Gautam K.

About Gautam K.

Highly skilled at Business Development/Strategy/NPI/Product Management/Program Management/Engineering Management/Operations professional who does not mind rolling up his sleeves and getting in the trenches to help the team. I have led geographically distributed, multi-functional teams of over 200 people to deliver on products, budgets, P & Ls and business targets/objectives.I currently run engineering/manufacturing at Ectron Corporation. Led the engineering team in developing a hybrid edge plus cloud IoT platform and rugged edge computers, called SmartEYE, working with Azure IoT, Intel, AMD, Arrow, Balluff and other partners. With over 20 years of experience and \"full stack,\" knowledge: software, hardware, firmware, semiconductors, communications, networking and manufacturing, I bring a unique combination of business acumen, technical expertise, and strategic vision to my role. My day to day also involves overseeing test engineering, QA/QC, Manufacturing, sustaining and Certification processes for our products and processes (ATEX, IECEX, UL, ISO, IPC etc.).As a seasoned innovator, team player, leader, and executor, I have been part of and led startups, designed a new \"Graph Processor,\" micro-architecture in 2013 and instruction set for AI/ML and DSP (Cross compiler and FPGA based demo shown in 2015 for edge computing). I am the inventor on 19 issued patents and several pending in various domains. I am the sole inventor one of the most cited patents in computer architecture. This predates high speed packet interconnects such as PCI Express by 8 years and is licensed industry wide. Have published multiple papers in conferences and many white papers. Have been involved with computer and machine architecture, co-processors, accelerators, neural nets, AI/ML, HPC for 20 years. I am passionate about spotting industry trends and bottlenecks and creating solutions that deliver value and impact.

Experience

1. Engineering and Manufacturing

   Ectron Corporation

   Oct 2017 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Lead engineering and manufacturing operations for 4 system level products with various certifications, including ISO, IEC, JDEC, and ITAR.• Collaborated with Azure IoT teams to lead the Ectron\'s team in the development of the SmartEYE Hybrid edge plus cloud IoT platform in 2018/2019.• Established partnerships with key companies like Microsoft, Arrow Electronics, Intel, and Xilinx/AMD.• Architected and led development of Ectron\'s rugged, AI/ML capable edge computers in 2018/2019• Manage the US and India based hardware, software and systems team along with manufacturing and testing.Have also worked on various defense related projects over my career, some of these systems are widely deployed. The engineering team I manage other than doing re-engineering of Ectron products also provides solutions for customers in industrial, aerospace and defense markets for comms (SDR), networking, controls and other embedded and systems level applications/solutions.1 patent issued and more in the pipeline

Education

• INSEAD

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business, Strategy, Finance

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Strategic Partnerships
• Patents and Ip Strategy
• Business Development
• Product Development
• Product Marketing
• Engineering Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Management
• Corporate Management
• IT Strategy
• Cloud Storage
• Software Development
• Strategy
• Business Strategy
• Entrepreneurship
• Program Management
• Strategic Technology Planning
• Integration
• Management
• Fpga
• Leadership
• Pre-Sales
• Problem Solving
• Consulting
• Cloud Computing