Anand Kulkarni

- Managing Engineering deliveries of the program - Program Planning , Schedule Control, Cross functional Team Management - Manage Suppliers and get work packages completed - Identify risks and develop risk response plans , track risk maturity

- Managing key Technology programs for the company - Establishing Project Management Office - Deployment of key PM resources to deliver programs for the business unit - Risk and Change Management - Lead and Manage programs of strategic importance to the company - Conduct product development phase gate reviews (New Product Introduction Process) - Stakeholder Management

• Building team for sofware verification and validation of a Software Gaming Platofrm from Sony • Review Requirement Specification document with the team members to define test strategy • Support validation of Sony’s Software Stack on reference hardware platform. • Coordinate Software and Hardware teams and achieved timely integration testing of New gaming platforms for Sony • Lead the team for successful evaluation of SCAMPI-A CMMI Level 3 audit for Software Architecture Division in Sony India

• Managed projects for a leading North American semiconductor giant to deliver State of the Art products in Consumer Electronics • Managed programs for European Auto majors/OEMs namely in the field of In-Car Entertainment domain through Texas Instruments - Go-to-Market Initiative. • Successfully managed Engineering Application Support Program for a North American Semiconductor company (Texas Instruments) in adherence to SLA generating business leads for semiconductor components within India

• Instrumental in creating DSP Codecs, STB IPTV product portfolios for the company • Successful in persuading key stakeholders to buy-in to strategic development decisions • Implemented key design modules on reference multicore platforms from Analog DSPs • Ensured Brandwidth had reference codecs running before the project kick-off

• Gained thorough knowledge of DSP Architecture, studied Texas Instruments DSPs at greater length. • Worked hands-on with DSP debugging techniques using JTAG • Implemented code modules on TI reference platforms and gained insight into DSP/BIOS and basic Audio Codec implementation on DSP reference platforms • Studied major Audio algorithms and implemented optimization methods for both memory & MIPS • Lead porting and optimization efforts on DSP platforms for internal projects of the company.

• Developed a team of skilled IT professionals to address immediate requirements for niche technology domains (Embedded, Banking, Retail and Auto) • Developed a thorough understanding of skills and expertise needed for above technology domains and this helped to staff projects at short notice. • Achieved target of Bangalore division on staffing requirements for our parent company in USA

• Development Telecommunications Solutions to education & training sector in South India • Launched Go to Market (GTM) – Strategy in Southern India Positioning Key Products With 17%-18% Increase in the hardware equipment business of the company. • Managed channel partners in the Asia Pacific & identified remote markets resulting in 18% Increase in Digital Communication Equipment Business of the Company

- Leadership and Managing Change - Consulting - Marketing & Finance - Accounting - Managerial Economics - Business Strategy

- Communication Electronics - Electromagnetic Field Theory - Electronic Devices and Circuits - Digital Electronics - Probability Theory