Innovative technology and people leader with over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication industry with an extensive background in system architecture, design and development across multiple platforms and languages. Demonstrated success developing, managing and mentoring global, cross-functional teams that deliver high-quality products according schedule. Dedicated to the advancement of new technologies and building high-performing teams. Strong knowledge of communication systems and product development throughout the entire software development life cycle. Experienced in Wireless technologies and standards and embedded software programming on ARM platforms.

 

Career Highlights

 

-          Led a global team of 30+ developers as Senior Manager of Software Development overseeing design, development, verification and 24/7 product support of several baseband chipsets, with tier-one original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as Samsung, Nokia, TLC, ZTE and Lenovo.

-          Spearheaded strategic software planning and development in business intelligence and managed multiple on and off-shore development teams that deliver results by fostering a collaborative, cohesive environment.

-          Facilitated software process, system and code awareness by training teams on overall systems and individual modules resulting in improved productivity.

-          Worked with business units, product policy and engineering to understand latest available technologies and how this can be used to formulate system solutions for the customer and developed and coordinated 3rd party partner relationships. 

-           Understand the importance of relationships to enabling effective teamwork. Modifying personal style, focusing on the needs of others, and listening effectively to ensure effective outcomes for group endeavors.

operating systems: Linux, RTOS; VRTX, VxWorks, 3OS and ThreadX

programming languages: C, C++

wireless technologies: 2G, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, TETRA and Iridium

Senior Manager, Engineering Systems - BROADCOM, Irvine, CAJan/2015-Present

·   Manage the HPC team supporting Broadcom’s global grid computing environments (IBM LSF)  located at  27 design centers across the world. My team is focused on key performance indicator analysis to improve efficiency, utilization and return on investment.  I guide HPC team in the development of HPC roadmaps based on strategies for growth, scalability and optimized use of engineering design automation tools.

·   I also manage Engineering Infrastructure team. My responsibilities include but are not limited to; leadership of a team of senior Unix/Linux experts to design, implement and integration of new systems and also support the global grid environment and supporting applications. 

·   The infrastructure and HPC architecture teams are responsible for project roadmaps, resource forecasting and planning, training of operations teams, problem resolution escalation and portfolio and project management.    

 

Senior Manager, Software Development - BROADCOM, Irvine, CA2010 - Sep/2014

·   Managed all cellular baseband software development including system architecture definition, system specification, design, implementation, debug, validation and product delivery

·   Directed short-long term software development projects which includes developing schedules, risk management plans, organizational development, managing project teams and delivering quality products on time

·   Worked with product line marketing to align on product requirements, project objectives and assisted to define SOW for OEMs. Moreover work with the legal department on contracts and non-disclosure agreements

·   Designed the first data centric LTE SoC platform in conjunction with the UMTS, 2.5/2G wireless standards and develop the voice-over LTE (VoLTE) on the communication and application processor

·   Executed the design and the development of SRVCC, Supplementary Services (XCAP), SMS, Registration and Emergency Call for LTE and call control signaling aspect of IMS VoLTE

·   Re-architect the SIM module by designing SIM Codec library and SIM cache; develop dual SIM data/voice centric LTE SoC platform

·   Implemented auto build, download/flash, test, test report, sync and check-in which increased productivity and reduced errors

·   Designed and implemented system parameter loader, NVRAM cache and persistence storage modules

 

Manager, Software Development - BROADCOM, Sunnyvale, CA             2007 - 2010

·   Managed a software development team of 15-20 developers across two locations that designed all modules between connection management and MMI (CC, SS, SMS, AT Command, SIM, STK, PhoneControl, PCH, Network Registration, MsDatabase, Persistence Storage, ATC, AGPS, Serial Manager, IPC, RPC, RIL, PPP, TCP/IP)

·   Redesigned, implemented, integrated and tested AT-Command and Serial Manager

·   Developed AGPS, 3G phonebook and BIP and designed, implemented and verified Dual SIM feature

·   Integrated TCP/IPV4/V6, IPSec, WLAN into the baseband

·   Conducted a campaign to re-architect 70% the middleware by removing dependencies and redesigning the APIs.

·   Developed multiple chipsets with Samsung, Nokia and smaller Chinese OEMs

·   Ran Coverity Architecture Analysis (CAA) to organize code-based files into a containment model keeping dependencies low and header file analysis (HFA) to remove redundant header files, code dependencies and other violations which increased code efficiency

·   Executed smoke and regression test benches to improve productivity, code stability and main branch control.

 

Principal Software Development - BROADCOM, Sunnyvale, CA                        2003 - 2007

·   Oversaw multiple modules in the management network layer which involved maintaining the legacy code, developing features, redesigning modules, optimizing the functionality and producing several chipsets

·   Led the implementation, integration and verification of Supplementary Service and DTMF modules to improve code quality and increase productivity

·   Redesigned, integrated and tested Call Control module to modularize the module by removing code dependencies and redundancies

·   Launched Broadcom 2G chipset for Palm; helped developed the adaptation layer for the baseband chip AP and Samsung SHP MMI to produce the first 2G/3G product with Samsung

·   Developed the adaptation layer for the modules and participated in the production of Broadcom products with first-tier OEMs

 

Principal Software Engineer – ARGUIN COMMUNICATION, San Diego, CA 2002 – 2003

·   Executed design and implementation of IP header compression "RFC2507" for PDCP layer

·   Designed, implemented and tested PDCP protocol stack for 3G UMTS and SNDCP protocol stack for GPRS

·   Performed integration and verification of LLC and RLC protocol stacks for GPRS

 

Prior Professional Experience

Principal Software Engineer – MOTOROLA BROADBAND SOLUTION DIVISION, Phoenix, AZ

Senior Software Engineer, MOTOROLA SATELLITE SUBSCRIBER GROUP, Chicago IL

Product Support Engineer, MOTOROLA CELLULAR SUBSCRIBER DIVISION, Flensburg, Germany

Software Development Engineer, CETELCO A/S, Stovring, Denmark

Software Engineer, DC-DEVELOPMENT, Aalborg/Denmark

Master of Science in Telecommunication - Aalborg University Center, Denmark