Technical Product Manager
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Technical Product professional with 9+ years in automotive software and Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) & Connected Vehicle platforms. product owner and co-Founder experience partnering with OEMs, Tier-1/2 suppliers, and early-stage companies to define product requirements, own roadmap planning, and translate business needs into product backlogs and MVP scope using Agile workflows. Combines deep technical credibility with platform-level product thinking, customer-centric problem solving, and global cross-functional leadership (20+) to ship complex products from concept to delivery.
● Own product requirements and roadmap planning for RHIVOS/RHAS, working directly with OEMs and Tier-1/2 suppliers to translate business needs into product backlogs and PoC scope.
● Drive platform-level product decisions across board bring-up (Qualcomm, Texas Instruments), OS-level features, HMI, and ADAS/Telematics middleware testing.
● Lead Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) product integration strategy using cloud-native Kubernetes CI/CD across physical and virtual (QEMU) targets, accelerating delivery velocity by 50%.
● Influenced product direction by advocating customer requirements and prioritizing high-impact features.
● Aligned product use cases with evolving SDV ecosystem initiatives (e.g., Eclipse SDV, SOAFEE, COVESA), ensuring compatibility with industry direction and OEM expectations.
● Represented Red Hat's SDV product vision at DevConf, TechGenie, and OOSC, & led customer workshops, strengthening ecosystem partnerships and market positioning.
● Validated functional safety (ISO 26262) compliance for Linux modules in mixed-criticality automotive systems & secure onboarding principles.
● OS teardown studies of competitors, leveraged insights to refine & align product with market trends.
B.Tech, Electronics & Telecommunication
Biju Patnaik Univ. of Technology, 2015
Diploma, Electronics & Telecom
Nilachal Polytechnic, 2011
