Nov 2012 – Jan 2018 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore · On-site

• Driving cross-geographical project teams across the US, Germany, and India, delivering strategic outcomes for clients such as Intel, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Technicolor—driving operational efficiency, stakeholder alignment, and measurable business value
• Collaborated with sales, engineering, and product teams in presales, technical reviews, and tool
• procurement, ensuring scalable solutions aligned with business and customer objectives.
• Drove automation tools and test frameworks development for 3G/4G protocol stack validation, enabling
• efficient test case execution, log analysis, and reporting—achieving a 25% reduction in time and effort.
• Trained and mentored teams on testing strategies, scripting, and telecom technologies to strengthen
• technical capabilities.
• Managed $12M in program revenue and a team of 150+, including direct and second-level reports.
• Successfully established an ODC within four months (ahead of schedule), optimized logistics and resource allocation, and drove a 20% cost reduction through process improvements, automation, and team engagement
• Led infrastructure planning and setup for labs and Offshore Development Centers (ODCs), including
• specification of hardware/software, network design, tool selection, and vendor shortlisting—ensuring
• alignment with technical and business requirements.
• Coordinated cross-functional operations with finance, legal, HR, admin, IT, and external authorities (STPI/SEZ), overseeing procurement, equipment bonding/de-bonding, and implementation of governance processes to support scalable delivery
• Led end-to-end validation and testing of 2G/3G/4G protocols and Android-based applications across Intel platforms (XMM series, SoFIA, Merrifield, Moorefield), covering conformance, system, regression, and KPI/MTBF testing—including Verizon network-dependent apps.

Feb 2006 – Oct 2012 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru · On-site

• Delivered projects for Texas Instruments, Symbian, Vodafone, and Intel focused on IRAT framework, operator acceptance, network IOT, security, and automation testing.
• Led end-to-end development and testing of AT&T operator-specific mobile applications for the U.S. market,ensuring compliance with network and user experience standards.
• Managed operator acceptance testing for Vodafone UK, validating handset compliance and readiness for
• market deployment.
• Integrated and validated robustness and IP security features of the Symbian OS at Symbian India, ensuring platform stability and resilience using robust test frameworks and fuzz testing tools.
• Conducted interoperability testing (IOT) with Nokia Siemens and Ericsson networks at Texas Instruments (US), supporting seamless device-network interaction.
• Developed a conformance test suite for Inter-RAT (IRAT) scenarios at Texas Instruments (US), enabling
• protocol compliance and network handover validation across 2G/3G/4G systems
• Managed cross-functional international teams and managed strong client and vendor relationships to
• ensure seamless project execution and stakeholder alignment

Aug 2001 – Jan 2006 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore. · On-site

• Built custom test suites and target adaptation modules in C, including socket communication and message encoding/decoding for NAS submodules (CC, MM, GMM, SM, SMS) and AT layers; performed hardware setup,log analysis, and debugging with Lauterbach
• Developed test framework and test cases and executed conformance testing for the UMTS protocol stack (AT,NAS, AS, physical layers) using TTCN methodology
• Developed integration scripts for Physical Layer Adaptation (PLA) in C and FLUTE.
• Designed an automated test execution tool for PUMA and TM200 targets, enabling overnight runs and
• reducing lab contention—boosting efficiency across multiple test centers.

Jul 2000 – Aug 2001 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore · On-site

• Developed test frameworks for UMTS protocol stack validation.
• Implemented encoding/decoding and socket communication modules in C.