Results-oriented leader with over 20 years of experience in Software/Firmware/Hardware development. Proven ability to lead and mentor teams, troubleshoot complex technical issues, drive successful product development life cycles. Excelled in collaborative engagement with global stakeholders, ensuring seamless cooperation and alignment. Contributed to Industry leading products at small and large companies.Experienced in end-to-end product development/sustenance life cycle. Product Engineering, Concept to First Customer ShipmentKey Competencies:Building State-of-the-Art Hi-Tech Products: Proven expertise in leading the development of innovative, cutting-edge technology solutions from concept to completion, delivering products that meet high standards of quality and performance.Ownership and Accountability: A strong sense of responsibility and dedication to seeing projects through to success, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.Can-Do Attitude: A positive, proactive approach to problem-solving and overcoming challenges, with a focus on delivering results, regardless of obstacles.Leadership in Challenging Situations: Demonstrated ability to lead teams through complex and high-pressure environments, navigating technical, operational, and strategic challenges to achieve success.Products: Cisco MGX, CISCO CRS II, Cisco SCAPA, Cisco UCS, Cisco ASR903, Cisco Catalyst 9400Alcatel 1671, Alcatel GPON MDU, Alcatel-Lucent Omni Switch.Nokia BTS, Conexant IP DSLAM Firetide WLAN AP, Mindtree Bluetooth Controller.HFCL (COT/AT) SDH Controller Card & HFCL SONET Line Card.Distributed Computing, Hardware & Software architecturesSchematic reading, bare-board testing, hardware-bring up of multi-layer boards. SoC Communication processors, Packet Processors Micro-controllers, memory, onboard devices, PCI, I2C, SPI, UART BSP, Diagnostic software, bootloader, firmware for devices on SoC, Onboard devices & peripherals. OS, device drivers, KLM’s, HAL and application software stack bring up. RTOS Linux, Qnx, μCOS-II. G.709 standard for Optical Networks. OTN/SONET/SDH/PDH (E1/T1-E3/T3) WLAN 802.11a/b/g/n, Bluetooth, Ethernet, PoE Layer2/Layer3 Networking Protocols JTAG debugger, GDB, CRO/Logic analyzer, perforce, CDETS, GIT, traffic generatorsLeveraging the power of GCP to build scalable and efficient solutions. Kubernetes, microservices, containers, and Kafka. Deep Neural Networks (DNN) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN). Tiny ML, TensorFlow Lite. Python, KERAS, TensorFlow. Data Pipelines, ML Ops