Bleum Names Patrick Rao as Quality Assurance Director

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

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Bleum, Inc. - Betty Zhang, Direct: +86-21-62821122 x248, or
betty.zhang@bleum.com