GigaIO is a Carlsbad, CA (San Diego) based startup founded in 2017 developing AI infrastructure products using GigaIO's fabric. As PM I handle all the product requirements and work with two key Tier-1 server vendors to optimize our engineered solution called SuperNODE. SuperNODE enables a single server to aggregate 32 GPU Accelerators for AI training and inferencing without any code changes.• Delivered multi-million dollar orders for datacenter equipment used in GPU Cloud for AI through successful launch of two partner ODM projects• Contributed to improvement in AI training for rack-level engineered solutions, including cluster switches, accelerators, servers, and storage• Owned pricing strategy for hardware, software, and support products• Led technical publication efforts and contributed to marketing campaigns

Inspur Systems (now Aivres) is the US-branch of an information technology company with HQ in mainland China with revenue of $63.2billion yan ($8.9b USD - 2015). As PM I supported two key customers building L11 racks in a newly robotically-automated line in Milpitas, CA. • Collaborated with leading global cloud service providers to prioritize new hardware and firmware features for rack-level servers & storage equipment• Managed NPI rack-level pilot builds at the factory and deployment at hyper-scale data centers

SuperMicro Computer is a San Jose, US-based information technology company with revenue of $7.12billion (2023). I was in the hottest group at SMC: the GPU server group working on AI infrastructure. As PM I owned 1U and 2U GPU servers with PCIe Form Factor. Later, I owned a 2U 4-GPU Nvidia SXM/HGX Redstone product that was hugely popular at roll-out. It was my job to lead the weekly Nvidia joint calls about qualifying their GPUs on SMC servers.• Developed NPI product go-to-market strategy for GPU Accelerator Servers & AI Computing product line• Led cross-functional teams to drive product development and launch• Provided AI Compute expertise to sales, field application engineers, designers, production, and end-customers

Citrix Systems, is a US multinational cloud computing and virtualization technology company with revenue of $3.22billion (2021). I worked in the NetScaler team to develop security (think checkout carts) server appliances that we would customize from contract manufacturers. This is when I branched off to Product Management.• Delivered multiple high-profile Security & SD-WAN Server Appliances across the complete product lifecycle• Implemented data-driven workflow solutions resulting in improved time-to-market, cost reduction, and risk mitigation• Led Agile Scrum teams, improving on-time feature delivery

Jabil is a US multinational manufacturing company with revenue of $34.7billion (2023) across 30 countries. I worked in design services engineering to support our advanced high-speed board design customers. I started at HQ in St. Petersburg Florida and the company moved me to San Jose, CA to support customers there.• Designed and managed solutions for multimillion-dollar NRE budgets• Presented to C-level executives & architects to discuss new project opportunities

I began my career at startup Cascade Communications that was acquired by Ascend Communications which was in turn acquired by Lucent Technologies. We made ATM, Frame Relay and Sonet/SDH copper and optical communication switches for enterprise and telecommunication customers. Started as an engineering technician and worked my way up to Sr. Manager with 10 direct reports.Engineering Manager & Principal Engineer · Westford, MA- Leading development team for multiservice WAN switch product family- Creating & managing team of 10 engineers including hardware design, logic design, mechanical & diagnostic software while ensuring working systems in tight schedules- Leading team to design hardware and debug networking equipment that provide voice and data services to Service Provider customers- Designing optical SONET/SDH OC3, OC12, OC48, OC192, GbE hardware physical layer boards including high-speed board design, schematics and oversee layout and mechanical- Coordinating with industry standards, local consultants and regulatory laboratories of record- Creating and specifying project team wiki to formalize supportive tools for engineering teams, manufacturing, purchasing, project management and customer service- Debugging and sustaining complex products to resolve software integration issues, manufacturing defects and backward/forward compatibility of new semiconductor devices- Spearheading project to develop automation software to help reduce RMAs and replace slow manual testing