Feb 2022 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022 · 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Aug 2014 – Apr 2021 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Apr 2012 – Aug 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore, India

• Overall P&L responsibility for the Semiconductor business line; Peak topline of US$ 33M and billed headcount of 500+; Managed to limit downside in spite of turbulent market environment
• Institutionalized key account management practices including quarterly business reviews as well as formal account planning
• Drove bottom-line growth (by 200 basis points) by structured program on space utilization and optimization
• Pioneered an outcome based billing model with demonstrated value to the customer; thereby positioning Sasken as an strategic vendor for the customer
• Built strong management level relationships and developed an organizational knowledge of “how things are done” at three key wireless semiconductor companies as well as several Global Innovations Centers in India

Sep 2007 – Apr 2012 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore, India

• Built Sasken’s automotive and consumer electronics business from scratch; Boot strapped the development of Sasken’s Automotive practice; Lead the sales push to break into Sasken’s first Automotive Tier-1 customer (2009 – 2011); Lead the requirement gathering workshop personally with the Japanese customer and adapted the engineering process to cope with evolving requirements
• Drove job family definitions in the practice
• Drove partnership with Texas Instrument, that was critical to Automotive and CE practice enabling a large multi-year contract with a Japanese Tier-1
• Lead acquisition of Ingenient Technologies Inc (2009); Designed and lead offshoring of the engineering capabilities of Ingenient Technologies Inc; Made unit profitable

Sep 2003 – Sep 2007 · 4 yrs · Bangalore, India

• Integration Manager for Sasken’s acquisition in Finland (2006-07)
• Part of the team that concluded the acquisition of Botnia Hightech Oy (valued at € 35.5M) (2006); enabling entry into a Tier-1 Handset OEM as a Key Account
• Lead the team that concluded the acquisition of Integrated Softtech, Chennai and Blue Broadband Technologies and Integrated Softtech (2004-2006)
• Coordinated IPO of Rs. 130 Crores; issue was over-subscribed 78 times (2005)
• Part of the core team that defined Sasken’s core values

Sep 2006 – Sep 2007 · 1 yr · Tampere, Finland

Sep 2006 – Sep 2007 · 1 yr

Aug 2006 – Sep 2007 · 1 yr 1 mo

Apr 2000 – Aug 2003 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore, India

• Drove the business development effort for Sasken’s product business; grew the business from zero to 30% of the company’s review in 2 years
• Defined offerings roadmaps (including market requirement spec) in protocol stacks and mobile multimedia space
• Closed major protocol stack licensing agreements with Intel and Texas Instruments
• Designed and implemented an agile development approach working closely with the engineering function
• Defined an innovative message based interface in ensure ease of porting and debugging of the product

Sep 1995 – Mar 2000 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

• Responsible for managing development projects in mobile protocol stacks area
• Responsible for managing customer projects developing cycle accurate simulators for processor cores
• Developed an cycle accurate model generator to ease specification and improve speed of models