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Bleum Names Patrick Rao as Quality Assurance Director

2009-07-13 14:29 2751

SHANGHAI, July 13 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Bleum, Inc., one of China’s leading outsourcing providers to American and European companies, has named Patrick Rao as Quality Assurance Director, to be responsible for assuring high Quality of software services, delivery and operational excellence.

"Patrick is a welcome addition to Bleum’s growing senior management team. He is a true expert in software quality assurance and will drive Bleum’s delivery to new levels. Having played key roles in both large and small organizations he has extensive practical experience that compliments his deep knowledge of quality processes, metrics and CMM," said Eric Rongley, CEO of Bleum, Inc. "Patrick comes on at an important time as Bleum seeks to maintain and even extend our quality of service during our current rapid growth. He will lead Bleum’s efforts to renew its CMM level 5 certification and tighten our processes so we can double the percentage of Bleum projects that complete with 0 defects."

Prior to joining Bleum, Patrick was the Head of Quality in Aztecsoft Limited and Senior Manager at IBM India, where he invested his expertise and knowledge in the field of process and Quality improvement. His contribution includes achieving CMMI Level 5 and taking the company beyond Level 5, optimizing several functions. His exercise in making the process light and at the same time tight laid a firm foundation for the process automation. While at Aztecsoft, Rao automated the project management processes. He instilled a Real-Time project performance system which supported taking corrective and preventive actions at the right time. He has actively participated in Six Sigma initiative at IBM India and mentored several Green Belt Projects.

Previously, he was a Process Consultant at CG Smith Software, Bangalore, an embedded automotive software product services company. He was mentored by the founder, George Smith, who built India’s first CMM Level 5 development center for Motorola in Bangalore India in 1995. Patrick was responsible for achieving the highest process standards for the safety and mission critical software. He was the chairman of the process improvement forum and successfully implemented more than 500 process improvements in software engineering and operations.

Rao has been actively participating in various conferences and seminars. He has presented papers on ‘Experimental Studies on Product Metrics in V&V Projects’ at SEPG Conference 2002, Bangalore, ‘Real-Time Project monitoring’ at SEPG Conference 2007 Austin TX and ‘Lifecycle Modeling’ at SEPG conference 2007, Gold Coast Australia. Rao graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore university and did his masters in Software Systems from BITS Pilani, India.

About Bleum

Founded in 2001, Bleum is one of China’s leading outsourcing providers to American and European companies in a variety of sectors including high-tech, financial services, telecommunications, and retail. The company specializes in creating global development centers, providing services such as application development, support & maintenance, testing and legacy system modernization. American owned and managed, Bleum understands the language, business culture, and expectations of western-based IT organizations. From its industry-leading English curriculum and pursuit of the best talent in China to its relentless focus on quality and prestigious ISO27001 and CMM Level 5 certifications, Bleum makes outsourcing in China safe, reliable, and easy. For more information, visit http://www.bleum.com .

For more information, please contact:

Bleum, Inc.

Betty Zhang

Direct: +86-21-62821122 x248

Email: betty.zhang@bleum.com

Source: Bleum, Inc.
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