funded
      projects,
      Solicited, collected, reviewed, requested improvements or corrections, and
      organized summaries of reports submitted by the PIs of the funded projects,
      Organized a yearly conference for the program, where PIs had the
      opportunity to present and demonstrate their work to representatives of
      Caltrans.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Management of research projects at California PATH program:
   Simulation project, SmartBRT ($ from internal PATH funding)
      Led a multi-disciplinary team:
         software developers,
         traffic engineers ,
         post-docs and a
         psychologist.
      Conducted weekly meetings and reviews.
      Led delivery of design documents, demos, presentations, and publications.
      Created project planning, scheduling tasks, milestones, deliverables,
      tracked results, coordinating with other PATH managers (resources shared
      among projects): conflict resolution required very detailed knowledge of the
      tasks to be performed and good negotiating skills.
      Collaborated with other PATH managers and post-docs in proposal writing
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Management of research projects at California PATH program:
   Simulation project, SmartBRT:
      Led design and development of significant improvements:
         visual interfaces to configure and run the simulator,
         simulation of driver behavior,
         connection between micro and macro level simulations models.
      Led the development of real-time data collection from experiments, for data
      validation.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Management of Product Development
 Co-founder of startup Agile Design, Inc. VP of technology: the opportunity
 to fully utilize my entrepreneurial skills!
    Provided the initial vision for the company. Collaborated with CEO and CTO to refine
    vision, revising it when new senior members of the team joined.
    Sold the vision to clients, resulting in contracts that funded the company projects (~$1M).
    Created a portfolio of embedded systems products.
    Built and managed the team of software developers (employees and contractors)
       Collaborated with CTO and team to reach consensus on architecture design of software
       Detailed planning (tasks, schedules, milestones, deliverables)
       Ensuring developed version control, integrating components and testing
       Design and code reviews; client demos and reviews (proactive customer satisfaction approach)
       Coordinating with the parallel development done at the University.
    Primary interface to clients:
       Understanding and analysis of requirements
       Presenting and negotiating technical aspects of the contracts (features, quality, priorities, etc.)
       Presenting results and managing customer satisfaction.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research and Product Management
 Project lead at IBM Research for Business Metrics Data Collection and
 Dashboard: Performance management and data analytics solutions to
 Global Outsourcing business:
       Created the vision for the project (researched metrics and KPIs state-of-the-art)
       Sold the vision to management, colleagues and clients
       Collected and analyzed requirements from clients, creating requirements and specification
       documents
       Built and managed the team of developers (contractors)
       Collaborated with research colleagues to integrate system with other systems and tools
       Bi-weekly reviews and demos with team, removing roadblocks, managing software tree and
       documentation
       Weekly or bi-monthly reviews and demos with clients (proactive client satisfaction approach)
       Testing, testing, testing: giving plenty of feedback on problems/improvements to the team
       Presenting results and demonstrations to clients, colleagues, other business managers and
       research managers ( > 100 in one year)
       Delivered results on time, with great customer satisfaction (many letters from clients… ☺ )
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research and Product Management
 Project lead at IBM Research for the Integration of 38 worldwide databases
 on pricing of outsourcing deals with the pricing tool and the performance
 dashboards:
       Created the vision for the project
       Sold the vision to management, colleagues and clients
       Collected and analyzed requirements from clients, creating requirements
       and specification documents
       Built and managed the team of developers (contractors)
       Collaborated with research colleagues to integrate system with other
       systems and tools
       Initial architecture and design of system.
       Documentation of requirements, specification and architectural design.
Computer and Communication Contributions:
Research Management
 Project lead at IBM Research for the simulation modeling of concentrated
 industries for the study of technology shifts:
       Multi-disciplinary team: economics undergraduate student, senior PhD
       economist from UC Berkeley, computer scientist
       Initial design simulator in collaboration with economics student
       Economics part of the project soon became more challenging than
       anticipated: => reached out to a senior economist (consulting)
       Redesigned simulator with new team
       Weekly meetings to discuss implementation and results
       Obtained very interesting results, published in two venues.
My Profile

  Computing and Communication Contributions
    Approach to leadership and management
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Approach to Leadership and Management
 Build a shared vision, create a collaborative environment where team
 members trust the leader and colleagues, and are empowered and
 motivated to deliver results.
 Ingredients:
    Contagious enthusiasm and optimism
    Persuasion: sell ideas to team members and stakeholders
    Involve team members early on in building a shared vision
    Empower team members by allowing them to take ownership of their
    contributions, so that they are accountable to the rest of the team and receive
    deserved recognition
    Cleary communicate goals and results to be achieved
    Continuous discussions of rationale, alternative solutions, revisiting results,
    reaching consensus
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Approach to Leadership and Management
 Ingredients (more…)
    Negotiate when consensus is elusive
    Guide the team towards constructive conflict and its principles:
      Focus on facts
      Focus on common goals, shared vision
      Use humor
      Provide criticism devoid of ego
      Question rationale and decisions
    Openness to team’s ideas on vision, approaches, designs, schedules and
    willingness to refine, reconsider, redesign, reschedule project elements
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Approach to Leadership and Management
 Ingredients (more…)
    Sensitivity to each person’s interest, capabilities to contribute, weaknesses
    Support, encouragement, mainly when things don’t go well
    Challenge, mainly when things do go well
    Inspire confidence that if a solution exists for a problem, then the team will be
    able to find it
    Welcome some risk taking, as an opportunity for growth
    Handle failures with a positive attitude: it can makes us better, can help us
    with a stronger come back.
Computing and Communication Contributions:

 Contributions in
   software engineering,
   embedded systems,
   simulation modeling,
   collaborative computing,
   formal methods,
   network architecture and protocols,
   metrics, data analytics, and performance management.
Computing and Communication contributions:
Software Engineering
  Thirty years of contributions to many of the knowledge areas identified by the
IEEE/ACM joint task force on software engineering, published in 2004:
http://sites.computer.org/ccse/SE2004Volume.pdf
        Requirements collection and analysis
        Formal specification and verification
        Architectural design
        Detailed design/algorithm design
        Implementation/construction
        Modeling and analysis
        Testing/debugging
        Project/product management
  Software engineering research and development was key to the design and
delivery of projects/products listed in this presentation.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Embedded Systems Software
 Research and development of
 heterogeneous, concurrent,
 component-based framework for the
 modeling, simulation, and design of
 embedded systems:
    Preliminary design and implementation    Taming Heterogeneity-The Ptolemy
    of a distributed framework for Ptolemy   Approach, IEEE Proceedings Special
    (http://www.ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.ed     Issue on Embedded Systems, 20002
    u) using CORBA (Orbacus).
    Publications and presentations on the
    Ptolemy framework.




                                    Designing Systems with Ptolemy II, book
                                    published by Agile Design, Inc., 2002
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Embedded Systems Software
   In cooperation with LBNL high-
   energy physics department,
   designed and built a simulation
   modeling of a high-energy data
   acquisition system using the Ptolemy
   framework.
   Led publications of the work:

   •  “Reprogrammable Platforms for High-Speed Data Acquisition,” Jie Liu, Jozsef
   Ludvig, James McCarthy, Stephen Neuendorffer, and Sonia R. Sachs, journal
   version of the Asilomar paper, Journal Design Automation for Embedded
   Systems, vol. 7, pp. 341-364, 2002.
   •  “Reprogrammable Platforms for High-Speed Data Acquisition,” Jie Liu, Jozsef
   Ludvig, James McCarthy, Stephen Neuendorffer, and Sonia R. Sachs, Thirty-fifth
   Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov 4-7, 2001,
   Monterey, CA.
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Summary:
    Simulation modeling of the IEEE 802.4 local area network
    protocols: USC (John Silvester) and UFRGS, Brazil. Sponsored
    by Burroughs Corp. and Pacific Telesis, CA.
    Modeling of new processor design and local area network
    interconnections among processors (Burroughs P-series).
    Simulation modeling of a voice, video and data protocol for
    local and metropolitan area networks: UC Berkeley (Varaiya
    and Walrand).
    Simulation model of the High Performance Radio Local Area
    Network (Hiperlan) protocol for wireless networks: Apple
    Computers, Cupertino, CA.
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Publications:
     “Alternative Local Area Network Access Protocols,” S. R. Sachs. IEEE Communications
     Magazine, March 1988, pp. 25-45. IEEE Communications Society Prize Paper Award
     “Modeling and Comparison of the IEEE Local Area Network Protocols,” S. R. Sachs.
     Proceedings of the 4o Seminario Brasileiro de Telecomunicacoes, Sept 3-5 1986. Rio de
     Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 166-179. (Speaker, presented in Portuguese)
     “A Token-Bus Performance Analysis and Comparison with other LAN Protocols,” S. R.
     Sachs, K. Kan and J. A. Silvester. Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom 1985, Dec 2-5 1985.
     New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 1492-1498. (Speaker)
     “Analytical and Simulation Modeling of a Token-Bus Local Area Network,” S. R. Sachs,
     M.S. Thesis, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. September 1986.
     “Analysis of Delay-Throughput of a Token-Bus Protocol and Comparison with other LAN
     Protocols,” S. R. Sachs, K. Kan and J. A. Silvester. Proceedings of the IEEE 10th Local
     Computer Networks Conference, October 7-9 1985. Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp.46-51
     (Speaker).
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Parallel genetic algorithm design and
  implementation (Globus, MPI) for a
  materials science surface identification
  problem that ran on LBNL super
  computer.
     “Genetic Algorithms and Parallel
     Computing for Global Optimization, Applied
     to Complex Surface Structure
     Determination by Low-Energy Electron
     Diffraction,” M.A. Van Hove, R. Döll, S.R.
     Sachs, and G. Stone, American Physical
     Society, Computational Physics Meeting,
     August 25-28, 1997
     “Genetic algorithms and Parallel Computing
     for the Global Search in Complex Surface
     Structure Determination by LEED,” M.A.
     Van hove, S.R. Sachs, and G. Stone. The
     44th National Symposium of the American
     Vacuum Society, San Jose, CA, October
     1997.
                                                  http://flux.aps.org/meetings/YR97/B
                                                  APSPC97/abs/S2900.html#SQ1.005
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Simulation of protocols for the
  distributed control of automated
  vehicles and integration into a
  model of the IVHS system: UC
  Berkeley (Varaiya)
     “Implementing Car Platoon
    Maneuvers, rev. 3.1,”A. Hsu, S.R.
    Sachs, F. Eskafi, and P. Varaiya.
    Technical Report, PATH Research      Simulation Animation:
    Report, UCB-Institute of
    Transportation Studies, UCB-ITS-PRR-
    91-6, February 1991. University of
    California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Simulation of control algorithms for
  networks of unmanned aerial vehicles
  (AUVs). CORBA clients integrated with
  a larger, DARPA-funded, simulation
  model: UC Berkeley (Varaiya, Sastry).
     Heuristics Methods for Delay Constrained
     Least Cost Routing, Zhanfeng Jia and
     Pravin Varaiya.
     http://paleale.eecs.berkeley.edu/~varaiy
     a/papers_ps.dir/kdclc-ieeev4.pdf
     Task planning and execution for UAV
     teams”, J. Borges de Sousa, T. Simsek e P.
     Varaiya, Proceedings of the Decision and
     Control Conference, Bahamas, 2004
                                            Blue force of UAV against Red's
                                            ground force of SAM sites and radars
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
  Led design and implementation
  of transportation network
  simulation models:, UC California
  PATH, Richmond, CA
  (http://www.path.berkeley.edu/)
      SmartBRT: A Set of Planning, Analysis
      and Evaluation Tools for Bus Rapid
      Transit: Final Report Year 1 of 2. UCB-
      ITS-PRR-2003-7
      (http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Publications/
      PDF/PRR/2003/PRR-2003-07.pdf)
      Various presentations at conferences


 Simulation Visualization of the Metro Rapid Transit
 System on the Wilshire-Whittier Corridor
Computing and Communication contributions:
Simulation Modeling
 Led design, implementation and
 analysis of multi-agent systems
 model of a concentrated industry
 undergoing disruptive technological
 change: IBM Research, San Jose, CA.
    Heterogeneous firm agents
    Heterogeneous consumer agents
    One intermediating agent (the                 Simulation engine: MASON
    auctioneer)                                   GUI: MASON GUI client + JFreeChart
 Led publications:                                Agents: Java 5.0 + JAMA
    “Multi-Agent Model of Technological Shifts”, S. R. Sachs, J. McCarthy, and T. Sabbadini,
    Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation,
    May 15, 2007.
    “Multi-Agent Based Simulation VIII,” Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Luis
    Antunes, Mario Paolucci, and Emma Norling, Eds 2008, LNAI 5003, pp. 112-127.
Computing and
Communication contributions:
Collaborative Computing
  Led research and development of the DOE
  Electronic Notebook, LBNL, Berkeley, CA.
     Real-time interface with instruments at the LBNL
     Advanced Light Source, collaborative experiment
     configuration and control
     Widely distributed system, multi-user system
     Support for multicast communications, real-time
     voice/data conferences and whiteboard
     Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration
     Automatic recording of data acquisition
     Retrieval, visualization, and communication of
     information developed during a collaborative
     experiment
     Capture and documentation of group understanding,
     results, and conclusions.
Computing and
Communication
contributions:
Collaborative Computing

  Extended the electronic notebook
  research and development work to
  three DOE labs: LBNL, LLNL, and
  ORNL, leading the new DOE 2000
  Electronic Notebook Project:
  http://www.csm.ornl.gov/enote/stat
  us00.html
Computing and Communication contributions:
Collaborative Computing
 Publications:
   “Working Group Report on Electronic Notebooks,” S. R. Sachs and J. Myers,
   Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure
   for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE’96), June 1996, Stanford, and pp. 53-
   58. (Speaker):
   http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=555055
   “The Spectro Microscopy Electronic Notebook,” Sachs, S.R., Freitas,
   C.M.D.S., Markowitz, V., Talis, A., Chen, I.A., Szeto, E., Kuno, H.A., Technical
   Report, LBNL-39886, January 1997.
   “DOE2000 Electronic Notebook Proposal,” A. Geist, V. Markowitz, J. Myers,
   and S. R. Sachs. A multi-laboratory proposal submitted to DOE, November
   1996. Proposal funded by DOE from 1997 to 2000.
   “Electronic Notebooks,” a collection of LBNL Internal reports on the subject
   of Electronic Notebooks. See, for example,
   http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.56.5627&rep=re
   p1&type=pdf
Computing and Communications Contributions:
Network architectures and protocols
 Delay-throughput analysis of local area network protocols
 (CSMA/CD, Token Ring, Token Bus): Burroughs Labs, Pasadena
 and Pacific Telesis, San Francisco, CA.
Computing and Communications Contributions:
Network architectures and protocols
 Analysis of ISO/OSI network and transport layer protocols as
 well as the ARPANET TCP/IP protocols. Pacific Telesis, San
 Ramon.
 Network performance measurements and analysis (Energy
 Sciences Network, Esnet and Asynchronous Transfer Mode,
 ATM protocol): LBNL, Berkeley, CA.
 Development of protocols for the data link layer of the
 Burroughs Network Architecture (HDLC, X.25, LAPB, X.3, X.28,
 and X.29): Burroughs Lab, Pasadena.
 Development of a device driver for the system’s local area
 network (ARCNET): MDS Qantel, Hayward.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Network architectures and protocols
 Porting of UNIX 4.2 BSD networking features to a proprietary
 operating system: MDS Qantel, Hayward.
 Design of proprietary transport, network, and logical link
 control protocols based on the ISO/OSI model: MDS Qantel,
 Hayward, CA.
 Development of strategic plans for the telecommunications
 network (X.25, ISDN, SS7, wireless networks): Pacific Telesis,
 San Francisco and San Ramon, CA.
    Strategic plans from 1984-1988, internally published.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Network architectures and protocols
 Design, implementation, and analysis of a real-time network
 simulator/emulator facility, including a voice and data
 protocol simulator for local and metropolitan area networks:
 UC Berkeley (Varaiya, Walrand).
   “The Programmable Network Prototype System,” R. Cieslak, A. Fawaz, S. R.
   Sachs, P. Varaiya and J. Walrand. INFOCOM 1989, San Francisco, pp. 393-399.
   “The Programmable Network Prototype System,” R. Cieslak, A. Fawaz, S. R.
   Sachs, P. Varaiya and J. Walrand. IEEE Computer Magazine, May 1989, pp. 67-
   76.
 Network performance studies for varying network parameters
 such as packet distribution and length, level of switched
 diversity, and queue length for wireless networks using
 Hiperlan: Apple Computers, Cupertino, CA.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Network architectures and protocols
   Protocol design for networks of automated vehicles: UC
   Berkeley (Varaiya).
      “Protocol Design for an Automated Highway System,” A. Hsu, F.
     Eskafi, S. R. Sachs, and P. Varaiya. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems:
     Theory and Applications 2, pp. 183-206, 1993 Kluwer Academic
     Publishers, Boston.
     “The Design of Platoon Maneuvers for IVHS,” Ann Hsu, S. R. Sachs,
     Farokh Eskafi and Pravin Varaiya. Proceedings of the American
     Control Conference, June 26-28 1991. Boston, Massachusetts.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Formal Methods
 Formal specification and verification of protocols for
    Control systems (IVHS): timed and untimed
       “Formal Specification and Verification of the Entry and Exit Maneuvers,” S.
       R. Sachs and P. Varaiya, California PATH Research Report UCB-ITS-PRR-96-
       3.
    Distributed algorithms
       “Formal Verification of a Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithm,” R. P.
       Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs”, Proceedings of SBT/IEEE
       International Telecommunications Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil,
       August 1994. (Speaker)
       “Formal Verification of a Distributed Computer System,” R. P. Kurshan, M.
       Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs. Formal Methods in System Design
       Journal, vol. 10, pp. 93-125, 1997. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Computing and Communication Contributions:
Formal Methods
 Structural linearization principle for processes: verification of an
 arbitrary number of system components
    “A Structural Linearization Principle for Processes,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda,
    and S. R. Sachs”, Formal Methods in System Design Journal, vol. 5, pp. 227-244, 1994.
    Kluwer Academic Publishers (expanded version of the paper presented at CAV’93).
    “A Structural Linearization Principle for Processes,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda,
    and S. R. Sachs”, Conference on Computer - Aided Verification (CAV’93), Elounda,
    Crete, Greece, June 28 - July 1, 1993 (LNCS697). (Speaker)
 Modeling synchrony with an asynchronous model
    “Modeling Asynchrony with a Synchronous Model,” R.P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda,
    and S. R. Sachs, Proceedings of Computer-Aided Verification Conference CAV’95, Liege,
    Belgium, June 1995, LNCS 939 pp. 339-352.
 Theory for hybrid systems and applications to control algorithms
    “Formal Verification of Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems,” Ph.D. Dissertation,
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, June
    1995.
Europe/Asia-
                                                                                  Pacific/ Americas

Computing and Communication
Contributions:                                                       TSMs      DEMs     TSAs    Pricers




Metrics, Data analytics, and                                                 SDM tool suite
Performance Management                                                       Metrics/KPI Dashboard


                                                         SS         CT          WS      NC            DC    DP
  Business Metrics Data Collection and
  Dashboard: Performance management                              Performance measurement system



  and data analytics solutions to IBM
  Global Outsourcing business:
                                                     DE
         Full product life-cycle: from                                                                     TE
         requirements, to design, to
                                                                               Repository
         implementation (Java/Eclipse, DB2, web          CL
         services), to testing, ensuring customer
                                                    SS        Solution Strategy
         feedback and satisfaction at each phase    CT        Cost Targets
         (Agile methods).                           WS        Win Strategy
                                                                                         DE – Deals data
                                                                                         CL – Claims data
                                                    NC        Normalized costs
                                                                                         TE – Travel expense
                                                    DC        Deal Costing
                                                    DP        Deal Pricing
Computing and Communication
Contributions:
Metrics, Data analytics, and
Performance Management
  Business Metrics Data Collection
  and Dashboard: Performance
  management and data analytics
  solutions to IBM Global Outsourcing
  business:
          Data analytics products used in
          data collection, aggregation,
          analysis and visualization of
          outsourcing metrics and key
          performance indicators (KPIs) in
          dashboards.
          Delivered results on time, with
          great customer satisfaction.

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Professional Profile

  • 1. Sonia R. Sachs May 16, 2009
  • 2. My Profile Computing and Communication Contributions Management of research and development of projects and programs Approach to leadership and management Contributions in: software engineering, embedded systems, simulation modeling, collaborative computing, formal methods, network architecture and protocols, metrics, data analytics, and performance management.
  • 3. My Profile Computing and Communication Contributions Management of research and development of projects and programs
  • 4. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Management of research projects, Principal Investigator, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 1995-2002: Created the vision for programs and projects, writing grant proposals to fund the work; Sold the vision to funding agencies and LBNL management; Planned the technical, human, and financial resources for the funded projects; Developed teams (hiring, training, managing/leading, evaluating); Undergraduate and graduate students Contracted developers Post-docs/visiting scholars Involved my team members in the architecture and design of project components; Engaging the team in a shared vision, deliverables, milestones for the projects; Evaluated roadblocks, risks, solved problems, developed alternative plans; Tracked schedules and budgets needed to ensure results on-time, within budget and with client satisfaction; Coordinated work across multi-laboratories (PNNL, ORNL, LBNL);
  • 5. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Projects managed at LBNL: The DOE Electronic Notebooks project: Internet- based tool to support remote collaborative work. 1996-2000 (started with $500K, became a $2M/year program) Managed team graduate and undergraduate students, contractors, and visiting faculty. Created the vision for the project and managed the complete project life cycle. Coordinated the work across DOE multi-laboratories. Organized the “Electronic Notebooks Workshop,” IEEE Fifth Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, June 17-19, 1996, Stanford University, CA. Prepared publications and presented the project to laboratory clients, to DOE project managers and meetings, and demonstrated the final product at conferences where LBNL had booths.
  • 6. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Projects managed at LBNL: Parallel Genetic Algorithms for materials science Advised a master student on his thesis work Coordinated with materials science colleagues and post-docs Led analysis and publication of results Remote instrumentation for the DOE Collaboratory at LBNL Managed the CS side of the ALS remote instrumentation Coordinated with ALS physicists and other DOE Collaboratory members Collaboration in distributed computing between LBNL and CAPES/CNPq, Brazil Invited talks Visiting scholars at LBNL
  • 7. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Management of research projects at University of California, Berkeley (joint appointment as a visiting scholar) Projects were established by faculty at EECS, funded by DARPA: Mixed Initiative Control for Automata-teams - MICA (http://www.gigascale.org/mica), and Software Enabled Control - SEC (http://sec.eecs.berkeley.edu/). Managed detailed planning (tasks, deliverables, milestones), tracking schedules, ensuring on-time results. Led multi-disciplinary team of students, contracted resources, post-docs, visiting scholars, and faculty in weekly meetings and reviews, monthly reporting, designing and implementing prototypes to be demonstrated at DARPA program reviews, Presentations and publications. Managed conflict among team members and coordinated with external organizations. Active communication with DARPA program managers, reporting progress to the funding agency, including developing Statements of Work to reflect changes in research directions or other negotiated contract changes.
  • 8. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Management of research program at California PATH program: Management of the Advanced Vehicle Control and Safety Systems (AVCSS) Program (~$9M), funded by Caltrans. Collaborated with clients (Caltrans officials) to create the program solicitation, Managed the Request For Proposals (RFP) process, securing a pool of reviewers and their commitment to participate in the process, coordinating the review of proposals and the awards of the grants, Monitoring and reporting to the funding agency on the progress of funded projects, Solicited, collected, reviewed, requested improvements or corrections, and organized summaries of reports submitted by the PIs of the funded projects, Organized a yearly conference for the program, where PIs had the opportunity to present and demonstrate their work to representatives of Caltrans.
  • 9. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Management of research projects at California PATH program: Simulation project, SmartBRT ($ from internal PATH funding) Led a multi-disciplinary team: software developers, traffic engineers , post-docs and a psychologist. Conducted weekly meetings and reviews. Led delivery of design documents, demos, presentations, and publications. Created project planning, scheduling tasks, milestones, deliverables, tracked results, coordinating with other PATH managers (resources shared among projects): conflict resolution required very detailed knowledge of the tasks to be performed and good negotiating skills. Collaborated with other PATH managers and post-docs in proposal writing
  • 10. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Management of research projects at California PATH program: Simulation project, SmartBRT: Led design and development of significant improvements: visual interfaces to configure and run the simulator, simulation of driver behavior, connection between micro and macro level simulations models. Led the development of real-time data collection from experiments, for data validation.
  • 11. Computer and Communication Contributions: Management of Product Development Co-founder of startup Agile Design, Inc. VP of technology: the opportunity to fully utilize my entrepreneurial skills! Provided the initial vision for the company. Collaborated with CEO and CTO to refine vision, revising it when new senior members of the team joined. Sold the vision to clients, resulting in contracts that funded the company projects (~$1M). Created a portfolio of embedded systems products. Built and managed the team of software developers (employees and contractors) Collaborated with CTO and team to reach consensus on architecture design of software Detailed planning (tasks, schedules, milestones, deliverables) Ensuring developed version control, integrating components and testing Design and code reviews; client demos and reviews (proactive customer satisfaction approach) Coordinating with the parallel development done at the University. Primary interface to clients: Understanding and analysis of requirements Presenting and negotiating technical aspects of the contracts (features, quality, priorities, etc.) Presenting results and managing customer satisfaction.
  • 12. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research and Product Management Project lead at IBM Research for Business Metrics Data Collection and Dashboard: Performance management and data analytics solutions to Global Outsourcing business: Created the vision for the project (researched metrics and KPIs state-of-the-art) Sold the vision to management, colleagues and clients Collected and analyzed requirements from clients, creating requirements and specification documents Built and managed the team of developers (contractors) Collaborated with research colleagues to integrate system with other systems and tools Bi-weekly reviews and demos with team, removing roadblocks, managing software tree and documentation Weekly or bi-monthly reviews and demos with clients (proactive client satisfaction approach) Testing, testing, testing: giving plenty of feedback on problems/improvements to the team Presenting results and demonstrations to clients, colleagues, other business managers and research managers ( > 100 in one year) Delivered results on time, with great customer satisfaction (many letters from clients… ☺ )
  • 13. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research and Product Management Project lead at IBM Research for the Integration of 38 worldwide databases on pricing of outsourcing deals with the pricing tool and the performance dashboards: Created the vision for the project Sold the vision to management, colleagues and clients Collected and analyzed requirements from clients, creating requirements and specification documents Built and managed the team of developers (contractors) Collaborated with research colleagues to integrate system with other systems and tools Initial architecture and design of system. Documentation of requirements, specification and architectural design.
  • 14. Computer and Communication Contributions: Research Management Project lead at IBM Research for the simulation modeling of concentrated industries for the study of technology shifts: Multi-disciplinary team: economics undergraduate student, senior PhD economist from UC Berkeley, computer scientist Initial design simulator in collaboration with economics student Economics part of the project soon became more challenging than anticipated: => reached out to a senior economist (consulting) Redesigned simulator with new team Weekly meetings to discuss implementation and results Obtained very interesting results, published in two venues.
  • 15. My Profile Computing and Communication Contributions Approach to leadership and management
  • 16. Computing and Communication Contributions: Approach to Leadership and Management Build a shared vision, create a collaborative environment where team members trust the leader and colleagues, and are empowered and motivated to deliver results. Ingredients: Contagious enthusiasm and optimism Persuasion: sell ideas to team members and stakeholders Involve team members early on in building a shared vision Empower team members by allowing them to take ownership of their contributions, so that they are accountable to the rest of the team and receive deserved recognition Cleary communicate goals and results to be achieved Continuous discussions of rationale, alternative solutions, revisiting results, reaching consensus
  • 17. Computing and Communication Contributions: Approach to Leadership and Management Ingredients (more…) Negotiate when consensus is elusive Guide the team towards constructive conflict and its principles: Focus on facts Focus on common goals, shared vision Use humor Provide criticism devoid of ego Question rationale and decisions Openness to team’s ideas on vision, approaches, designs, schedules and willingness to refine, reconsider, redesign, reschedule project elements
  • 18. Computing and Communication Contributions: Approach to Leadership and Management Ingredients (more…) Sensitivity to each person’s interest, capabilities to contribute, weaknesses Support, encouragement, mainly when things don’t go well Challenge, mainly when things do go well Inspire confidence that if a solution exists for a problem, then the team will be able to find it Welcome some risk taking, as an opportunity for growth Handle failures with a positive attitude: it can makes us better, can help us with a stronger come back.
  • 19. Computing and Communication Contributions: Contributions in software engineering, embedded systems, simulation modeling, collaborative computing, formal methods, network architecture and protocols, metrics, data analytics, and performance management.
  • 20. Computing and Communication contributions: Software Engineering Thirty years of contributions to many of the knowledge areas identified by the IEEE/ACM joint task force on software engineering, published in 2004: http://sites.computer.org/ccse/SE2004Volume.pdf Requirements collection and analysis Formal specification and verification Architectural design Detailed design/algorithm design Implementation/construction Modeling and analysis Testing/debugging Project/product management Software engineering research and development was key to the design and delivery of projects/products listed in this presentation.
  • 21. Computing and Communication Contributions: Embedded Systems Software Research and development of heterogeneous, concurrent, component-based framework for the modeling, simulation, and design of embedded systems: Preliminary design and implementation Taming Heterogeneity-The Ptolemy of a distributed framework for Ptolemy Approach, IEEE Proceedings Special (http://www.ptolemy.eecs.berkeley.ed Issue on Embedded Systems, 20002 u) using CORBA (Orbacus). Publications and presentations on the Ptolemy framework. Designing Systems with Ptolemy II, book published by Agile Design, Inc., 2002
  • 22. Computing and Communication Contributions: Embedded Systems Software In cooperation with LBNL high- energy physics department, designed and built a simulation modeling of a high-energy data acquisition system using the Ptolemy framework. Led publications of the work: • “Reprogrammable Platforms for High-Speed Data Acquisition,” Jie Liu, Jozsef Ludvig, James McCarthy, Stephen Neuendorffer, and Sonia R. Sachs, journal version of the Asilomar paper, Journal Design Automation for Embedded Systems, vol. 7, pp. 341-364, 2002. • “Reprogrammable Platforms for High-Speed Data Acquisition,” Jie Liu, Jozsef Ludvig, James McCarthy, Stephen Neuendorffer, and Sonia R. Sachs, Thirty-fifth Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov 4-7, 2001, Monterey, CA.
  • 23. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Summary: Simulation modeling of the IEEE 802.4 local area network protocols: USC (John Silvester) and UFRGS, Brazil. Sponsored by Burroughs Corp. and Pacific Telesis, CA. Modeling of new processor design and local area network interconnections among processors (Burroughs P-series). Simulation modeling of a voice, video and data protocol for local and metropolitan area networks: UC Berkeley (Varaiya and Walrand). Simulation model of the High Performance Radio Local Area Network (Hiperlan) protocol for wireless networks: Apple Computers, Cupertino, CA.
  • 24. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Publications: “Alternative Local Area Network Access Protocols,” S. R. Sachs. IEEE Communications Magazine, March 1988, pp. 25-45. IEEE Communications Society Prize Paper Award “Modeling and Comparison of the IEEE Local Area Network Protocols,” S. R. Sachs. Proceedings of the 4o Seminario Brasileiro de Telecomunicacoes, Sept 3-5 1986. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 166-179. (Speaker, presented in Portuguese) “A Token-Bus Performance Analysis and Comparison with other LAN Protocols,” S. R. Sachs, K. Kan and J. A. Silvester. Proceedings of the IEEE Globecom 1985, Dec 2-5 1985. New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 1492-1498. (Speaker) “Analytical and Simulation Modeling of a Token-Bus Local Area Network,” S. R. Sachs, M.S. Thesis, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil. September 1986. “Analysis of Delay-Throughput of a Token-Bus Protocol and Comparison with other LAN Protocols,” S. R. Sachs, K. Kan and J. A. Silvester. Proceedings of the IEEE 10th Local Computer Networks Conference, October 7-9 1985. Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp.46-51 (Speaker).
  • 25. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Parallel genetic algorithm design and implementation (Globus, MPI) for a materials science surface identification problem that ran on LBNL super computer. “Genetic Algorithms and Parallel Computing for Global Optimization, Applied to Complex Surface Structure Determination by Low-Energy Electron Diffraction,” M.A. Van Hove, R. DĂśll, S.R. Sachs, and G. Stone, American Physical Society, Computational Physics Meeting, August 25-28, 1997 “Genetic algorithms and Parallel Computing for the Global Search in Complex Surface Structure Determination by LEED,” M.A. Van hove, S.R. Sachs, and G. Stone. The 44th National Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, San Jose, CA, October 1997. http://flux.aps.org/meetings/YR97/B APSPC97/abs/S2900.html#SQ1.005
  • 26. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Simulation of protocols for the distributed control of automated vehicles and integration into a model of the IVHS system: UC Berkeley (Varaiya) “Implementing Car Platoon Maneuvers, rev. 3.1,”A. Hsu, S.R. Sachs, F. Eskafi, and P. Varaiya. Technical Report, PATH Research Simulation Animation: Report, UCB-Institute of Transportation Studies, UCB-ITS-PRR- 91-6, February 1991. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PAT H/Publications/Videos/movie17.ht ml
  • 27. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Simulation of control algorithms for networks of unmanned aerial vehicles (AUVs). CORBA clients integrated with a larger, DARPA-funded, simulation model: UC Berkeley (Varaiya, Sastry). Heuristics Methods for Delay Constrained Least Cost Routing, Zhanfeng Jia and Pravin Varaiya. http://paleale.eecs.berkeley.edu/~varaiy a/papers_ps.dir/kdclc-ieeev4.pdf Task planning and execution for UAV teams”, J. Borges de Sousa, T. Simsek e P. Varaiya, Proceedings of the Decision and Control Conference, Bahamas, 2004 Blue force of UAV against Red's ground force of SAM sites and radars
  • 28. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Led design and implementation of transportation network simulation models:, UC California PATH, Richmond, CA (http://www.path.berkeley.edu/) SmartBRT: A Set of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation Tools for Bus Rapid Transit: Final Report Year 1 of 2. UCB- ITS-PRR-2003-7 (http://www.path.berkeley.edu/PATH/Publications/ PDF/PRR/2003/PRR-2003-07.pdf) Various presentations at conferences Simulation Visualization of the Metro Rapid Transit System on the Wilshire-Whittier Corridor
  • 29. Computing and Communication contributions: Simulation Modeling Led design, implementation and analysis of multi-agent systems model of a concentrated industry undergoing disruptive technological change: IBM Research, San Jose, CA. Heterogeneous firm agents Heterogeneous consumer agents One intermediating agent (the Simulation engine: MASON auctioneer) GUI: MASON GUI client + JFreeChart Led publications: Agents: Java 5.0 + JAMA “Multi-Agent Model of Technological Shifts”, S. R. Sachs, J. McCarthy, and T. Sabbadini, Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation, May 15, 2007. “Multi-Agent Based Simulation VIII,” Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Luis Antunes, Mario Paolucci, and Emma Norling, Eds 2008, LNAI 5003, pp. 112-127.
  • 30. Computing and Communication contributions: Collaborative Computing Led research and development of the DOE Electronic Notebook, LBNL, Berkeley, CA. Real-time interface with instruments at the LBNL Advanced Light Source, collaborative experiment configuration and control Widely distributed system, multi-user system Support for multicast communications, real-time voice/data conferences and whiteboard Synchronous and asynchronous collaboration Automatic recording of data acquisition Retrieval, visualization, and communication of information developed during a collaborative experiment Capture and documentation of group understanding, results, and conclusions.
  • 31. Computing and Communication contributions: Collaborative Computing Extended the electronic notebook research and development work to three DOE labs: LBNL, LLNL, and ORNL, leading the new DOE 2000 Electronic Notebook Project: http://www.csm.ornl.gov/enote/stat us00.html
  • 32. Computing and Communication contributions: Collaborative Computing Publications: “Working Group Report on Electronic Notebooks,” S. R. Sachs and J. Myers, Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE’96), June 1996, Stanford, and pp. 53- 58. (Speaker): http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=555055 “The Spectro Microscopy Electronic Notebook,” Sachs, S.R., Freitas, C.M.D.S., Markowitz, V., Talis, A., Chen, I.A., Szeto, E., Kuno, H.A., Technical Report, LBNL-39886, January 1997. “DOE2000 Electronic Notebook Proposal,” A. Geist, V. Markowitz, J. Myers, and S. R. Sachs. A multi-laboratory proposal submitted to DOE, November 1996. Proposal funded by DOE from 1997 to 2000. “Electronic Notebooks,” a collection of LBNL Internal reports on the subject of Electronic Notebooks. See, for example, http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.56.5627&rep=re p1&type=pdf
  • 33. Computing and Communications Contributions: Network architectures and protocols Delay-throughput analysis of local area network protocols (CSMA/CD, Token Ring, Token Bus): Burroughs Labs, Pasadena and Pacific Telesis, San Francisco, CA.
  • 34. Computing and Communications Contributions: Network architectures and protocols Analysis of ISO/OSI network and transport layer protocols as well as the ARPANET TCP/IP protocols. Pacific Telesis, San Ramon. Network performance measurements and analysis (Energy Sciences Network, Esnet and Asynchronous Transfer Mode, ATM protocol): LBNL, Berkeley, CA. Development of protocols for the data link layer of the Burroughs Network Architecture (HDLC, X.25, LAPB, X.3, X.28, and X.29): Burroughs Lab, Pasadena. Development of a device driver for the system’s local area network (ARCNET): MDS Qantel, Hayward.
  • 35. Computing and Communication Contributions: Network architectures and protocols Porting of UNIX 4.2 BSD networking features to a proprietary operating system: MDS Qantel, Hayward. Design of proprietary transport, network, and logical link control protocols based on the ISO/OSI model: MDS Qantel, Hayward, CA. Development of strategic plans for the telecommunications network (X.25, ISDN, SS7, wireless networks): Pacific Telesis, San Francisco and San Ramon, CA. Strategic plans from 1984-1988, internally published.
  • 36. Computing and Communication Contributions: Network architectures and protocols Design, implementation, and analysis of a real-time network simulator/emulator facility, including a voice and data protocol simulator for local and metropolitan area networks: UC Berkeley (Varaiya, Walrand). “The Programmable Network Prototype System,” R. Cieslak, A. Fawaz, S. R. Sachs, P. Varaiya and J. Walrand. INFOCOM 1989, San Francisco, pp. 393-399. “The Programmable Network Prototype System,” R. Cieslak, A. Fawaz, S. R. Sachs, P. Varaiya and J. Walrand. IEEE Computer Magazine, May 1989, pp. 67- 76. Network performance studies for varying network parameters such as packet distribution and length, level of switched diversity, and queue length for wireless networks using Hiperlan: Apple Computers, Cupertino, CA.
  • 37. Computing and Communication Contributions: Network architectures and protocols Protocol design for networks of automated vehicles: UC Berkeley (Varaiya). “Protocol Design for an Automated Highway System,” A. Hsu, F. Eskafi, S. R. Sachs, and P. Varaiya. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications 2, pp. 183-206, 1993 Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston. “The Design of Platoon Maneuvers for IVHS,” Ann Hsu, S. R. Sachs, Farokh Eskafi and Pravin Varaiya. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 26-28 1991. Boston, Massachusetts.
  • 38. Computing and Communication Contributions: Formal Methods Formal specification and verification of protocols for Control systems (IVHS): timed and untimed “Formal Specification and Verification of the Entry and Exit Maneuvers,” S. R. Sachs and P. Varaiya, California PATH Research Report UCB-ITS-PRR-96- 3. Distributed algorithms “Formal Verification of a Fault-Tolerant Distributed Algorithm,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs”, Proceedings of SBT/IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, August 1994. (Speaker) “Formal Verification of a Distributed Computer System,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs. Formal Methods in System Design Journal, vol. 10, pp. 93-125, 1997. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • 39. Computing and Communication Contributions: Formal Methods Structural linearization principle for processes: verification of an arbitrary number of system components “A Structural Linearization Principle for Processes,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs”, Formal Methods in System Design Journal, vol. 5, pp. 227-244, 1994. Kluwer Academic Publishers (expanded version of the paper presented at CAV’93). “A Structural Linearization Principle for Processes,” R. P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs”, Conference on Computer - Aided Verification (CAV’93), Elounda, Crete, Greece, June 28 - July 1, 1993 (LNCS697). (Speaker) Modeling synchrony with an asynchronous model “Modeling Asynchrony with a Synchronous Model,” R.P. Kurshan, M. Merritt, A. Orda, and S. R. Sachs, Proceedings of Computer-Aided Verification Conference CAV’95, Liege, Belgium, June 1995, LNCS 939 pp. 339-352. Theory for hybrid systems and applications to control algorithms “Formal Verification of Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, June 1995.
  • 40. Europe/Asia- Pacific/ Americas Computing and Communication Contributions: TSMs DEMs TSAs Pricers Metrics, Data analytics, and SDM tool suite Performance Management Metrics/KPI Dashboard SS CT WS NC DC DP Business Metrics Data Collection and Dashboard: Performance management Performance measurement system and data analytics solutions to IBM Global Outsourcing business: DE Full product life-cycle: from TE requirements, to design, to Repository implementation (Java/Eclipse, DB2, web CL services), to testing, ensuring customer SS Solution Strategy feedback and satisfaction at each phase CT Cost Targets (Agile methods). WS Win Strategy DE – Deals data CL – Claims data NC Normalized costs TE – Travel expense DC Deal Costing DP Deal Pricing
  • 41. Computing and Communication Contributions: Metrics, Data analytics, and Performance Management Business Metrics Data Collection and Dashboard: Performance management and data analytics solutions to IBM Global Outsourcing business: Data analytics products used in data collection, aggregation, analysis and visualization of outsourcing metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) in dashboards. Delivered results on time, with great customer satisfaction.