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Engineering Manager with 25+ years of deep expertise in Engineering Technical Management, System Architect, Design, Development, Quality Assurance for multiple complex Embedded Systems covering Hardware, BSP, Software & RTL- Proven track record in leading multiple engineering teams delivering high-complexity product designs and solutions for Telecom and Multimedia applications using Motorola/Freescale/Rockwell/TI/Socionext/Qualcomm/Intel processors & FPGAs- Contributed to all phases of product & technology development, viz., Product Development, Project & Budget Management, Field Trials & Product certification, ToT, Product Deployment, Customization, Commercialization & establishing the Customer & Business relationships, Organization & people development, Process evolution & continuous process improvements- Built a Central Technical Expertise team of Multimedia Systems at Ittiam, from scratch to 35+ engineers, addressing 8 Business verticals, with required technical expertise of Hardware, RTL, Software, BSP, DAL & Production Testing- Led the product teams for design, development and delivery of 100+ multimedia systems- Track record of making 1st time right designs with On-time delivery close to 100% of deliverable- Coordinated Volume Production and exported 15,000+ multimedia & industrial system boards to Global customers including Aerospace customers, with zero recall- Handled 50+ customer projects across US, Europe, India, Japan & Asia regions and achieved repeat design wins, with most of them- Groomed and trained 200+ engineers to the required technical competency levels- Maintained people retention rate of 90% to 95%- Expert in collaborating with all external vendors & partners worldwide, like Component Vendors, PCB CAD design house, EMS partners, Mechanical vendors & Certification labs, to fulfill the product design, development, certification, delivery needs and for complete Turnkey offerings- Worked at various technical lead roles, for designing and delivering C-DOT Digital Switching Systems to India and to 24 other Countries. These systems are working in field for the last 30+ years, serving more than 20+ Million people globally- 256p RAX is one of the very successful product under my direct supervision at C-DOT and in India, there are about 33,000 RAX systems installed, serving 5+ Million Rural people- Well versed with Quality Management System (QMS), ISO 9001 and AS9100C standards- Contributed to QMS, Quality Manuals & Product Realization Processes, based on ISO 9001 standards- IQST Leader & Published QMS for AS9100C standards
Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd
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General ManagerIttiam Systems Pvt Ltd Apr 2012 - PresentBangalore, India- All-round product activities involving Hardware, RTL, Software, BSP & Production Testing (PT) for Multimedia applications.- Grown my team’s functionality from Hardware IP offerings to BSP, Software, Systems Engineering and PT functionalities, over the last 15+ years and from 3 members team to 35+ members team (1 Senior Manager, 1 Manager, 1 Senior Principal Engineer, 2 Principal Engineers, 4 Lead Engineers, 6 Senior Engineers).- Team Lead, Talent acquisition and Competency / Performance management.- Customer Pre-Design win activities & Customer Communication.- As part of BSP team, supported Operating Systems of Linux, IOS, Win-CE, Android and VxWorks.- Handled complete Turnkey System offerings, from Concept to Product delivery. Few Examples:1. Video Encoder Systems, based on TI's DM6467 DSP, developed for a European customer for Video Surveillance applications. This program involved Design, Development, Pre-compliance Testing, FCC / CE Product certification, ONVIF compliance testing and Volume Production. 6000 Video encoder units have got exported globally.2. Design & Development of SoM using TI AM3352 processor for an Aerospace customer, adhering to AS9100C standards, catering to File Server application. End-to-end project execution including Hardware design, BSP, Functional testing, Compliance testing as per RTCA/DO-160, First Article Inspection as per AS9102, Volume manufacturing and delivery. 4000 SoM units have got exported to USA.3. Design & Development of Ittiam’s Neoncaster Generation of platforms, Netra Processor Module based on TI’s DM8168/69 for Broadcast Media applications. 4000 SoM modules have got exported globally.4. Development and delivery of Ittiam’s Computer Vision & Machin Learning (CVML) program of CAVIA (Collection, Analysis, Visualization, Insight and Action) units, involving Cloud infrastructure, Edge device, Stereo Camera units for Retail Analytics Applications. 350+ units deployed in major retail outlets globally.
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Senior ManagerIttiam Systems Pvt Ltd Sep 2004 - Mar 2012Bangalore, IndiaLeader for Multimedia Systems Team.- Responsible for People, Product and Process for Embedded multimedia systems design & delivery.- Managed hardware design & assembly partners for PCB CAD design, PCB fabrication, Component Procurement and PCB assembly.- Managed PCBA compliance testing for Thermal, Environmental and EMI/EMC standards in external labs.- Mentoring and Guiding of team members for their career growth.- Handled multiple Multimedia Applications Platform developments for Global customers. Few Examples:1. Multi-Channel A/V Encoder & Streaming card for European Broadcast customer. 2. Audio over IP application for an Audio Broadcast customer of USA.3. Win-CE BSP program for a USA customer for a Head Gear System.4. PMPR [Portable Media Player and Recorder] Reference Design licensed to multiple Global customers.5. IP Video Phone developed for multiple European & Asian customers.6. Design and Delivery of Audio & Video Reference Platforms, using multiple FPGA onboard, to validate Ittiam's Audio & Video Codecs on Tensilica’s Xtensa LX processor.- Focused on paper publications & presentations from my teams in the international technical forums / conferences. About 10 Technical Papers have got presented in various international conferences and another 15 technical papers were published.- Encouraged the team to innovate on the new ideas & processes and file Patent applications from the team. 5 Patent filing is done from the team and 3 Patents have been already awarded.
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Senior Program ManagerCentre For Development Of Telematics (C-Dot) Apr 1996 - Sep 2004Bangalore, IndiaLeader for Hardware, DSP firmware, Software and System teams for Indian DOT and Different country adaptation software activities for C-DOT Digital Switching Systems.- All-round product activities involving Hardware, DSP Firmware, Software, System Engineering and Tester Development for system h/w boards and field support activities for C-DOT DSS products.- Instrumental in provided Network synchronization feature in RAX product to facilitate the subscribers to have a high Internet through put.- Added the Lightening Surge protection features in C-DOT RAX & MAX products. - Managed team size of 30+ Hardware, RTL, DSP Firmware, Software and System engineers.- Direct reports of 4 Program Managers (H/w, S/w, DSP Firmware & Systems).- TOT (Transfer of Technology) of RAX is done to more than 20 Electronic Equipment Manufactures.- Visited many countries like Nigeria, USA, UK (London & Scotland), Egypt and Nepal for establishing Business relationships, for promoting team’s products globally, to display our products in the international events and to participate in international technical conferences & seminars. -
Program ManagerCentre For Development Of Telematics (C-Dot) Apr 1994 - Mar 1996Bangalore, IndiaTeam Manager for 256p RAX H/w Team.Role & Responsibilities:- Managed the team size of 5 Hardware & RTL design engineers.- Designed a WLL (Wireless in Local Loop) interface card to interface RAX with Motorola’s FDMA based WLL Radio system, to provide Wireless connectivity to rural areas.- Cost optimized 256p RAX product by using FPGAs & ASICs. The cost per line had got halved to Rs. 3500/- per line from the original price.- Component Obsolescence Management for sustaining the product in the field.- TEC (Telecommunication Engineering Center) QA testing and product certification.- Field installation and field support in coordination with Installation & BSNL teams.
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Research Engineer & Senior Research EngineerCentre For Development Of Telematics (C-Dot) Jun 1990 - Mar 1994BangaloreH/w and RTL Design & Development Engineer.Role & Responsibilities:- Board level requirements specification, Design documentation for Digital Switching Systems (DSS). - Circuit Design with Analog, Digital and Mixed signal components.- FPGA RTL design using VHDL including simulation, synthesis and verification.- Component selection, power and thermal design- Schematics design, PCB CAD layout design and Gerber generation- PCBA testing and debugging.- System Integration, Field Installation and Field support.- Designed 3 hardware boards for the 256p RAX (Rural Automatic Exchange) product.- Designed Automated Component Testers for 3 ASICs used in C-DOT DSS (Digital Switching Systems) products.- Designed & Developed Automated Tester Unit to test all the 8 h/w boards used in 256p RAX product.- Visited Nigeria and installed 256P RAX switch in their Telecom Network.
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Baskaran B Education Details
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First Class With Distinction
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Baskaran B works for Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd
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Baskaran B's current role is General Manager at Ittiam Systems Pvt Ltd.
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Baskaran B attended Vellore Institute Of Technology.
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Baskaran B has skills like Leadership, Telecommunications Engineering, Quality Management, Embedded Software, Team Building, Hardware Development, Requirements Analysis, Product Certification, Debugging, Customer Retention, People Development, Customer Satisfaction.
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Baskaran B's colleagues are Pratima Dhuldhule, Pallavi Krishnamurthy, Purushottam Hulsogi, Vaibhav Bichave, Vivek S, Vidhya V.p, Ashish Srivastava.
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