Siddharth Chutkay

Experience

1. Section Manager (R & d)

   HP

   Nov 2018 — Present

   Senior-level firmware product and solutions leader responsible for leading and guiding team of 15 engineers (including TPMs, Program Managers) in the development and delivery of various inkjet products, including HP Envy Inspire 7900 Series and HP Envy Inspire 7200 Series, from conception to market: 15 Engineers. Transformed traditional asset-based development to a feature team model, delivering product in 33% less time vs plan and with 50% less resources vs typical products Delivered platform to support development and qualification of new generation pen technology Uncovered potential savings of $0.5M per product by delivering an innovative way of servicing pen which is more effective while providing a superior quality for customers Pitched new firmware lifecycle for product development on a new platform which was accepted and institutionalized across the organization, with 100% of products and programs adopting as standard Identified critical bug issue during final production of a product, assembled team to investigate and provide firmware solution, resulting in ZERO changes to HW and a savings of $300K in manufacturing costs annually Assembled taskforce to conduct root cause analysis on critical issues found during device onboarding and testing, team created viable solution which was delivered as firmware update Improved onboarding success from 65% to 95% in testing Saved potential customer satisfaction decline of 35%+ Built and developed team of 15 talented Engineers, improving employee engagement by 14.67%(from 75% to 86%) and resulting in two promotions in 2-years

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical Engineering

  1993 — 1997

• Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar High School, Hyderabad, India

  Secondary School Certificate

• National University of Singapore

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Computer Engineering

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Project Management
• Product Management
• Linux
• Software Project Management
• Integration
• Agile Methodologies
• Firmware
• Program Management
• Unix
• Embedded Systems
• C
• C++
• Tcp/Ip
• Testing
• Java
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Vxworks
• Hp-UX
• Pre-Sales