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Semiconductor Advanced Technology Sourcing for Google Cloud infrastructure (AI HW accelerators, Compute, Memory, 2.5D/3D chiplet integration, Optics) - Technology pipeline - Strategic & Technical Risk Assessment - Strategic Partnerships - Incubation - Investment.Scanned emerging technology trends and identified engagement opportunities with startups, research consortiums and strategic suppliers.Developed a process and ROI model to discover/vet/incubate/graduate these technologies and drive go/no-go decisions on investments and future partnerships.Built value proposition, product roadmap intercepts and business cases along with engineering, finance, legal teams and communicated findings internally through executive-level reports and dashboards.Articulated and co-led corporate strategy for long-term technology pipeline and industry alignment for Google data center and cloud infrastructure, including managing current gaps and potential product intercepts, competitive assessment, working with technical leads in each area.

Drove partnership strategies with VC partners.

Mission: Unlock the full potential of Artificial Intelligence, Google Cloud, open-source EDA tools, PDKs for semiconductor start-up and scale-up companiesMentor for the "Google for Startups" program (https://startup.google.com/)

Corporate StrategyDefined and implemented the corporate development strategy and messaging.Created story-telling investor decks, 3-5 year business plan, P&L and financial forecast and presented in front of investors.Key achievements: $150M total raised to date: $25M in 2019, $15M in 2018, $15M in 2017, $35M in 2015, $25M in 2014.VP Business DevelopmentCreated the Artificial Intelligence business unit leveraging a resistive memory-based chip architecture solving the major performance bottleneck of computing architecture.Translated high-level customer and customers’ customer requirements in system-related product specifications. Drove the corporate tech and product roadmap towards best product-market fit by converging product spec, business opportunity analysis and intrinsic tech capabilities.Designed and implemented a strategic business plan of the 200+ targeted accounts. Developed relationships with ecosystem partners and created a new standardization group (SCAiLE) with US, Taiwanese and Japanese companies.Key achievements: Closed 5 NRE-based and licensing agreements before product availability.VP Marketing:Managed $600K marketing budget.Advocated an AI domain-specific memory-based processor chip architecture via numerous speaking opportunities at conferences, press releases, contributed articles and briefings with journalists and analysts.Managed a 5-people team for marcom/PR.

Led many silicon chip memory product launches, from concept to datasheet development, market analysis and business plan. Developed relationships with standardization bodies (JEDEC), chipsets partners, automotive / Tier1 customers to ensure technical compliance and coordinated go-to-market strategies. Contributed to Chapter11 emergence in 2010. Was a member of the cross-functional elite team mandated to invent new business lines with high business potential expanding the Total Addressable Market beyond memory core business. The new family of microcontrollers was a key element to get buy-in of Spansion’s creditors to restructure the debt and emerged from bankruptcy in May 2010.

Principal System-on-Chip architect of a brand new application processor generation for mobile phones and automotive infotainment systems (OMAP2/3/4) at Texas Instruments.In charge of the architecture of volatile (DRAM) and non-volatile (Flash) memory controllers.Managed a 5-people remote team in India and Austin, Texas for design and validation. Built strategic relationships with major memory suppliers to ensure technical compatibility and roadmap alignment.Built relationships with major customers such as Nokia mobile phones.Was TI representative at standardization bodies (JEDEC, eMMC).