ANIL SAWE
REDWOOD CITY, CA *****
CELL: 650-***-**** HOME: 650-***-****
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Executive with proven leadership skills in Biz Dev, Product Management & Development
Delivered many market-leading products incorporating range of visualization technologies
Proficient at developing product strategies driven by market trends and technology maturity
Deep knowledge of Cameras, Image Processing, Digital Video, Graphics, CE markets & technologies
Proven product definition, development, and marketing skills Silicon, Hardware & Software
Raised venture funding for 2 start-ups
KEY CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Led 2D & 3D Camera strategy, definition and roadmap formulation for Intels imaging products
Championed relationship between Intel and Comcast for Set-Top Box SOCs
Delivered key Imaging IP for Intels DTV SOCs via internal, organic development
Introduced worlds first integrated SOC for Digital Set-Top Boxes and DVD players
o Cover story in Electronic Design for 2 consecutive years
EXPERIENCE
Staff Member, Strategic Planning & Product Marketing, Intel Corp. 2010 2016
Secured Design Wins for Intel cameras at MNC OEMs in the PC segment
Formulated detailed product strategy for Imaging and Camera features in Intels SOCs driven by
next generation computational photography and augmented reality technologies
Trained account managers & FAEs for effective pitches to OEMs and securing design-wins
Defined Product Roadmaps for Consumer & Enterprise segments based on
o Usages & Applications including design, shopping, learning, 3D scanning/printing, AR gaming
o Analysis of 3D camera technologies including IR & stereoscopic methods driven by usages
o Investigation of array camera technologies and necessary algorithms for silicon implementations
to drive computational & depth photography
o Visual computing applications with visual search, contextual understanding of 2D and 3D
objects
Defined Media features for Intels processors based on evolving Audio-Video Compression standards
Consultant 2009 -
2010
Consulting with Intellectual Ventures for patent portfolio selection and targeting IP licensees
Strategic Marketing consulting services related to product strategy for a CE silicon manufacturer
Director of Marketing, PC2TV Products, Quartics, Inc. 2007
2008
Led all marketing activities and revenue generation for the PC2TV (WiDi) product for 60-person start-up
Managed P & L for PC2TV product aimed at bringing PC multimedia content to the TV seamlessly
Expanded PC2TV product line from Si to total solution with $2M+ revenue in the first year
Secured design wins at D-Link, OKI for distribution via retail channel in N. America & Europe
Developed hardware and software product roadmaps for optimal product positioning via end user
feedback
Defined feature set improvements based on focus groups
Director, Strategic Planning and Technology Development 2003-2007
Digital Home-Consumer Electronics Group, Intel Corporation Santa Clara, CA
Directed strategic planning for multiple CE SOCs for DTVs and Cable/Satellite Set-Top Boxes
Formulated product positioning utilizing market trends, competitive analysis & customer feedback
Developed strategy to provide differentiation for SOCs in the CE segment via IA architecture
Enabled Intel to differentiate in the DTV segment by creating a Display Processing roadmap and driving
development effort for competitive visual quality
Championed relationships with Cable MSOs for synergy with Intel strategy and roadmap
Actively led M&A and investment discussions with Intel Capital for IP acquisition
Vice President, Engineering, CacheVision, Inc.
2001-2002
Revamped the engineering organization to deliver CE products on an aggressive schedule
Led the 30-person engineering team in development of leading edge, DVR modules for DTVs & STBs
Founder / CEO, iDTV Inc. 1998-2000
Founded iDTV and secured venture funding to develop Home Media Servers to drive multiple TVs and
Web connectivity for cable & satellite broadcasters (similar to U-Verse, Xfinity whole home DVRs)
Developed product strategy based on inputs from Echostar, DirecTV, Comcast, & Cox
Identified a universally attractive business model for service providers, CE OEMs, and iDTV, based on
SW for video acquisition & distribution + HW reference platforms for 3 party manufacturers
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President, Odeum Microsystems, Inc. (Subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics America) 1993-1997
Led the 55-person fabless semiconductor subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics
Drove all business aspects Sales, Marketing, Operations and Engineering
Revenue exceeded $3M in first year of shipment with design wins at multiple MNC CE & PC OEMs
Introduced worlds first MPEG2 SOC for the Set-Top Box segment, with embedded SPARC CPU
Formulated strategy to offer complete system solutions including RF demodulators & Video Codecs
Delivered production silicon in first tape out of complex SOC with 20-person engineering team
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Founder / CEO, Multimedia Presentations, Inc.
Director, Systems Development, C-Cube Microsystems
Manager, 3D Graphics Products, Sun Microsystems
Director, Workstation Systems Development, Computervision Corporation
EDUCATION
M.S.E.E. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
B.S.E.E. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
PATENTS
U.S. Patent 6,356,315: Sampling rate conversion using digital differential analyzers
o For implementation of high quality scalar in Odeum STB SOC
PANEL PRESENTATIONS
Connections 2008: Conference on Home Networking and CE Devices, Santa Clara, June 2008
iTV-Con, Nov. 2007, San Francisco