More about Archana Sadanandan
Engineer | Technophile| IIM K Alumni| Product Management| Strategist |Design Thinking & Innovation
Engineer with Strong Leadership skills.
My passion is in leading technology teams to bring great products and innovative solutions to market.
●Experience in Pre-Post Silicon Validation of IP’s of various SOC’s(ARM, X86, Ampere architectures) , Firmware Validation of NVMe eSSDs - M. 2,U.2,EDSFF(E1.S, E1.L,E3.S,E3.L)
●Worked on Validation of IPs like PCIe, NVMe, IIC, and UART.
●Hands-on experience with MSO, Logic analyzer, Lecroy Protocol analyzers, Jlink - JTAG. Trace 32 Debugger.
●Languages, Embedded C, Python, XML,
shell script.
●Knowledge on Compute Express Link(CXL).
●Expert in creating product roadmaps from conception to launch, driving the product vision, defining go-to-market strategy, and leading design discussions for AI driven embedded products.
● Expert in inducing Design thinking Methodologies in innovation and product development.
● Expossure to cross-functional product development, formulating effective new ideas and innovative strategies for R&D, marketing, branding, and other business opportunities.
● Strong technical understanding of the stack, to proactively identify new opportunities for product application and creative ways to solve/mitigate technical challenges.
● Experience with start-ups and early stage products.
Engineer with Strong Leadership skills.
My passion is in leading technology teams to bring great products and innovative solutions to market.
●Experience in Pre-Post Silicon Validation of IP’s of various SOC’s(ARM, X86, Ampere architectures) , Firmware Validation of NVMe eSSDs - M. 2,U.2,EDSFF(E1.S, E1.L,E3.S,E3.L)
●Worked on Validation of IPs like PCIe, NVMe, IIC, and UART.
●Hands-on experience with MSO, Logic analyzer, Lecroy Protocol analyzers, Jlink - JTAG. Trace 32 Debugger.
●Languages, Embedded C, Python, XML,
shell script.
●Knowledge on Compute Express Link(CXL).
●Expert in creating product roadmaps from conception to launch, driving the product vision, defining go-to-market strategy, and leading design discussions for AI driven embedded products.
● Expert in inducing Design thinking Methodologies in innovation and product development.
● Expossure to cross-functional product development, formulating effective new ideas and innovative strategies for R&D, marketing, branding, and other business opportunities.
● Strong technical understanding of the stack, to proactively identify new opportunities for product application and creative ways to solve/mitigate technical challenges.
● Experience with start-ups and early stage products.
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