Manikandan Jayaprakash — Software Engineer

Professional Summary: Product Manager with overall 20+ years of experience in Machine Learning, Multimedia, Mobile & Embedded systems. Innovative, market focused, “can-do” person with responsibilities including Product Strategy, Business case preparation, Competitive analysis etc for Sensing and Multimedia products. Program Management experience in handling cross sites Middleware and Firmware projects with a team of 7 engineers. Design, development & maintenance of various Multimedia products Key Expertise: • Product Management: Market sizing, Business Case preparation, SWOT, P&L analysis, Pricing for Sensing and Multimedia products and Customer validation. • Architecture & Design: System architecture for Multimedia use-cases for VT, VoIP, Media Management & Media Player. • Customer Interaction: Product introduction, technical detailing session & daily alignment meeting • Product Definition: Proof-of-concept (POC) demos to realize & validate use-cases • Mentoring: Coaching architects & Scrum masters on design approaches & decision making • Multimedia Protocols: MPEG-2 TS & PS, 3G-324M, SIP, RTP/RTSP, MTP & HTTP. • Image & Video processing: JPEG, MPEG-1/2, MPEG-4, H.263 & H.264. • Hardware Platforms: Hands on NXP's NxH3xxx, STE Sy.Sol 7210/RTKE, TI OMAP-4, IDK & DSPs like c62x, c55x, PPC405, PXA25x & TriMedia processors • Software Framework: Android framework and Feature phone framework like Sy.sol7210/RTKE, Brew (Q5) platform, UTA. • Site role: Representative architect to global architects’ team, In-charge for global alignment for CM & SE

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Multimedia and Embedded Systems expert with extensive product management experience.

Experience: 25 yrs

Skills

Product Management
Architecture & Design
Multimedia Protocols

Career Highlights

20+ years of experience in product management.
Expert in multimedia protocols and video processing.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Work Experience

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS BELGIUM NV

Software Architect (7 yrs)

NXP Software

Program Manager & Group Lead (2 yrs 2 mos)

Product Manager & Group Lead (3 yrs)

Senior Software Architect & Group Lead (11 mos)

Software Architect (8 yrs)

Tata Elxsi Limited

Consultant (6 mos)

GDA Technologies

Member Technical Staff (3 yrs 4 mos)

Education

Product Management professional workshop at Institute of Product Leadership

M.Sc at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

B.Sc at Urumu Dhanalakshmi College, Tiruchirappalli

Higher secondary Education at Sri K.G.Hr. Sec. School, Aduthurai

Manikandan Jayaprakash

Software Engineer

Belgium25 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of experience in product management.
Expert in multimedia protocols and video processing.
Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Multimedia and Embedded Systems expert with extensive product management experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementArchitecture & DesignMultimedia Protocols

Other Skills

ARMARM ArchitectureAlgorithmsAudio subsystem designCC++CodecsComponent integrationCustomer supportDebuggingDigital Signal ProcessorsEmbedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsFirmwareH.264

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Experience

Nxp semiconductors belgium nv

Software Architect

Mar 2019 – Present · 7 yrs · Leuven, Belgium

Product Owner and Technical Lead of the Audio subsystem team, working for NXP's upcoming ultra low power wireless chip. Responsible to keep the product backlog up to date, sprint planning, design & development and integration of the Audio subsystem with other subsystem components to realize end-user use cases.

Audio subsystem designProduct backlog managementSprint planningIntegrationProduct ManagementArchitecture & Design

Nxp software

4 roles

Program Manager & Group Lead

Jan 2017 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Managing and leading (design & development) of middleware software of NXP Smart Amplifier chip. Architecting Windows-10 reference demo platform for NXP Smart Amplifier.
Managing and architecting (interim) the low power and low footprint software development that supports audio and voice based use cases like Music listening, Voice capture, Voice call etc. on a battery powered Bluetooth device.

Middleware software developmentWindows-10 reference demo platformLow power software architectureProduct ManagementArchitecture & Design

Product Manager & Group Lead

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs

Product Manager for various Multimedia Products
Managing a 10 member team for developing & maintaining multimedia products which includes Middleware products, Algorithms for Audio/Video, Application for Android & iOS
Driving generation of Innovative ideas, Proof Of Concept demos for Multimedia & Applications, development of core algorithms for Audio, Video processing.

Multimedia product managementTeam managementProof of concept demosProduct ManagementMultimedia Protocols

Senior Software Architect & Group Lead

Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 · 11 mos

Product Owner for various Multimedia Products & Sub-products
Managing a 9 member team for developing & maintaining multimedia products
Driving generation of Innovative ideas, Proof Of Concept demos for Multimedia

Multimedia product ownershipTeam managementProof of concept generationProduct ManagementMultimedia Protocols

Software Architect

Dec 2004 – Dec 2012 · 8 yrs

Product Owner of various Multimedia Products & Sub-products
Enabling support of Media Transfer Protocol on media management modules
Design, implementation and maintenance of various media management modules
Design and implementation of media VoIP
Customer support for integration and production
Design and implementation of enhanced features for Video Telephony
Integration of Hardware codecs with Video Telephony
Development of Audio Video sub system

Media management module designIntegration of hardware codecsCustomer supportProduct ManagementMultimedia Protocols

Tata elxsi limited

Consultant

Jun 2004 – Dec 2004 · 6 mos

Design and development of H.264 encoder
Integration of various components from the developers

H.264 encoder designComponent integration

Gda technologies

Member Technical Staff

Feb 2001 – Jun 2004 · 3 yrs 4 mos

Worked on the development of almost all Video codecs i.e MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.261, H.263 and H.264.
Worked on porting codecs on TI platform, Intel Platform, Philips platform.
Developed novel rate control algorithm for MPEG-1
Developed novel mode decision algorithm for H.264 baseline profile.

Video codec developmentPorting codecsRate control algorithm developmentMultimedia Protocols