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Durham, Nc, Us

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

• Successfully manage strategic partnerships with smart home ecosystem partner companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon, and Samsung SmartThings and key system integrators such as Tuya for Matter over OpenThread and Matter over Wi-Fi products.• Lead cross functional teams with stakeholders in engineering, product management, marketing, applications engineering to bring Matter early adopters to successful product launches which resulted in over $170M in LTR in first 6 months and growth of opportunity funnel to over $900M across over 400 unique opportunities.• Align internal product strategy, roadmaps, and software development priorities with market demands by writing product requirements for Matter and ecosystems.• Identify key partnerships and drive adoption for Matter over OpenThread and Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and Z-wave with more than 30 Internet Service Provider companies in NA, EMEA, and APAC through creation of proof of concepts, hands-on trainings, presentations, and workshops to grow our TAM and add over $400M to opportunity funnel.• Collaborate with technology partners at Amazon to create compelling use cases and technical solutions for Amazon Sidewalk, leading to over $150M in new opportunity creation YTD and accelerated technology adoption.• Resolve complex technical issues for key customers to assist in building products and completing interoperability testing with smart home ecosystems on the EFR32 Platform.• Participate in Thread Group and Connectivity Standards Alliance industry events, working groups, and technical committees to drive thought leadership for silicon vendor interests. Help drive business development for Matter over OpenThread and Wi-Fi amongst Internet Service Provider companies in EMEA and APAC through creation of Proof of Concepts, hands-on trainings, presentations, and workshops.Participate in Thread Group and Connectivity Standards Alliance working groups and technical committees.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Designed and implemented application layer features on embedded networking stacks such as Zigbee, BLE, and OpenThread to meet product requirements.• Collaborated with cross functional engineering teams across multiple locations, disciplines, and software stack layers to create original implementation of Apple HomeKit Platform Abstraction Layer and BT Mesh application layers.• Resolved technical issues with partners for early HomeKit over OpenThread adopters leading to multiple successful product launches resulting in over $25M LTR.• Created automated plugins and tools to accelerate customers through Thread Certification process leading to improve customer experience and increased adoption.• Contributed to cross-functional Process Improvement Team to help improve code cleanliness, coding conventions, and agile development flows for software team of 350+ engineers by adding automated scripts to Jenkins continuous integration and deployment systems, improving JIRA workflows, and clarifying documentation. Helped implement Bluetooth Mesh on EFR32 platform. Helped get EFR32 Platform through Thread Component Certification.

Austin, Tx, Us

Austin, Tx, Us

Currently working on a CPU usage monitoring tool to work on both Zigbee and Bluetooth Low Energy stacks on Silicon Labs embedded MCUs.

Responsible for all custom computer builds and assemblies, minor computer repair work such as screen replacement, motherboard replacements, and fan replacements. Performed system malware and virus clean up and tune up. Handled customer service over the phone and in store and took care of all inventory.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

High School