Experience

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  Trident Infosol Pvt Ltd

  • Bangalore

  • Manager PCB Designs

    • Jul 2009 - Present
    • Bangalore

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  Mentor Graphics Corporation (Hyderabad)

  • TEAM LEAD

    • Jan 2003 - Apr 2009

    is a leading Electronic Design Automation Company engaged in R & D and Maintenance of Mentor tools, developing cutting edge EDA software and maintenance of the Mentor tools. Professional Milestones:2003: Joined MGI as a Member Technical Staff in the QA division.2004: Promoted as a Senior Member Technical Staff2006: Promoted as a Project Lead Transition completed:QA of Board Station tool (March-May2003): Intensive training at Huntsville (USA), comprehension of the process followed and successful implementation of the same at MGI. Major revision (EN2004) released within few quarters after transition.Responsibilities Undertaken:Project Management, Resource Planning, Allocation of resources and monitoring activities.Own the project's Quality Plan and ensure proper implementation.Accountable for deliverables, key milestones achieved and also tasking activities. Generate accurate project reports and project status on a timely basis and co-ordinate work on multiple projects based on priority. Preparation and Review of the Functional specifications, Test strategies and plans for the Enhancement and Defects fixed.Interface with management and team for effective process implementation Training, guidance and support to the team members to execute their responsibilities. CCB (Change Control Board) Lead role for Board Station which involves analysis of the defects / enhancements logged by the customers by reproducing, accepting / rejecting defect reports. Point of contact for the stakeholders.

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  Kamal Elektronix (Bangalore)

  • DESGIN MANAGER

    • Jul 1992 - Jan 2003

    Kamal Elektronix a leading design bureau since 1982 involved in design of latest technology PCB layouts.Professional Milestones:1992 July Joined KAMAL ELEKTRONIX as PCB Technical Assistant.1996 Promoted as a Senior PCB Design Engineer.1997 Promoted as Design Manager, lead a team of 12 engineers and in charge of the entire design division2001 Visited Philips Consumer Communications at Singapore for the design of a mobile phone PCB.Skill sets:Schematic drafting.PCB design on manual artworks (Designed boards up to Double Euro boards on graph sheets using Bishop Graphics artwork materials)PCB design on popular CAD packages and Generation of outputs for manufacturing. Have designed up to 16 layers, with blind, buried and laser vias using components like SMDs, PLCC, COB and PBGAHigh speed boards till 3Gig and On-board designs (Aero Space designs) for ISRO.Impedance Control PCBs.Signal Integrity checks on CAD (Zuken tools)Preparation and maintenance of Standard libraries confirming IPC standards.Preparation of road map and checklists for the entire design process.Tool Expertise:Board Station, Mentor Graphics (DA, BA, LMS, Librarian, Package, To-layout, Layout, FabLink, Board Station XE and Constraint Manager), (Rev C.2 onwards till BSXE2007.3).CADSTAR DOS Rev 7.0 and CADSTAR for Windows (Rev 2 and 12.0). ORCAD Windows SCHEMATIC CAPTURE (Rev 4 to 9.1).CADENCE Allegro.PROTEL PCB design (Ver2.0), Integra (Mentor), PCADCAM tools like GC Preview, Camtastic, CAM350, Valor, CAMCAD & VisECAD etc.Design Expertise; Analog, ADC, Power supply, Mixed Signal & RF designs.Printer designs.Digital High Speed designs.Cell phone design (For Phillips Consumer Communications at Singapore on Board Station)Medical electronics (Ultrasound scanners and X-ray equipments for GE medicals and L&T)Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications (EPABX, ADPCM) & GSM based designs.Computer add-on cards like PCI, IBM PC AT