Hina Arora

arorahina@yahoo.com

06/2008-current, Program Manager, Microsoft, Redmond WA

Managing multiple features in a technical Program Management role. Work involves gathering customer requirements, documenting use cases and user scenarios, writing technical and functional specifications, managing resources for developing and testing features, and getting multiple teams to adopt technical standards and best practices.

08/2004-05/2008, Research Associate, Center for Advancing Business through Information Technology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ

Leading the design and development of a multi-agent simulation based sense and respond system for emergency response. Supervising a team of 4 programmers. Collaborating with researchers at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and epidemiologists at the Maricopa Department of Public Health. Managing stakeholder communication through proposals, technical documentation, and presentations. Development is in Java/Maple/Repast on Windows.

06/2001-04/2004, Staff Software Engineer, IBM Microelectronics, Endicott NY (Acquired by Cadence Design Systems)
Member of Consulting Staff, Cadence Design Systems, San Jose CA

Designed and developed Test Design Automation Tools primarily for (1149.1 and LSSD) Boundary Scan Verification. Collaborated with cross-functional teams in requirements gathering to increase our customer base by making our suite of tools more user-friendly and competitive. Managed the design and development of the backend interface for this new generation of tools. Managed client relations through technical documentation, presentations and customer support. Managed the design and development of training programs to assist in the rollout of new tools. Development was in C/C++ on AIX/SOLARIS/HP/LINUX.

02/1998-06/2001, Research Scientist, Center for Excellence in Document Analysis and Recognition, Buffalo NY

Developed new handwriting recognition algorithms and software tools for the US and UK Postal Departments. Led a project sponsored by the National Institute of Justice to scientifically validate the individuality of handwriting and develop a robust handwriting identification system. Supervised programmers. Managed stakeholder relations through technical documentation and presentations. Development was in C and Java on Sun Solaris.

08/1996-11/1997, Programmer Analyst, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Madras India

Designed and developed Language Processing Tools to make C code year 2000 compatible. Development was in C on Linux and UNIX.

1. Platforms: Windows, LINUX, AIX, SOLARIS, HP



2. Software: MS Office, Microsoft Project, Sharepoint, Matlab, Maple, SPSS, SAS, Repast



3. Programming: C, C++, Java, HTML, Perl, Tcl/Tk, SQL

Doctor of Philosophy (Business Administration, Information Systems), 2009
Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
Dissertation Title: Building Decision Support for Dynamic Decision Making: A Design Science Approach

Master of Engineering (Electrical Communication Engineering), 1996
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Bachelor of Science (Physics), 1992
University of Madras, Madras, India

1. Project Management Professional (Certification expected June 2009)



2. On the Board of Directors of the IBM (Endicott) Club for 2001-2002



3. One among 5 students at Arizona State University awarded the Division of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship in 2007. This is a competitive university-wide fellowship designed to support highly meritorious doctoral students who are in the final stages of doctoral work. The award includes a $17000 stipend and tuition waiver for the 2007-2008 academic year.



4. One among 4 students in the Department of Information Systems at Arizona State University awarded a Doctoral Student Summer Research Award of $3500 in 2007.



5. One among 5 students at Arizona State University awarded the Division of Graduate Studies Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship in 2006. This was a competitive university-wide fellowship designed to support high quality doctoral students who will contribute to the diversity of the graduate student community. The award included a $15000 stipend and tuition waiver for the 2006-2007 academic year.



6. One among 10 students in India selected for the Jawaharlal Nehru Scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies in India in 1992. The scholarship is open to students belonging to diverse academic backgrounds such as Engineering, Sciences, Social Sciences and the Arts from all over India. Selection was based on academic and extracurricular performance. The award included a Certificate of Excellence and a Cash Award of Rs.60000.



7. One among top 5 National Graduate Physics students in India in 1991. This is a nation-wide competition held annually for undergraduate seniors in Physics. It recognizes the talented pool of Physicists in the country. The award included a Certificate of Excellence and a Gold Medal.



8. Awarded a Gold Medal for excellent academic performance for three successive years in the Undergraduate Physics class

1. H. Arora, B.K. Mishra, T.S. Raghu, “Autonomic Computing Approach to Secure Knowledge Management: A Game-theoretic Analysis,” Special Issue on Secure Knowledge Management, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 36, is. 3, pp. 487-497, 2006.



2. S.N. Srihari, S. Cha, H. Arora, S. Lee, "Individuality of Handwriting", Journal of Forensic Sciences, July, 2002.

1. H. Arora, T.S. Raghu, A. Vinze, "Optimizing Regional Aid during Public Health Emergencies: An Autonomic Resource Allocation Approach," 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Hawaii, Jan 2007.



2. H. Arora, P.Steinbart, B. Shao, "Looking at Information Security through a Prospect Theory Lens,” DSS Minitrack: Emergency Response Information Systems, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Acapulco, Mexico, Aug 2006.



3. H. Arora, T.S. Raghu, A. Vinze, P. Brittenham, "Collaborative self-configuration and learning in autonomic computing systems: Applications to Supply Chain," Poster, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing (ICAC), Dublin, Ireland June 2006.



4. H. Arora, T.S. Raghu,A. Vinze, P. Brittenham, "Enhancing Syndromic Surveillance through Autonomic Health Grids", Integrating the Digital Healthcare Enterprise, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Omaha, Nebraska, Aug 2005.



5. K.L. Melocco, H.Arora, S.B. Mardhani, P. Setlak "A Comprehensive Approach to Assessing and Analyzing 1149.1 Test Logic", 10th International Test Conference (ITC), 2003.



6. M. Cogswell, S.B. Mardhani, K.L. Melocco, H. Arora, "A Structured Graphical Tool for Analyzing Boundary Scan Violations ", 9th International Test Synthesis Workshop, 2002.



7. S.N. Srihari, S. Cha, H. Arora, S. Lee, "Individuality of handwriting: a validation study", Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), 2001, pp 106 – 109.



8. A. Makur, H. Arora,"Heterodimensional Tree Structured Vector Quantization", Proceedings of the 3rd National Communications Conference on Communication and Networking, IIT Madras, 1997, pp 42-46.

1. H. Arora, T.S. Raghu, A. Vinze, “Autonomic Computing and Information Security,” (forthcoming) Elsevier Handbook on Annals of Emerging Research in IA, Security and Privacy Services, Eds: H.R. Rao, S. Upadhyaya, 2008.

1. H. Arora, “Decision Support to Improve Service Quality in Demand Surge Situations”, AMCIS Doctoral Consortium, 2007.

1. T.S. Raghu, A. Vinze, H. Arora, V. Bithar, “Collaborative self-configuration and learning in autonomic computing systems: Applications to Supply Chain”, Research Report submitted to IBM, Dec 2005.



2. H. Arora, T.S. Raghu, A. Vinze, "Grid Lab Environment - Quick Start Guide for Globus Toolkit 3.2", Draft V2.0, Apr 4 2005.



3. S.N. Srihari, H. Arora, S. Cha, S. Lee, "Individuality of Handwriting", CEDAR SUNY Buffalo. Technical Report submitted to National Institute of Justice, 1999.

1. “Optimal Resource Allocation during an Influenza Pandemic” with A. Vinze, T.S. Raghu and M. Shanmugam, to the Epidemiologists at Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Aug 15, 2007.



2. “Leveraging Information Supply Chains to Manage Resources/Services Demand Surge” with A. Vinze, T.S. Raghu and P. Brittenham, at the Value Chain Integartion Council, IBM, April, 2007.



3. “Collaborative self-configuration and learning in autonomic computing systems: applications to the health care supply chain”, to the Epidemiologists at Maricopa County Department of Public Health, Feb 15, 2006.



4. “Optimizing Surge Capacity during Disease Outbreaks: An Autonomic Resource Allocation Approach”, at the CABIT Security Symposium, Sept, 2005.



5. “Grid Computing - Evolution of a Disruptive Technology”, with A. Vinze and T.S. Raghu at the CompTIA Breakaway Event at Las Vegas, Aug, 2005.



6. “Grid Study Team Report” with A. Vinze and C. Casari at the Supply Chain University Consortium meeting at Penn State University, June, 2005.

Journal papers reviewed: DSS, IEEE SMC, IJHCS, EJIS, ISM

Conference papers reviewed: AMCIS, HICSS, ICIS, IEEE SCC

Workshop papers reviewed: Pre-ICIS WeB, Pre-ICIS WITS