Archana Rao has over 7 years of experience developing device drivers and applications on Windows, Windows 8, and Windows CE platforms. She currently works as a consultant for Qualcomm handling build, release, and testing activities for connectivity components. She has experience leading teams, writing automation tests in Python, debugging using WinDbg, and ensuring product quality. She holds a B.E. in Computer Science and has skills in C, C++, Python, PHP, Windows CE/8/Mobile, Visual Studio, ClearCase, JIRA, and other tools.

1. Archana M Rao
San Diego, USA.
Email: archana.aqua@gmail.com
Mobile: 858-752-5052
Visa Status: H1B
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Professional Summary
• 7+ years of experience on device drivers and Application on windows/Win8/WinCE platforms
• Working for Qualcomm, USA as a consultant, handling the build and release activities of
connectivity components along with build shipping and customer releases independently.
• Debugging skills and crashdump analysis using WinDbg
• WHCK Validation and submission to MSFT for wlan and BT components.
• Writing automation test scripts using Python and experience in making UI automation.
• Developed automation tool for making daily builds and generate wiki pages for every release.
• Leading a team of engineers in delivering good quality software tools.
• Experience in developing test plan, test case and ensuring product quality and milestones
• Experience in designing/developing a test automation framework
• Familiar with Jira and perforce applications.
• Worked for Texas Instruments Pvt. Ltd., USA as consultant.
• Leading the team for development activities on NFC, WLAN technology.
• Ability to monitor the test progress and also having a strong debugging skill.
• Involved in making the project estimates and high/low level design.
• Experience on power measurements for drivers developed on Windows 8 platform for OMAP4.
• Experience in testing windows mobile phones and Tablets on windows 8.1 and WinCE devices.
• Experience in 802.11a/b/g WLAN, SDIO interface layer, SCO audio driver, iPod Manager,
providing the connection handover (Bluetooth pairing) feature with NFC technology.
• Experience in development, testing and maintenance of software components
Academic Qualifications
B.E in Computer Science from Visveswariah Technological University, India
Skills and Expertise
Operating Systems WinCE, Windows 8/8.1, WEHH/Windows Mobile 6.5
Languages C, C++, Python, PHP
Tools Visual Studio 2012/13, Source Insight, Windbg, Driver Verifier, Debug view,
Clearcase, ClearQuest, Tortoise SVN, Beyond Compare, JIRA, Perforce;
Cygwin, JTAG
Sniffer Tools Omnipeek, Wireshark
Platform Omap3/4
Work Experience
Sasken Communications Pvt. Ltd., Lead Engineer
Dec 2010 – till date
• Working for Qualcomm as a consultant from Sasken Comm. Pvt. Ltd. for the build and
integration team which involves the build and integration activities of the connectivity modules on
different product lines. The connectivity modules include WLAN, Bluetooth, FM on
QUALCOMM chipset.
• Sanity testing for the connectivity modules. Run the automation scripts on different
products.Monitoring of automated test case execution. This task includes configuring
environments for automated test execution as necessary and triage of test results which may result
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2. in the filing of defects. Work closely with development teams to resolve issues discovered during
testing.
• Implementation and maintenance of automated testing infrastructure.
• Gathering requirements from development and test teams prior to design and development of
automated test cases using appropriate language and tools to meet the identified requirements.
• Participate in the implementation methodologies and metrics to measure the effectiveness of
automated testing to help direct future automated testing efforts. This includes the
development/implementation of code coverage and code analysis/profiling tools.
• Debugging skills and crashdump analysis using WinDbg
• WHCK Validation and submission to MSFT for wlan and BT components.
• Writing automation test scripts using Python and experience in making UI automation.
• Developed automation tool for making daily builds and generate wiki pages for every release.
• Experience in development of iPod Manager for car entertainment system. iPod manager acts as
the virtual device for the Apple device. This is the middlelayer that connects to the car
entertainment system which helps the user to play the audio and video files by simulating the
Apple devices to the car system.
• Experience in Bluetooth pairing with NFC technology which involves the implementation to
provide the support for Bluetooth pairing (connection handover) by getting the Bluetooth device
address using NFC technology. User gets the Bluetooth address on touching two NFC devices,
this address is used to find the target service offered by other device.
• Worked for Texas Instruments Pvt. Ltd. as consultant for Power management on Windows 8
platform. The project involves the power measurements on a daily basis for daily releases of
drivers developed for Windows8 platform on OMAP4/5. Developing the “omapconf” tool which
is an application that measures the power rails for different drivers. This utility helps in checking
the register values of the PMIC and the audio chip and other modules supported along with SoC
audits (static + use-case dependent power settings audits), performance audits (CPU freq, C-
State, CPU wakeup sources, timer stats, Memory Bandwidth, ...)
• Responsible for handling and leading the team to accomplish the tasks by providing technical
expertise, motivation and encouragement.
Mindtree Ltd., Module Lead
Apr-2008 – Nov–2010
• Worked for Texas Instruments Pvt. Ltd. as consultant for implementation of SDIO interface for
WLAN driver for providing connectivity solution. The project involves enhancement and porting
of WLAN driver for the OMAP3430 platform. Project needs implementation of the SDIO
interface layer to enable WLAN driver. OMAP3 chip provides the connectivity solutions like
WLAN, BT+FM and GPS.
• Experience in Bug fixing and testing of the drivers developed on WinCE platform. Project
includes testing of the drivers developed on WinCE platform. Testing for this project covers
functional, system, regression, performance, unit, integration and automation testing.
Certifications & Recognitions
• Certified MCSE (Microsoft certified Software Expert).
• Whitepaper contest winner on “Cryptography”
• Awarded “spot award” for learning and implementation of the HID interface within a short span
of time and completing before the estimated time.
• Part of a team that won the best team for development of connectivity components on OMAP
• Part of the team that won the best team for developing the NFC technology on windows platform
with a span of two months.
• Spot award for handling/mitigate/deliver the first project for windows x86 using the QC build
system.
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