Abhilash Chandrashekar

Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 12 years in technical program management.
  • Expert in managing automotive infotainment systems.
  • Strong relationships with customers and partners.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technical program manager in the automotive and technology sectors.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Program ManagementProduct ManagementSolution EnablingSoftware EngineeringDebugging

Other Skills

AndroidInfotainment systemsCustomer requirementsRisk managementSprint planningSolutions deliveryTechnical engagementFeature planningCustomer coordinationIntegrationContinuous integration frameworkBuild flow optimizationSystem integrationPerformance enhancementsRoot cause analysis

About

 Technology professional with 12+ years of experience in designing, executing and managing effective technical business solutions for Mobile and Automotive infotainment industries.  Sound understanding of Customer/OEM requirements, designing solutions, driving internal architecture & engineering teams to enable Enterprise Solutions with desired quality and user experience.  Go-to person for Customers, 3rd Party Suppliers, Engineering and Requirements teams for Program execution.  Proactive in engaging with customers/ partners to develop relationships, business opportunities and revenues.  Solutions driven professional and effective communicator with strong analytical and debugging skills. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS: Program Management • Roadmap and Strategy definition • Change Management, Requirement Analysis • Product Life Cycle (PLC) execution • Stakeholder and Supplier management • Risk Management and Negotiation • Scrum and Agile model execution • Driving task forces, Defect drive down • Resource Planning • Security, Quality and KPI management • Driving cross cultural teams across sites and timezone Product Management • Product ownership, Product Planning • Customer influencing, Backlog management • Defining and adhering Statement of Work (SoW) • Market Analysis and Ecosystem Development • Proficient in CXO level Presentations • Product Overview Presentations, Tech demos at Events Solution Enabling • Power & Performance Optimization • Value proposition development, Competitive Intelligence • Solution deployment, Configuration and Training • Technical disclosure of Product specifications

Experience

17 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Amazon pay india

3 roles

Principal Technical Program Manager

Promoted

Oct 2025 – Present · 8 mos

Senior Technical Program Manager

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Technical Program Manager

Feb 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Harman international

2 roles

Manager II, Technical Program Management

Mar 2020 – Jan 2021 · 10 mos

Technical Program Manager

Oct 2016 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  •  Responsible for end to end Program Management of Infotainment systems to Harman’s largest Car OEM Customer at North America. This has been $XXX million Program and the biggest one that Harman ever delivered.
  •  Steering the development, deployment, upgrade and maintenance of Android based Infotainment with potential revenues of few hundred million USD.
  •  Planning and delivery of feature releases, customer requirements, Certifications and defect drive down
  •  Organizing hardware and software engineering resources, Sprint planning and Sprint scope definition
  •  Managing 3rd party suppliers, development, validation and integration teams across different sites.
  •  Owner of SW Change Control Board (CCB), Prioritization of defects, risk management, determining branching strategy for various vehicle lines and regional variants.
  •  Driving Android dessert migration, Kernel Migration, Android and iOS Certifications for infotainment systems.
Program ManagementAndroidInfotainment systemsCustomer requirementsRisk managementSprint planning+1

Intel corporation

Solutions Product Manager - ISV and Subsystem Engineering

Jan 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  •  Rendering solutions by working with OEMs and ISV partners to deliver Intel differentiation for Windows and Android with lot of focus on Camera (including Intel RealSense 3D Camera), Graphics and Media.
  •  Prominent solutions enabled on Intel Atom and Core platforms:
  • Frame Server Service – Microsoft Windows 10
  • Gaze-tracking – Lenovo
  • Dual camera – Cyberlink
  • HEVC 1080p encode – Intel Skylake
  • Frequency Scaling – Intel Cherrytrail
  • Video Stabilization – Intel Baytrail
  •  Taking care of technical engagements from pre-sales inception through to Proof-of-Concept (PoC) and final deployment by coordinating with the customers, engineering and architecture teams.
  •  Steering internal business units and getting the business groups aligned with product priorities.
  •  Conceptual planning of Features, common experiences and future UI/UX directions.
Solutions deliveryTechnical engagementFeature planningCustomer coordinationSolution EnablingProduct Management

Ericsson

Senior Software Engineer

Aug 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  •  Acted as a Single point of contact for Customer specific issue investigations and error debugging.
  •  Handled integration & release of Modem SW to customer OEMs - Samsung, Motorola, Panasonic, Sharp etc.
  •  Established cruise control continuous integration framework to enable faster integration & verification cycles.
  •  Conducted integration testing and debugging of system integration issues.
  •  Involved in build flow optimization, static code analysis and branching strategies for SDLC which resulted in improvement of build time by 25%
DebuggingIntegrationContinuous integration frameworkBuild flow optimizationSoftware Engineering

Nokia india private limited

R&D Software Engineer

Jul 2008 – Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  •  Handled system integration and debugging of Communications, Multimedia issues on Nokia Smartphones.
  •  Performed root cause analysis of OS, Application, Middleware bugs through direct interaction with key stakeholders.
  •  Responsible for RAM optimization and performance enhancements for Symbian smart phones.
System integrationDebuggingPerformance enhancementsRoot cause analysisSoftware Engineering

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

B.E — Computer Science

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008

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