Aug 2023 – Jun 2024 · 10 mos · New Delhi, Delhi

Apr 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Client Storage and Security engineering lead driving architecture and driver development

Feb 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Lighting up Intel SoC Power management features and Debug technologies in Windows.

Jul 2018 – Feb 2019 · 7 mos

• Lighting up Intel SoC Power management features in Windows.

Jun 2013 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Redmond, WA

• Hardware Engineering - Manufacturing Test Engineering
• Lead the development of automated manufacturing test systems for Microsoft Surface Devices and Accessories, that meet product and business requirements and added strategic value to Microsoft by delivering high quality products.

Jan 2012 – Jun 2012 · 5 mos

• Designed, developed and debugged device drivers for the Windows Phone platform

May 2011 – Dec 2011 · 7 mos

• Program manager for the design and development of Manufacturing Test Engineering (MTE) software infrastructure for the next gen Windows Phone OS

May 2009 – May 2011 · 2 yrs

• MDSC (Mobile Device Strategy and Commercialization), Windows Phone Engineering
• Led and managed the MDSC, HW Program Management team. This included:
• Self-host (dogfood) hardware development program for Windows Phone.
• Put in place a RFP process for dogfood hardware procurement.
• Managed vendors / partners in developing dogfood phone hardware. This included component selection, SOW’s, design/schematic reviews and engineering builds.
• Windows Phone Chassis program.
• Reviewed draft chassis specs with OEM's in order to get feedback and buyoff.
• Conducted chassis / schematic reviews with OEM partners on their commercial devices to insure Windows Phone Chassis compliance.
• Windows Phone reference design program.
• Worked on building a reference design phone platform for OEM’s, to use as a complete hardware / BSP reference for their commercial phone design.
• Built reference hardware for proving concepts and developing drivers.
• Windows Phone Chassis verification test suite for OEM partners.
• Worked with test team to build a Windows Phone Chassis compliance test suite for OEM’s.

Jan 2008 – May 2009 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Surface Computing Hardware
• Led and Program managed EE and Optical component development tasks for the surface hardware team.
• Managed a PM team covering all Electrical and Optical Engineering related tasks such as the PC subsystem assembly, Small boards (Cameras, Wi-Fi, BT, Vision system etc), PSU and Light engine.
• Worked with Project management team to develop plans and requirements for next generation surface products.
• Managed Pegatron, Sapphire etc in developing PC subsystem components. This included component selection, SOW’s and engineering builds.
• Worked with optical development partner to deliver a DLP based thin form factor light engine.
• Worked with development team and Ops in putting together a cost reduction plan for surface hardware.
• Worked with NPI team and development team to streamline build process to reduce manufacturing defects.
• Investigated technologies and potential development partners working on cutting edge sensing technologies and presented research and recommendations to management.
• Developed RFI’s / RFP’s for potential suppliers of touch sensors and other components.
• Led Tier 1 development partner selection team and provided recommendations to the management team.
• Drove the root-cause effort on a serious customer reported hardware problem with the Surface computer. This required interfacing with Motherboard, graphics card, graphics chip and motherboard chipset manufacturer. Received the surface pioneer award for this effort.
• Contributed on Surface hardware related patent.

Sep 2006 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Emerging Markets Group (Windows Division)
• Managed and owned the technical relationship between Microsoft and the FlexGo hardware partners including Infineon, Intel, AMD, ASUS, ECS, VIA and General Software.
• Worked with the Microsoft and Infineon design team in developing the Coyote MCM. This Chip was a secure metering device used for doing FlexGo metering on a PC motherboard.
• Developed a motherboard design guide that would help guide ODM’s and system vendors in developing Coyote MCM based motherboards
• Developed the “Flexible Mother board concept” which provided board designers an option to design in Coyote on the motherboard and then decide at the time of manufacturing if the board would support FlexGo or be a standard channel motherboard.
• Worked on hardware security concepts for FlexGo, which included interposers of various designs. Engaged internal resources as well as external companies with expertise in this field.
• Built a threat model for the Coyote MCM.
• Engaged with ODM’s and built a Coyote based laptop design. This included working through issues of integrating Coyote with the EC on the laptop. This was an end to end project including schematic review and bring-ups and end to end testing.
• Gained end to end knowledge of the manufacturing process of manufacturing the MCM (including the FAB and Packaging) as well as the motherboards (board manufacturing line)
• Contributed on four FlexGo related patents.

Apr 2005 – Aug 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Windows Mobile

Nov 1996 – Mar 2005 · 8 yrs 4 mos

• Windows Setup, windows kernel development (kernel power management / ACPI)

Jun 1994 – Nov 1996 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Windows Telephony, Internet Explorer 3.x

Jun 2012 – May 2013 · 11 mos · Hillsboro, OR and Greater Seattle Area

• As a system architect, my role involved developing next generation prototype and reference mobile systems (Convertible /Detachable PC's) based on low power and low cost Intel SoC platforms. The purpose of these reference and Proof of concept (PoC) systems was to validate the platform features and to enable the PC ecosystem with new designs and form factors.