Jeelani Basha
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced Senior Engineering Manager with a strong background in leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions. Proficient in English communication with a proven track record of driving projects to success. Seeking a challenging role as a Senior Engineering Manager to continue utilizing my skills and expertise in a dynamic environment.
A dedicated, efficient and enthusiastic software professional who has 21 years of avid global experience in all aspects of Program and Project management, starting from the conception stage through to completion in the mobile phone and telecom industry. Jeelani is a confident and credible individual with the kind of communications skills that inspire at all levels of business. He is a meticulous organizer, who possesses excellent communication and team working skills and performs well under pressure. Having an active commitment to continuously improve, he always works hard to create a positive atmosphere that motivates others and builds team spirit. Jeelani is a self-driven individual who wants to progress and is now looking for opportunities where his experience and skills could facilitate the company's and also his growth. Results-oriented individual with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. Known for leveraging analytical thinking and creativity to solve problems and deliver high-impact solutions in fast-paced environments.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Engineering Manager
Symbol Technologies
04.2017 - Current
- Led and managed a team of 25 members involving developing features on Telephony, RIL and Modem modules
- Played an important part in getting Zebra mobiles certified in NA, European and LATAM regions
- Responsible for delivering the first 5G enterprise cellular product for Zebra
- Responsible to adhere to latest Carrier specs from AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Telstra, VodafoneUK and other LATAM carriers
- Worked closely with private 5G vendors and successfully deployed 5G devices
- Delivered features - eSIM, WAN-WLAN interworking, Domain selection
- Successfully delivered zebra handsets based on 8956 and SDM660, QC6490,6375, 5330 chipsets for various android desserts
- Maintaining optimal performance of the application by conducting performance monitoring and tuning activities
- Overall product lead responsible for both product management and engineering management
- Coordinating work for and providing direction and priority to staff to complete deliverables
- Setting and driving project timelines, ensuring all deliverables are met and completed on time as per set quality standards
- Co-ordination of work across the globe to make sure 24/7 support
- Working with customers to support new requirements /features from them
- Discussions with SLT on roadmaps and strategies
- Built the 25-member strong technology team.
Senior Product Engineering Manager
LeEco India Bangalore
Bangalore
07.2016 - 03.2017
- Lead for Internet app products in India
- Market Study, define road map and deliver products in India and global markets
- Conceptualized, & Delivered News Aggregation Android application for LeEco S2TopNews Android App
- Led 12 members of Android, backend engineers and content engineers to design and deliver a news aggregation service
- Creating a software design process to translate business requirements into technical design documents resulting in improved quality control and output that was 'right the first time'
- Maintaining optimal performance of the application by conducting performance monitoring and tuning activities
- Overall product lead responsible for both product management and engineering management
- Worked closely with marketing/sales teams to put in place 3rd part tie-ups for news content
- Coordinating work for and providing direction and priority to staff to complete deliverables
- Setting and driving project timelines, ensuring all deliverables are met and completed on time as per set quality standards.
Senior Technical Manager
Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore
Bangalore
03.2014 - 06.2016
- Accountable for delivering software to product programs for smartphones to be launched worldwide
- Primarily responsible for the complete software delivery for Samsung Smartphones based on Android involves acting as the key interface to Samsung's external partners and internal tech teams and ensuring that software is delivered within time, on budget and to the highest quality standards
- Lead a team to deliver Smart Event Web service
- This service aggregates events from different Content providers and creates calendar events in S-planner
- Users can follow events of their interest and also can see nearby events
- Responsible for enhancing the overall experience of the Mobile browser
- Browser add-on features were developed like Quick Share during browsing, tagging images with Pinterest
- Smart things IOT through which we can control all the connected devices in S-browser
- Showing the news content from DailyHunt in the form of a web card and periodically updating with the latest trending news
- Market Study and Leading focused task forces for prototyping solutions and coordinating Samsung deliveries internally
- Successfully delivered Android Upgrade (KitKat) to Verizon for Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S3 mini
- Leading the product approval activities by Verizon and markets
- Coordinating with Verizon for requirements, status reporting
- Continuous build, integrations and releases
- Autonomously devising solutions and taking ownership of situations (task force) to ensure the success of a project.
Technical Project Lead
Borqs Software Solutions Limited Bangalore
Bangalore
09.2012 - 02.2014
- Primarily responsible for Software Delivery of mobile solutions based on the Qualcomm chipsets to OEMs like Kyocera and NEC
- I was also responsible for managing the interpretation of market and customer needs to product programs
- Liaison manager for Borqs and OEM's
- Single point of contact to Borqs for all technical issues for handling customer requirements and leading the feasibility study camps
- Solid hands-on working knowledge of Android Native Applications
- Hands-on Knowledge in AT&T Address Book
- Delivered IMS-based Enhanced Address Book for Verizon Wireless
- Hands-on knowledge in implementing test frameworks for key mobile technologies like DRM.
Technical Lead, Software Developer
Motorola Inc
Bangalore
06.2005 - 08.2012
- Primarily responsible for technically leading a group of engineers to develop and implement Motorola solutions based on Android Gallery, DLNA, Syncml and FOTA for Motorola smartphones based on Android and in-house operation systems
- Technical Architect for software modules and technical lead for module split and work allocation within the team
- Coding, Debugging, Testing, Error reporting and follow-up
- Solid hands-on working knowledge of Android Multimedia Solutions, DLNA and standards
- Hands-on knowledge of implementation of Syncml and FOTA technologies (Bitfone and Redband).
Senior Software Engineer
LG Soft India
Bangalore
12.2004 - 05.2005
- Worked as a software developer for call control and SIM tool Kit module
- Software developer - Error Fixing and feature enhancement for call control and sim toolkit module
- Integration testing of mobile applications
- Hands-on implementation knowledge of call control module.
Software developer
Deccanet Designs Limited
Bangalore
01.2003 - 11.2004
- Worked as a software developer for developing features like AT Command for Motorola phones, UART interface for IAN 802.11 and SIM Access Profile
- Software developer - Developed features like AT command support for Motorola phones and error fixing
- Hands on experience in Emulators and JTAG debuggers.
Software developer
Infosurge Technologies
Bangalore
01.2002 - 12.2002
- Worked as a software developer for developing IPV6 stack development
- Software developer - Developed features like encoder and decoder of IPV6 headers
- Hands on experience in IPV6 and TCP/IP stack.
Education
Osmania University
01.2001
Skills
- Android
- Core Java
- C
- Telephony/RIL
- Modem
- MBN
- Agile
- Rest APIs
- JSON
- MongoDB
- 4G, LTE, 5G
- Project Oversight
- Technical leadership
- Cross-functional team management
- Software Design
- Mentoring and Coaching
- System Architecture
Accomplishments
- Motorola Brova Awards
- Samsung Nipun award for best innovative demo.
Languages
Urdu
First Language
Certification
- Udemy 4G 5G courses
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Engineering Manager
Symbol Technologies
04.2017 - Current
Senior Product Engineering Manager
LeEco India Bangalore
07.2016 - 03.2017
Senior Technical Manager
Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore
03.2014 - 06.2016
Technical Project Lead
Borqs Software Solutions Limited Bangalore
09.2012 - 02.2014
Technical Lead, Software Developer
Motorola Inc
06.2005 - 08.2012
Senior Software Engineer
LG Soft India
12.2004 - 05.2005
Software developer
Deccanet Designs Limited
01.2003 - 11.2004
Software developer
Infosurge Technologies
01.2002 - 12.2002
Osmania University
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