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Sandeep Kumar Parupalli

Sandeep Kumar Parupalli

Hyderabad

Summary

  • 14 years of experience in Semiconductors, Embedded Software & IoT Product Development
  • Proficient in Agile/Scrum/Lean development methodologies & team Collaborations
  • Specialized & Certified in aspects of Technical Program \ Project Management Planning.
  • Capable of Handling Project from concept to actionable Product
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, Competent in mitigating Project risks.
  • Skilled in managing Customer delivery expectations and technical team
  • Solid understanding of hardware,kernel architecture & SoC designs.
  • Proven track record on successful Software/Hardware releases.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

INTEL
09.2019 - Current
  • Managed execution of 9+ GPU products by connecting cross-functional teams, encompassing Software Development, Devops, Hardware, Firmware,E2E, HPC,AI and Validation teams. Ensured on-time delivery while coordinating with 10+ global teams (China, Europe, US, UK, India) consisting of 300+ engineers.
  • Contributed to Multiple Project Plan of Records (POR) on new features, Scope , Timelines, Resources, accountabilities, required for data centre & client products for GFX driver Program deliverables for seamless execution.
  • Served as the primary POC for cross-functional meetings, Technical discussions, Customer support \reviews, demos, stake holder updates, making sure on aligning teams on program goals, objectives, milestones & minimize impacts on deliverables
  • Estimate & manage resource requirements, work with logistics teams, procurement, facilitate engineering teams.
  • Created 3 different multi-year software product lines releases, validation strategies, KPIs, and SLAs in collaboration with stakeholders, prioritizing software and hardware execution for multiple data center and client products.
  • Declared Milestones & Released 5+ complex projects that supports 5+ Linux OS Flavors as per schedule maintaining minimum of 30% reduction on regression issues in multi releases.
  • Delivered 5+ GPU products to Market, on which Data center SKU stood in Top 2 in Top 500 Super computers. Earned Multiple Division awards and Spontaneous recognition awards on time release with proper quality on deliverables for multiple data center SKU’s.
  • Developed robust dashboards to manage uncertain risks & project status tracking to proactively identify potential issues early. Successfully mitigated last-minute risks, gating issues, achieving 100% adherence to release schedule.
  • Streamlined validation processes, reducing cycle times and resource usage by 60%, saving 500+ man-hours, improving execution efficiency and critical projects delivery by 20%. Applied retrospectives for future deliverables.

GRAPHIC SOFTWARE TEST LEAD | SW RELEASE MANAGER

INTEL
05.2019 - 09.2019
  • Lead Team of 8 members, responsible for Validation of Graphic Software device driver
  • Responsible for Linux validation various form factors
  • Simulation\Emulation for Drivers i915 /Xe Graphics device drivers
  • Plan Post-Silicon Validation activities for new GPU Power-On’s
  • Accountabilities towards Test Planning, resource management, tracking of deliverables based on technical and management indicators
  • Review results of DKMS(Rhel, SLES, Ubuntu), Presilon, Post Silicon, Media, compute, HPC AI workloads , Certification results from Coverity\Klock work & release the regression free kernel driver to internal partner teams for further integration and development
  • Get the CI Environment ready (CI/CD processes) for Automation at scale , deployment using Jenkins for Integration & execution
  • Deploy Automation to run IGT tests, HPC , AI workloads on different clients /server platforms on GTA Automation Framework
  • Achieved a 50% reduction in manual testing by developing automated test frameworks, leading to a 30% reduction in defects post-launch
  • Led the validation efforts for the Arc and Max Series GPU platforms, achieving a 95% defect-free rate and contributing to a successful product launch
  • Work with Backport teams & OpenSouce, unembargo device driver code
  • Review and address the community issues raised in open forums.

Sr. Software Engineer

QUALCOMM Technologies
02.2015 - 04.2019
  • Own validating and Coverage updates for Snapdragon mid tier & flag ship variant chipsets for Boot & Storage Subsystems
  • Test development for new features, Prepare the Test Strategy, Test Plans for New SOC’s
  • Run Functional(Smoke,Sanity,feature) & non functional (stress, stability,performance) testings
  • New hardware qualification (NPI) testing by deploying Firmware’s
  • Capture the metrics on Non-Volatile memories (UFS,eMMC, NVMe, SD cards, NAND, SPINOR) from various vendor parts like Samsung, Micron, WD, strontium, Toshiba, SanDisk etc..
  • Run Automation to evaluate stability and performance using benchmarks like Androbench, Antutu etc
  • Modem Tech Validation (CDMA, GSM/GPRS, UMTS, WCDMA)
  • Debug & trouble shoot customer & internal bugs, tools used are JTAG, QXDM, QPST, Lauterbach,Putty,gdb,adb
  • Evaluate Boot performance with ddr training frequency changes ,Perform secure boot testing & Certifications (CTS , VTS)
  • Continues Customer\Client Support (Samsung , Xiaomi, VIVO, Oneplus, Jio, Asus)
  • Responsible for publishing Daily, weekly, and monthly reports to program & dev management

Sr Software QA Engineer

Incube Solutions
03.2012 - 02.2015
  • Multimedia Validation of Camera, Camcorder, Music, Video, Audio
  • Test Planning & Test Suite Design
  • Perform various testing types including Smoke/Sanity, Regression, Stability, Stress, and Performance testing.
  • Testing of Android BSP modules and Nucleus OS Modules, covering Wireless Communications (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB), SD, Multimedia (audio), I/O, Boot, Touch, Browsers, Low Power Mode (LPM), etc.
  • Android CTS Certification
  • Power Measurements & Optimization.
  • Developer Support,Customer Interaction.

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

AMD INDIA PVT Ltd
02.2011 - 03.2012
  • Qualify Graphics Drivers by doing Multimedia Testing, BIOS, HDMI audio, and Eyefnity.Test graphics components on Intel chipsets and AMD Graphic cards
  • Perform Smoke, Acceptance, Functional & Backward, Compatibility testing ,Power Management Validation,Performance Testing
  • WHQL Certifications

Education

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

JNTU
Hyderabad

Skills

Program \ Project Management

  • Technical & Change Management
  • Resource & Risk management
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • SDLC & STLC (Waterfall/Agile Methodologies)
  • Open Sourcing Software
  • Team Management, Customer Relationship
  • Asana ,Google Smart Sheets
  • MS Project ,Jira ,MS Spreadsheets
  • SharePoint ,Azure DevOps
  • PowerBI ,Workboards for OKRs
  • Jenkins ,GIT ,CI/CD Pipeline
  • Post\Pre Silicon Planning & Validation
  • HPC & AI (Pytorch\Tensorflow)
  • Linux debugging \ Troubleshooting
  • Programming Languages: Python, Shell, C basics
  • Storage Technologies (SSD, UFS, NVMe,Volatile Memories)
  • BSP & Device Drivers Validation
  • Firmware ,IFWI ,BIOS,UEFI (CPU & GPU)
  • Simulation (Fulsim) ,Emulation (Zebu & Palladium)

Certification

  • Project Management (Google)
  • AI essentials (Google)
  • AI for Project Management (LinkedIn Learning)
  • Agile Program Management (Google)
  • Project Management Professional (Edu)
  • ISTQB
  • IOT by Collabra
  • PMP by PMI org in progress

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Multiple SRA, DRA for Product releases
  • Multiple Employee spotlight & Spontaneous awards on work optimization, efficiency & fearless innovations
  • Unofficial achievements - Won Multiple Man of the Match’s and Series, in District level and Corporate Level Cricket tournaments

Personal Information


  • Date of Birth: 07/14/88
  • Hyderabad, Telangana

Languages

English
Hindi
Telugu
Tamil

Hobbies and Interests

  • Cricket
  • Volleyball
  • Badminton
  • Swimming
  • Big time Traveler
  • Marathon runner

Timeline

TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

INTEL
09.2019 - Current

GRAPHIC SOFTWARE TEST LEAD | SW RELEASE MANAGER

INTEL
05.2019 - 09.2019

Sr. Software Engineer

QUALCOMM Technologies
02.2015 - 04.2019

Sr Software QA Engineer

Incube Solutions
03.2012 - 02.2015

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

AMD INDIA PVT Ltd
02.2011 - 03.2012

B.Tech - Electronics & Communications

JNTU

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