With over 23 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, I am a seasoned silicon engineering leader and entrepreneur who is passionate about creating new products, new business opportunities, and building teams from scratch. I am currently the Business & Customer Engineering Lead - Sr Director, Silicon Engineering at AMD, where I lead all-things-engineering for the Semi-custom BU Product Development from concept-till-production.In this role, I own and manage the end-to-end engineering definition, negotiation, alignment, and execution for a multi-billion dollar customer product portfolio, heading a 15+ member senior team comprising of Chief Engineers and Program Managers. I have delivered 20+ successful SoC/ASIC volume productions, managing large cross-geo teams and influencing and winning new business worth over 10M USD. I am also an Angel Investor with SucSEED Venture Fund, where I invest in people who share my values of integrity, honesty, and hard work. I am pursuing a Management Degree from Harvard University, and I hold an MS in Microelectronics from BITS Pilani and a BE in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Thapar University. I have one US Patent and 12 technical publications to my credit, and I have been awarded as an "Out-of-the-box" thinker and innovator.
Listed skills include Soc, Semiconductors, Physical Design, Vlsi, and 24 others.