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+Oversee engineering development activities for a coherent optical transceiver (ICTROSA) utilizing novel internal and 3rd party technologies: system performance modeling, RF design, optical (PIC) design, packaging, manufacturing test, system test, eval platforms, firmware, etc.+Define processes & reviews to add rigor to component-level product development flow+Define processes to support high-volume manufacturing of coherent modules

+Responsible for leading Qualcomm’s datacenter engineering efforts comprising a 900+ engineering team spanning several domestic and international sites+Responsible for delivering chips, platforms and software targeting data center, enterprise and cloud while leading a world-class CPU design team responsible for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon mobile products+Ramped up engineering team in China focused to deliver a roadmap of chips, platforms and software targeting domestic (China) data center needs

+Formed and led Qualcomm’s Processor Research Team, with a focus on researching circuit and architectural techniques to provide competitive advantage and enhance processor performance and power.+For more details, visit http://www.qualcomm.com/invention/research/locations/north-carolina

+Led the SOC team that delivered and commercialized several mobile processor chips providing the highest levels of CPU & multimedia performance including the world’s first mobile GHz processor which started the Snapdragon brand+Collaborated with Product Management to define roadmaps and features, engage with customers, assess competition and develop strategies to grow the business

+Successfully led many ASIC/SOC projects for various product lines, often enabling QC to enter new markets and grow business+Contributed to product roadmap and device feature definition (customer visits, working with marketing and sales), project plan development, while leading engineering teams to develop and commercialize devices to aggressive schedules.+Developed much of the digital design methodology used for chip development resulting in improvements in time to market, performance and power consumption

+Custom circuit design and mask layout design for video processor engines.+Developed automation scripts for the team.+Took the initiative to learn the proprietary video resizing algorithms and developed demo SW (C and x86 assembly) to showcase the capabilities.