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Santa Clara, California, Us

• Managed open-source development of Cloud Native Data Plane for x86 CPU and of Infrastructure Programmer Development Kit for ARM IPU within Network and Edge business unit.• Developed APIs and libraries for user space solutions to improve performance and/or utilization through modifications to data path, load balancing, etc.• Led discussions with partners and customers to drive product roadmaps for cloud and wireless networks by identifying and addressing pain points and bottlenecks.• Created GTM whitepapers, web content, and conference materials in conjunction with corporate marketing, SDE, and legal teams to highlight performance and efficiency gains of software features.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

• Led team to successful completion of E2E PoC of interactive VR experience with IR motion tracking using private 5G and edge compute with HMD, infrastructure, and ISV partners.• Collaborated with business units to identify, evaluate, and select emerging technologies for product development in partnership with external AWS and Azure MEC account teams.• Negotiated and executed SOWs with partners (ISVs, OEMs/ODMs, infrastructure and device vendors, etc.) to meet project requirements and KPIs.• Pipelined potential partners and prioritized product development in the areas of AR/VR, AI/ML, and edge computing, etc. to showcase 5G and MEC services and create revenue streams.• Integrated and validated partner technologies (real-time video streaming, computer vision, industrial IoT, etc.) to determine suitability for a minimum viable product (MVP).

• Assessed market opportunities for a stealth mode start up in the IoT hardware connectivity space through analyst reports and discussions with target corporate clients.• Provided project management for a software engineering team building a crowd sourced database for improved QoE of wireless access technologies.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Strategic Finance (2012-2015)• Projected the financial impacts of various technology evolutions (5G, vRAN, SDN/NFV, etc.) on CAPEX, OPEX, and TCO for service providers (MNOs and MSOs).SoC Business Development (2010-2012)• Coordinated with global business development leaders to develop targeted GTM messaging and business case analyses for service providers and infrastructure vendors for small cell SoCs.Research and Development Strategy (2008-2010)• Estimated market potential (TAM, SAM, and revenue) of new product and service concepts as a team leader for program reviews with executive and senior management.• Advised systems engineers on operational challenges related to emerging technologies (AR, millimeter wave, indoor location positioning, etc.) for roadmap feature development.• Partnered with engineering departments to obtain empirical mobile network data for analysis of global customer behavior trends.Corporate Technical Marketing (2005-2008)• Created GTM messaging for QUALCOMM’s present and future products and services to evangelize advantages in adoption for customers and partners.• Collaborated with external industry analysts on requests for information regarding the impacts of upcoming technologies (LTE, MIMO, etc.) on network expenditures and UX.• Represented QUALCOMM as a speaker at industry meetings on various technical subject matters related to the mobile market, e.g. mobile backhaul, IP transport costs, etc.Global Business Development (2003-2005) • Developed and presented business plans for internal program reviews and external partner evaluations of products or services deployments, e.g. mobile video broadcast, 3G migration, etc.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Oversaw achievement of commercial feature targets of control and user plane for UMTS Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) through cross-functional teams.• Headed a team of systems engineers, architects, software developers, and product managers to meet product performance goals and to assist in defining future features and roadmap.• Resolved bottlenecks in real-time execution and processor utilization for IP and GTP processing by developing a test plan for optimizing hardware and software solutions.• Estimated the possible impacts of Quality of Service (QoS) implementations on the existing system architecture implementation and requirements.

• Consulted for an international wireless service provider on technical considerations of their CDMA vendor selection process for a contract valued at $100+ million.• Completed successful system integration and test of Vodafone AirTouch’s Globalstar satellite gateway in Texas.

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering