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• Sr. Software Engineering Manager –LTE (4G) Layer1 Development Group o Headed the Small Cell eNodeB development as well Eco system Development of LTE FDD & TDD PHY Compliant to 3GPP Release 8/9 Layer1 PHY on 9131 & 9132 SOC having LTR of 200+ MUSDo Leading the LTE PHY Conformance Test Toolkit development from Conceptualization to Deploymento Drove the End to End integration and ensuring production with Tier1 & Tier2 ODMs/OEMso Reorganized the LTE Layer1 PHY Development team with clear R&R and acted as Global Core Team Lead for SW deliveryo Lead team of 40+ Engineers comprising Technical & Program Managers, Technical Leads working on PHY development, tool development & Productization with mix of Contractors & Partners engineers o Improved & efficient release execution cycle having 2.5 times coverage with 70% resources o Instituted key development metrics as “Zero Defect: Static Analysis”, “>90% Statement Coverage: Dynamic Analysis”, “100% Unit Test Pass: Component Dash Board”, Automated overnight regression o Defined product roadmap & institutionalized Change request processo Delivered Solution as per product roadmap while coordinating closely with Customers, Sr. Mgmt., Marketing, Cross functional development team & 3rd Party stack providers• Software Engineering Manager – Linux BSP Development Group [Apr 2008-Jun 2012]o Design & Development of Linux BSP for various key SOCs such as P2020, P1020, P1010 SOC and its variants. Delivered the first Wireless Enabled SDK for Heterogeneous devices such as BSC9131 and BSC9132o Tracking the Program Progress against the baseline, Risk Management & conflict resolutiono Working with Global Enablement team leads for scope definition, designing SW roadmapso Working with Marketing to define Product Demos etc. for various Road-showso Instrumental in enabling of key development methodologies e.g. Pre-Silicon enablement/Co-development using Palladium/EVA, Alpha Sample screening using Bootbox

• Acted as “Product Manager” for “First Low Power 802.11n Single-Chip” WLAN producto Defining Product Level requirement and pursuing the product concept with Sr. Executives for approval along with Executive Marketing Directoro Defining product roadmap and working with Engineering management for executiono Competitive product analysis & defining Product Proposition for various marketso Driving the product launch and presenting the product proposition for customerso Holding Sales training to educate the worldwide sales teamo Working closely with ODMs & tracking their progress for product launch with OEMs for retail segmento Worked as central point of contact for Sales, Marketing, Customers, Engineering and Sr. Management• Acted as “Segment Owner” for “Embedded and Retail Segment” WLAN productso Maintaining sound relationship with sales & Marketing to understand the customer requirements & customer to keep in synco Instrumental in establishing “Development partner agreement” with Microsoft, USA for Microsoft Mobile Development Systemo Alignment and prioritization of customer requirement inline to Business focuso Working with cross functional teams to ensure closure of customer issueso Understanding the Segment requirements and defining feature & product proposalso Responding to RFQs, Scope definition for various trade shows and road-shows and providing enough technical support to successfully execute those• Performed the role of global “Core Team Lead” for key flagship products• Lead the transition of WLAN BU Products from PC market to Embedded & Mobile Market• Lead the design & development of WLAN Device drivers for various operating systems • Experience of handling programs driven by cross functional teams at multiple locations at India, US & Asia-PAC with team size of 30• Acted as key player in establishing WLAN team in India & driving skill set development • Drove key documentation program for improved Time to Market

• Technically leading various projects ranging from Protocol stack development to porting of Audio/Video players• Worked with pre-sales team for making various project proposals• Handled the customer communication as a team lead• Delivered on following projects as Tech Lead/Software engineero Porting of PV Player on PalmOSo IEEE 1394 AVC (Audio/Video control) protocol stack development on VxWorkso Porting of BT stack on uITRON and Conexant’s Single Chip Platformo Bluetooth 1.1 Protocol stack development on Windowso Porting of WinCE 2.12 and 3.0 on Renesys (Hitachi) SH3 & SH4 based Processorso Driver development for Intel 82558 Ethernet Controller for WinNT