Pratik Kotkar

VP of Engineering

San Jose, California, United States17 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in system architecture and data-driven insights.
Led cross-functional teams at Apple and Qualcomm.
Innovative solutions in cellular technologies and home automation.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in Telecommunications and Consumer Electronics with a strong focus on system architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

System ArchitectureData-driven InsightsSoftware DevelopmentMobile Technology

Other Skills

InfrastructureCross-functional Team LeadershipLTEWeb DevelopmentTypeScriptNext.jsCellular CommunicationsCC++MiddlewareLinuxJavaUnixMatlabPerl

About

I build things that make complex systems feel simple! 'Complexity is just clarity you haven't found yet.'

Experience

17 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

2 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Apoha

2 roles

VP of Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

My work goes from setting the vision, building the roadmap, putting together the team, designing the solutions, diving in to build hands on with the team and then monitoring usage to feedback into the roadmap. The key is always to run this loop in a rapid and efficient manner
At Apoha I lead the software, hardware and data science streams across a 25+ person team building the Liquid State Intelligence biophysical measurement platform. I own technical strategy and product roadmap delivery end-to-end for our technology stack spanning the cloud infrastructure to hardware control systems to the data pipelines that turn raw biophysical signals into insights.

System ArchitectureInfrastructureData-Driven InsightsCross-functional Team Leadership

Director of Software Engineering

May 2024 – Mar 2025 · 10 mos

Apple

2 roles

Sr Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2018 – May 2024 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Developing reliable and secure home automation features across the Apple's iOS and tvOS platforms.
Data driven system analysis to determine and prioritize customer issues and design solutions across Apple’s Home ecosystem.
Leading cross functional initiatives to improve quality of Apple's home ecosystem products.

Data-Driven InsightsSoftware Development

Cellular Systems Engineer

Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 · 2 yrs

Identifying and prioritizing key customer facing issues related to cellular technologies and features like WiFi calling, eSIM, dual SIM.
Coordinating across multiple engineering teams and vendors to implement solutions for improved customer KPIs.
Designing optimized solutions for various aspects of these features to provide a better user experience with cellular technologies across the iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad.

Mobile TechnologyLTE

Qualcomm

Staff Engineer

Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 · 5 yrs · San Diego County, California, United States

Expertise across the LTE protocols spanning many LTE access stratum features from the LTE physical layer, Layer 2 and RRC, including LTE Carrier Aggregation (Downlink and Uplink), eMBMS, VoLTE and more.
Strong domain expertise in cellular technologies and successfully commercialized numerous key cellular technology features.
Granted 4 US patents and worked on numerous other optimizations to enhance user experience and battery life with cellular technologies.
Presented demos and technical interviews for LTE features at Mobile World Congress and CES.

Deloitte consulting

Consultant

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · Greater Boston

System requirements definition working across many customer business groups in an Agile environment.
Interface with executive management for project proposals including budget, resource planning.
Developed the product roadmap and optimized the business process flows by prioritizing the product backlog for 3 release cycles.
Implemented a user feedback mechanism adapting the Agile processes to optimize timelines in the development <-> test phases