SUMMARY

• Seasoned and a globally recognized hands - on technology leader in cybersecurity, IoT/M2M, broadband networking/Internet, SDN/OpenFlow, network virtualization, cloud and crowd computing, machine & deep learning, network and applications analytics, smart-city/smart- grid, privacy, security and trust labeling.
• Experienced in applying innovative technology components to transform enterprise services, applications and workflows to reduce cost, increase accuracy and enhance customer experience. Experienced in working with the enterprise customers in various industry verticals
• Experienced in developing business vision and strategies that are aligned with customer strategies and pain-points, systems design and architectures, product engineering and roadmaps, developing highly motivated teams and managing global R&D projects
• Experienced in working with the OEMs, 3 rd party software and hardware developers across organizations and geographies and getting the job done on time and under budget
• Industry thought leader and shaper through speaking engagements, publications and organization of international conferences and events. Delivered 14 day and full-day tutorials on 5G Technologies at the various IEEE events (organized by the IEEE 5G Initiative) at San Francisco (May 2016), Washington DC (Sept 2016), Bangalore (Jan 2017), Edison, NJ (April 2017), Dallas, TX (June 2017). Taught a 2-day course on Mobile Multimedia Internet in An Era of Crowd, Cloud and Analytics (2015).
• Highly focused and result oriented with business acumen. Nothing satisfies me more than getting the job done come whatever may.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Fellow and Evangelist

Responsibilities:

• Optimized content delivery on capacity-limited access networks, such that the Internet is free to people in areas with low admission and/or no internet coverage with a service called InfoInternet.
• The service is also being applied to IoT and smart city connectivity use cases. Assisted organizations and companies to adapt and disseminate information to the affected recipients, thus increasing their market of potential of new customers.
• The broader vision of the Foundation is to make internet available to everyone as a basic necessity that accompanies a sustainable business model for the greenfield and incumbent service providers.
• Leading a project (duration 6 months) on scalable IoT integration through open InfoInternet dealing with security, privacy and scalability for IoT deployment in the home under an umbrella NFR project “IoTSec - Security in Internet of Things (IoT) for Smart Grids”. Also working on the techniques for measuring/quantifying the level of security, privacy and trust.

CEO and Co-Founder

Confidential, Davis, CA

Responsibilities:

• Co-founded Confidential, Inc, whose focus was to develop and commercialize solutions to simplify cloud-based content storage and collaboration across geographically distributed organizations and teams. Used Amazon’s AWS and salesforce.com Heroku platform for storage and computing resources. Confidential 1.0 platform was launched in March 2016.
• Distinguished Chief Technologist, Communications and Media Services (CMS) (in the role of the CTO for the Americas Region)
• Led the innovation engine of CMS/Communications Americas vertical and coordinated between sales, customer requirements, regional and worldwide domains, and broader HP divisions, developed systems architectures, new products and solutions for communication service providers (telcos, cable service providers, satellite content providers, MSOs). Developed CMS strategy/vision and activities related to product roadmaps. Represented HP in the Wireless World Research Forum (confidential) . 5G Americas and Open Networking Forum (ONF).
• Technology focus areas were cybersecurity, IoT/M2M, mobile devices, broadband access networks, CDNs, NFV, OpenFlow, SDN, cloud and crowd computing, content management, multimedia analytics, machine learning, virtual CPE, 4G LTE (data and VoLTE), 5G, WiFi- cellular-cable-optical interworking, WebRTC, e2e QoS and QoE, digital SIM provisioning, value added services, network engineering and protocols.

Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed the HP Labs R&D to develop products for the Personal and Printing Systems BU and Enterprise Services BU. Transformed the entire engineering organization into a fast-paced organization with a start-up mindset. Technology focus areas were: developing hub of the home for the living room (i.e. enhancing a STB into a computer), UX/UI, mobile services and devices, crowd and cloud computing, virtualization, distributed computing and scaling, security, information management, analytics, mobility, networking, web 3.0, and digital multimedia applications and services
• Developed a number of innovative cloud-based products and solutions with usability and security built into them while leveraging the cloud, distributed computing and virtualization, e.g., Hub-of-the-Home (codename “Vayu” product, similar but much superior to Apple TV, Google TV, Roku). Conceived, developed and launched a VideoBook product

Confidential, Redwood City, CA

Senior Director

Responsibilities:

• Developed enhancements to existing RIM systems architecture and led the next generation RIM solution (comprising BIS, BES) with the goal to replace proprietary protocols with industry standard protocols
• Was responsible for starting a new Advanced Technology Center in Redwood Shores, California.

Senior R&D Manager

Confidential Networks

Responsibilities:

• Managed the network technology R&D operations in the U.S. (with a budget of $25M), and managed the entire project portfolio
• Developed Nokia Networks’ vision and strategy from North American perspective. Developed the mission and the strategic product development portfolio of Nokia Networks in Mountain View, CA. Developed new architectures, internet protocols, and business models in support of novel services and applications on evolving telecom infrastructure and Internet.
• Led a team to develop an energy-aware low cost mesh networking product using Wi-Fi, WiMAX/LTE and utilizing solar cells to be deployable in areas with no access to electricity, consisting of a fully reconfigurable, plug-n-play broadband wireless mesh for local coverage and backhaul. Tested and trialed the system that ran VoIP (e.g., Skype, GoogleTalk), VoD, multicast video streaming, push-to-talk, and Internet access both on laptops and Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones, tablets, and other Wi-Fi client devices.
• Developed a converged location and identity platform to enable a service provider to seamlessly learn and combine location information from various access networks (e.g., wireline, wireless, cellular) and integrate it with the user identity management system. The objective of the project was to deliver targeted advertising and to enable a range of location- based group communication applications and services that are under the end-user’s control (from identity management to location resolution to content/advertisement filtering)
• Developed an NSN unified communication client to demonstrate end-to-end services. The client integrated all major clients from other vendors, e.g., Google, Yahoo, MSN, so as to provide one single and easy to use single user interface
• Supported customer business teams sales pursuit role to win service provider business