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Management Team |
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The founders
and key personnel of TeamF1 come from a strong R&D and
technical leadership background. They are interested in
growing TeamF1 as an engineering-focused company bringing
pioneering embedded products to market that set a new bar for
the competition.
Mukesh Lulla, President
A co-founder of TeamF1, Mukesh has over 15 years experience in
the embedded systems, Design Automation and SoC areas. Before
TeamF1, Mukesh was at QuickLogic Corporation for 6 years,
where he was a Member of Technical Staff and the architect of
their software solutions for FPGA and Embedded Standard
Product design. He has also worked in various consulting roles
defining the use of algorithmic software with FrontLine Design
Automation, e-ASIC and Synplicity. Mukesh holds an MSEE from
the University of Southern California and a BSEE from R.E.C.
Surat in India. He also holds several patents related to
programmable silicon, software algorithms and the embedded use
of FPGAs. Mukesh's background and experience makes him
uniquely qualified to shape the high-level direction of the
company's research endeavors as well as to lead the company as
it executes its business plan.
Vinai Kolli, Vice-President of
Engineering
Vinai is responsible for maintaining TeamF1's
technical lead in world-class embedded networking and security
technologies. Vinai has over 16 years experience in
networking protocols for modern 32-bit RTOSes and embedded
operating systems which include a 6-year tenure at Wind River
Systems and 3 years at Integrated Systems (ISI). At WindRiver, he
was the architect of the SENS networking stack. In earlier roles
at WindRiver, he was also responsible for key architecture ports
of VxWorks® to the PowerPC processor family. His keen awareness of hardware dependencies and
throughput-bottlenecks in embedded systems networking, helped him
lay a foundation for the architecture of high-performance
networking and security protocols at TeamF1. His earlier research
includes adaptive queuing models for network devices, and hardware
acceleration of software functions through driver interfaces.
Vinai holds an MSEE from the University of Southern California and
a BSEE from R.E.C. Surat in India. |
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Prasanna Kondapaneni, General Manager, Global Operations
Prasanna joined TeamF1 in October 2001, bringing with him more
than 10 years of experience in engineering management, software
engineering and business development. At TeamF1, Prasanna is
responsible for building its global R&D and operations team into a
world class organization with leading edge software development
processes and superior support responsiveness. Before TeamF1,
Prasanna co-founded NightFire Software, Inc., a leading developer
of intersystem service management platforms for the
telecommunication industry. He helped build it into a successful,
fast-growing company in a number of roles: as Chief Arcthitect
first and then as Director of ASP Operations and finally as
Director of European Business Development. Prior to Nightfire,
Prasanna worked as a Senior Software Engineer at TCSI Corporation.
He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science and Engineering from
Auburn University, Alabama. |
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