Summary of Experience

Dr. Sanghera is an educator/ teacher, researcher/scientist, technologist, entrepreneur, and author with diverse background and experience in multiple fields and application areas. He has a comprehensive cross disciplinary, cross continental diverse experience in teaching and learning. He has taught a wide spectrum of science and technology courses to students ranging from high school to university, to adult learners with varying preparation levels and backgrounds. His teaching experience spans across both public and private sectors. He is hte best selling author of several books in science, technology, and project management published by well reputed publishers such as Wiley, McGraw-Hill, and Thomson Course Technology. While working at world class labs from Cornell to CERN, Dr. Sanghera has authored and co-authored more than 100 research papers published in well reputed European and American research journals. He has made presentations by invitation at several International scientific conferences. Having worked in various fields ranging from information technology to physics and in various roles including director of project management, director of software development, software developer, trainer, and scientist, he has a broad view of project management. Dr. Sanghera has been at the ground floor of several strtaups in Silicon Valey and elsewhere and has contributed to the development of state-of-the art technologies such as Novell's NDS and Netscape Communicator.

Education

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D. in Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Master of Engineering in Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
B.Sc. with three majors: Physics, Chemistry, Math; India.

Industry Certifications

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Certificate, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA., 2007.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
CompTIA Project+.
Sun Certified Business Component Developer for J2EE 1.3.
Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform.
CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional.
CompTIA Network+ Certified Professional.
Certified Novell Administrator (CNA): Intranetware.

Teaching Experience

Variety of courses I taught at different schools

Nanotechnology and biotechnology. Developed and taught courses in nanotechnology including biotechnology at California Institute of Nanotechnology, San Jose.
Physics. A spectrum of undergraduate courses including first year general physics, astronomy, electromagnetism, electromagnetic theory, optics, and quantum mechanics at various institutes including Simon Fraser University, Canada; Carleton University, Canada; and Rampur College, India.
Mathematics. A spectrum of courses including mathematics for biosciences, algebra, calculus, and trigonometry at various institutes including Simon Fraser University, Canada; Carleton University, Canada; and Rampur College, India.
Computer Science. Multiple computer science courses at San Jose State University, CSU Hayward, Golden Gate University, Carnegie Mellon University/NASA and Brooks College.
Project Management.

Variety of my classrooms

State universities such as San Jose State.
Private universities and colleges such as Golden Gate University and Brooks College.
Undergraduate students
Students from high schools in summer camps such as at NASA organized by Carnegie Mellon University and San Jose State.
Corporate training such as at Fresenius Medical Care and at California Institute of Nanotechnology..

Research/Lab experience

Participated in designing and performing experiments at world class labs such as the nuclear lab at Cornell and the Particle Physics Lab at CERN.
Based on the research conducted at Cornell, CERN, and elsewehere, authored or co-authored more than 100 research papers published in well reputed European and American research journals.
Performed experiemnts in college/university level labs in various colleges and universities in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and biotechnology.
Presented talks by invitation at several international science conferences.

Management/Leadership Experience

Diverse management, team development, and leadership experience in academia and in the IT industry including the following:

Engineering manager. Hired, developed, managed teams and mentored software engineers at companies such as Netscape, MP3, Cyberlancet, and Dream Logic.
Certified project manager: PMP, CAPM, Project+.
Project management. Managed multiple projects at research labs from Cornell to CERN and at corporations such as MP3, Netscape, DreamLogic, and Cyberlancet.
Project management books. Authored more than half a dozen of books on project management and program management.
Led various groups among scientific community at Cornell and CERN.

Information Technology (IT) Industry and Entrpreneurial Experience

Diverse IT industry experience in various roles ranging from software engineer to engineering manage rto director of software development.

Worked for companies such as Novell, Netscape, WebOrder, MP3, DreamLogoc, and CyberLancet in various ranging from software engineer to director of software development.
Contributed to the development of distributed systems, e-commerce systems, and other web technologies.
Offered a wide spectrum of IT training courses.
Entrepreneurial experience by being at the ground floor of several startups such as MP3, WebOrder, DreamLogic, and CyberLnacet.
Mastered and used the IT tools and skills including the following:

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