Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Dec 2020 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

•  Responsible for new Business programs and partnerships.
•  Responsible of new business models.
•  Responsible for product management, system design, execution and launch of several products.
•  Responsible for Product Management of Qualcomm’s 1st Hard Macro program supporting a Qualcomm partner to develop their 1st 4G System on Chip (SOC), generating $350M lifetime revenue for Qualcomm
•  Responsible for Product Management and Complete System Solution for Qualcomm’s 1st Satellite Messaging Service Business
•  Managing relationships with Qualcomm JV partner company in China
•  Leading a team for SOS service business and managing 3rd party System Integrator (Accenture).

Jun 2016 – Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Leading OEM/Operator technical relations team for Emerging Markets, spread across 4 locations – India, SEA, MEA and Russia.
• Working with multiple OEMs – China, India, Taiwan on multiple aspects of devices – Performance, Power, Thermal, Camera and Commercialization.
• Manage Device Acceptance Program for OEMs in multiple regions – Working with Operators, Government teams, Local distributors.
• Working closely with multiple Operators, OEMs and Distributors in the regions to define Advanced NW Feature requirements.
• Responsible for all Technical support for Reliance Jio India, Airtel India, MTN SA, Xiaomi India, One Plus, OPPO, Micromax, Tecno etc.
• Complete understanding of Modem, Camera Tuning, RF tuning, Device Power/Performance/Thermal aspects.
• Complete knowledge of Operator Qualification process – AT&T, T-Mobile, Reliance Jio, MTN.
• Responsible for Qualcomm Test Plan creation for Field (LTE, VOLTE, eMBMS, VOWIFI etc.), Camera, Power, Performance, Thermal.
• Responsible for Technical Qualification for Snapdragon Brand Approval, working closely with regional Marketing and Business teams in India, SEA and MEA to give final Technical Approval• Influencing OEM/Operator requirement specifications to add technical features which directly benefit Qualcomm sales – Carrier Aggregation, EVS etc., responsible for technical marketing of these features with local Brands/Operators.
• Technical/Product marketing of features such as Quick charge, USB OTG, Camera AOST, Audio+, Voice+ etc. contributing to sales for additional chipsets such as SMB 1360/1357 and revenues for AOST features.
• Good Knowledge of market factors which influence Device sales – Product strategy for sales on e-commerce platform, Product strategy for sales in distributor channels, strategy for direct sales to Operators, marketing strategies for devices in different price tiers.
• Work with Government bodies such as COAI, BIS, GCF to define scope for India Device Certifications.

May 2012 – May 2016 · 4 yrs

• India OEM Customer Engineering Lead

Jun 2008 – May 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Responsible for customer (Fenway/Intermec/Gobi) Device certification program and Type Approval - PTCRB and AT&T certification, BT and WiFi certifications, Vodafone certification in Europe.
• Responsible for setting UMTS Certification Lab setup at Hyderabad centre – Working with external vendors on Purchase/Quotations, Product (Equipment) selection, Internal Budgeting, defining product entry and exit cycle.
• Responsible for getting ISO approvals, PTCRB/PVG approval for the Lab, Lab audits by Operators (AT&T)
• Managing relations across multiple external labs – Cetecom Germany, 7 Layers Irvine
• Negotiating pricing with 3rd party labs and test houses for outsourced project work.
• Responsible for team selection and recruitment of candidates.
• Closely working with AT&T engineering teams, Qualcomm Customer Engineering teams to get the Device TA
• Worked on Femto Cells for short time as Product test Lead – Knowledge of Qualcomm FSM solution.