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Leadership means making a difference. Leaders create a positive change and are able to provide the impetus that creates an atmosphere of positive change that improves the world in ways large and small. Leaders provide a new ways of thinking and new energy to current situations. Whether it means facing the issues in their department, practice, family or personal lives leaders do what needs to be done, even when it would be easier to delay, procrastinate or ignore problems. The basic function of a leader is to persuade, influence, motivate and to inspire others over time. Additionally, in my opinion, the most effective leaders are characterized by a sense of service to others. Professionally I have had numerous opportunities to display leadership skills. One recent occurrence was at my workplace K12 Inc. I saw an opportunity to cut down my team’s production support effort by increasing the efficiency of the processes established by my team. I took the lead in quickly putting toge...

In this 21st century Information Technology (IT) has changed the world in an unprecedented way. It is a revolution that everyone wants to be a part of and to say that each and every sector in the human arena is touched by IT is not an exaggeration. As I was growing up in the mid 90’s, I realized that those who control information are the most powerful people on the planet. One of the biggest advantages of IT is it dispenses information to anyone and everyone willing to seek information thus breaking the power barrier. As a computer science engineer it is my privilege to empower each individual with the information necessary to help grow and to chase their dream with a click of the mouse, and I would not trade this for anything else. For the past eight years in an attempt to stabilize my life I took the less risky path and worked for big corporation’s helping them serve their mission. What I would do if my living expenses were covered is, starting my own company, where I ca...

From the beginning of my career after graduating with a degree in computer science in India, I was offered the option of entering the world of programming or pursuing a career in quality assurance. To the surprise of my family and friends I chose to enter quality assurance. I worked for a year in India and a year in the United States as a process quality consultant with a focus on educating technical teams on the importance of ensuring process quality in service firms. Some of my clients included Tata Consultancy Services and Bank of America. In the course of working with these clients and others get a grasp on their internal processes companywide I soon felt the need to equip myself with additional technical skills. I trained myself in Java/J2ee technologies through self study, completed the Sun Java Certified Programmer exam and became a programmer. I have worked as a Senior Java/J2ee developer for the past few years and have had a chance to implement and produce high quality delive...