Work

In Ronald Purser’s The mindfulness conspiracy (The Guardian), he writes about a fascinating perspective on the mindfulness genre. Here are my 6 takeaways from the article: Mindfulness says paying closer attention to the present resolves our suffering. Mindfulness has been stripped of the accompanying teachings e.g. attachment to self, compassion. Mindfulness advocates are unwittingly supporting the capitalistic monetisation of our attention which mindfulness purportedly solves. Mindfulness attempts to deal with the symptoms (lack of focused attention) without addressing the cause (monetisation of our attention). Mindfulness reframes troubles as the result of individual action rather than systemic conditions. Neoliberalism wants pure market logic and mindfulness says “okay, here’s how you can focus on competing so you don’t think too hard about the social and political conditions that brought about the suffering.” See also Neutralizing social Darwinism Mindfulness of emotions and feelings

I designed and delivered a C++ feature “AutoSave App-wide Setting” for Word, Excel and Powerpoint. This is used by tens of thousands of customers every day to improve their AutoSave experience. I delivered a C++ feature “Encourage AutoSave Teaching UI” for Excel and Powerpoint. This is helping customers every day discover AutoSave. I eliminated 2 of the top crashes affecting Word, Excel and Powerpoint due to reentrancy and request cancellation. This affected tens of thousands of customers every day and were 2 of the longest unsolved crashes. ...

I delivered a C# tool to identify and eliminate top failing tests. This tool (and a process I developed) affects every engineer on File I/O by reducing the noise of flaky tests. I delivered JavaScript/KendoUI Validation Dashboard for signing off on monthly releases. This is used by management to assess the risk of a new monthly release. I delivered a backdoor hybrid C++/C# lock API to enable Excel automation. This API is heavily used by engineers throughout Office to test locks. ...

I worked at Microsoft as an SDET2 in the Health Solutions Group from Jun-2010 to Feb-2012. I delivered end-to-end testing of Quality Measurement Module (QMM). I reduced execution time of a C# test suite by 30% using a binary caching strategy. I designed and implemented a message generator using C# to achieve 100% edge coverage of a set of CMS state flow diagrams. I delivered a suite of PowerShell scripts to find 300+ bugs in a look-up table implementation. ...

I worked at Microsoft as an SDET2 in Engineering Excellence from Mar-2012 to Mar-2014. I designed and delivered a C# web service test solution. This allowed the feature crew to gain confidence that the new web service had parity with the old web service. I designed and delivered a C#/SQL Server test solution for verification of a file upload. This allowed the team to gain confidence over a broad set of real-life customer data. ...

I’m currently working at Microsoft as a Senior Software Engineer in the Office Division since Apr-2014. Office Win32 development Office C++/C# test automation See also Working at Microsoft

I’ve been working at Microsoft since Jun-2010. Here are the teams I’ve worked on: Office (2014-Present) Engineering Excellence (2012-2014) Health Solutions Group (2010-2012) See also My resume

I worked as a Senior Computer Scientist at White Oak from May-2009 to Jun-2010. I achieved 3X speed increase for automated builds as well as increased reliability. I improved testing of an upload tool by building a PyUnit test automation framework. I reviewed the team’s testing procedures and suggested areas for improvement. See also My resume

I worked as a Senior Programmer Analyst at Mount Sinai Medical Center from Nov-2007 to Apr-2009. I designed and delivered a Tablet PC application using .NET C#, WinForms and NHibernate/MySQL and collaborated across health professionals and IT. I also launched the division’s first intranet clinical website. I was retained as a consultant for over 2 additional years from Apr-2009 to Jul-2011. See also My resume

I worked as Lead Programmer Analyst at Stony Brook Medical Center from Feb-2006 to Nov-2007. I delivered a multi-threaded Java application for use in the operating room using Java Swing and RMI. I automated the monitoring of over 20 Oracle 10G databases using Java, Python and PL/SQL. I also developed and implemented a distributed architecture making heavy use of Oracle Streams. See also My resume