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Kannappan Rajaraman

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 24+ years of leadership experience in embedded systems.
  • Expert in USB-C Power Delivery and firmware development.
  • Holder of 2 granted US patents.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Embedded Systems with a focus on firmware and device driver development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Embedded SoftwareFirmwareTechnical SupportDvbTechnical LeadershipDriver DevelopmentDevice Driver Development

Other Skills

CommunicationUSB4RTOSProgramming LanguagesPython (Programming Language)Windows Driver DevelopmentC (Programming Language)USB3.0TroubleshootingSoftware DesignField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Computer ScienceSystem ArchitectureProblem SolvingOperating Systems

About

Result-driven Embedded professional having 24+ years of leadership experience, with 12+ years in the mobile, laptop, desktop, IOTG, and embedded industries. Present role as Platform Integration and validation leader for USBC/USB4, responsible for delivering USB4/TBT4/5 and USB-C Power Delivery features on Intel platforms Expert in design and development of Battery/charging management/charging, power management, thermal management firmware. Expert in Firmware design, development in RTOS for USB-C Power Delivery, USBC IO Mux management, BMC Firmware. Expert in Design, Development and Debug of Windows/Linux device drivers for USB-C TCPM, eUSB2, USB4. . 2 Granted US patent with 6 approved patent pending Grant.

Experience

26 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
14 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Intel corporation

Technical Lead

Apr 2012Present · 14 yrs 1 mo · India · On-site

  • Result-driven professional having 24+ years of leadership experience in mobile, laptop, desktop and embedded industries. As system integration and validation leader to deliver USB3/DP/USB4/TBT5 and USBC Power Delivery features on Intel mobile and desktop platforms.
  • Expert in battery/charger management, power management, thermal management, and power delivery systems.
  • Expert in Design, Development of Firmware in RTOS for USBC PD TypeC policy Manager, IO Mux Management, BMC Firwmare handling Battery, charging, thermal and system IO components.
  • Expert in design, development and troubleshoot software kernel device drivers for Windows/Linux for the USB3/USB4/eUSB2.
Embedded SoftwareCommunicationFirmware

Trident microsystems

Consultant

Jan 2009Jan 2011 · 2 yrs

  • Consultant and Technical lead for developing connectivity player for DTV
DVBCommunicationTechnical Leadership

Fossilshale embedded technologies

Technical Manager

Nov 2008Mar 2012 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Banaglore

  • Providing technical support, account management
Embedded SoftwareProgramming LanguagesTechnical Support

Tes electronic solutions

Technical Leader

Jan 2006Nov 2008 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • System design / development of Drivers & application in Multimedia CE.
Embedded SoftwareProgramming LanguagesDriver Development

Purple vision

Engineer

Jan 2000Jan 2006 · 6 yrs

  • Technical Lead - develop Board support package for media player, post silicon validation, device drivers on Linux/Windows OS.
Embedded SoftwareProgramming LanguagesDevice Driver Development

Education

Madurai Kamaraj University

M.Sc — Computer Science

Jan 1998Jan 2000

higher secondary

physics

Jan 1989Jan 1995

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