Summary

·   Director of Engineering and Head of Russia BU in Aquantia Corporation

·   Former CEO of stealth mode startup (from idea to eventual asset sale)

·   Career path – RAD DataComm, Lucent, Transwitch, Various Startups, Broadcom, Aquantia

·   B.Sc. Technion Israel Institute of Technology – Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

·   M.Sc. Tel-Aviv University – Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision

·   MBA in progress – 2017 graduation – Cal State East Bay – Specializing in Entrepreneurship

·   Certified Scrum Master and Product Owner (Scrum Alliance)

·   Russian, Hebrew and English - native tongues

·   Extensive multinational experience (India, Russia, Korea, China, Europe)

·   2001 Bell Labs prize recipient for outstanding technical innovation

·   7 US Patents (3 issued - DSL and VoIP, 4 under examination – Video, LTE, AVB)

·   Inventor of Symmetric DSL fast rate adaptive training (first of its kind in the industry - 1997)

·   US Citizen, IEEE Member

Strengths

·   Mobile, embedded, consumer and enterprise architectures

·   Applications, drivers, protocols, hardware, performance, reliability and scalability

·   Project and product life-cycle leadership, high quality delivery on time and on budget

·   Marketing, business development, complex negotiations and customer relationships

·   Hiring, leading and mentoring A+ people, creating processes and technical specifications

·   Building and running large software, hardware, systems, QA and support teams worldwide

·   Implementing a common vision, building an atmosphere of cooperation and challenge

·   Driving clear goals and expectations based on architectural and business priorities

·   Bringing teams to new levels of performance, profit and operational excellence

·   Evaluating and balancing strategic and tactical requirements and KPIs

·   Evangelizing products and architectures, identifying revenue opportunities and capturing them

·   Presenting to decision makers and investors and communicating key messages

·   Drafting and analyzing patents, working as subject matter expert with attorneys

·   Preparing presentation materials and business plans for start-ups

Skills

Protocols and Architectures

·   TCP/IP, bridging, routing, tunneling, security, SSL, multicast, SDN, QOS, DPI

·   HDMI, CAT-iq, WiFi, Skype, SIP, RTP, T.38, mobility, 3GPP, LTE, IMS, OMA-DM

·   PON, 10G-BaseT, USB 3.1, PCIe, SNMP, OSGi, UPnP, TR-69, DMTF, JSON

·   Video, HEVC, RTSP, ABR, HLS, streaming, AMR-WB, AAC+, SPEEX, MCU

·   Cloud, Virtualization, AWS, vSwitch, CDN, RAID, Deduplication

Methodologies and Process Tools

·   Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, SDLC, ISO9000, CMMI, nightly build and test, continuous QA

·   MS Project, Office and Visio, Crystal Reports, Rallydev, Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence), TeamTrack

·   Omniplan, Bugzilla, Testopia, Redmine, Testrail, Trac, Basecamp, Trello, Redbooth

Languages and Development Tools

·   C++, C, Customer APIs, Objective-C, Assemblers, Network Processor, Shell, Python

·   Java, Javascript, OpenCL, Scala (reading), open source, debuggers, emulators

·   CVS,  SVN, Git, Perforce, Visual Studio, GCC, Coverity, Xcode, Eclipse, Jenkins, Perforce

Operating Systems and Environments

·   Linux, Windows, VxWorks, Android, QNX, bare metal, UEFI, OS-X, Free BSD

·   8/16 bit uProcessors, MIPS, ARM, x86, SIMD, VLIW, Tensilica, ARC, Multicore, SMP, AMP

·   2014 Big Data Bootcamp – focus on HDFS and Apache Spark

Career

Aquantia Corporation - Milpitas, CA      Director of Engineering, GM Russian BU    05/2013 – Present

·               Heading an innovative project for a key consumer industry leader. Architecting software and firmware and managing development and QA teams. Working with design teams worldwide to help architect the chip.

·               Recruited and built a Russian Development Center. Running all aspects of the center’s operations – budgeting, technical and people management, contacts with local authorities and investors.

Broadcom Corporation - Sunnyvale, CA       Senior Manager, Software Engineering         2012 – 2013

·               Managed a team of engineers developing firmware on ARM Cortex for a thin multimode modem (LTE Advanced, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA and EDGE). Worked with key customers (Apple, Samsung) on next gen smartphone designs.

·               Productized a TDM co-existence algorithm between WiFi, Bluetooth and LTE TDD and FDD bands.

·               Developed a VoLTE IMS compliant E911 feature with geolocation using E-CID and OTDOA.

·               Ported an Android OMA-DM stack from RedBend and enhanced it to support FOTA and FUMO.

·               Conceptualized cloud multimedia delivery over LTE using TCP-NC, and filed a patent.

EnViD Technologies - Sharon, MA                               Founder & CEO                                    2011 – 2013

·               Founded a SaaS startup focused on cloud video and audio products. Recruited and managed 2 offshore teams (India and Russia), total of 25 engineers + CTO. Promoted company and technology to investors and customers.

·               For IDCH (Germany) – developed a secure cloud enterprise video conferencing server using Intel i7 Gen3 Xeon. Utilized an innovative, patent pending video algorithm invented jointly with CTO. Interoperated with several 3^rd party web, iOS and Android VoIP and video APPs enhanced for the customer.

·               For JamHub (Massachusetts) – developed a social network for collaborative music streaming, editing and exploration. The system included a distributed, load balanced cloud server (Scala, Ubuntu), database (Mongo DB), payments (Chargify), storage (AWS S3), audio editing and streaming (Metadata, CDN), web APP (Javascipt, HTML5), iOS APP, Android APP and a Freescale IMX.35 embedded Linux based track recorder and uploader.

Transwitch Corporation - Shelton, CT      Sr. Director of Engineering, Chief Architect     2002-2012

·               Architected, developed and managed embedded firmware and software deliverables in all the segments of company’s business, utilizing teams in the US, India, China and Korea, in addition to multiple consultants worldwide.

·               Supervised 3 managers and 4 leads as direct reports under a 60+ ppl multi-level organization team. Indirectly managed customer support, HW reference designs, QA and systems teams.

·               Brought to production shipments a total of 9 chipset families based on Centillium DSP and NP technology: ADSL2+ CO and CPE, VDSL2 CO and CPE, multicore residential gateway, VoIP PBX and GEPON.

·               Supported leading ODMs worldwide - ALU, Ericson, Samsung, Sony, Nokia, NEC, Sumitomo, Fujitsu, Huawei, ZTE, Foxconn, WNC, Hitachi, etc...

2002 – 2004 Senior Manager Software (Centillium) - Designed and implemented portions of the code: ATM, G.hs, QoS, header pre-processor, security engine, multicore RPC and Atheros WLAN driver.

·               Recruited the first software team in Bangalore (12 ppl), while training and managing several software teams in California, achieving maximum cohesion and collaboration between on and off shore.

·               Introduced Agile software development methodologies, peer review, daily builds, continuous QA, nightly smoke tests, daily standup meeting, scrum, etc…

2004 – 2007 Director Software (Centillium)- With my new combined team, delivered all software and some firmware for the new VDSL2 CO and CPE, VoIP MTA and GEPON programs.

·               Provided architectural guidance in software design and implementation, along with daily engineering management. Was recognized as key expert trouble shooter for many challenging performance problems.

·               Helped define new chip architectures as well as plan, coordinate and facilitate bring up and verification. Supported customer APPs and deployments in the pre and post sales stages of the business cycle.

·               Drove feature roadmaps, product life cycles, prepared feasibility analysis, marketing presentation materials and customer engagement strategies.

2007 – 2010 Senior Director of Engineering (Centillium then Transwitch): Post merger with Transwitch Corporation focused my team on VoIP PBX, GEPON and processor products. Developed complete software packages (drivers, BSP, protocol stacks, applications, APIs) necessary for chip productization. Supported a complete generation of GEPON deployment in Japan with OKI.

·               Worked with leading customers and partners globally. Collaborated with key service providers: NTT, SK Telecom, ATT, Verizon, Free, Deutche Telecomm, Vodafone, Reliance, Airtel, Skype, Chunghwa, etc..

2010 – 2012 Chief Software Architect (Transwitch): Conceptualized a 3G/LTE wireless home gateway for FMC (fixed mobile convergence) based on the “Atlanta” processor family. For this hardware reference design developed a unique software stack supporting IMS VoLTE, seamless voice and data handoff, XCAP and RCS for media, LTE QoS and a managed secure WiFi AAA solution, using open source software.

·               Worked with the wireless chipset vendors Altair and Qualcomm and module vendors Sierra Wireless, Novatel and WNC. Several of the stack’s components were approved in Verizon and Vodafone innovation centers.

·               Explored architecture for a connected TV chipset family based on CEVA DSP and Transwitch’s HDMI. The feature set included OTT video streaming and conferencing, HTML5, H.264 and HEVC, HD Codecs, video transcoding, DRM, watermarking, and DNLA. Developed jointly with Skype a unique acoustic solution for microphone beam forming and advanced acoustic EC (with instantaneous convergence and stereo double talk).

Lucent Technologies - Westlake Village, CA           Principal Software Eng, Manager        1997 – 2002

·               Was hired third into Ashok Dhawan’s “Stinger” team ($1B sales per annum with 100 engineers). Managed the line interface group of 20+ ppl in California and India. Provided leadership and architectural guidance to developers while simultaneously implementing key software and working with groups in Lucent, vendors and customers.

·               Collaborated with key customers worldwide: Sprint, Telefonica, Telemex, France Telecomm, Hanaro, KT, NTT, Chunghwa and others, on a variety of systems, architecture, deployment and troubleshooting issues. Spent a significant time traveling and on conference calls, working closely with hardware and QA teams.

·               Significantly contributed to many of Ascend’s innovative and industry leading embedded networking platforms. Co-implemented and enhanced PPP, tunneling and security, frame relay and ATM. Maintained various components of the TCP/IP stack, call control and routing, switch provisioning and system management.

·               Designed and implemented algorithms and drivers for various xDSL modems from industry leading vendors as well as a generic Network Processor driver, firmware and resource manager. Implemented IGMP and MLD multicasting using the Agere “Payload Plus” NP. Worked on the architecture and bring up of the next gen 40G platform.

Pairgain Technologies - Tustin, CA                             Senior Software Engineer                  1996 – 1997

·               Designed and implemented software for an HDSL bridge/router (TCP/IP, call manager, config, UI). Maintained and enhanced the HDSL driver including transceiver training sequence, PLL manager and framer.

·               Worked closely with “US West” to plan and support the first commercial DSL deployment in the USA in 1997.

·               Worked on Telco remote powering, FXO/FXS voice channel transport and lifeline POTS fallback state machine.

RAD Data Communications – Tel-Aviv, Israel               Software Engineer                          1994 – 1996

·               Worked on software for an ISDN TE card. Implemented the data path and a bonding inverse multiplexing driver. Ported and integrated the Trillium Q.931/Q.921 protocol signaling stack.

·               Was involved in most aspects of the product lifecycle, interacting with QA, pre and post sales engineering, as well as customers (Deutche Telecomm) on feature requests and deployment issues.

Tel-Aviv University - Tel Aviv, Israel    Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Lab Manager 1993 – 1994                     

·               Designed and developed software for an autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) equipped with motion sensing cameras, an overhead trajectory camera and an ultrasonic proximity sensor. The effort included path planning, image processing and motion control using DC motor drivers. A PC application controlled the robot using a parallel port.

·               Was the key person involved in the creation of the lab. Planned logistics, interacted with university administration and vendors, guided BA students in lab related projects and worked on my thesis paper.