May 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Founded and led AMD’s Machine Learning Software Engineering Org, scaling to 450+ engineers worldwide. Drove the company’s compute and AI software strategy for data center training, inference, and HPC, while delivering the industry’s leading open-source heterogeneous compute platform.
• Key Achievements:
• > Built & Scaled Organization: Grew and led a 450+ person global team spanning frameworks, compilers, runtimes, libraries, tools, and Linux GPU kernel.
• > Launched ROCm: Established ROCm (Radeon Open Compute) as AMD’s open-source platform for heterogeneous compute, enabling PyTorch, TensorFlow, MLIR, LLVM, TVM and unlocking AI workloads on AMD GPUs.
• > Full Stack Leadership: Delivered and optimized frameworks, graph compilers, libraries (BLAS, FFT), runtimes (HIP, OpenMP), and developer tools (rocGDB, rocProfiler) to support production-scale ML models (NLP, CNNs, RNNs, RL, LSTM).
• > Silicon–Software Co-Design: Drove end-to-end optimization of AMD GPUs for data center training and inference workloads, improving performance, scalability, and developer adoption.
• > Strategic Growth: Expanded AMD’s global ML software footprint by acquiring Acceleware’s GPU library team in Calgary, Canada, creating a new center of software excellence.
• > Industry Impact: Positioned AMD as a viable alternative to NVIDIA in AI, HPC, and ML software stacks — shaping developer ecosystems through open source and industry partnerships.

Aug 2011 – May 2018 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Santa Clara,California

• Led and scaled multi-disciplinary engineering orgs of 200–300+ people driving company-wide impact across ML systems, Chrome platforms, and Intel’s first Atom-based tablets. Built leadership bench through hiring and talent development while forging strategic partnerships with Google, Microsoft, and Apple to deliver zero-to-one products and platforms.
• Key Achievements:
• > Org Leadership: Built and managed 200–300+ person cross-geo teams, spanning machine learning systems, Chrome OS, computer vision, and platform software.
• > Zero-to-One Innovation: Delivered Intel’s first Atom processor tablet with integrated graphics & ML capabilities, driving new product categories and market expansion.
• > Software Excellence: Championed open-source contributions across MKL-DNN, Chrome OS, and Linux while leading software quality initiatives. Won Intel’s Software Quality Award (ISQA) and Intel Achievement Award (IAA) — the company’s highest team and individual honors.
• > Computer Vision & ML: Built new HW/SW architectures for vision and ML workloads, advancing performance and developer adoption across imaging and video processing.
• > HW/SW Co-Design: Spearheaded pre-silicon to post-silicon strategies, optimizing hardware and software stacks for next-generation SoCs.
• > Industry Partnerships: Drove collaborations with Google, Microsoft, and Apple — enabling co-design of products and ecosystems at global scale.

Jun 2008 – Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• Served on the leadership team establishing Foxconn’s US product development center, building engineering capabilities and partnerships that accelerated the company’s entry into Android devices and advanced mobile platforms.
• Key Achievements:
• > Org & Team Building: Helped create Foxconn’s US engineering startup team, scaling multi-disciplinary software development capabilities.
• > Strategic Partnerships: Forged relationships with Google that secured Foxconn’s membership in the Open Handset Alliance, enabling Android adoption.
• > Zero-to-One Products: Directed development of one of Foxconn’s first Snapdragon-based Android tablets, delivered for a Tier-1 CDMA carrier in partnership with Google.
• > Cross-Industry Collaboration: Managed engineering programs with Intel, Sprint, ST Ericsson, Motorola, Broadcom, and Wind River, accelerating Foxconn’s ecosystem integration and product roadmap.

Nov 1999 – May 2008 · 8 yrs 6 mos

• Drove innovation and technical strategy across Motorola’s mobile devices division during a period of rapid industry transformation. Led cross-functional and global teams, delivering first-of-their-kind products and technologies that shaped the evolution of smartphones, graphics, and user interfaces. Consistently rated in the top 10% of performance across Motorola.
• Key Achievements:
• > Groundbreaking Product Innovation: Architected Motorola’s first color device (2002) and shipped the first ATI GPU-based mobile product (2004), advancing graphics and multimedia for next-gen devices.
• > Android Advocacy: Championed Motorola’s early adoption of Android (2008) and led prototype development showcased at Mobile World Congress, laying the groundwork for Motorola’s shift to open platforms.
• > UI & Interaction Leadership: Led the User Interface Taskforce (2007), creating a declarative UI framework and intelligent multimodal interactions that shipped in 10M+ devices.
• > Cross-Geo Leadership: Managed teams across China, India, and Japan, delivering mobile web technologies, multimedia frameworks, and ecosystem integrations with partners like Google.
• > Recognition & Awards: Multiple Design Excellence Awards (2002–2006), “Engineering Excellence” (2002), “Innovator of the Month” (2004), and nomination for Motorola’s Science and Advisory Board Association (2007).