* Global Engineering Leadership role reporting to CXO* Heading a team of 150+ to support wide category of offerings* Program Owner of all Products developed - Storefront & Customer driven* Set-up State-of the-art Labs for various customer accounts at various strategic geos/locations* Technical reviews on all deliverables, Drive design team for creating key design wins and solution accelerators * Work with Sales/PreSales team for all proposals, customer interactions, technical workshops, exhibitions and roadshows.* Coordinate with Learning & Development team for training needs, budget planning for training and up/cross skilling * Work with Business Management team for client account management, deliveries/ dependencies, issue / escalation / risk management, overall program management* Work with legal team for large contracts with customers, vendors* Drive TA team for Req fulfillment, leadership hiring / laterals/ campus hiring / weekend drives/campaigns, work with Sourcing team for contractual / contract-to-hire options* Establish complete Design to Manufacturing Process and drive quality goals / release management, chair audits * Drive engineering team technically and file patents, augment technical excellence Accomplishments:• Developed, tested and integrated with oDU for small cells (4T4R) IDU/ODU, single/multi band Macro oRU 4T4R/8T8R• Complete development ownership from LowPHY, Fronthaul for both 4G and 5G in FPGA (Xilinx – MPSoC/RFSoC)• Successfully tested end-to-end DVT/RCT/ORAN/IOT for all the products like small cell, single band oRU• Working on massiveMIMO 32T32R/64T64R product development • Drive and own complete product development for all the 4G/5G oRUs starting from board design, RF design, mechanical enclosure, protos through production, software/FPGA RTL development/ verification/ validation and Testing – EVT/DVT/PVT, RCT/ORAN compliance tests, Pre-compliance and certification – environmental/reliability/safety/EMI/EMC etc

Altran (ex Aricent) is a Communication Software Company offering services and solutions around Datacom, Wireless and Optical domain, expanding into Semiconductor and embedded market with key focus on platforms like Switches/ Routers/ Gateways, Data Center, Handheld & wearable devices/IoT/Connected car, WiFi AP/LTE CPE etc.Link: www.aricent.com• As the Delivery Head for Hardware Services Business Unit, responsible for end-to-end turnkey services to customers from product designs & development to Test and Validation & Compliance Certification, Proto Volume manufacturing, managing a diverse skillset and large team that includes Board design, FPGA, BSP/device drivers, Mechanical, Thermal, RF, Testing etc.• Key achievement includes LTTH CPE and NTE, Vehicular Router, 100G Intelligent access switch, Multiservice Enterprise Gateway, In-Vehicle Infotainment system, Location measurement unit, Wearable devices – Smart watch, Industrial Hat etc, Dual concurrent WiFi AP, M2M – Connected Car and IoT Reference platform etc.

HCL Technologies is a leading Indian IT Giant with global presence; Engineering R&D Services is a horizontal (CoE) focusing on products solutions and services in Telecom, Networking, Medical, Consumer electronics etcLink: http://www.hcltech.com/engineering-rd-services• Developed complex Digitial Cinema Camera (RED) design, Thermal Imaging Camera, Medical Infusion Pump etc.• Managed, large (150+) and diverse skillset /multi geography teams, contributed to technical reviews, hands-on debugging even while carrying out responsibilities at a GM-Delivery Head level and at a Program Management level. • Key Customer Interface, Architect/contributor for other projects involving aerospace, LTE, Storage, etc.

Perftrends, An American Megatrends Inc company involved in design services and IP solutions targeted for the global market involving custom ASIC and Hardware design products and services business supporting customers from US, Canada, Korea and India. Along with the AMI India software team the company offers turnkey solutions to Defense, Public sector units in India. Link: http://www.perftrends.com/• As a Head of India Center, my role involved complete ownership and accountability for the PnL, Technical deliveries, New project wins and exploring adjacent market. • Successfully brought out DDR2, PCIe and AES/DES IP core designs, delivered turnkey ASIC developments for Indian Defense - designs based on 32b RISC CPU/Multi core, DSPs etc, Developed many handheld products – GPS Navigator System for Indian defense, HMI for M2M applications etc, Vehicle Tracking systems with holistic approach that supported diverse deployment scenario and variety of measurement/monitoring systems with wireless logging and remote vehicle control.

Intel, a leader in Processor Market with global presence; involved in chips / products / solutions in Processor & Networking. Link: www.intel.com• Lead the Pre and Post Silicon Validation for two high density, feature rich 220G Switch ASIC designs. This involved driving the Validation through Emulation/scripts/automation/regression tests, validation board developments, driver and test software development, collaboration with design and verification teams, overall verification and validation role for coverage etc, resulting in 10M gate ASIC worked at full speed & performance @3 hours from Fab.• Managed the validation team, aligned with program management, completed more than 2000+ test cases against various features well within time - round the clock testing on Cadence Emulator, simulation tools etc

HCL Technologies is a leading Indian IT Giant with global presence; Engineering R&D Services is a horizontal (CoE) focusing on products solutions and services in Telecom, Networking, Medical, Consumer electronics etcLink: http://www.hcltech.com/engineering-rd-services• Developed complex and very high speed network products and ASIC designs, that includes Multi -protocol Packet Switching Engine for SONET ADM, Complete switch/router system for MAN that included very high speed board designs, complex FPGA designs, Voice Gateway for Call Management System, SONET/TDM switches and TSIs for T1/E1 over SONET, Complex Multi CPU core Semantic processor design and development onto FPGA/ASIC that had Regex and Policy Engines that worked above Layer 5 mainly targeted for IDS, Firewall and security requirements, etc. • Managed, large (50+) and diverse skillset /multi geography teams, contributed to technical reviews, hands-on debugging, had developed and owned all the technical designs and deliveries for all the projects.• Key Architect/contributor for other peer projects in other domains like Aerospace, Medical etc.

Data Patterns is one of the top private Indian companies that develops Defense and Aerospace Products primarily targeted for Indian defense. This includes SCADA, ATE/High end Test benches for LCA, Jet Engine, Inertial Navigation system, Rocket propulsion system etc.Link: http://www.datapatternsindia.com/• As a senior engineer, I had developed more than 50+ products for various defense customers and US customers, had Re-Engineered complex Test bench system for better performance over cost, brought out many a first time complex designs that includes High Speed digital, High precision analog, Mixed signal, RF product designs spanning board design, FPGA development and Driver and diagnostics. Responsibility included Technical Architect roles and delivery lead roles that had direct interface with customers. • Received many accolades from customers for excellent execution, shorter schedule and high quality delivery. • Managed 50+ Engineers with diverse skillset.

Electrical India is an engineering service company working predominantly on Indian public sector projects involving in electrical and electronics installations, instrumentation, calibration and maintenance. • As Assistant Engineer, was responsible for the overall technical execution and commission. Designed few panel meters, PLC circuits etc.