SUMMARY:

• Hands on IT end - to-end products R&D, architecture, management and technology innovation experienced about 23 years.
• Focus areas are Smartphone, Embedded System, Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Connected Car, IoT, Smart Home, Connected Healthcare / Biomedical, intelligent systems, wearable, and Web.
• Experienced on full stack on hardware from system software, middleware to application layer in device platforms; client-server architecture.
• Roles handled Senior Engineer, Project Lead, Project / Program Manager, Group Head.
• Key responsibilities are designer, chief architect, project / program management, mentor, delivery head, practice head and technology head.
• Managed team from upto 220 R&D Engineers, multiple teams / groups / projects and cross-functional collaboration.
• Several first-of-its kind products initiated, spearheaded R&D and reached innovative products to the market.
• Leadership in technology management, technical strategy, product roadmaps, new technology area initiatives and project conceptualization to development.
• Three patents and one IEEE technical paper

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming: C, C++, Java, Perl, Phyton, x86 Assembly Language.

OS: Linux, Embedded Linux, Unix, OS9 (RTOS), WinCE, VxWorks

Hardware platform: x86 (8-16 bits), ARM, Motorola (68000), Zilog (Z80)

Mobile Platform: Android, Samsung Handset Platform, Samsung Tizen, Symbian, Palm OS, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Project Management / Testing Tools: MS Project, Clearcase, Blackduct Protex, Rational Rose, Rational ClearQuest, Valgrind, Parasoft Insure++, Jira, GIT, debuggers, emulators, cross compilers.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Technical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Company focused on Mobile SW, IoT and Automotive Informatics product R&D and solutions provider
• Product Head for R&D and technology management of Telematics, Automotive, Connected Car, IoT and Intelligent Healthcare devices.
• Directed team (15 Engineers) that pioneered rugged handheld device “Rime Kit” product (Instant Voice Communication Push-to-Talk PTT wireless protocol), “RimeTalk” Android App.
• Solution Architect and spearheaded R&D of Fleet Management System (FMS) product, an automotive ECU system in fleets for remote vehicle monitoring, navigation from web server.
• Roadmap, innovation, directing after-market product named “RimeCar” R&D, a Smart Car Platform for passenger cars safety. Firmware / Software platform R&D, architecture of Camera Vision algorithms ( V2X namely Lane Detection and Warning, Forward Collision Warning, Pedestrian Detection) based Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), Sensors framework, OBD II Communication (Vehicle data), Android OS, BT / BLE, Freescale iMX.6 / TI TDA2x SoC platform. HAL (Camera, Display, Sensors), JNI layer, Camera / LVDS Display and Multimedia Android Native Framework integration, HMI. Vehicle data and sensors (Gyro, Acc, Mag) data communication with Linux Server for Vehicle data analytics and vehicle fleets management.
• Development of Connected Car services middleware and HMI / apps. Middleware for Vehicle remote diagnostics based on Open Diagnostic Data Exchange protocol and Automotive Firmware Over the Air (FOTA). Development of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) / GENIVI Linux middleware. Invehicle Networking using Ethernet Audio video Broadcasting (AVB) stack (Streaming audio / video ). Vehicle and Mobile phone connectivity with Linux Server with SaaS framework (REST) for Connected Car services. Vehicle to Device and Pedestrian ( V2P / V2X / V2D ) networking for 3D simulating vehicle accident for real-time vehicle accident detection analysis on server (Latter on Cloud). Server for services management, WebSocket. Vehicle service framework for Usage Based Insurance and Driver Behaviour, Driving Style, Driving Pattern.
• Proposed technology strategy, project proposals and solution prototype for global Smart City projects (V2I solutions Intelligent Bus Information System, Lighting, Parking, Safety, Digital Signage, Smart Garbage) based on V2I.

Confidential

Senior Chief Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Platform product, architecture and Program Management of Android System software R&D by four teams (130 Engineers) and directed team for product development, continuous integration of system software (Linux Kernel 3.x, modem, wireless stack, device drivers, Board Support Packages (BSP), HAL, JNI (for Qualcomm / Marvell / Spreadtrum SoCs chipsets / application processors) for Android smart phones end product commercialization. Several 4G Android smart phones (model J1, J4, J6, Core Prime, Grand Prime) launched based on developed Android system software platform.
• Spearheaded technology roadmaps, technology sensing, identified technology trends, evangelist emerging technology ecosystem for senior management insights, decision-making, strategic directions in advanced research areas of Electric Vehicle Battery, Bioinformatics, Biomedical and Healthcare devices.
• New project proposals, technology initiatives, conceptualization, nurtured new technology portfolio by initiating and developing Mobile Healthcare Sensors Data Stream Management IoT gateway, Wireless Sensor Network middleware, MQTT, COAP, Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS), Healthcare Data analytics, Personal Health Record (PHR) Server, Smartphone based Healthcare ECG / EEG / BP / Stethoscope / Blood Glucose smart IoT gateway device and Health Wearables, Continua Personal Health device IEEE 11073 profile.
• Championed and evangelized Connected Healthcare R&D area for Samsung and built cohesive research team (45 researchers), developed Samsung’s first Healthcare platform for personal healthcare portable device products for cardiac abnormality detection using ECG, EEG, monitoring blood glucose, heart rate, blood oxygen based on Embedded Linux, Biomedical sensors and signal processing algorithms.
• Instrumental in Automotive platform embedded solutions development and architect Samsung’s first Electric Vehicle Intelligent Battery Management
• Initiated Samsung’s own Smartphone OS platform, built team of 60, spearheaded technical architecture, managed, delivered (for commercialization) first version of Samsung ‘bada’ (Tizen) smart phone platform based on Linux OS.
• Instrumental in seeding research on first-of-its kind Pervasive Computing platform (Intelligent System) for ubiquitous seamless mobility and filed several patents. Architect smartphone middleware framework of Context Aware, sensors, database engine, WebDAV, Social Networking, Context, Content, Services, Peer-to-Peer devices networking, Adhoc networking, social networking framework, Augmented Reality / VR, Java framework based on Java JSRs (Mobile Sensor, Ad Hoc Networking, Location), Wireless Sensor middleware, Mobile Apps. Server based Open Service Platform (OSP) for mobility web services, Web Ontology, SaaS, Open REST APIs.
• Head product R&D of Samsung smartphone Platform (SHP) and developed mobile system layer, middleware, application framework such as J2ME Java Virtual Machine, Web Engines (JavaScript, XML, HTML, DOM, SAX, CSS, SMIL), Internet Messaging Protocol & Services, Graphics Engine (SGL, OpenCV, OpenGL), DRM, SSL / TLS, PKI, x.509, Public Key Infrastructure / PKCS Internet Security, Bluetooth stack, Bluetooth Audio/Video Profiles and Printing Profiles. Developed Apps such as Mobile Browser, OMA Internet Messaging Protocol & Services (IMPS) instant messaging, OMA MMS client and platform commercialized for smartphone models.
• Created strategic business solution and directed team for platform product R&D of Smart Home networking gateway and middleware framework based on OSGi, UPnP, Web technologies.
• Standardization of mobile related standards in Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) forum (ECMA Script Mobile Profile, CSS Mobile Profile, MMS) facilitated technology leadership in international forums.
• Part of Audit for organization’s first time ISO Quality KPMG and CMM 4 / 5 and instilled best quality practices, guidelines and processes in multiple project groups.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded building mobile solutions teams in the startup for development of smartphone solutions such as Internet Browser (Wireless Access Protocol based), Instant Messaging Engine, Smartphone Apps (SMS, MMS, Email).
• Instrumental in initiation development of server based wireless (WAP) gateway protocol stack, Cryptography / PKI based Internet Security stack and protocol and diversified development to OTA, SMS/MMS/SMPP gateway for wireless operators.
• Head, chief architect and driven team for development of mobile phone based world’s first Internet Browser (WAP based) for WinCE, Palm OS PDA devices.
• Mentored and strengthened teams’ competency and contributed to growth of startup (acquired by Mahindra Comviva) R&D for its first wireless mobile (Device-Server) commercial solutions.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded R&D of products of Voice engine for Interactive Voice Recording (IVR) system, VoIP SIP Audio / Video RTP / RTCP stack, ISO 93 financial transaction server, storage device drivers for imaging scanning device.
• Architect and delivered first version of Rediffmail.com web based email client and server (CGI, Perl script, POP3, SMTP, LDAP). Managed team for development of E-Commerce enterprise portal for sellers’ market place using Perl scripting language and Linux OS.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Played a stellar role in growth of Start-up and pioneered, product architect, first-of-its-kind, Computer connected, Web enabled, RF 900 MHz digital spread-spectrum Cordless phone named ‘pcPiper’, ‘Yap Piper’ product (Price

Confidential

R&D Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect and project managed related development of indigenous embedded systems products in the area of home networking, security, identification, building automations and cards transaction automation.
• Lead a team for product development of distributed building access control embedded platform for reading magnetic / barcode cards swipe based on 8031 microcontroller. The embedded platform diversified to remote management and diagnostics of building control based on Unix server communication protocol with access devices.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Architect and managed real-time system (8-bit 8051 microcontroller) for Robot Control System (five different 3-axis robots), communication protocol through RS-485, handheld device for robot teaching for chemical process automation; MS Access DB and Visual Basic GUI for controlling through computer. Client was Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Department of Atomic Energy Kalpakkam
• Designed embedded system based process control system based on