Mario Milicevic

About Mario Milicevic

Highly motivated and innovative engineering leader committed to driving new product development and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance optical/semiconductor systems in rapidly evolving markets. Strong track record of building and maintaining relationships with key customers to define requirements and develop go-to-market strategies while supporting engineering teams to build a differentiated product. Author of highly cited research on quantum cryptography over optical fiber and hardware architectures for error-correction decoders. Peer reviewer for multiple high-impact ACM, and Nature journals on circuits, communication systems, and physical-layer security. Participant in multiple OIF, InfiniBand, and 802.3 Ethernet standard working groups.

Experience

1. Principal Product Management Engineer - Client Optics Group

   Cisco

   Jul 2025 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

• University of Toronto

  Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2006 — 2010

• Rutgers Business School

  Mini MBA for Engineering and Technology Management

  2019 — 2019

• University of Toronto

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2010 — 2017

Skills

• Simulink
• Marketing Strategy
• Analog Circuit Design
• Product Marketing
• Cadence Virtuoso
• Digital Circuit Design
• Social Media Marketing
• Matlab
• High Level Synthesis
• Atpg
• Python
• Latex
• Recruiting
• Algorithms
• Team Leadership
• Volunteer Management
• Ate
• Perl
• Embedded Systems
• Debugging
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Ldpc
• Scan Chain
• C
• Fpga
• Asic
• Vhdl
• Pcb Design
• High-Level Synthesis (Hls)
• Team Building
• Mixed Signal
• Verilog
• Circuit Design
• C++
• Marketing Communications
• Product Management
• Dft
• Project Management
• Tcl
• Analog