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New York, Ny, Us

Newark, Nj, Us

White Plains, Ny, Us

• Performed due diligence on prospective startups• Provided feasibility analysis on technical companies• Perform valuation analysis on due diligence teams• Research on markets including Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence, electronic circuit fabrication, consumer products and telecommunications.• Investments in robotics, electronic components and consumer products

Cranbury, Nj, Us

Responsible for bring the Antronix optical product line to market. Instituted phase gate approach to the development team. Introduction of analytics to determine addressable markets. Responsible for significantly lowering product costs production steps. Built relationships with silicon providers in order to ease issues with the supply chain.

St Laurent, Quebec, Ca

Engaged with top 5 cable MSOs, developed organization chart and identified key decision makers for technical and business issues. Provided forecast for cable and wireless opportunities for the top tier cable companies. Managed successful field trials of Electroline products at top tier accounts. Engaged with Sales Reps on key accounts to help drive sales and design wins at Tier 1 and Tier 2 MSOs. Developed sales strategy for revenue growth for cable, wireless networking, fiber and optical markets.

Project Manager and Consultant to Antronix. Introducing next generation products into the cable industry. Identifying market, build business cases and target tier one customers. PON and DPoE development, IPTV and OTT implementation, market research.

Consulted for SiTune for their silicon tuner for the cable modem market. Researched customer requirements, industry market share and developed initial release plan and go to market strategy. Generated interest and potential sales opportunities with major cable operators and equipment vendors.

Los Angeles, Us

Developed overall architecture and go to market strategy for the next generation EPON ONU for the North American cable market. Answered Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and worked directly with cable operators on requirements and performance criteria for next generation products. Wrote the product definition for forward looking broadband products and developed the forecast for the residential and business markets. Supported Tier One Cable Operators on lab evaluation and field trials, resulting in DOCSIS 3.1 gateway design win. Promoted OTT to tier one and tier two cable operators.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Developed the architecture and IP roadmap for the A/V Broadcast Business Unit. The architecture and IP allowed us to combine 160 Single Carrier QAM signals over a single RF port. This resulted in design wins for the Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), EdgeQAM, CCAP, and Remote PHY at major equipment vendors. Participated in the DOCSIS 3.1 and Remote PHY Working Groups. Wrote white papers and articles for leading trade publications, thereby creating demand for FPGAs in headend designs. Wrote marketing development plan, provided competitive landscape information, analyzed industry research reports, gathered forecast and projection data for North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Responsible for driving overall system requirements with senior management on next generation FPGA roadmap.

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Supported Luxtera’s active optical cable and optical transceiver, OptoPhy. Penetrated and established strategic relationships with engineering and procurement at tier one accounts. Grew the business from $0 with significant design wins and revenue generation.

Responsible for pre and post technical sales support for Broadband Products such as Cable Modems, Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), Silicon Tuner and VoIP. Supported customer designs, which included CMTS, Video on Demand and EdgeQAM. Responsible for overall Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) network configuration, hardware development, DRAM and Flash interface, IP routing configuration. Responsible for lab set up and data retrieval for HFC performance/Quality of Service (QOS) measurements. Supported tier one customers such as Cisco/Scientific Atlanta, Motorola, Arris, and Alcatel-Lucent. Also worked with cable operators Comcast and Cablevision. Worked with Broadcom management, reporting customer requirements for inclusion in next generation products. Provided on site support for customers early stage development. Design wins at all the major suppliers to the top tier Cable Operators. Developed test scripts and configuration files for Broadcom CMTS reference design (VxWorks OS). Developed test software for CMTS (VxWorks OS) and cable modem (VxWorks OS and eCOS OS) reference designs. Captured 100% of the CMTS and 80% of the CPE cable market in North America.

Designed and developed CMTS cable headend equipment from concept to finished product. Responsible for architecture and design of hardware including RF, digital, FPGA, DRAM interface, schematic capture and layout. Wrote test code and test scripts (VxWorks OS). Tracked progress of overall project. Simulated HFC network conditions in order to record and adjust overall system performance. Responsible for testing from cable headend to customer premise (RF to ethernet). Reported directly to Lucent senior management. Responsible for driving overall system requirements for final production release. Designs supported DOCSIS 1.0, 1.1, MCNS, and ATM based protocol.

Holmdel, New Jersey, Us

Implemented Bell Labs Research requirements on fiber optics into hardware for NTT evaluation and proof of concept. Responsible for board layout, FPGA design, early stage testing, integration and simulation. Design outperformed all other entries during competition stage at NTT. Selected by NTT for their PON and FSAN deployment. Designed the hardware for the AT&T PAC audio encoder/decoder (AAC). Design included PowerPC processor, DRAM interface, PCI/ISA bridge, and audio interface (DAC/ADC). Designed digital audio interface with an Altera FPGA. Responsible for schematic capture, layout, system debug and test code. Involved from concept Developed the DSP code for the audio section of the Video on Demand Authoring Work Station and Set Top Box using Dolby AC2 and MPEG Audio. Designed FPGA to mix multiple audio streams to a single output. Also designed the digital and analog audio hardware for the Video on Demand project.

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Entrepreneurship

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering, Concentration In Digital Signal Processing

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Post Graduate Course - Network Protocols