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Ananthi Venkatapathy

Ananthi Venkatapathy

Bangalore, India

Summary

  • Overall, 17 Years of experience in Embedded System Development.
  • Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning certified from IIIT-Hyderabad, India
  • Certified ASPICE Provisional Assessor
  • 9+ Years of experience in ADAS Domain – Rear Camera, Front Camera and Surround View system.
  • Key Strengths: Passion for technology, Open for Domain , Learning attitude, Team Player.
  • SAFe Agile Project Management , German Language A1.
  • Area of Interest: ADAS || Technical Project & Delivery Management.
  • Seasoned Engineering Manager adept at seamlessly integrating project technical aspects and making information relatable to non-technical personnel. Experienced leader and program manager with 10-year history in field. Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Engineering Manager

Rockwell Automation
Bengaluru
08.2022 - Current
  • Engineering manager handling team size of 25 members.
  • Handling delivery of multiple projects in Distributed IO.
  • Budget and strategy planning.
  • Competency development, retention and hiring.
  • Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks.
  • Implemented use of SAFe Agile framework to enter project data, analyze and track tasks, evaluate project progress and monitor performance trends.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers to keep material costs within set budgets.
  • Recruited, placed and oversaw project staff for optimal project results.

Department Head for Software Engineering, EMEA

Continental Automotive India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2021 - 07.2022
  • Department Head for Software Engineering handling team size of 100+ members.
  • 3 group manager and 7 Team leads.
  • Handling delivery of multiple projects (13 projects) in Camera and Radar segments.
  • Budget and strategy planning.
  • Collaborated with management to define, document and implement new processes.
  • Utilized cross-functional strategies between product platform and application delivery teams to systematize Camera and Radar products.
  • Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.
  • Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
  • Resolved problems with high-profile customers to maintain relationships and increase return customer base.

Software Project Manager

Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
06.2017 - 05.2021
  • Single Point of Contact for all SW related queries.
  • Handled delivery of 2 projects end-end.
  • Project Planning / PI(Program Increment) Planning/ Schedule
  • Interaction with customers
  • Problem Resolution manager
  • Function Lead Engineer
  • Supporting teams technically
  • Handling release process approval and release to customer
  • Release to production and handling production issues
  • Monitored resource usage and managed tasks so costs did not exceed budget projections.
  • Oversaw planning, application development, verification and risks involved in software projects.
  • Coordinated development, testing and release of complete SW.
  • Managed all communications between clients, stakeholders and in-house software development team.
  • Resolved issues immediately ensuring project deliverables were not negatively impacted.
  • Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete project.
  • Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks.
  • Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.

Solution Architect

KPIT Technologies Ltd
Bangalore
08.2012 - 05.2017
  • Requirement analysis, Effort estimation and planning, Tracking of work progress with daily meetings, Release activities.
  • Meeting with requirements engineer and customer to discuss on open requirement issues
  • Internal meeting with Architects and Design Champions on critical features to arrive at optimal solution.
  • Worked with customers to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
  • Guided and influenced existing partners on recommended upgrades and enhancements to integrated solutions.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Visteon Technical and Service Center
Chennai
07.2007 - 07.2012
Responsibility as Lead Engineer:
  • Requirement analysis
  • Effort estimation and planning.
  • Tracking of the work progress with daily meetings
  • Meeting with the requirements engineer and customer to discuss on the open requirement issues
  • Internal meeting with Architects and Design Champions on the critical features to arrive at an optimal solution
  • Release activities
Responsibility as Development and Integration Engineer:
  • Board brings up using the BSP packages
  • Memory management activities
  • Configuration of Linker files and FIXABS files (FIXABS is used to generate the required output files for flashing from S-Record file)
  • Management of Scheduler, Round Robins, Timed Task, etc. of the real time Kernel.
  • Initial configuration of Micro port pins (as input/output) based on the HSIS.
  • Support for EMC testing

Software Engineer

Control Technics
Bangalore
06.2005 - 06.2007
Responsibility as Software Engineer:
  • Requirement analysis
  • Effort estimation and planning.
  • Design PCB and Coding
  • Tracking of the work progress with daily meetings
  • Meeting with the requirements engineer and customer to discuss on the open requirement issues
  • Internal meeting with Architects and Design Champions on the critical features to arrive at an optimal solution
  • Release activities

Education

M.Tech - Automotive Electronics

BITS
Pilani, India

B.E - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Anna University
Chennai, India

Skills

    People Management - 100 team size

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Certification

Certification on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, IIIT-Hyderabad

Timeline

Engineering Manager

Rockwell Automation
08.2022 - Current

Department Head for Software Engineering, EMEA

Continental Automotive India Pvt. Ltd
06.2021 - 07.2022

Software Project Manager

Continental Automotive Components India Pvt. Ltd
06.2017 - 05.2021

Solution Architect

KPIT Technologies Ltd
08.2012 - 05.2017

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Visteon Technical and Service Center
07.2007 - 07.2012

Software Engineer

Control Technics
06.2005 - 06.2007

M.Tech - Automotive Electronics

BITS

B.E - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Anna University
Ananthi Venkatapathy