Anand Kashikar
BANGALORE
Summary
With over 26 years of experience in wireless communication system and software development, including 4 years as an entrepreneur in the cellular wireless domain, I offer extensive expertise to any team. Throughout my career, I have successfully established and led engineering teams across multiple locations, overseeing the complete product life cycle from idea generation to commercialization. My hands-on experience in wireless signal processing, SoC/Chip bring up, and system integration for both RAN and UE development has allowed me to excel in this field. I am a proficient coder in C/C++, MATLAB/Python, and possess a deep understanding of 3GPP and ORAN specifications for PHY and MAC layers. Additionally, I have worked extensively with embedded development tools, debuggers, and various testing equipment. My knowledge extends to containerized real-time applications running on physical or cloud servers, as well as deep learning algorithms applied to signal processing and communications. With 9 issued patents and several more under process, my innovative mindset is evident in my work. You can find my patents at · https://patents.justia.com/inventor/anand-devidas-kashikar , https://patents.justia.com/inventor/anand-kashikar
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director R&D
Mavenir Systems Pvt. Ltd.
07.2021 - Current
- Working as a Director-R&D, responsible for Layer1 & L2-Scheduler software development & performance improvement in the field for 4G & 5G.
- Led the team that surpassed all major DL & UL performance KPI's, compared to our competitors in Airtel & VIL networks.
- Led cross-functional teams to exceed benchmarks for delivery, staying on top of challenging schedules with multiple competing timelines.
- Developed high-performing teams of managers , team leads & engineers by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
Founder / Director - Systems Engineering
Seewireless / Octasic Inc.
09.2014 - 06.2021
- Founded Seewireless Networks which developed electronics surveillance products for search and rescue operations used by government agencies.
- Established a successful business by identifying market needs and developing innovative solutions for the government surveillance agencies.
- Trained machine learning model on the secured data collected from surveillance drive and then used it for inference and creating reports for agencies.
- Octasic acquired Seewireless in July-2018. After acquisition I was responsible for complete engineering activities for search & rescue product software development (low level embedded , protocol Layers1/2/3 , middleware & front-end software) , integration and testing with Octasic hardware.
Principal Engineer
Broadcom Communication Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
11.2011 - 08.2014
- Worked on Physical layer design, development and integration for LTE-FDD/TDD Broadcom modem chipsets
- Architected software framework for "Low-Power-Mode (LPM)" for modem , integrated it with 2G/3G4G rats. Measurement & Improvement of low power performance, targeting all kind of single & multi-rat use cases. Comparison showed at-par/better performance with leading incumbent chipsets.
- LPM-Framework integrated with Ceva-DSP, ARM-11 & H/W accelerators for BRCM LTE-21894 chipset.
- Established best practices in design methodology, resulting in increased efficiency and consistency across projects.
Chief Engineer
Samsung India Software Operation Pvt. Ltd.
10.2010 - 10.2011
- Worked as an architect for LTE-FDD rat on Samsung’s own Tri-Mode CMC modem chipset development.
- Benchmarking Samsung chipsets with the competitor’s chipset and improve overall KPI’s for CPU load and power optimizations
- Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and technical expertise for professional growth.
Engineering Manager - Protocols and BSP firmware development
Palm Inc.
11.2007 - 10.2010
- Build in-house team which is responsible for integration , benchmarking , debugging of Qualcomm chipset with Palm's smaprtphones & tablets.
- Responsible for integration of TI-OMAP Application & QC-Modem chipsets which include development of IPC drivers , configuring internal DMA,GPIO for interconnecting chipsets.
- Responsible for project planning for short term and long-term deliverables from my team which includes identifying tasks, determining dependencies, identifying and securing resources, communicating expectations to team members from various functional groups, obtaining task effort and duration estimates from team members, and creating and/or tracking the project schedule
Principal Engineer
Kineto Wireless Inc.
07.2004 - 10.2007
- Kineto Wireless is a pioneer in the UMA/GAN protocols definition, their adaption to 3GPP standards and corresponding product development
- I was involved in complete development from the prototype to commercially available UMA handsets
- Led the complete effort of designing /architecting, development UMA-RR and UMA-RLC protocols as per 3GPP standard 43.318 and 44.318.
- Effort includes complete design of state machine, defining interfaces with non access stratus (NAS) layer and peer access stratus (AS) layers, complete coding in SDL and C language and corresponding unit testing of protocol in SDL simulated environment.
- Led the technical design on system architecture with our Chipset partners (Qualcomm, NXP, TI and Infineon) to integrate UMA protocols within their protocol stack.
- This includes understanding of their protocol stack and the interaction with different layers for all Inter-Rat procedures in Idle and Dedicated (Handovers) mode for CS & PS services.
Sr. Software Engineer
Sonim Technologies Inc. / Knowledge Systems
05.2002 - 07.2004
- Development of Push-To-Talk (PTT) mobile client. PTT Client based on PoC standards uses SIP protocol for signaling and RTP/RTCP protocol for audio. Led the development of SIP protocol for Call Signaling and Presence management for the PTT Client
- Led the complete integration of PTT client on the Sony-Ericsson Z500 and Motorola V400 handset based on ARM processors.
Sr. Software Engineer
Knowledge Systems Pvt. Ltd.
05.2002 - 07.2004
- Simulated RLC/MAC protocol using OPNET and NS simulation tools for the performance measurement and improvement of Jitter Buffer over lower GPRS bandwidth networks
Sr Software Engineer
Siemens Communications / Satyam Computers
07.2000 - 04.2002
- Member of the Engineering Group, responsible for the development and maintenance of Corporate GSM product for accessing internal/external voice calls and mails on a mobile phone through VOIP inside the office environment
- Responsible for the enhancement of GSM layer2 protocol stack for the GPRS support
- This includes preparation of Message Sequence Charts for signaling call flows and design of changes in the existing Finite State Machine
- Owner of the GPRS Resource Manager Interface module, which provide the core functionality in RR layer of GSM protocol stack for the enhancement to GPRS
Project Engineer
National Telecom of India Ltd.
06.1996 - 07.1999
- Member of the Engineering division, responsible for the development and testing of SDH/PDH based transmission products
- This includes2 GHz,6 GHz and11 GHz Digital Microwave Radio and2/8 and2/34 digital optimuxes
- Worked on the circuit design hardware modules for2/34 opti-muxes and Digital Microwave radios in6Ghz &11Ghz bands
- Worked on Z80 processor-based software development for the Network Management System for the2/34 optimuxes & DMR products
- Involved in the automation of test procedures and testing instruments for2/8 &2/34 Digital Multiplexers using HP’s HPIB/GPIB development kit
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Santa Clara University
01.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Government College of Engineering
06-1996
Skills
- Product Engineering
- Strategic planning
- Verbal and written communication
- Team Management & Decision-making
- Software Development
- Wireless Signal Processing
- Embedded Systems design
- Machine Learning
References
References: - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandkashikar . More reference will be provided on request.
Certification
- Deep Learning Specialization - Coursera- May-2021
- Natural Language Processing - Coursera- August-2022
- Developing Secure Software - Linkedin- July-2021
Timeline
Director R&D
Mavenir Systems Pvt. Ltd.
07.2021 - Current
Founder / Director - Systems Engineering
Seewireless / Octasic Inc.
09.2014 - 06.2021
Principal Engineer
Broadcom Communication Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
11.2011 - 08.2014
Chief Engineer
Samsung India Software Operation Pvt. Ltd.
10.2010 - 10.2011
Engineering Manager - Protocols and BSP firmware development
Palm Inc.
11.2007 - 10.2010
Principal Engineer
Kineto Wireless Inc.
07.2004 - 10.2007
Sr. Software Engineer
Sonim Technologies Inc. / Knowledge Systems
05.2002 - 07.2004
Sr. Software Engineer
Knowledge Systems Pvt. Ltd.
05.2002 - 07.2004
Sr Software Engineer
Siemens Communications / Satyam Computers
07.2000 - 04.2002
Project Engineer
National Telecom of India Ltd.
06.1996 - 07.1999
- Deep Learning Specialization - Coursera- May-2021
- Natural Language Processing - Coursera- August-2022
- Developing Secure Software - Linkedin- July-2021
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
Santa Clara University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunications
Government College of Engineering
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