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NIKIT PEDNEKAR

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Proven product development leader at the helm of cutting-edge technologies in consumer electronics, mobile, computing and IoT industries; expert at leading the development of scalable product and solutions within global, agile environments. Owns the entire project lifecycle from concept, planning, product roadmap, feature definition, resource allocation, program financials, and change management. Leads consumer product launches to create sustainable revenue streams. Bridges the technical and business worlds; enables success with tools and dashboards; influences business leaders with customer-centric mind set. Product Design Market Research JIRA

Strategy and Analytics Agile Methodologies OEM/ODM Relation Customer Centric Project Management Quality Leadership PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. San Diego, USA

Product Manager 2016-Present

Lead Windows on Snapdragon product

Develops and executes product lifecycle from inception to productization; defines overall strategy to meet OEM needs in alignment with corporate objectives. Leads prioritization and workflow for a team of 10+ global resources while managing multi-million-dollar product budget. Defines roadmap, technical features and specifications, business model, and go-to-market strategy; collaborates with R&D, engineering, and global stakeholders. Leads customer-facing communications across NA, Asia, and Europe.

Key Accomplishments:

x Conceived new product line and brought business and enterprise compatibility in support of

“Always Connected Notebooks”.

x Evangelized vision for value of RF module in PC market, led execution and exceeded expectations with very limited resources.

x Established fast time-to-market for “Always Connected Notebooks” by implementing x64 and x86 application porting to ARM platform working in conjunction with Microsoft and different ISVs.

Lead Hexagon DSP program

Owns full lifecycle of product; lead planning, establish teams, and execute strategy to deliver HDSP solution for smartphones and computers. Managing a team of 5+ global resources and engineering budget. Manage development and testing of hardware functionalities against each SDK deliverable for successful ISV ecosystem.

Key Accomplishments:

x DSP solution adopted by Cortana, Beats, SnapCam, Almalence etc. x Automated testing process, to increasing test coverage. x Seamlessly transitioned teams into agile development. Enhanced user experience (UI/UX) and overall ecosystem experience.

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Product Manager-Associate 2015-2016

Owned the entire project lifecycle from concept, planning, product roadmap, feature definition, resource allocation, program financials, and risk management. Gained executive approval and stakeholder buy-in and collaborated with cross-functional teams through product launch. Led Memory Kit Program for Qualcomm

x Achieved 160% growth over target of $1 Million USD. x Successfully engaged with memory vendors like Micron, Samsung, Hynix and SanDisk. x Defined improvement areas to facilitate the memory vendor self-validation steps. Led Hardware Development Kit Program for Qualcomm

x Transformed product business model and achieved $1.5 Million revenue within 1 year. x Successfully launched Open-QTM 845 HDK Development Kit partnering with Intrinsyc Technologies.

Senior Engineer 2013-2015

Led Qualcomm Reference Design (QRD) engineering teams in San Diego and Shanghai to optimize QRD HW and SW features. Translated business intelligence and market analysis into competitive features while ensuring alignment with program financial objectives. Exceeded all performance goals.

Key Accomplishments:

x Led execution and launch for five Android based designs for customers in China and India.

(Xiaomi, Huawei, Gionee, Micromax and Oppo)

x Technologies implemented: LTE CAT10/9/7/6/4 (FDD/TDD), WCDMA, CDMA, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, 4x4 MIMO, Wi-Fi, NFC; Dual Camera, Fingerprint Sensor, Display and Touch.

x Implemented features and freight on board cost feasibility analysis model for future roadmap products.

x Led the electrical Bill of Material (eBOM) optimization initiative for mobile design. Software Engineer 2011-2013

Led overall solution from architecture, capacity planning, mobile application onboarding and testing, and validation of user experience. Served as software engineer to lead software development lifecycle (SDLC), and commercialization; identified and drove resolution of production issues impacting user experience, and managed customer facing communication. Motorola Mobility Inc. CHICAGO, USA

Software Test Engineer 2010-2011

x Managed testing of Motorola handset for stability by carrying out regression and Sanity test.

x Developed Engineering Documentation and test procedures for assigned test equipment projects at completion.

x Worked on Multimedia features that includes Camera, Gallery, Video player, Music player and providing inputs on improving the UI.

EDUCATION

Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering (GPA-3.6) University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA, 2010.

Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering (First Class) Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai, India 2007. Page 2/2

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