Nov 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Head of Adobe Core Technology group – Responsible for 10+ Adobe core technologies (aka Adobe Crown Jewels) for Fonts, PDF, Color, Imaging Formats, Graphics and Metadata. All Adobe flagship products and services Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, After Effects, Prelude, Premiere, etc.) use these core technologies and tools.
• Managing Cost Efficiency and multiple components for Adobe Cloud Platform.
• Conceptualized and developed TypeQuest library (for downloading fonts within the product) that resulted in 3x acceleration in Adobe Fonts downloads.
• Driving standardization of Adobe’s global Core Technology quality strategy and practices.
• Developed Service Delivery Platform to manage deployment pipeline from “Code” to “Cloud”.
• Built and groomed a multi job function team of 65+ people.
• Innovation Catalyst – Driving and fostering innovation in the group. Team has filed 30+ Patents in last few years, and presented in 5 prestigious conferences.
• Customer liaison for Adobe worldwide product teams.
• Member of Executive Task Force and Speaker Panel for all Adobe worldwide Tech Summits since 2015.
• Consistent High Performer. Have received several awards, including prestigious Adobe Founders Award 2007 (for exemplifying Adobe Core Values), Value in Action Awards, and several Bravo Awards.
• Chaired Adobe Women in Technology Forum for Adobe Noida.

Oct 2004 – Oct 2021 · 17 yrs · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Head of Adobe Core Technology group – Responsible for 10+ Adobe core technologies (aka Adobe Crown Jewels) for Fonts, PDF, Color, Imaging Formats, Graphics and Metadata. All Adobe flagship products and services Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, After Effects, Prelude, Premiere, etc.) use these core technologies and tools.
• Managing Cost Efficiency and multiple components for Adobe Cloud Platform.
• Conceptualized and developed TypeQuest library (for downloading fonts within the product) that resulted in 3x acceleration in Adobe Fonts downloads.
• Driving standardization of Adobe’s global Core Technology quality strategy and practices.
• Developed Service Delivery Platform to manage deployment pipeline from “Code” to “Cloud”.
• Built and groomed a multi job function team of 65+ people.
• Innovation Catalyst – Driving and fostering innovation in the group. Team has filed 30+ Patents in last few years, and presented in 5 prestigious conferences.
• Customer liaison for Adobe worldwide product teams.
• Member of Executive Task Force and Speaker Panel for all Adobe worldwide Tech Summits since 2015.
• Consistent High Performer. Have received several awards, including prestigious Adobe Founders Award 2007 (for exemplifying Adobe Core Values), Value in Action Awards, and several Bravo Awards.
• Chaired Adobe Women in Technology Forum for Adobe Noida.

Apr 2002 – Sep 2004 · 2 yrs 5 mos · San Diego, California, United States

• Led development and testing of various BREW Tools, BREW Porting Evaluation Kit (PEK), and API Product Test teams.
• Responsibility included requirement analysis, planning and managing projects, creating road maps, mentoring and reviewing team members’ tasks, driving group wide automation, and interfacing with various groups.
• Founded and headed PTG Z-SWAT team in QIS (Qualcomm Internet Services) division to mentor division wide efforts on test stubs development and on-mobile debugging.
• Consistent High Performer. Received half a dozen of Hall of Fame QUALSTAR Awards.

Jul 2001 – May 2002 · 10 mos · San Diego, California, United States

• Designed and developed SNMP Agent for High Storage Devices. Agent was used for provisioning low-level subsystems such as Virtualization Engines and iSCSI devices.
• Designed Management interface module that was used to store all the configuration information from multiple low-level subsystems and remote management station.

May 2000 – Jun 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Diego, California, United States

• Developed TCP/IP and Network Management protocol suite and implemented Web UI for the same.
• Designed, developed, tested and integrated different modules - SNMP, DHCP, NAT, Web Server, UDP, IP and Bluetooth Connection Manager for a Network Access point (NAP) product for Bluetooth enabled devices.

Oct 1997 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Developed device drivers for Solaris, WinNT and AIX OS, BIOS and GUI utilities for RAID controllers.
• Worked on WinNT filter driver for Bridge attached to SCSI adapter.
• Designed, developed and tested various enhancements in BIOS and configuration utilities for RAID controllers.
• Developed a WinNT service monitor to instantly report changes in the Controller properties or attached devices.
• Consistent High Performer. Four times Employee of the Month Award.

Jan 1996 – Sep 1997 · 1 yr 8 mos · Delhi, India

• Developed TCP/IP protocol & device drivers, and integrated the entire Stack.
• Worked with Panasonic Japan to help them develop their Microwave Oven software as per ISO practices.