Jul 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

• Technology

Feb 2025 – Mar 2025 · 1 mo

• Accelerated a foundational product delivery to market 20% faster, with zero-defects, by leading risk management and milestone planning, securing an entire quarter of market revenue
• Unblocked execution by resolving 3 key bottlenecks through structured root-cause analysis and cross-functional alignment
• Proactively drove program clarity by coordinating and aligning 5 functions and the Product-Line Head, ensuring objectives were aligned with engineering feasibility

Apr 2024 – Feb 2025 · 10 mos

• SanDisk was part of Western Digital till Feb'25.
• Delivered 1% revenue uplift by developing scheduling algorithms for portable-SSD (pSSD) software stack, tailoring technology architecture to meet Apple’s requirements, setting the foundation for scalable OEM engagements
• Spearheaded competitive benchmarking and product qualification strategies for Apple OEM, translating stringent yet vague requirements into actionable performance optimization roadmap
• Effectively mentored 5 new hires through knowledge sharing and joint root-cause analysis sessions, strengthening team capability building through joint patent filings

Sep 2021 – Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Pitched a granted patent as a $1M cost-saving innovation as finalist (8/750) in IdeaTank, SanDisk’s SharkTank, presented business case to India Senior Leadership Team
• Designed performance and data-recovery algorithms, by identifying new features and whitespaces for a $500M+ pSSD market
• Delivered 2.6x faster large-file transfers (380 MBps to 1000 MBps) through memory and software-level performance optimization for 2nd-gen pSSDs, enabling premium pSSD market positioning
• Granted patent for a novel algorithm improving database performance inspired by analysing scheduling latencies and validating through software modelling
• Reduced software rework by 50% by championing structured coding standards for product scalability and maintainability

Jul 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Earned patent grant for enhancing product reliability of SDExpress gaming through intelligent cache-based dispatch algorithm to improve platform efficiency and data recovery capabilities
• Improved Nintendo Switch data storage solutions by developing key software modules for gaming workloads, delivering customer value through innovative solutions

Jan 2019 – Jun 2019 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Implemented the addition of a binary executable to existing build system to increase performance and reduce code-based redundancy.

May 2018 – Jul 2018 · 2 mos · Bangalore,India

• Worked on a Testing framework for SATA SSD firmware, that performs failure analysis and error injection.

Apr 2017 – Mar 2018 · 11 mos · Manipal Institue of Technology

• Revamped and centralized the whole system. A personal dashboard for every participant.Event registrations are done by scanning QR codes.Integrated online payments into the dashboard.
• Implemented the dashboard features including results and active events.
• Implemented a web portal for volunteer registrations, eliminating the need for google forms,reducing the manual effort by 90%.