Category: ENGINEERING

         ENGINEERING MANAGER           Summary    To design, develop and manage products in the field of consumer electronics devices, networking protocols, internet applications and connected devices. Vision to create personalized experiences based on machine learning.      Highlights          Linux, Unix, RTOSs - OS 9 & VxWorks,  DOS, MS- Windows,  Socs related to media players and set tops --Broadcom, Intel, STMicro, Sigma Design   Microprocessors/micro controllers -- ARM, MIPS, 8088, 8087, 8031, 8051  Digital and analog hardware   Streaming, playback, Live, VOD, HLS, MP4    HTML5 MSE. EME, Video tag, MHP, OCAP, Blu-ray, BD-J, java security framework. XML    C, C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Assembly, Java , J2ME ( CDC, PBP ),  JVM , ODBC, DAVID  JSON RPC, REST and SOAP.  NASC, Linux containers  - LXC  Control theory  Familiarity with machine learning techniques - logistic regression, Neural networks  Familiarity with Machine learning packages Tensorflow, DL4J openCV  Familiarity with CUDA and computer vision  Matlab, Octave     Complete Life cycle development of products of mass deployments   Middleware, applications, Device Drivers, Hardware,multimedia streaming and playback, consumer electronics, cable, industrial and power plant automation.  Advanced knowledge of embedded systems  Interface design and implementation  Advanced knowledge of content protection systems  Architect
consumer electronics products related to multimedia and
networking. Porting embedded web browser based systems.  Agile Development process  Contributing in specification groups.  Managing open source code and associated licensing rules.  Master's thesis in adaptive control, penchant for machine learning  Managing cross functional - cross vendor development, interfacing with customers,Building teams, mentoring team members. Managing offshore teams.            Accomplishments     Instrumental in building first generation Blu-ray players. Led development of BD-J stack, which was one of the most complex piece of software in Blu-ray player.    Led architecture and development of platform software for Nucleus middleware for Seachange, managed large teams spanning multiple projects.  ​  Helped architect and develop high performance software for set-top platform on a very tight deadline.     Responsible for representing Pioneer technically as a CE industry member in OCAP specification group and suggesting fundamental changes to spec to satisfy needs of CE industries in cable market.        Developed excitation control system for alternators, built complete hardware and software for the product.        Experience      Engineering Manager    November 2010   to   May 2016     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      
	
	
	



Managing
multiple work streams and teams related to platform software
development for set-top boxes.

	

	Interacting
	with customers, vendors and multiple cross functional groups.
	

	Managing
	product development and supporting deployment of products.   	

	Evangelized and led development of new middleware solution for OTT and other
	multimedia playback on set-tops. The middleware is being designed
	for a very responsive user experience, minimum copy transfer of
	buffers along playback/record pipelines, high performance playback
	of multiple contents in several video windows and content security. The middleware was driven by of JSON APIs routed from from a mini web server.  	

	Led
	a team for developing cutting edge platform software solution for
	set-top box for MSOs.
	

	The
	software has several features like HTML5 UI with webkit/QT, home
	networking, DVR, content protection, DRM and playback on 2nd screens
	like iPads etc.
	

	Software is deployed on a Broadcom SoC with Liberty Global in
	Poland and Czech republic. Worked on EOS flavor of this product
	which is going to be deployed in some countries in Europe by end of
	this year. Worked on optimizing the stack for low latency wrt
	resource management and channel changes.
	

	Also
	worked on leading a team of developers towards development of
	software components for headless gateway product for home networking
	with new Intel Chipsets. The middleware was driven by of JSON APIs routed from from a mini web server.  	

	Led
	a group towards porting of Comcast RDK platform on ST Micro SoCs for
	set-tops.
	

	Led
	a group towards porting/development of software for RDK platform for
	RNG150 Comcast platforms.   ​         Engineering Manager,  Architect    January 2004   to   November 2010     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      
	
	
	



	

	Worked
	on development of technologies in the field of consumer electronics.  
	

	 Led
	a team of engineers towards development of BD-J stack for Blu-ray
	Players. Wrote initial code for some core modules like file system and
	application management, led the development of other modules for the
	stack - security framework, JMF and Java TV subsystem, interactive
	audio, graphics subsystem (based on AWT, HAVi and DVB extensions)
	and all other BDJ specific modules. Led the efforts on all
	certifications required for BD-J ( JAVA, BD+, BD-J APIs ).   Worked
	on supporting the product in market after shipment.  
	

	  Played
	 critical role in development and architecture of OCAP middleware,
	the technology was later sold to a third party. Contributed to
	specification group for OCAP. Worked on architecture of application
	framework, security framework and file system and some other modules,
	architected and wrote the code for most complex component of OCAP -
	DSM-CC file system.  
	

	Development
	of Advanced Media Player, this media player had a Blu-ray player at
	its core and other network enhanced functionality for video
	playback, music, photo management for local and remote content, this
	had music recommendation features  on client device with the help of
	remote server in cloud. Also worked on architecture for making
	closed and open source code co-exist within the same system.  The media player was modeled as being driven by Restful JSON APIs.           Senior Software Engineer    April 2000   to   January 2004     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      
	
	
	



Worked
 towards development of various technologies related to interactive
TV set-top boxes for different markets.
  
	

	DTV4.0
	(Sheep) compact client development for Comcast on PACE Daytona Box
	on GI headend.  Dynamic Internet Protocol Interface (DIPI) client
	for DTV Navigator to support Inband IP data transfer to set-top via
	IPGateway. Various types of IP access options viz Force Tuning,
	Channel tracking were developed. IPGateway development, I worked on
	basic DSM-CC session protocol implementation to provision continuous
	feed sessions for inband pipe with the Scientific Atlanta DNCS
	(Digital Network Control System) and also provisioning Power TV DIPI
	clients on this CFSs.
  	

	 Micro
	1.0 and Micro 2.0 clients featuring Java based TVGuide, VOD, micro
	browser and TVTicker. My responsibility in this was to develop
	Tuner, MPEG Java APIs, porting of VOD client, TVGuide-CA java layer,
	TVGuide integration, enhancement to data service and other
	integration and bug fixes.
	
	Worked
	on feature of displaying MPEG I/P frames on a dynamically updated
	carousel content from a Liberate server.
	

	Other
	part of my responsibility in the project was to write glue layer at
	micro JAVA virtual machine for applications using a Multicast File
	System protocol to tune to data/video channels and I/P frames.
           Education      M.Tech   :   Control Systems  ,   1988    Indian Institute of Technology   －   City  ,     India    Control Systems        B.E   :   Electrical Engineering  ,   87    Devi Ahilya University   －   City  ,     India    Electrical Engineering        Course   :   Machine learning  ,   2016    Coursera - Stanford      USA            Skills     Lead Development, build teams, mentor, interface with customers and vendors, architect end to end. Develop products in consumer electronics, digital TV, industrial automation, control systems  C, C++, JAVA, JVM, Embedded Linux, LXC, Device Drivers   Working with Socs, RTOS - OS9, VXWorks  DVB, MPEG, H.264, HLS, MP4  JSON, REST, SOAP, XML,SNMP,TR069  Microcontrollers, hardware  Matlab, Octave  Mathematical modeling.  Integrating content protection systems  Agile Methodologies, Scrum, SDLC, project planning and management, leadership