LAXMI VISHWANATHAN
Hillsboro,Oregon
Summary
Senior Engineering Manager with 24 years of experience driving customer enablement in AI, HPC, GPUs, and FPGAs. Proven success in leading cross-functional teams, managing end-to-end product lifecycles, and fostering innovation. Expertise in customer partnerships, program management, technical strategy, and team leadership across global teams and functions.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
SENIOR MANAGER, DATACENTER AI & HPC CUSTOMER ENABLEMENT
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon
07.2019 - Current
- Lead a team of 25 in scaling Intel’s AI Accelerators and GPUs for AI & HPC markets.
- Cultivate customer partnerships, driving co-development and integration of Intel products.
- Manage delivery of product specs, system design checks, validation, and deployment for OEMs and CSPs.
- Successfully established a GPU Verification Program and a customer compatibility testing lab, improving product quality and enabling rapid scaling.
- Oversaw budget management, team prioritization, and performance evaluations, earning top manager scores for transparency and innovation culture.
- Drove organizational achievement by collaborating closely with departments, fostering a unified and effective approach.
- Received multiple kudos for mentoring junior team members in developing skills and advancing their careers.
- Consistently met or exceeded annual performance targets set by Intel's senior leadership as well scored Top scores in Manager Survey past 4 years.
LEAD AI & HPC CUSTOMER ENABLEMENT ENGINEER
Intel Corporation
Hillsboro, Oregon
01.2016 - 07.2019
- Led customer enablement for Intel GPUs and custom SoCs for federal clients, OEMs, and cloud providers.
- Defined customer requirements for hardware development and collaborated on platform design and validation.
- Drove technical discussions, participated in design win tours, and presented at customer conferences.
- Represent customer technical requirements to drive Intel roadmap decisions.
- Led multiple technical task force teams to resolve pointed issues or change processes.
- Authored and patented methodologies for optimizing processor power and cooling.
SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER
Lattice Semiconductor Corp
Hillsboro`, Oregon
09.2000 - 12.2015
- Provided technical support for Lattice’s largest customers, solving hardware and software issues.
- Developed customer use models and authored product specification documents for new hardware.
- Led development of IBIS models, signal integrity analysis and provided solutions for complex customer board issues.
- Expert in FPGA DDR memory interface design, developing guidelines for DDR interfaces.
- Expert at SI Tools regularly running simulations for customer board designs.
- Review customer HDL design running them through the Lattice design tools to optimize design and timing to achieve performance.
Education
Project Management Courses (PMP) -
Portland State University
Portland, OR 01.2011 - 01.2013
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Engineering
Portland, Oregon 01.1999 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Ramarao Adik Institute of Technology
Mumbai, India 01.1994 - 01.1998
Skills
Team Leadership & Development across Geographies
Technical Strategy & Execution
Program Management & Cross-Functional Leadership
Customer Relationship Management
Effective Process Optimizations
undefinedAccomplishments
- "Method to Define and Maintain Optimal Temperature for Max Performance" – Patent, 2018
- "Improving Datacenter Power Utilization Efficiency" – Intel Conference, 2019
- "Method to Improve Performance and Power Variations in a Cluster" – Intel India Innovation Contest, 1st Place, 2018
- "Overview of Memory Types and DDR Interface Design" – FPGA Journal, 1994
Timeline
SENIOR MANAGER, DATACENTER AI & HPC CUSTOMER ENABLEMENT
Intel Corporation
07.2019 - Current
LEAD AI & HPC CUSTOMER ENABLEMENT ENGINEER
Intel Corporation
01.2016 - 07.2019
Project Management Courses (PMP) -
Portland State University
01.2011 - 01.2013
SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER
Lattice Semiconductor Corp
09.2000 - 12.2015
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Engineering
01.1999 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Ramarao Adik Institute of Technology
01.1994 - 01.1998
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