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Profile Summary

  • Engineer, Technologist and an Innovator with deeply rooted passion for design and architecture of systems and connected devices and their communication methods
  • Hallmark career dotted with impactful roles in Silicon to Systems Architecture (Device/Chip to Cloud) including Custom Silicon in the areas of Automotive and IoT working with customers (Automotive, Industrial and Commercial Majors)
  • Currently working as Platform Architect for PSG Group, developing RISC V Enablement Technologies across AIOT segments. 
  • Showcased proficiency in defining, designing, developing, debugging, and delivering products and solutions and a very hands on Engineer.
  • Strong Engineering & Architecture experience with expert knowledge in Application & Systems Programming, Networks & Communication Systems, Sensing & Power Management & Systems Deployment
  • Research and Research Interests involving autonomous machines, use cases for massive machine type communications and all IP secure wireless communications, multi-Gig wired back-plane networks encompassing SAFETY, SECURITY, SUSTAINABILITY & PRODUCTIVITY
  • Deeper understanding of Safety Systems including Autonomous Vehicles , Industrial Fire, Gas detection control systems and portable detection equipment(s) by virtue of hardware, software and solution design experience
  • Innovator and experienced in Human Centric Design
  • Certified Functional Safety Engineer in HW SW Co-design
  • Sound knowledge of embedded systems, Cloud / Edge and connectivity technologies both wired and wireless

Expertise

  • Strategy & Innovation
  • Systems Design & Technical Architecture
  • Technology Commercialization & Leadership
  • Project Leadership & Product Ownership
  • Transformation & Change Initiatives
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Full Stack (Device To Cloud)
  • User Experience
  • Embedded Systems
  • Connectivity Technology (PAN | LAN | WAN)
  • AI/ML & Machine Vision
  • Distributed Systems & Cloud
  • Business Development

Professional History

Honeywell

Jun 2005 - Dec 2015

Ineda | Invecas

Jan 2016- Mar 2020

Carrier Corporation

Apr 2020 - Oct 2021

Intel Inc

Since Oct 2021

Platform Architect

Systems & Solutions Architect

Distinguished Engineer 

Silicon to Systems Architect

Engineer to Engineering Leader

Achievements

  • Highest Technical Excellence Award in Honeywell and successfully developed some of the Industry First Solutions
  • Successfully bid for a project with Indian Govt. as part of Ineda
  • Pivotal in working with different Automotive and IoT Customers in bringing Custom Silicon projects for Ineda/ Invecas
  • Identified and fixed existing Benchmarking and Optimization Methodology and improvised the whole scheme at intel
  • Holds the merit of driving Multiple innovation workshops generating 100+ ideas in different organizations.
  • Progressive history of delivering multiple projects and products on schedule and cost
  • Track record of success in developing project proposals for different contracts in Custom Silicon for Automotive and IoT segments
  • Delivered a full working prototype from Post Silicon to a complete end-to-end AD/ADAS System

Education

20182018

ISO 26262 - ASIL D

Exida
20152015

LUMA Certified

LUMA Institute

Certified for Human Centric Design

20112015

Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D

University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun

Communication Design for cooperative safety systems in Public Safety LTE Network

Faculty of Health, Safety & Environmental Engineering Science

20092009

Functional Safety Engineering - FSEngg HW/SW Co-Design IEC 61508

TUV Rhienland

 

20012005

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Skills

Technology :- Full Stack - Device to Cloud & Edge In Between

  • Software Architecture & Design , Programming in C, C++, C#, Python , OpenCV, JavaScript & VHDL.
  • SOC Architecture : System C , SciLab. 
  • Functional Safety - IEC 61508 and ISO 26262
  • Functional Security - IEC 62443
  • SOC & Microcontrollers : ARM, TI, ST, NXP, Nordic, ESP, Renesas, Microchip PIC , Ineda SOCs , Intel x86 , Xeon, RISC-V
  • Peripherals : ADC, DAC, I2C , I2S, MIPI, DP , SPI, UART, ETHERNET,QPI, DDRAM, GC
  • Buses : AXI, APB, AHB , PCIe, Custom Serdes
  • Operating System : HeartOS, embOS, native microkernel, FreeRTOS, Windows , Linux, Zephyr
  • Networking : WiFi , BT-BLE-Mesh, Zigbee, Matter,Thread LTE, Ethernet , High Speed Serdes
  • TCP – IP: uIP, LWIP, Contiki , BSD Sockets
  • Application Layer Protocols: SMTP, DHCP, DNS, m-DNS , Modbus, Foundation Fieldbus, HART, BACNet, OPC, OPC-UA, CAN, LIN, CoAP, MQTT
  • Databases : SQL, MS-Access, SQLLite, Flatfile,MongoDB 
  • Cloud Stack : DreamFactory , AWS , Kubernetes
  • Message Queue: AMQP, ZeroMQ, Mass Transit
  • Domains : Wearables, Industrial IOT , Automotive, AI  

Leadership

  • Provide Cross Functional Leadership across Software, Hardware and Business Development 
    • Worked with Strategic Marketing in defining $100M+ revenue potential products and Delivered products.
    • Worked with Customers in securing Multi Million Dollar Projects
    • Debug Critical Problems, Prioritize issues and Perform Root Causing
  • Act as Technical Mentor. 
    • A strong supporting mentor to the team who have anchored upon both personally and professionally. 

Management 

  • System Architecture and Requirements Engineering : System & SoC Specification, SystemC & Scilab based Modeling
  • Architectural Tradeoffs , Technology Selection, CTQs & CVCs.
  • Customer Communications and Technology Portfolio Management 
  • Project Management - Managed projects and team of size 20+ engineers with 2+ years schedules in Waterfall, V, and Agile Methodologies. 
  • Product Ownership - Provided Product ownership across different product lines with high ownership quotient.

Work experience

Oct 2021Present

Platform Architect

Intel
      • Articulate , Develop and Manage Platform Systems & Software , SoC & FPGA Architectures for AIOT Applications.
        • FreeRTOS - Zephyr - Linux
        • Functional Safety
        • Time Sensitive Networking 
      • Understand Performance Characteristics for Different Edge Workloads in IOT and AI and Perform Benchmarking for Design Boundaries in Native and Virtualized Environments. 
        • Develop and Model Networked (WiFi / Ethernet) Workloads with OpenCV, OpenVINO, ONNX using Python, C# ,C++ and Gstreamer on different Intel Chipsets. 
        • Measure , Analyze and Improve Algorithms and Methods 
        • Lead and Mentor a Multi-Functional Team across the organization. 
      • Architecture for Next Generation Systems for Networked Edge Appliances and Clusters
        • Mircoservices Architecture and API Definition for Edge Clusters 
        • Work in Cross Organizational Initiative.
        • Define and Verify different Message Bus Abstraction and Logging Architectures.
Apr 2020Oct 2021

Systems And Solution Architect

Carrier Corporation
      • Perform Systems and Solution Architecture for Fire & Security Group across intersections of Functional Safety, IoT and Sensing & Control.
        • Function as Lead Systems Architect for Business Critical Programs.
        • Develop and Deliver ZigBee and CHIP based solutions for HOME IOT Market.
        • Develop POCs for different Safety System Use cases. 
      • Oversee & Recommend Technology & Strategy. 
        • Representative Member of CHIP Alliance and Connectivity Standards Alliance
        • Charter  Energy Harvesting Technologies
      • Technology Stack :
        • Wireless Communications , All IP Networks. 
        • RTOS & Linux 
        • {SystemC , C,C++, C# } - {EmguCV , DLIB, CNN/DNN , SVM} - {Custom Network Protocols , CoAP , MQTT } 
Jan 2016Mar 2020

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Ineda Systems/ Invecas Inc
      • SoC Architecture & SoS Architecture for High Bandwidth Low Latency Imaging & Multi-Protocol Switching Network (64Gbps) for Autonomous Systems and Level 5 Autonomy and Functional Safety. 
        • System Requirements to Subsystem Realization by Modeling, Simulating, Emulating and Validating from CPU,IOs, Internal Bus Bandwidth and Power. 
        • Prototyping and Validation for Radar , Imaging Signal Processing Chain
        • Multiprotocol Integration supporting Adaptive AUTOSAR and SOA
        • Complete E2E Vehicular POC Setup 
      • SoC and SoS for Low Power WiFi , BLE Combo Chips for IoT Networks
        • Define, Design , Develop different HOME and COMMERCIAL IOT products and use cases 
        • Architected a 9 dimensional IoT Cloud (internally called iNethra) for Regional IoT deployments 
        • Mentor different Interns and Prototype different Personal Sensing Technologies
        • Mentor and Prototype Energy Harvesting Technologies for different IOT Usecases.
      • Awarded Govt Contract to Design Low Cost RADAR for Indian Roads
      • 3 Patents Filed in Machine Learning & RADAR based Object Classification
      • Technology Stack :
        • {SystemC , C,C++, C# } - {EmguCV , DLIB, CNN/DNN , SVM} - {Custom Network Protocols , CoAP} , FPGAs & SoCs
Jun 2005Dec 2015

Engineer to Engineering Leader

Honeywell
      • Product Development Leader , Residential Fire Safety - Wireless Mesh 
        • Wireless Smoke & Gas Detectors, Home Gateway, Cloud, Mobile Apps
      • Practice Leader - Core Architecture and Reuse Engineering , Honeywell ACS
        • IaaS - Common Video Management Cloud System
        • Function Block Based Embedded Systems Software Design
      • Technology Specialist - Honeywell Analytics ( Multiple Communication and Wireless Gas Detectors & Safety Control Systems)
        • Functionally Safe Gas Detectors and Controller
        • Location Management Solution for Oil & Gas Refineries - On Premise Control Room Servers, Wireless Gas Detectors
        • SCBA & PASS for Emergency Responders - Extreme Low Power Technology based Personal Alert Systems & Breathing Control Apparatus for Mission Critical Applications. 
      • Project Leader - FAAST - Networked Blue Laser Particle Detector Design & Development - Awarded Highest Technical Excellence Award
        • Functionally Safe Aspirated Smoke Detector with Ethernet Connectivity, 3D Configuration, CFD Flow Analysis
      • Tech Lead - Access Control Gateway for Fire Alarm Station Integration
        • Integration of Firepanels on Access Control systems using VxWorks and Windows Cross platform Gateway.
      • Tech Lead - Fire Alarm Central Station & First Vision Configurator
        • Central Station Monitoring Tool and Embedded First Vision Panel for Emergency Responders 
      • Engineer  - Sim500 Fire Alarm Detection Network Simulator   
        • Network Simulator of Smoke Detection Network. Expandable to Multiple 1000s of Sensor Nodes using Ethernet.
      • 5 Patents Granted in Design for Residential Fire Safety
      • Led Multiple Initiatives and Pre Product Visualizations
      • Technology Stack :
        • { C, C# } - { OpenGL, OpNet,Xamarin , NEsper.Net} - {Custom Network Protocols , HART,Fieldbus, Modbus} ,  SoCs, Systems , FPGAs

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