Vijayaraghavan Narayanan

About Vijayaraghavan Narayanan

I am a seasoned technology business leader with 20+ years of proven experience in turning ideas to commercialized products, formulating strategic plans, and directing business operations with focus on increasing productivity and efficiency.I bring a rich blend of corporate and entrepreneurship background in the IoT and semiconductor sectors and thrive in the growth of new businesses by delivering successful strategies.Currently, I own the global PnL for Infineon’s \'Edge Identity\' Product group, focusing on mass-market applications of Edge Security with IoT Secure Elements and NFC Authenticators. In synergy with my work, I also hold the Vice-chair position at the IoT SiG of NFC-Forum.Competencies- Global PnL management - International business development- Hardware-software co-design- Change leadership- Product and program lifecycle management- Global multi-domain people management- User-experience-centric product designRecognitions- 2 issued US Patents & 2 publications in major conferences (ITC’06 & ISQED’06)- CES Innovation Award’2017 for my startup product ‘bixi’Speaker- IDTechEx, Berlin’17 on ‘Next-Gen UI Technologies’- Oktobertech, 2021 on \'Unifying NFC and Blockchain for Sustainability applications\'Outside work, I am an avid photographer with multiple publications, including ones in National Geographic.

Experience

1. Senior Director Head of\'edge Id & Authentication\' Sbu

   Infineon Technologies

   Oct 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Global P&L ownership of \'Edge Identity & Identification\' SBU, handling a portfolio of standard and custom products in Embedded Hardware Security, primarily under Optiga™ branding - Device Authentication ( Optiga™ Authenticate family - Wired & NFC)- IoT Secure Elements (Optiga™ Trust family )- TPM (Optiga™ TPM family)- Automotive AccessRole includes defining the vision, setting the roadmaps, building the right-fit products, commercializing them, and generating revenues in line with the Division targets.The group comprises talents from more than 6 nationalities.

Education

• Grenoble Ecole de Management

  Master of Business Administration, Finance

  2009 — 2012

• Delhi College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Communications

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Project Management
• Verilog
• Vlsi
• Debugging
• Arm
• Digital Hardware Design
• Simulations
• Embedded Systems
• Eda
• Cmos
• Photography
• Semiconductors
• Management
• Soc
• Ic
• Rtl Design
• Embedded Software
• Asic