Sooraj S Padmanabhan

Sooraj S Padmanabhan

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Advisory Project Manager, Lenovo

  • Education

    • Amrita University

      2004 - 2008
      Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology
  • Experience

    • Wipro

      May 2009 - Sept 2016

      • Requirements gathering/ Design/ Development/ Defect Fixing for RSSM firmware.• Worked closely with OEM engineers (Adaptec, USA) for Developement.• Prototyped a new logging mechanism and guided team to implement it in just 3 weeks.• Worked as Wipro representative at client side (IBM/Lenovo Taiwan ~ 2014 March to 2015 Oct) -- Coordinated RSSM activities between IBM/Lenovo Taiwan and and Wipro India team. -- Collaborated with IBM China team for the integration of disk storage module firmware to RSSM. Show less

      • Technical Lead

        Nov 2015 - Sept 2016
      • Senior Software Engineer

        Jul 2012 - Oct 2015
      • Software Engineer

        May 2009 - Jun 2012
    • Lenovo

      Oct 2016 - now

      Responsibilities: • Envision and lead team(19 people) to develop BMC Firmware for Lenovo Thinksystem servers (NPI & Sustaining) ~ Currently driving openBMC initiatives.• Key focus on improving business processes to achieve agility and performance, along with precise cost control. Responsibilities: • Drive BMC Firmware development team for Thinksystem Servers (NPI/Sustaining)• Control the execution of business, technical and administrative functions of the program.• Interface with US/China counterparts to ensure strategic alignment of the program.

      • Advisory Tech Project Manager

        Jun 2022 - now
      • Tech Project Manager

        Oct 2016 - Jun 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Agile Project Planning

      Skillsoft
      Oct 2023
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sooraj S Padmanabhan
      Director's Individual Award Lenovo Jun 2024 Led the Firmware team in implementing a new agile release process for GPU support, resulting in a first release business value of $24M.
    • Awarded to Sooraj S Padmanabhan
      Shining Star Wipro 2014 Enhanced the RAID10 data mapping algorithm that reduced the defect probability related to data corruption to < 5%.
    • Awarded to Sooraj S Padmanabhan
      Shining Star Wipro 2012 Designed and implemented foolproof approach for the drive handling related issues reported at the customer site.
    • Awarded to Sooraj S Padmanabhan
      Feather In My Cap Wipro 2011 Developed an automation framework for build creation and release which helped to increase the process efficiency by 70%.