Feb 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• We started OptimusLogic Systems India Private Limited on 8th May 2013 in Bengaluru with a focus to build electronic products and provide product design/development services, starting as a R&D partner for Indian Defence PSUs, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and DRDO, for the STARS-V-MKIII and CNR-MKII Software-Defined Radio Communication systems for Indian Armed forces.
• We transformed OptimusLogic in 2022 into a global electronics design & manufacturing company with its own brand of “Optimus Rhino” products, with the once-in-lifetime acceleration from the Digital Communication Innovation Scheme (DCIS) from DoT, Govt of India to build “Optimus Rhino 5G 1” – India’s 1st 5G Smartphone built indigenously and that worked ahead of all the global competitors on Day 1 of 5G at IMC 2022 on October 1st 2022, when Hon’ble PM of India Shri Narendra Modi Ji launched 5G services in India.
• OptimusLogic is actively building indigenous satellite communication for regular smartphones working with GEO & LEO satellites, with support from DoT. Optimus aims for rural transformation in India and Nepal with Space-Setu secure indigenous satellite services + 4G/5G in remote and underserved areas.
• OptimusLogic aims to redefine security, communication and compute infrastructure in India with its completely indigenous designed products and systems:
• 1. Optimus Rhino 4G/5G Rugged/Secure Smartphones – for Army, Railways, Government & Consumers
• 2. RhinoBook Laptops for Business, Government, Education and AI Development
• 3. AIravata AI-enabled HPC Servers for Data centers and Cloud
• 4. SangAI edge-AI enabled platforms for real time decisions in the field
• 5. Dory Radios for secure terrestrial and aerial communication including Drones
• 6. ORBB Private 4G/5G with end-to-end solutions for Disaster Relief and Industries
• 7. Space Setu LEO Satellites and Satellite Communication Systems for Rural Connectivity
• 8. Strategic collaborative systems with BEL, DRDO, ECIL and other government agencies.

Feb 2011 – Feb 2016 · 5 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

• In this role as Director, Customer Program Management, I managed the interaction with customers, ODMs and design houses, spread across the globe, to secure design-wins and strategic partnerships for Ineda's SoCs. One of the important programs that I managed at Ineda was the Samsung Artik1 program (www.artik.io) with the Ineda's SoC. Other key programs are the many ODM clients for wearables that use Ineda's Dhanush(I3) WPU.
• My key responsibility was to complement Sales and Marketing of the World's 1st Wearable Processing Unit (WPU) - Dhanush - specifically designed to cater to the wearable and Internet-Of-Things markets. Please refer to www.inedasystems.com for further details.
• My customer program management role included :
• Forging relationships with new customers,
• Show-casing the strengths of Dhanush SoC for the Wearable Devices,
• Diving deep into the product, hardware & software design with the customers,
• Managing communication between customers and internal engineering teams to secure and maintain design-wins,
• Mapping customer requirements & schedules with internal engineering and delivery teams,
• Coordinating with internal engineering, delivery and management teams to meet customer schedules,
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• Keeping the relationships fruitful with effective personal communication, timely response and using the varied technical expertise.
• In a previous role, I handled program management of the Ineda's Micro-server Storage solution ISS for Samsung, which involved HW IP, FPGA, SW, Integration and Customer Interaction from Proposal to Delivery. The project ISS earned significant NRE for Ineda as well as catapulted Ineda's position in Samsung. This was an instrumental reason for Samsung to come as an investor for Ineda at a later date.
• In addition, my primary role was to manage the software development for ISS, including hands-on module design and development. I managed a team of 10 members to deliver the complete ISS solution integrated with in-house HW IP to Samsung.

Dec 2009 – Feb 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• My responsibilities included develop and manage the following projects:
• MHP-based Satellite STB Application Support on Apollo Platform
• Soft@Home Middleware Support for IP STB
• OpenTV Middleware v2.2 Support for Satellite STB

Oct 2008 – Oct 2009 · 1 yr · Hyderabad Area, India

• Managed the Platform development for Xilleon 143 - Digital TV ASIC. This role in Broadcom was in continuation of the role played in AMD - as part of Broadcom's acquisition of AMD's DTV business in 2008.

Apr 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 6 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Managed the platform development for Xilleon 241 and 255 variants - Digital TV ASIC.
• This role in AMD was in continuation of the role played in ATI - as part of AMD's acquisition of ATI in 2007.

Feb 2006 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Played an instrumental role in managing STB Software team for Xilleon X242 Digital TV ASIC in India and getting complete software ownership for future ASIC variants to India.

Jul 1999 – Jan 2006 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• I started my career in Philips with the software development for the World's 1st DVD Recorder product. Philips in many ways provided the right inputs, training and opportunity to create a robust foundation for product and software development skills, right in the beginning of my career.
• At Philips I worked for various products in the almost 7 years of experience. Key ones are:
• World's 1st DVD Recorder (Worked on Tuner and Recording Software)
• Portable MP3 CD/Tuner Audio Player – K3AZ4000
• Easylink in Single SCART DVD Receiver
• DVD Recorder 2nd Generation
• Board Support package (BSP) with Embedded Linux for PNX4008 Application Processor