Years of Professional Experience
Vasantha M SriranjANI
Overview
15
15
Summary
Experienced Engineer, Leader and Manager with over 15 years’ experience in Engineering management (5 yrs.), Technical Program management, Product Leadership, and hands-on Firmware development. Proficient in storage technologies, server architecture, agile methodologies, and Talent Catalyst in building strong and inclusive teams. Seeking position as an Engineering Manager to build talent pipeline and deliver products that meet customer needs and drive business growth.
Work History
Intel Corporation
Folsom, CA
05.2010 - Current
Sr. Engineering Manager
Next Gen Server SoC Validation
09.2021 - Current
- Spearheaded management and direction of a tiered team consisting of two managers and twenty plus multi-level experienced engineers across global Intel sites; driving successful delivery of critical milestones for next-generation Intel Server Products
- Led the streamlined execution of Functional Validation for Key SoC IPs, covering Scalable Coherent Fabric, CXL, PCIe, IDE, and UPI ensuring on-time delivery for all critical milestones achieving 50% improvement in coverage
- As power-on lead, delivered Multi-Socket and Expandable IO SoC Power-On, ensuring seamless coordination across product roadmap with 10% of projected headcount and 40% of platform availability
- Enabled coverage-based functional validation model utilizing machine learning techniques
- This model exposed RTL, tools, and firmware issues, optimizing debug efficiency and decreasing execution burden by 30% compared to linear functional validation effort.
Firmware Engineering Manager | Technology Product Owner
Intel Optane
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Led 3 scrum teams in the development and validation of firmware for Optane Tiered & Persistent memory solution, using simulator and intent verification techniques, resulting in seamless power-on and reducing firmware defects by 25%
- Engineered and executed a comprehensive milestone plan translating product requirements and firmware design into epics and stories on a generational firmware code base supporting more than five products
- Championed the ideation, development, and execution of POCs for CXL-based Type 3 device and persistent memory solution, enhancing memory path-finding initiatives
- Orchestrated comprehensive memory footprint analysis of firmware code base, partnering with architects to devise optimization solutions that eliminated the need for expensive code refactor and silicon spin.
Technical Product Lead
NAND Storage
05.2015 - 08.2018
- Delivered end to end firmware for Intel SSD DC P4600, P4500 series and provided customer debug support for over 13 Datacenter OEM’s and CSP’s as technical product lead
- Championed product power on and drove tasks force for Root Cause Correction Analysis (RCCA) of defects across the SSD firmware stack
- Designed and developed caching algorithms which increased sub 4k workload SSD performance by 30 times enabling customer design wins.
Systems Firmware Engineer
NAND Storage
05.2010 - 04.2015
- Excelled in Firmware Development, Performance Prototype & Optimization and Root Cause Correction Analysis (RCCA) for Enterprise and client SSD Drives across PCIe NVME, SAS, SATA transport protocol stack for 2D/3D Nand and Optane products
- Proficient in SSD core algorithms
- Designed and implemented firmware algorithm to minimize performance impact on lightly loaded channel in Solid State Drive improving read bandwidth by 10%
- Authored firmware design spec and Validation strategy for IP’s and state machines across transport and core stack in collaboration with senior architects across SSD and Optane product family
- Analyzed landing zone requirements and existing ASIC capabilities to define firmware consumable epics and stories.
Software Engineer
Infosys Open Systems
Bengaluru
06.2006 - 06.2008
- Developed upstream-downstream Services in Operation Data mart for PSTN Telecommunication system
- Validated model using bash scripts for data flow to and from the enterprise data mart
- Authored deployment spec and test design document for Unit and Functional testing of the Datamart
- Volunteer work
- As part of Intel Education Service Corps, Nepal 2015 was part of 6-member team and enabled Intel Computing labs to enhance STEM education for more than two under-funded schools
- Orchestrated STEM education initiative through Intel University, delivering 5+ impactful training sessions, captivating keynotes, and immersive workshops at Intel SWE organized events, fostering the growth of 50+ future engineers.
Education
M.S - EEE
San Jose State University
B.E - EEE
VTU
Diploma Degree - Information Technology
NIIT
Product Assurance Certification – Intel - undefined
Skills
- HARD Skills
- Firmware Development
- Functional Validation
- Engineering Management
- Agile Project Management including Scrum, Extreme Programming, Kanban, Lean
- Root cause analysis
- Systems Engineering
- SOFT Skills
- Cross functional Team leadership
- VP/GM Level Comms & Updates
- OKRs Strategy
- Escalation Management
- Work Prioritization
- Rewards Tracking
- Organizational Efficiency
- Decision-Making Skills
- Forward-Thinking Mindset
- Business Development
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Compliance Understanding
- Project Oversight
- Vendor Sourcing
- Training and Mentoring
- Technology Integration
- Resource Management
- Strategic Planning
- Technical Skills
- Hardware Environment
- X86, ARM, Hybrid FPGA
- Programming Languages
- C, C, Python, Verilog
- Bash, Perl, BAT, PHP, HTML
- Compiler
- Greenhill’s Arm Tool Chain
- OS
- ThreadX, uClinux
- Windows, Linux
- Repository Mgmt
- Git, Mercurial
- Tools and Software
- Jira, Bitbucket, MATLAB, Cygwin
- Confluence, SharePoint
- Databases
- SQL Server, MYSQL, Oracle
- IDE
- VS, Slick Edit, Eclipse
Timeline
Sr. Engineering Manager
Next Gen Server SoC Validation
09.2021 - Current
Firmware Engineering Manager | Technology Product Owner
Intel Optane
08.2018 - 09.2021
Technical Product Lead
NAND Storage
05.2015 - 08.2018
Intel Corporation
05.2010 - Current
Systems Firmware Engineer
NAND Storage
05.2010 - 04.2015
Software Engineer
Infosys Open Systems
06.2006 - 06.2008
M.S - EEE
San Jose State University
B.E - EEE
VTU
Diploma Degree - Information Technology
NIIT
Product Assurance Certification – Intel - undefined
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