Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar is a seasoned technology leader with over 18 years of experience in the wireless industry, specializing in product management and engineering.

His expertise lies in developing simple, disruptive, and scalable connectivity solutions and leading global cross-functional teams in high-pressure environments.

Vinod has a strong background in product planning for wireless products, having owned multiple products from concept to launch, including the successful launch of numerous commercial devices.

His diverse experience spans across product management, technical marketing, OEM/ODM engineering, and software development.

Vinod excels in technical marketing, driving industry trade shows, certifications, competitive analysis, collaterals, RFP responses, road shows, and representation at standards forums.

He possesses comprehensive product management skills encompassing product and portfolio strategy, P&L, pricing, forecasting, launch, business development, and partnerships.

Vinod is adept at developing business opportunities, managing partnerships with OEMs/carriers, evaluating outsourcing partners, and negotiating contracts.

He is well-versed in smartphone and IoT verticals across different HLOS such as Android and Linux.

Vinod's specialties include carrier requirements, product definition, customer relationship management, carrier certification/acceptance, sales enablement, and an end-to-end understanding of IP, network, and wireless systems including LTE, VoLTE/IMS, UMTS/HSPA, GCF/PTCRB, and HLOS Android integration/performance.

Educationally, Vinod holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Washington's Michael G. Foster School of Business, a Master's Degree in Computer Application from the University of Hyderabad, and a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Banaras Hindu University.

With a rich professional background, Vinod has held key positions at renowned organizations including Principal Technology Product Manager at T-Mobile USA, Lead- Americas Carrier Technology at Qualcomm, Product Line Manager and Principal Engineer at ST-Ericsson (formerly Philips Semiconductors), and Technical Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer at Aricent (formerly Hughes Software Systems).