Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Apr 2022 – Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Key Achievements
• Formed and led high-performing teams across diverse Engineering teams: Product development, engineering, NetOps & SecOps, QA & automation, product support, and technical publications.
• Delivered success for a Fortune 100 MNC: Led SD-WAN, SASE tech teams consisting Dev, QA, and L2 support work for a network and security software system at a Fortune 100 company.
• Championed and Delivered 2X YoY growth for a leading networking infrastructure customer account: Built and managed high-performing Dev, QA teams for edge firewall products, virtual labs, proprietary networking OS, AIOps platform, and customer deployment testing.
• Bootstrapped technical teams from the ground up: Established high-performance teams for cloud NMS (Wi-Fi project), virtual switch & security gateway (Microsoft Hyper-V & VMware ESX), and small cell technology (QA & Dev).
• Successfully launched an Offshore Development Center (ODC): Built and managed an ODC in Pune, India, ensuring compliance with customer requirements.
• Cultivated a strong team spirit: Led and inspired a team for a video surveillance manager project with a dedicated 16/8 support team on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Apr 2021 – Mar 2022 · 11 mos

Sep 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

Oct 2016 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Nov 2012 – Oct 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

May 2007 – Aug 2012 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Pune Area, India

• Key Achievements
• Scaled high-performing QA teams: Successfully bootstrapped small QA teams into large, high-performing units, exemplified by managing the entire logistics for Notebook GPU QA organization activities in Pune.
• Strategic Team Leadership: Led and managed multiple GPU QA teams, including RCCA, QA Process, and Automation Deployment teams. Managed both New & Sustaining Customer specific QA Programs.
• Owned and Delivered Full Release QA Programs: Managed the entire QA release program for multiple GPU QA BUs. This involved extensive collaboration across departments (Engineering, SW Program Management, Release Planning, Marketing, Customer QA, Certification, and CSAT) for one full release across multiple customer platforms, including sub-programs for OEMs, with comprehensive deliverables like Release Notes and Post-mortems.
• Championed Automation and Tools Implementation: Owned the internal program for Automation and QA tools in collaboration with Engineering, QA, and Automation Teams. Pioneered the pilot deployment of Automation & Tools across the QA organization.
• Advanced White-Box Testing Practices: Spearheaded the White-Box Testing Kick-Off Program, driving the development of White-Box Testing tools for Display Driver across various business units and Engineering teams, earning high-level endorsements.

Mar 2007 – May 2007 · 2 mos · Pune Area, India

• Lead a small QA team for Wi-Fi based VoIP Phone using Google Talk Embedded Client on ARM Linux

Sep 2002 – Feb 2007 · 4 yrs 5 mos · Pune

• Key Achievements
• Led comprehensive embedded systems testing: Managed test planning, automation, hands-on testing, and training for various products, including 8051-based devices, ARM-based wireless products, and telecom products utilizing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and IRDA stacks
• Ensured quality in diverse domains: Delivered robust testing solutions for Car Infotainment systems, Digital Home Gateways (including Modbus, CCTV, IPTV, Security, and Remote Access functionalities).with Highest number of Individual bugs filed across products.
• Mentored and empowered testing teams: Provided dotted-line people management for embedded systems testing teams, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.