Overview
Technical skills
Timeline
Roles

Overview

Principal Engineer and technical leader with 15+ years of experience in systems software and platform-related domains including device management, diagnostics, storage, and firmware. Has led engineering teams across Dell, EFI, and HP, owning planning, delivery execution, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration. Led reliability and crash-analysis initiatives and supported customer issue resolution, including a reported 40% quality improvement.

Technical skills

C++
C
DevOps
Platform Engineering

Timeline

Software Principal Engineer Lead
Dell Technologies Full-Time
Jan 2021 to Present 5 Years 7 Months In office
Technical lead for strategic diagnostics and device-management initiatives across multiple engineering teams. Drove architecture discussions and execution planning across BIOS, storage, diagnostics, and platform workstreams. Led cross-functional collaboration with product, validation, and firmware groups to improve customer issue resolution and mentor engineers on design and debugging practices. Owned organization-wide crash analysis and reliability efforts, improving software quality by 40%.
Principal Engineer Lead
EFI Full-Time
Jan 2015 to Jan 2021 6 Years In office
Led a team of software engineers delivering print-controller solutions for global customers including Konica Minolta and Sharp. Owned planning, estimation, prioritization, execution tracking, and release management. Partnered with product managers, QA, architects, and customer-facing teams to support successful delivery while conducting technical reviews and mentoring engineers. Managed project risks, resources, and delivery schedules across concurrent releases and improved productivity via standards, reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Technical Specialist Middle
HP Full-Time
Jan 2010 to Jan 2015 5 Years In office
Led a team of engineers developing HP inkjet print drivers, including early XPS-based drivers. Managed transition of driver development responsibilities from the US to India by establishing local capability and processes. Completed onsite knowledge transfer for Windows 8 inbox driver integration and contributed to an R&D initiative focused on receipt data extraction.
Manipal University
Master's Degree
Mangaluru, Karnataka