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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Systems & Solutions Assessment team• Pivotal in developing Athena based 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐨 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 - supplements industry benchmarks by analyzing end-end performance & power of Alexa, Office365 apps, Chrome, Zoom, Spotify, etc• Developer for the software from its inception. Delivered a production-quality SW in 6 months. Resulted in Project Athena - a shift in Intel's vision to deliver the best laptops. Instrumental in partnering with Dell, Lenovo and HP in launching the first Athena laptops• Technical product manager for the software: conduct user experience research, competitive analysis; assist in defining product roadmap, requirements, features and performance metrics; drive decisions by working with platform architects, security experts, marketing and executive management• 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 product solutions for objective end to end 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨-call quality metrics, 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 performance, and scaling of software to include GPU workloads• 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 app performance gridlocks in software and platform stacks. Collaborate with Microsoft and Intel Product teams to drive optimizations in OS and platform• 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 in hands-on customer workshops at Project Athena Labs in Taiwan• Hands-on acting 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫: instituted process improvements to software development, validation and QA across geos for 20 engineers; manage priorities and technical direction on bugs and features;assess risks and close gaps• 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 and owner of all internal and customer facing technical and learning material for the software• Implement 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 in Python, Node.js, C++ and C# for varied real-world use cases to analyze app responsiveness from a users’ and OS’ perspective• 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 and developed a GUI and a data visualization app using Electron, a development framework using Chromium browser

Santa Clara, California, Us

RealSense 3D Camera Product (SW+HW) Enabling teamTechnologies: C++, Python, Java. RealSense SDK• Technical Lead in assessing and driving product solutions for performance, quality, and reliability• 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 comprehensive Product Qualification Plans for Intel’s flagship 3D cameras and its integrated products by collaborating with 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 like Amazon for 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨 Look, Samsung for Gear VR, and Segway• 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 customer facing technical assessments and deliverable. Drove software solutions from planning to deployment for multiple camera versions, and determined Product Launch criteria• 𝐋𝐞𝐝 business critical debug task forces to triage, and fix issues across the software stack that helped 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬• Developed C++ video streaming applications using 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐃𝐊, an open source cross platform library; to optimize implementations, identify, and debug critical issues across SDK, middleware, Linux kernel and firmware• Developed 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to benchmark the performance, quality and reliability of a tracking camera with Samsung Gear VR• Designed an automation framework using Python, and Arduino, to lead 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 across Smart Home, Electric Vehicle, Robotics, VR, and Drones segments• Developed tools in C++ and workloads in Java to identify performance gaps in Android HAL and with Android integration

Santa Clara, California, Us

Graphics Simulation Infrastructure teamTechnologies: C++, Java, Perl, Direct Programming Interface• Sole owner and contributor of a 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 that serves as the most extensively used GPU validation methodology across several Intel architectures• Implemented a 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 for hardware design tracking and checking of Graphics units• Developed a C++ library to trace and analyze GPU’s functional behavior. Entailed active feature implementation, support and documentation• Independently provided 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 to hundreds of customers for enabling library adoption• Used Java to execute, debug and deploy a new generation of comprehensive checkers for a Graphics unit. 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 Architecture Specification document for the same• Architected and implemented design automation flow to 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of System on Chip with focus on Graphics• Achieved 𝟕𝟓% 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in execution time by implementing and deploying environment check tools

Santa Clara, California, Us

Graphics Functional Simulator teamTechnologies: C++, C#, Assembly, HTML, CSS, JavaScript• Processed 3D data and implement 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 for GPUs of multiple generations. Entailed active feature implementations, and debugging of graphics drivers• Implemented a feature to break into EU kernel debugger to efficiently debug Driver issues • Developed ASP.NET 𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in C# for task management resulting in 𝟓𝟎-𝟕𝟓% 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in data warehousing• Winner of People’s Choice Award at 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 for developing the front-end of a software tool

San Diego, Ca, Us

• Developed client side of a Web Application, a Thesis project, using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Google Visualization API; serving as Thesis• Delivered functionality to register user, login/logout, create ballot, cast vote, compute and view results interactively • Played a pivotal role in research that led to a proposal for Doctoral Program in Management Information Systems at San Diego State University. • Configured and Maintained a network of 20 computers, administered a UNIX server in support of a research stream, and designed a conference room with state of the art technology• Provided technical support and helped patrons in debugging hardware and software issues

M.S, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Computer Science