Dipen Patel
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Credentials
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PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®
Project Management InstituteFeb, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
Certified SAFe® 5 Program Consultant
Scaled Agile, Inc.Jan, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Glide Technology Pvt Ltd
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director - Embedded Software
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Jan 2022 - Present
Accountabilities: - Work on engineering aspects for designing and incorporating innovative features for clients to maintain a competitive edge in the market. - Maintain seamless operations by resolving issues and process designs in coordination with business users and other stakeholders. - Collaborate with the senior leadership team in preparing and implementing project plans aimed at maintaining project profitability based on changing market dynamics and other related… Show more Accountabilities: - Work on engineering aspects for designing and incorporating innovative features for clients to maintain a competitive edge in the market. - Maintain seamless operations by resolving issues and process designs in coordination with business users and other stakeholders. - Collaborate with the senior leadership team in preparing and implementing project plans aimed at maintaining project profitability based on changing market dynamics and other related factors. - Involved in the development/implementation of policies, systems, and procedures for the organization. - Render effective administrative support to ensure smooth functioning of day-to-day business operations. - Focus on technical presales and key account management. - Facilitate reporting to the partners dealing with finances, growth issues, management issues, and the implementation of business strategies. Show less Accountabilities: - Work on engineering aspects for designing and incorporating innovative features for clients to maintain a competitive edge in the market. - Maintain seamless operations by resolving issues and process designs in coordination with business users and other stakeholders. - Collaborate with the senior leadership team in preparing and implementing project plans aimed at maintaining project profitability based on changing market dynamics and other related… Show more Accountabilities: - Work on engineering aspects for designing and incorporating innovative features for clients to maintain a competitive edge in the market. - Maintain seamless operations by resolving issues and process designs in coordination with business users and other stakeholders. - Collaborate with the senior leadership team in preparing and implementing project plans aimed at maintaining project profitability based on changing market dynamics and other related factors. - Involved in the development/implementation of policies, systems, and procedures for the organization. - Render effective administrative support to ensure smooth functioning of day-to-day business operations. - Focus on technical presales and key account management. - Facilitate reporting to the partners dealing with finances, growth issues, management issues, and the implementation of business strategies. Show less
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VOLANSYS (An ACL Digital Company)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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400 - 500 Employee
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Senior Program Manager
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Jan 2018 - Dec 2021
Accomplishments: - Managed presales activities for embedded leads. Enhanced revenue by 33% YoY through strategic program management for logo accounts. Accountabilities: - Spearheaded multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs in Automotive, Home Security, Connected Home, Medical & Industry 4.0. Managed ODM programs from concept to manufacturing. - Interacted with the clients for collating and evaluating requirements to align with project deliverables. Enhanced client satisfaction by… Show more Accomplishments: - Managed presales activities for embedded leads. Enhanced revenue by 33% YoY through strategic program management for logo accounts. Accountabilities: - Spearheaded multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs in Automotive, Home Security, Connected Home, Medical & Industry 4.0. Managed ODM programs from concept to manufacturing. - Interacted with the clients for collating and evaluating requirements to align with project deliverables. Enhanced client satisfaction by effectively resolving issues and rendering superior quality service. - Followed up with the concerned stakeholders in ensuring seamless delivery of products like Endoscopy camera, Smart Vending Machine Solution, Smart Wireless In-flight Cabin system, Automotive Gateway, Industrial IoT Gateway, Smart Fire Safety Systems for home. - Successfully led a team of 100+ members for a value delivery. - Managed the Engineering organization for ISO 9001-2015 implementation in 2018 and renewals in subsequent years. Show less Accomplishments: - Managed presales activities for embedded leads. Enhanced revenue by 33% YoY through strategic program management for logo accounts. Accountabilities: - Spearheaded multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs in Automotive, Home Security, Connected Home, Medical & Industry 4.0. Managed ODM programs from concept to manufacturing. - Interacted with the clients for collating and evaluating requirements to align with project deliverables. Enhanced client satisfaction by… Show more Accomplishments: - Managed presales activities for embedded leads. Enhanced revenue by 33% YoY through strategic program management for logo accounts. Accountabilities: - Spearheaded multi-year, multi-million-dollar programs in Automotive, Home Security, Connected Home, Medical & Industry 4.0. Managed ODM programs from concept to manufacturing. - Interacted with the clients for collating and evaluating requirements to align with project deliverables. Enhanced client satisfaction by effectively resolving issues and rendering superior quality service. - Followed up with the concerned stakeholders in ensuring seamless delivery of products like Endoscopy camera, Smart Vending Machine Solution, Smart Wireless In-flight Cabin system, Automotive Gateway, Industrial IoT Gateway, Smart Fire Safety Systems for home. - Successfully led a team of 100+ members for a value delivery. - Managed the Engineering organization for ISO 9001-2015 implementation in 2018 and renewals in subsequent years. Show less
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eInfochips (An Arrow Company)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Technical Lead
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Apr 2015 - Sep 2017
Managing multiple hardware and software projects based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. Accountable for project monitoring & tracking, resource allocation and management, test case designing and preparation of check lists as well as conducting tests on Software / applications. Participate in project/process review process. Understanding business requirements and mapping them to system requirements specifications and incorporating changes / modifications in the project as… Show more Managing multiple hardware and software projects based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. Accountable for project monitoring & tracking, resource allocation and management, test case designing and preparation of check lists as well as conducting tests on Software / applications. Participate in project/process review process. Understanding business requirements and mapping them to system requirements specifications and incorporating changes / modifications in the project as required. Conducting process and system studies and coordinating with team members for system design & integration, application maintenance, etc.; delivering and implementing project as scheduled and ensuring compliance to quality standards; developing products and creating layout of the Production Process. Handling various technical aspects like software design, coding of modules, monitoring critical paths & taking appropriate actions; creating test plans, test cases and test scripts/procedures for carrying out tests of the software/hardware. Working ability to represent organization in selected levels of negotiation with vendors, OEMs, or internal teams. Ensuring process compliance to meet CMMi level 3 for projects executed. Work with marketing & sales team for pre-sales activities and business proposals including initiating new partnerships. Planning and delivering technical trainings to meet organization skills requirements.
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Onsite Project Manager
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Jun 2015 - May 2017
Successfully executed this new account, a start-up based in USA and development of highly complex product consisting 5 Kinetis MCUs, 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC, Android from concept to definition & design to development and final product. Successfully led multiple teams consisting of software, hardware, Desktop Application & Computer Vision development through onsite-offshore model including performance planning, training, mentoring and guiding for career path. Played… Show more Successfully executed this new account, a start-up based in USA and development of highly complex product consisting 5 Kinetis MCUs, 1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC, Android from concept to definition & design to development and final product. Successfully led multiple teams consisting of software, hardware, Desktop Application & Computer Vision development through onsite-offshore model including performance planning, training, mentoring and guiding for career path. Played primary role in requirement definitions, product architecture & design documentation. Other responsibilities were design for manufacturability and working with Foxconn for setting up assembly lines and defining assembly line tests for product verification, configuration & release management.
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Project Lead
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May 2012 - May 2015
Started as an individual contributor at customer location in France to work for Biometric terminals in newly opened account to develop Linux device drivers and quickly expanded into 8 person team at offshore by demonstrating engineering & execution rigor. In a short span successfully penetrated into another business group Gaming Terminals, managing additional 6 person team. Successfully executed several first of kind projects in eInfochips Ltd, thus creating a reference… Show more Started as an individual contributor at customer location in France to work for Biometric terminals in newly opened account to develop Linux device drivers and quickly expanded into 8 person team at offshore by demonstrating engineering & execution rigor. In a short span successfully penetrated into another business group Gaming Terminals, managing additional 6 person team. Successfully executed several first of kind projects in eInfochips Ltd, thus creating a reference. Successfully executed 2 products in Biometric Terminals and 4 products in Gaming Terminals product group. Worked on Linux device driver development, Application development and Yocto for i.MX6 based hardware.
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Project Lead
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Jun 2012 - Sep 2012
Started as an individual contributor at customer location in France to work for Biometric terminals in newly opened account to develop Linux device drivers and quickly expanded into 8 person team at offshore by demonstrating engineering & execution rigor.
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Project Lead
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Jul 2010 - May 2012
Successfully led team of software and hardware engineers to develop i.MX6 System on Module, an eInfochips IP. Responsible for specification definition, product design & reviews and defining test plans, configuration & release management. Design and development of products based on TI’s DaVinci and Sitara architecture including BSP and application. Achieved development and productization of Handheld device within stringent time. Developed various Zigbee… Show more Successfully led team of software and hardware engineers to develop i.MX6 System on Module, an eInfochips IP. Responsible for specification definition, product design & reviews and defining test plans, configuration & release management. Design and development of products based on TI’s DaVinci and Sitara architecture including BSP and application. Achieved development and productization of Handheld device within stringent time. Developed various Zigbee applications based on CC2530.
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Project Lead
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May 2011 - Oct 2011
Design and development of products based on TI’s DaVinci and Sitara architecture including BSP and application. Achieved development and productization of Handheld device within stringent time. Developed various Zigbee applications based on CC2530.
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NFCWave
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Ahmedabad Area, India
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Independent Consultant
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Sep 2009 - Jun 2010
Led a team of 4 persons for Bluetooth Protocol Development project for a French Client NFCWave. Customization and development of open source Bluetooth protocol implementation lwbt for CSR Bluecore 4 Bluetooth module including development of SPP, OBEX, FTP profiles. Led a team of 4 persons for Bluetooth Protocol Development project for a French Client NFCWave. Customization and development of open source Bluetooth protocol implementation lwbt for CSR Bluecore 4 Bluetooth module including development of SPP, OBEX, FTP profiles.
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QSys
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Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Independent Consultant
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Jan 2009 - Sep 2009
Worked with local start up focused on development of All-in-one PC category. Responsibility included new product development from concept to product launch, vendor identification, vendor management and program management. The assignment was carried out in China and India. Worked with local start up focused on development of All-in-one PC category. Responsibility included new product development from concept to product launch, vendor identification, vendor management and program management. The assignment was carried out in China and India.
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NXP acquires Freescale Semiconductor
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United States
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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System and Application Engineer
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Feb 2008 - Dec 2008
As a part of APAC Application Engineering team responsibilities were to provide design and development support to Trans-national accounts for Power QUICC based product designs. Support PowerQUICC II/Pro and PowerQUICC III based designs. Board bring up and interface testing using bare board drivers. FW development and debugging using CodeWarrior and USB TAP. Multi core development using Virtutech Simics simulator for P4080 (QorIQ). System analysis for… Show more As a part of APAC Application Engineering team responsibilities were to provide design and development support to Trans-national accounts for Power QUICC based product designs. Support PowerQUICC II/Pro and PowerQUICC III based designs. Board bring up and interface testing using bare board drivers. FW development and debugging using CodeWarrior and USB TAP. Multi core development using Virtutech Simics simulator for P4080 (QorIQ). System analysis for performance improvement. Show less As a part of APAC Application Engineering team responsibilities were to provide design and development support to Trans-national accounts for Power QUICC based product designs. Support PowerQUICC II/Pro and PowerQUICC III based designs. Board bring up and interface testing using bare board drivers. FW development and debugging using CodeWarrior and USB TAP. Multi core development using Virtutech Simics simulator for P4080 (QorIQ). System analysis for… Show more As a part of APAC Application Engineering team responsibilities were to provide design and development support to Trans-national accounts for Power QUICC based product designs. Support PowerQUICC II/Pro and PowerQUICC III based designs. Board bring up and interface testing using bare board drivers. FW development and debugging using CodeWarrior and USB TAP. Multi core development using Virtutech Simics simulator for P4080 (QorIQ). System analysis for performance improvement. Show less
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Dell Technologies
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. System Analyst
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Jun 2006 - Jan 2008
Provided sustenance support for PowerEdge servers right from release through product end of life (EOL). Managed an array of tasks involving software, hardware & system level failure analysis; factory & field service escalation processes; redesign re-work as needed and driving & managing BOM after release in addition to working with internal and external suppliers and cross-functional teams to release fixes to the field. Proactively assisted Factory & Quality Personnel in… Show more Provided sustenance support for PowerEdge servers right from release through product end of life (EOL). Managed an array of tasks involving software, hardware & system level failure analysis; factory & field service escalation processes; redesign re-work as needed and driving & managing BOM after release in addition to working with internal and external suppliers and cross-functional teams to release fixes to the field. Proactively assisted Factory & Quality Personnel in determining cause of failures, and monitoring failure trends as well as evaluated customer escalated issues and forwarding them to the concerned department for the timely resolution. Imperative in determining corrective actions (design change or vendor correction) for hardware-caused issues and supported Project Planners in implementation and configuration of corrective actions. Show less Provided sustenance support for PowerEdge servers right from release through product end of life (EOL). Managed an array of tasks involving software, hardware & system level failure analysis; factory & field service escalation processes; redesign re-work as needed and driving & managing BOM after release in addition to working with internal and external suppliers and cross-functional teams to release fixes to the field. Proactively assisted Factory & Quality Personnel in… Show more Provided sustenance support for PowerEdge servers right from release through product end of life (EOL). Managed an array of tasks involving software, hardware & system level failure analysis; factory & field service escalation processes; redesign re-work as needed and driving & managing BOM after release in addition to working with internal and external suppliers and cross-functional teams to release fixes to the field. Proactively assisted Factory & Quality Personnel in determining cause of failures, and monitoring failure trends as well as evaluated customer escalated issues and forwarding them to the concerned department for the timely resolution. Imperative in determining corrective actions (design change or vendor correction) for hardware-caused issues and supported Project Planners in implementation and configuration of corrective actions. Show less
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Tech Mahindra
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Feb 2004 - Jun 2006
Spearheaded the development of Freescale’s MPC8248 based Voice Enabled VPN Router project from concept to requirement definitions, design & development including hardware design and BSP. First of a kind and complex hardware/software project in a group. Challenged to carry out schematics capture and board bring up. Driver development for U-Boot and Linux kernel. Spearheaded the development of Freescale’s MPC8248 based Voice Enabled VPN Router project from concept to requirement definitions, design & development including hardware design and BSP. First of a kind and complex hardware/software project in a group. Challenged to carry out schematics capture and board bring up. Driver development for U-Boot and Linux kernel.
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Education
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1999 - 2003
Shri U V Patel College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology
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