Prakash Talawar

Experience

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  TATA AEROSPACE

  Sept 1998 - Feb 2000

  Asst.Engineer

  Development of GPS receiver using DSP platform, application used in Indian defense.

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  Motorola

  Feb 2000 - Nov 2003

  S/W engineer

  Development of speech recognition algorithms on Motorola DSP platform, application used in Motorola mobiles.

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  Satyam computers

  Nov 2000 - Sept 2003

  System Analyst

  MP3 encoder, Development of embedded automotive applications for Caterpillar engines & onsite co-ordinator.Development of algorithms for prototype CAR

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  HCL Technologies

  Oct 2003 - Nov 2004

  Member Technical staff

  Development of Side Object detection algorithms on TMS DSP platform, application used in Europian cars.

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  Samsung India Software Operations

  Mar 2005 - Apr 2012

  Development Manager

  Project / Program management, Solid State Drive firmware and related applications, Windows drivers, file system,new storage technologies such as OSD and NVMe.

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  Lite-On IT Corporation (Kioxia)

  May 2012 - Apr 2014

  Manager - Technology, Business development, Product planning (Enterprise SSD)

    In-charge of enterprise SSD (Flash storage) product planning to address billion dollar market.  Customer: Handling end to end customer requirements from collecting requirements to supplying the samples. Locked in the customers and suppliers for the enterprise SSDs. Evaluate the SSD controllers, bring in the market requirements and guide the R&D team for developing new products. Technical pre-sales to bridge gap between Sales & R&D. Build enterprise SSD (SATA/SAS/PCIe) product strategy, Identify customer needs, Support pre-sales activities and bridge the gap between Sales and R&D. Cross functional leadership to prepare customer samples and help customer for qualification. Technical consultancy, collaborate on defining the product vision and future product strategy to create competitive advantage for the company and value creation for customers. Study the Cloud / Server / Storage system architectures to influence the customers on usage and benefits of SSDs (Tiered storage). Show less

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  Tech Mahindra

  Jul 2014 - Feb 2016

  Senior Tech Manager

   Customer engagements & handling overall practice activities. Integrated Storage Management Software development (Plugins development for VMware/Microsoft/Citrix virtualization platform)

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  Xoriant

  Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

  Practice Head (Storage & Embedded)
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  Western Digital

  Jul 2017 - now

  Director Product Development Engineering

   Leading a post silicon product and test engineering team for the Flash memory storage controllers, both Wafer sort and final test.  Developing a Best-in-Class solutions for test cost, Test time and yield to save $millions to the company. Deploying the solutions to the Contract manufacture (OSAT) and monitoring and taking corrective actions during the production. Lead a PETE team for developing a manufacturing storage firmware for the drive test in production for all the storage products (SSD/SD/uSD/USB).  Applying AI/ML models for cost savings. Show less