Rakesh Koul
Customer Engineering Program Leader | Cross-functional Co-engineering | Driving User Experience | Problem Solver
- Role
- Customer Technical Program Manager at NVIDIA
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rakesh Koul
Results driven technology leader with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale, customer-facing engineering programs in Client PC industry. Adept at forging partnerships with OEMs, software vendors, and component ecosystem partners to drive innovation at a scale. Over 15 years of people-leadership experience hiring, developing, and mentoring high-performing matrixed global teams. Skilled in data-driven execution, executive communication, and portfolio management. Hands-on experience in defining product specifications, conducting competitive tests, and leveraging data to optimize performance and quality.SKILLS AND TOOLS - OEM ODM Customer Management, Ecosystem Enabling- Engineering Program Leadership, Influencing without Authority, Executive Communication- Portfolio Management, Program Lifecycle Management, Risk Mitigation- Data-driven prioritization and decision making, Process optimization, Change management- People Management, Career Development, Mentoring and Coaching- Requirements Engineering, Prompt Engineering, JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, AgileI have a deep passion for landscape and street photography. I love to travel. I love to talk about human languages and cultures. My latest passion is writing code using Generative AI to accelerate my daily workflows, constantly exploring innovative ways to enhance efficiency.
Experience
Customer Technical Program Manager
Jan 2026 — Present · Hillsboro, OR, US
Education
KNIT Sultanpur RML University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Master of Science (MS)
Skills
- Technical Marketing
- Customer Engagement
- X86
- Intel
- Management
- Product Marketing
- Spanish
- Storage
- Device Drivers
- Oem/Odm Enabling
- Graphics Software
- Debugging
- Program Management
- Enabling
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- User Experience
- Product Management
- People Management
- Graphics
- Mobile Devices
- Software Engineering
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