Harpreet Singh Anand — Director of Engineering

Senior Management Professional with over two decades of extensive experience in managing all aspects of multi-site Product Development in embedded SOC Datacom / Telecom domain; Created technically sound and passionate teams to build, support and deploy products • Managed, delivered & sustained products with multi-technology elements: Data, Voice, WiFi, Wireless o Led teams of ~300 software engineers; supported revenues upto ~$1 billion; managed engg budget upto $12million o Led development of products like LTE Small Cell SOC solution, single chip ADSL2+ bridge/router SOC CPE o Close collaboration with global teams (Product Management, Program Management, Customer support, HR) o Worked with and provided support to customers in various geographies - US, China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan • Built, Led and Groomed high performance, multi-functional large R&D teams o Ramped up team from 80 to 300 in a span of an year o Created an Innovation Incubation system for fostering innovation o Set up software architecture team instrumental in product improvements, quick product prototypes & demo • Successfully led initiatives to increase productivity and improve R&D efficiency o Institutionalized use of static and dynamic code analysis tools; tracked targets for code coverage & complexity o Initiated setting up of test automation frameworks and automation of test cases o Defined ISO processes and played a key role in getting ISO 9001 certification o Defined & tracked metrics for on-time delivery, effective system test & responsive customer support o Introduced Agile development methodology o Initiated process improvements, like daily builds and smoke testing, zero warning builds • Broad Functional expertise o Set up and led system testing, hardware and program management teams o Experience in start-up as well as large MNC companies o Participated in the technical integration during M&A

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications and Networking expert with extensive leadership experience.

Location: Delhi, India

Experience: 33 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Software Engineering
Product Delivery
Innovation
Broadband Access
Network Management

Career Highlights

Led teams of ~300 engineers delivering $1 billion in revenue.
Pioneered innovation initiatives resulting in numerous patents.
Achieved >93% on-time delivery with high software maturity metrics.

Work Experience

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Director of Software Engineering (1 yr 7 mos)

Xilinx

Director of Software Engineering (2 yrs 6 mos)

Solarflare Communications

Director, Software Engineering (4 yrs 3 mos)

Freescale Semiconductor

Head - Software, Digital Networking IDC (5 yrs 4 mos)

Conexant

Divisional Director (5 yrs 9 mos)

Globespan

Director Software (3 yrs 11 mos)

Ficon Technology

Technical Manager (2 yrs)

C-DOT

Project Manager (5 yrs 5 mos)

Education

M. Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

PGDM at Amity University

B. E. at Delhi College of Engineering

Harpreet Singh Anand

Director of Engineering

Delhi, India33 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led teams of ~300 engineers delivering $1 billion in revenue.
Pioneered innovation initiatives resulting in numerous patents.
Achieved >93% on-time delivery with high software maturity metrics.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications and Networking expert with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software EngineeringProduct DeliveryInnovationBroadband AccessNetwork Management

Other Skills

WirelessNetworkingCustomer FocusQuality ImprovementTeam ManagementStrategyOrganization DevelopmentProcess ImprovementsSoftware DevelopmentCustomer SupportMobile CommunicationsBusiness StrategyATM networksEthernetAutomation

About

Experience

33 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Amd

2 roles

Senior Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

Director of Software Engineering

Feb 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

Xilinx

Director of Software Engineering

Aug 2019 – Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Solarflare communications

Director, Software Engineering

May 2015 – Aug 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

Freescale semiconductor

Head - Software, Digital Networking IDC

Jan 2010 – May 2015 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Noida Area, India

Responsible for software engineering teams working on Wireless (FDD Small Cell) and Networking (Control Path/ Data path SoC) products with a team size of ~100 software engineers, supporting approx. $1 billion in annual revenues
Product delivery
o FDD L1 Small cell SoC compliant to 3GPP Release 8/9; 25 customers spread across America, Korea & Japan; Long Term Revenue of $200M; Team appreciated with the highest Freescale award – Diamond Chip Award
o In-house tools developed for conformance testing, FAPI interface based testing, E2E automated System Test, Diagnostics Monitor; Tools were commercialized; 5 customers are using tools
o Delivered projects in the area of Networking fast path, User space data path drivers (ODP, DPDK), TCP
o Managed SW ownership in area of Security, Virtualization, Secure boot, UEFI, IFC, USB, Real Time Linux
o Led teams for platform bring ups for Printing & Imaging, Low end router, NAS, Wifi AP, Base Station, 64 bit ARM based networking multicore device
o Achieved >93% on time delivery while tracking >90% on SW maturity metrics
Organization Development
o Successfully set up a wireless team (L1 DSP + System Integration + QA) team of 40 engineers
o Extended team capabilities by working with several vendors and partners
o Worked with HR to drive organization wide capability development plan; designed training like Winning Business relationship, Effective feedback
Innovation
o Fostered Innovation; Around 50% team involved in filing patent disclosure & paper writing
o Set up New Technology Initiative team to help conceive & prototype new breakthrough ideas
Customer focus
o Excellent customer support to wireless customers leading to repeat customers
o Defined and tracked Metrics for customer satisfaction
Quality improvement
o Introduced Agile;
o ISO certification; Continuous quality improvement by introducing static & dynamic code analysis tool
o Conceptualized quality dashboard for Modules (SW IPs); adopted by worldwide team

WirelessNetworkingSoftware EngineeringProduct DeliveryInnovationCustomer Focus+1

Conexant

Divisional Director

Feb 2004 – Nov 2009 · 5 yrs 9 mos

Responsible for software engineering teams working on Broadband Access technologies (DSL CPE and DSLAM solutions including integrated WiFi & Voice) with a team size of 100 software engineers, supporting approx. $200 million in annual revenues. These products are delivered to customers in US, Europe and APAC.
Product delivery
o Led the launch of a key CPE product with triple play features (data, voice, and video) over DSL & WiFi, for customers in China and Europe; Product generated $30m per quarter in peak revenues
o Introduced a major software architecture change which led to 10x improvement in data path throughput
o Led the launch of single chip wireless dual ARM core based ADSL2+ gateway Linux BSP based solution
o Handled multi-site software development of G.984 compliant GPON ONT solution supporting full line rate bridging with deep classification and filtering for all packet sizes.
Strategy & pre-sales involvement
o Worked with technical marketing, PLM and sales team to win BSNL tender of 8 million ADSL2+ lines
o Actively participated and contributed to the change in software strategy from turn-key proprietary OS based solution to open source Linux based BSP solution
Organization Development
o Ramped up team from 80 to 300 in a span of a year; Defined structured training for quick induction
o Successfully set up a xDSL DSP firmware development team of 40 engineers
o Set up SW architecture team which led to several product improvements (better exploitation of hardware capabilities, ability to deliver triple play) and fast prototyping
o Created an Innovation Incubation system for fostering innovative & smart working culture in the organization
Process Improvements
o Initiated process improvements, like daily builds, smoke testing, zero warning builds, remote debugging capabilities
o Initiated setting up a test automation framework and automation of CPE and CO side test cases
o Defined metrics to track responsive customer support

Broadband AccessProduct DeliveryStrategyOrganization DevelopmentProcess Improvements

Globespan

Director Software

Feb 2000 – Jan 2004 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Responsible for development and delivery of the software for data-only / gateway CPE devices. GlobeSpan India was a 100% subsidiary of GlobeSpan, Inc.
Led the software team that launched ‘Viking’, world’s first single chip ADSL/ADSL2+ bridge/router CPE solution provided with complete “cookie-cutter” software stack
o Software was stable in field in the first 2 weeks after launch
o Viking generated $300+ million in revenues across China, Europe and APAC regions with key customers such as Huawei, ZTE, UTStarcom, and major end customers such as British Telecom, China Telecom and Chunghwa Telecom
o Derivative chips with the same software base generated another $50 million in revenues
o As a Product Engineering Manager, involved in the design of all modules in the system:
 Data Protocols: NAT, PPP, PPPoE, DHCP Server / Client / Relay, RIP, IGMP, L2TP
 ATM protocols: RFC 1483, RFC 1577, AAL5, UNI, ATM
 Element NM: NM framework, TR69, CLI, SNMP, Web based access UPnP, TR-37, shell scripting capability
Defined processes for defect management, release management and prompt customer support
Set up and led the system testing team. Defined system testing strategies and set up processes
Successfully planned and executed technology transition of a Router Software Stack and wireless from the US and Europe teams to enable the team to completely own the product development on DSL Gateway and wireless AP/client platforms
Responsible for development and delivery of software for
o CPE gateway device: DiffServ, RADIUS, 802.1 p,q, IPSec, IPv6
o CPE data only device: Support for customer deployment, customer specific feature enhancement
Participated in definition of ISO processes and played a key role in getting ISO 9001 certification

Broadband AccessProduct DeliveryStrategyOrganization Development

Ficon technology

Technical Manager

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs

First level manager leading teams for development of complete network management, control plane and voice software for ATM based Integrated ATM Device. Also worked on Java based MGCP gateway, controller and MGCP tester, MEGACO based MG and MGC and AAL2 protocol stack

Network ManagementSoftware DevelopmentCustomer Support

C-dot

Project Manager

Aug 1992 – Jan 1998 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Coordinated design and implementation of SNMPv2C based network management subsystem (M4 view) for CDOT's 2.5 GB ATM cross connect. Enhanced in-house developed real time OS (C-DOS) for fault tolerance and dynamic buffer configurability. Extended X.25 based control protocol in the CDOT DSS to add support for extended network layer connectivity and add support for expedited message transfer.Designed and developed real time software for a message switch (68040 based).