Kiran Kumar C N

About Kiran Kumar C N

A Result driven, PMP (PMI®) Certified, Seasoned Technical Program Manager having 15 years passion of experience in Semiconductor industries in SOC - Full Life Cycle of Complex Architecture Development & Validation and the Concurrent Project Management in various Mobile, Laptop & Automotive domains.• Over decade of experience in leading the Engineering Teams in APAC, EU and US regions and building in the Project Planning, Schedule Tracking and indicators, Readout to Customers and Internal high level management and offering Top notch solutions to Project Blockers • Worked in Complex Architecture Products Development (RTL) from Market requirements (PI) to Release gate, SOC Validation, Cross work package collaborations including Design, Software & Firmware, Architects, R&D, IND and PKG Teams• Entrusted, Result oriented mindset, with extensive Critical Chain Management skills led multiple Market impact launches of cutting edge products with continuous improvement and implementing the processes• Ownership thrives, Driven high-stakes programs and Engineering teams are driven as per project schedule, and a strong tenacious grip of managing concurrent projects including Automotive (ADAS), Laptop and Mobile Business products deliveries till market• Driven Risk Identification, Analysis and Mitigation plan across products. Communicate to Internal stake holders and Customers with granular level plans of debugging. • Single handed driven the Pilot and Derivative Projects, NPI and NTI Projects from Marketing requirements to Design, Validation and TTM (Time to Market) with multi discipline work packages alignments• Spearheaded the various well planned Bring ups at Intel, NXP and at Customer places including Lab spaces, Inventories, Resource efforts and Test Requirements inside and outside India. • Managed multiple program schedules aligning with Organisational’ s strategic business objectives as per ACEA standards and ASIL compliances and 3GPP standards• POC for Analysis of FACR (Failure Analysis for Customer Return) and passion of involving in the Market Survey (Product Failures) analysis to feedback into Test plan• Responsible for hosting the CCBs with Project key stake holders to discuss the BUGs and for the prioritisation • Proven skillset in Escalation Handling- Engineering Teams, Internal Management and Esteemed Customers• Handson Testing, Validation of requirements and reporting the Bugs and debugging

Experience

1. Senior Technical Program Manager

   IBM

   May 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• M S Ramaiah Institute of Management

  Master of Technology - MTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering