Mittu Thomas
IoT Technical Lead (Edge Architect)
Chennai
Summary
Experienced IoT Technical Lead (Edge Architect) with 13 years of expertise in designing, testing, and maintaining software systems. Skilled in various platforms, languages, and embedded systems, specializing in integrating IoT solutions across Healthcare, Industrial Automation, and Home Automation sectors. Proficient in Agile development, Git, and JIRA to ensure timely project delivery and effective collaboration with clients and teams.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
IoT Technical Lead
FLSmidth Pvt Limited
10.2023 - Current
- As an IoT Edge Lead at FLSmidth, I specialize in IoT Edge and data architecture, overseeing robust systems that manage over 1.5 billion daily messages from hundreds of mining and cement sites worldwide.
- I have expertise in exploring various edge devices and choosing suitable architecture according to the requirements.
- My focus is on delivering high-quality, scalable solutions that drive operational efficiency and innovation.
- Recruited and mentored global teams, fostering talent and consistently delivering top-quality IoT solutions.
- Implemented complex IoT Edge solutions that connect thousands of mining and cement sites via diverse industrial protocols, reliably handling ~1.5 billion messages daily.
- Established a reference architecture for IoT Edge, significantly improving solution delivery speed and consistency.
- Collaborated with executives and cross-functional teams on key projects, including: Integrating 500+ cement and mining sites to gather plant signals for cloud-based analytics.
- Delivering remote support to troubleshoot global equipment issues efficiently.
- Leading integration efforts for newly acquired company, ensuring seamless transition into FLSmidth’s IoT Architecture.
- This role showcases my expertise in scalable IoT solutions, architecture, and leadership across large-scale industrial deployments.
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2022 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: Chennai
- Developed application firmware for a global smart tracker, integrating Qualcomm’s modem and microcontroller.
- Responsible for real-time device-side application development, transmitting health and location data to AWS cloud.
- Utilized ThreadX for multi-threading, Qualcomm’s CAT-M1 module, GNSS, and sensors for data collection.
- Integrated features like GNSS, GTP, Wi-Fi location, Flight Mode detection, power-saving, and BLE gateway support.
- Established secure communication with AWS/Azure using certificate-based authentication.
- Developed Cloud-to-Device communication via Protobuff and COAP, and implemented secure data upload to AWS S3 using cryptographic methods.
- Chennai
- Project: Smart Tracker
- Client: Qualcomm
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2021 - 04.2022
- Company Overview: Chennai
- I worked as an IoT firmware engineer in this project.
- My role is to develop an Embedded RTOS based application to connect Room Air Purifier with cloud (Azure).
- I am also responsible for firmware development, azure troubleshooting and mobile application connections.
- Chennai
- Project: 3M Filtrate Smart Ecosystem
- Client: 3M
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2018 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: Chennai
- At Walmart I worked on IoT enablement of the Walmart stores.
- I am responsible for the extraction of data from the associated sensors and its circuits from the Novar controller present in the Walmart stores in US and pushed to azure IOT hub (device to cloud communication) via IOT edge using azure IOT SDK.
- I am also responsible for data acquisition and data normalization.
- The data is consumed by various lines of Business order to perform different building management, asset optimization, build AI algorithms etc.
- Roles/Responsibility: Novar application driver development to extract the data from the Novar controller.
- Reverse engineering of TCP/IP requests and responses to identify the master requests.
- Deploying the application over the stores through Azure IOT deployment.
- Continuous contribution of owning complex modules including implementation of module-to-module communication at edge runtime.
- Discussions with Microsoft IOT architects directly for Azure IoT edge and edge runtime to meet customer requirements.
- Involved in designing the high- level and low- level architecture of each individual components.
- Had the opportunity to interact with azure IOT architects, understanding concepts and knowledge transfer for team.
- Analyzing real time data quality issues using Azure Data brick and resolving them.
- Involved in fixing issues, which were found in testing and production boxes.
- Chennai
- Project: WEIOT-smart building automation.
- Client: Walmart
- Increased customer satisfaction by resolving complex issues and providing exceptional service at all times.
- Established strong relationships with key stakeholders, facilitating effective communication across departments and teams.
Embedded IoT Developer
Silver Touch Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 12.2017
- Company Overview: Ahmedabad
- Worked as a contract employee for research and development in National Informatics Centre (via Silver Touch Technologies Ltd), Chennai, ICT Organization of the Government of India, from June 2016 to Dec 2017 as IoT Developer (R&D team) in Open Technology Group (OTG) team.
- Projects (P0C) All POC Projects done in Python: An Interactive web Search method for Images using Raspberry pi.
- Color Object Tracking Using Raspberry Pi with Open CV.
- Face detection using Raspberry Pi with Open CV.
- Interfacing different sensors (temp, proximity, LDR,) with Raspberry pi.
- Face recognition using Open CV (haar features).
- RFID authentication using Raspberry pi as for security application.
- Real time web application for face recognition and comparison with deep neural networks (Vector approach).
- Project completed as a part of e-Governance an IOT based automatic car Parking System using Raspberry pi and pi camera, for building smart city.
- Research and Development in exploring IOT using onion Omega.
- The Omega 2 is the latest IOT development boards from Onion.
- It comes packed with built-in Wi-Fi applications to be get implemented in E-Governance.
- Interfaced various sensors with onion omega 2, Developed IOT web server with scheduled temperature readings in PHP script and MYSQL db.
- Web socket sending and receiving messages on IOT device and temperature controlled Automation.
- Motion detection in Onion omega IOT device with PIR.
- Development of temperature sensor web socket connection on IOT device.
- Ahmedabad
Embedded System Project Engineer
Pantech Solutions Pvt Ltd
09.2013 - 05.2016
- Company Overview: Chennai
- Pantech solutions is an embedded company expertise in doing academic and industrial projects.
- Projects: ARM-7 wireless relay control using Bluetooth- can be used for multiple applications.
- It can be used to control the electrical appliances through Bluetooth or with Mobile.
- Real-Time Interaction with Smart Wheelchair using ARM.
- IOT Based agriculture monitoring.
- MEMS Accelerometer and GPS Tracking For Accidental Monitoring Of Vehicles.
- An Embedded Real-Time Finger-Vein Recognition System for Mobile Devices using ARM.
- Chennai
Education
B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Kannur University
Plus Two - Science and Mathematics
St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School
Edoor, KeralaSSLC - undefined
St. John Baptist English Medium Higher Secondary School
Iritty, KeralaSkills
C
Embedded C
Python
Azure Cloud
Linux
Devops
Docker
Azure IoT
IoT Edge
IoT Hub
Edge Data Extraction
GCC
Keil uVision
MPLAB IDE
Anaconda
Microsoft Visual Studio
Serial Logs Trace
8051
PIC
ARM
Arduino
Raspberry Pi
Onion
Timeline
IoT Technical Lead
FLSmidth Pvt Limited
10.2023 - Current
Senior Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2022 - 09.2023
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2021 - 04.2022
Associate
Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2018 - 12.2020
Embedded IoT Developer
Silver Touch Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 12.2017
Embedded System Project Engineer
Pantech Solutions Pvt Ltd
09.2013 - 05.2016
Plus Two - Science and Mathematics
St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School
SSLC - undefined
St. John Baptist English Medium Higher Secondary School
B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Kannur University