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Generative AI projects are facing technical complexities, costs, power, and talent scarcity challenges in transitioning from pilots to production. Also, data security and user privacy concerns are hampering adoption. ThinkScan is an Edge AI platform and vertical applications venture. We are bringing Gen AI to the edge* to mitigate these challenges and make it easy for the customers to build and deploy AI applications. We have made key innovations in Edge Mesh, Gen AI, low-power edge datacenter design, and Federated ML to drive this transformation.* {The first AI wave has been mostly focused on the Cloud and to a lesser extent, on the endpoints. Most of the data is produced and consumed at endpoints. Moving this data to the cloud for AI is impractical due to bandwidth, cost, latency, and privacy issues. Likewise, datacenters cannot be relocated to endpoints because of power, footprint, and cost constraints. This problem is exacerbated in "smart and connected" use cases, which often have limited resources and cloud connectivity. Increasingly companies are realizing the need for AI in-between the two, or the Edge.A recent Gartner survey of 2,500 global C-level decision-makers found that 48% either have or plan to deploy hybrid or on-prem cloud within 12 months, with another 27% planning to do so within 36 months. In a recent survey of 500 global IT decision-makers, Dell found that 82% prefer on-prem or hybrid approaches for their Gen AI solutions. Additionally, a top hyperscaler found that over 80% of its customers request on-prem or hybrid solutions instead of moving to the cloud.}

Santa Clara, California, Us

Spearheading real-time AI/ML in Cyber Security, and data lake and analytics. Drove product-market fit, use cases, emerging threat areas, distributed/edge storage & analytics, hybrid AI, hardware vendor selection, system architecture, dimensioning and sizing, product execution, and hybrid cloud deployments.

Business & Technology consultant to startups, large companies, VCs, and institutional investors in emerging technologies, including AI/ML, Edge computing, and 5G/IoT.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Office of the President – Technology, Systems Architecture and Client Group. Technical Assistant to head of Engineering ($4B budget; 35000 staff)As a Management Committee Member, drove corporate projects including Emerging technologies (Security, AI/ML), Product innovation and execution velocity, OpEx reduction and Market Capitalization improvements. Created a business case for the Exec staff, “AI/ML - Opportunities, Threats and Solutions”. Director, Systems & Solutions - Datacenter Group – Built network and cloud transformation technical competency and drove growth in Cloud, Networking and Enterprise ($10B+ business); Built Software Defined Infrastructure technical competency from ground up, including a 40+ team of systems and solutions experts. Led the group’s vision, roadmap, GTM, eco-system and execution; Built a hybrid Cloud and enablement centers and drove adoption of Intel’s products at 50+ customers. Provided VNF/NFV dimensioning leadership to the open-source, enterprise, and CSP community; Created, benchmarked and deployed wide-ranging (SDN/NFV, AI, 5G/IoT, Security, CEPH Storage, Edge, IMS, etc.) SDI use-cases, reference architectures and solutions blueprints at 20+ customers.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Created the vision, product/solution roadmap and GTM strategy; and drive it in Edge (IoT, 5G), Datacenter, and Software Defined Infrastructure. Created the vision, product roadmap, and GTM strategy for X86, ARM and GPU offerings. Executed an innovative software strategy and successfully combatted Intel’s DPDK and Quick Assist offerings. Co-led development of a joint AMD - LSI Axxia joint platform for Datacenter (Micro-server, TOR/SDN switch), Storage, and Network acceleration (NFV/SDN, 5G RAN). Drove it at multiple OEM/Enterprises. Spearheaded engagements with Cisco, Arista, F5, ZTE, Huawei, Juniper, Riverbed.

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Ericsson's COE for IP networking technology, IP Networking Systems Product Development Unit (PDU). Reported to the SVP. Led R&D and Business operations of the PDU with $500M revenue, 1000 staff, and $250M budget. Spearheaded PDU’s strategic and operational planning. Implemented a framework to align PDU with corporate governance. Led PDU OpEx reduction by 30%. Led a program to rectify all HW and SW defects in deployed products. Built a customer lab to showcase the PDU’s Router family. Led all customer and executive management visits.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Led business transformation and deployed a strategic account management model for mega OEM and Service Provider customers. Managed $60M revenue and led a 900+ matrixed team. Won first of its kind $30M “externalization” deal, with team and operation acquisition in Germany. Doubled the prospects to win ratio and 25% improvement in Customer Satisfaction KPI. Developed business models and offerings to expand service line revenues.

Us

A Silicon Valley startup, Crimson developed Silicon/software/systems for Multi Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPP), grooming switches and packet processing. It was acquired by Adtran. Raised $25M in funding. Led the vision, market strategy, operational management, product (metro and access) roadmap, and execution. Secured key customers including Cisco, Ciena, Nortel, and Tellabs.

Santa Clara, California, Us

General Manager - Founding GM of Optical Networking with end-to-end $150M P&L Responsibility. As a key Communications Group leader, spearheaded Intel’s push into optical networking and NPU markets. Built a 400 people team at 10 global sites. Led strategy, roadmap, product execution, GTM, and revenue growth. Built $150M P&L from ground up. Managed $100M Budget. Built 15 new products including several industry firsts. Won most top accounts in targeted segments, gaining 85% MSS. Co-led GIGA ($1.2B) and Softcom ($160M) acquisitions. Led four post M&A integrations.

Shelton, Ct, Us

Managed $25M P&L and the life cycle of 20+ Communications and Infrastructure SOC productsSpearheaded long-range business plan and obtained funding for it. Focused the company’s segment strategy on Access, Internet, and Telecom. Led key accounts relationships. Grew revenues by 70%.

Developed cutting edge components, software and systems technologies and solutions for HDTV, Video on Demand, IPTV, and Broadband Access & Networking. Led a $60M DSL product line and delivered a 5ESS CO aggregation system. Built key portions of the chip set for a joint Lucent-Mitsubishi HDTV project. Implemented product development methodology improvement for Lucent-Bell Atlantic-Broadband Technologies Switched Digital Video project (IPTV, based on FTTC).

Developed products and solutions for Power PC, HDTV, Video on Demand (VOD), and Content Delivery Networks (CDN). As member of the first PowerPC team, architected and designed I-Cache, Branch and Dispatch units of the Power PC 630 processor (US Patent 5764970). Developed MMX enhancements for Power PC, 5+ years ahead of the competition. Developed architectures for real time HDTV encoding, 10+ years ahead of competition. Built solutions for VOD and CDN with lead partners Meryl Lynch, Time Warner, Rogers cable and Boeing (US Patent 5515511).

Phd, Computer Science And Engineering

M.S., Computer Engineering

B.S., Electronics Engineering