Responsible for platform validation & release of Intel Optane Memory (DCPMM)

Managed globally diverse teams of 25+ engineers including technical architects and consultants. Experience in software product validation engineering for industry-leading data storage & management and networking product portfolios.Currently managing SAS SSD end-end Product qualification (FW bring up, Functional, System, InterOp, Solutions, Reliability Testing & Automation teams) in Bangalore. Product validation includes Host, Flash Translation layer, back-end Media like eMLC, 3D MLC & 3D TLC NANDs. Strategy & Planning:- Incubate multiple engineering initiatives in organization and mature them into well-defined practices- Project estimation, schedule, resource planning/optimization and customer engagements- Strategic hiring, building a self-sustained & high performing team to handle project & customer challenges- Change management and skillset transition of engineers to align with changing corporate product roadmap- Establish structured onboard & training plan for new hire. Ensure new team members are contributing quickly to project releases.Project management & delivery- Product quality assessment, qualification strategy, risk management and end to end project planning- Project management & providing product quality assessment based on metrics.- Defining and establishing effective project metrics to help in making informed decisions- Strong business acumen and customer focusTechnical & Resource Management- Technical and business leadership with knowledge on engineering operations- Providing direct supervision to professional level engineers within the function.- Define strategy to optimize resource utilization using tools and automation frameworks with charter to roll out consistent best practices and processes.- Design and architect automation framework for continuous product testing to validate latest code changes with focus to reduce defect escapes and product development cycle.

Product Validation of PCIe based Flash controllers used for primary storage in high performance DAS environments. The primary use case is low latency & high throughput with high data reliability & protection mechanisms. Delivered with 6Gb/s & 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID ROC based storage controllers. - Drive product quality, customer requirements, project management and time-to-market within engineering for Flash products like (SAS SSDs & PCIe Flash solutions) - Partnering with product owners, client stakeholders, and international teams to define and translate requirements and designs into clear QA/test objectives and strategies- Manage outsourcing/vendor relationships, capital planning and budgetary exercise- Leading product validation team and managing systems & solutions as part of engineering organization.- Coordinate deliverables with engineering teams cross geographical locations to deliver major software components in critical customer deployments.- Employee engagement, retention and career development planning

Data Deduplication is a core Storage Efficiency technology to eliminate redundant data and referencing just a single copy of data. A single instance of duplicate data block is stored, facilitating storage space savings while leveraging all existing NetApp backup and recovery technologies. • Project/Resource planning, scheduling and status reporting • QA resource & HW planning for future releases.• Devising test plans and test strategies. Cross team interaction to ensure Inter-Operability testing of product areas.• Defect analysis and prioritization of test execution • Devising test automation framework, schedules and tracking. • High level scoping and bread box sizing from PRD items.• Customer focused solutions, stress and usecase testing within the team along with functional coverage.• Ownership of Lab & budget management for the wider organization• Mentoring new team members on product technologies and automation

Worked as Technical lead for FPolicy (HSM), SnapLock (Write once, Read Many data for compliance) & NetApp Storage Recovery Adapter (SRA - VMware’s Site Recovery Manager -SRM) • Functional, Scalability & Stress testing.• Interfacing with field support to work on customer escalations. • Authoring Test Plan and Scope of work, Testing & automation strategy • Setup team in NB and mentored new members• Developed stable and scalable automation

As Programmer Analyst (at Infosys) worked as lead for functional and sustenance testing of Metro Ethernet Solution, L2-VPN with IP and Multicast (Nortel Networks, USA.). Worked at Onsite location (Boston) to coordinate all Test development and execution activities. • Onsite coordinator for test deliverable• Ramped up and lead the Java based framework & test automation team at offshore location• Devising and reviewing test plans and reporting results• Interface with client and coordinate sustenance activities

Product development for GM to provide one box solution for Diagnostics, Online report generation, Data recording for Class-II and CAN networks. This test and diagnostic tool can be used to monitor and diagnose the various ECUs (Electronic Control Unit). • Coding in C• Unit testing