Dec 2021 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · India · Hybrid

• Site Lead of Software for Programmable Solutions Group (Part of Data Centre and AI Group)
• Ramped up and responsible for end to end delivery of FPGA Firmware and SOC Models and Simulation
• Diversity Chair of Programmable Solutions Group

Jun 2016 – Nov 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• 1. Held Key leadership positions at Harman in last 4+ years in various capacities
• 2. Director of SW Engineering at Telematics BU ( starting 2019 June )
• Roadmap and delivery of Telematics Platformand delivery to all key customer programs across geography/segments
• Team Ramp-up on Agile and to support and scale to SAFE agile model of delivery
• Key Employee engagement initiatives roll out, Resource Ramp-up
• Budget Management and Cost Optimizations to meet different Business Cases
• 3. Director SW Engineering at Digital Cockpit BU leading Platform Systems Team in delivering Infotainment and cluster units based on Android/Linux across multiple OEMs
• Worked closely with google starting Android NCar from Harman side and chosen System domain representative
• Have very good experience in commercializing complex systems: Cluster, hypervisor, heterogeneous systems
• 4. Senior Product Manager heading Android and Linux engineering at COC Platform Team (June 2016 - Mar 2018)
• Roadmap of internal Linux distribution
• Deliveries to different customer programs
• Built the Android Team from scratch and ramped-up the Linux teams
• Support internal customer demos, RFQ and CES and other roadshows

Apr 2013 – May 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Technical Program Manager - Heading Technology Program Management Group for System SW and Soc Team: 300+ people, 12 Projects
• Resource, Operations, Process Management & Infrastructure Management at Team level
• Driving Program Reviews of all 12 projects within the team and representing team in weekly Management Meetings with MD

Apr 2013 – May 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• 1. Technical Lead (Tizen Platform, Wireless Division)
• Developing the Multimedia middleware layer for Samsung Linux Platform: Video Telephony (CSVT, RTP), IMS RCS – Video Share, Player, Camcorder and Sound Recorder
• Commercialization, Performance Tuning, DIVX certification, Operator testing and support, Gstreamer Plugins, Openmax plugin
• Development of MM Apps (free/native) using Samsung SLP SDKTeam & people Management, mentoring new members and support in hiring
• 2. Technical Lead (Multimedia Team for Linux for System LSI Division)
• Development of Multimedia Middleware to demonstrate capability of Samsung application chipsets. Analysis and Porting of MPlayer to Samsung Linux tablet and porting and integration of RTSP stack (Live555)
• Development of Linux codec driver for mpeg4 and h264. Integration of various platform codecs

May 2012 – Mar 2013 · 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Design and development of IVI Player Development for multiple OEs
• Customer / Field application support on technical issues, Vendor Management and Tech Gap analysis of commercialized products
• Mentoring and team ramp-up of multimedia team from scratch
• Cost Optimization: Moved work to Coimbatore for cost effectiveness from Bangalore

Dec 2010 – Apr 2012 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Development and enhancements of different Streaming stacks viz. HLS, PD and RTSP. Integration and validation of stacks on different platforms like Android, Linux andcustom OE platforms
• Development, Porting and Enhancement of Aricent DLNA product offerings to different customer base
• Design and development of use cases to Showcase Demo Apps of DLNA, Connected Home for MWC, CES and different road shows
• Presales & Preparing SOW/proposals for various RFPs for different clients: DLNA, Streaming, Connected Home. Presales and Customization to various vendors

Feb 2004 – Apr 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Team Leader managing Video Surveillance Products
• Design and Development of Video Surveillance Application and series of custom protocols for communication between different devices on various platforms (Linux, RTOS)
• PTZ protocols Development of Matrix Switching application, POS application which will receive and parse the data from POS server and send to the Pre text unit
• Customer Support and bug fixing

Jun 2001 – Jan 2004 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Developing boot software for Engine Platform (ECUs) for Caterpillar Products
• Development of flash driver and custom protocol implementation
• Maintenance, Bug fixing of TCP/IP stack for Embedded Java Platform and developing test harness using Junit (Customer: aJile Systems, US)