Rajeev Panicker

I am an IT professional with close to 30 years of industry experience. I am a B Tech Graduate from NIT, Kerala and post graduate from IIT Madras. My industry experience spans electronic hardware design, embedded design and software solutions architect apart from being a part of senior leadership.

24+ years of organizational leadership in growing teams and business, at

MNCs - CISCO, SONY, Wipro, Cognizant and Tata. In addition, two-year experience in working with Kerala Government in a pivotal role that oversees implementation of IT initiatives in the state.

13+ years of software/embedded management experience in o Software development – Code reuse, Agile implementation, Automation,

DevOps, CI/CD, embedded systems, SDLC, PDLC, Go To Market strategy o Software vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation.

o Software delivery – customer satisfaction with minimal delays and surprises.

o Driving programs across geographies (US, Europe and Japan) in matrix managed organizations o Change management – Project/Program/Organizational changes including takeovers and sell offs o Employee management – tackling attrition/performance in challenging situations. Quick buildup of teams, training and mentoring o Software vendor evaluation, selection and management o ODC Setup and running at premises and at vendor site.

o Turning around programs at risk.

o Growing business for the line/group – Technology Transfer, project takeovers

15+ years of embedded software development experience o Hands on experience across Telecom, Digital TV, Set top Box and embedded systems in developing the hardware, firmware, middleware and the applications o Experience in using architecture and design patterns (MVCP) to develop complex software.

o Experience with software development tools for version control (code and documents), requirements tracking, unit test, code review, compile,

build, test, debug and deploy.

o Proven skill in solving issues in innovative ways. Has won many achievement awards.

o Object Oriented Programming (C++ and Java)

o Learning and developing complex standards/protocols – MHEG5, MHP,

Bluray, IGMP, TCP/IP, Bluetooth, WiFi and other communication protocols

Continuous learning in newer technologies – AI/BI, Machine Learning, Cloud,

Big Data, Hadoop, AWS, AR/VR, SW methodologies, SW engineering

MS by research in visual communication from IIT Madras and BTech in ECE from NIT

Kerala