104, Gitanjali Apartments,

Gitanjali Layout,
HAL - III stage.
Bangalore - 560 075, INDIA
Phone : res: 91-80-25214776,
mobile: 91-9845051016
e-Mail: abhijitdatta@hotmail.com

ABHIJIT DUTTA
Profile
Innovative, result oriented technical management professional with over 20 years of visible
achievements, initially in hands-on and later leading teams providing leading edge
technological solutions in the area of hardware design and program management.

In-depth understanding and experience in organizing technical and management teams

focusing on operational efficiencies. Deliver results through effective design, development
and execution process to provide cost effective solutions.

Hands-on leadership style with good communication skills to continually drive focused
teams toward performance excellence. Proven record in streamlining operations, relating
technical information to all stakeholders and leading projects to success.

Core Management Competencies

 Productivity improvement & tracking using KPIs(Key Performance Indicators)

 Stakeholder Management
 Strategic Planning
 New Opportunity Identification
 Quality Control
 Staffing, Training and Development
 Project Management
 Team Leadership
 Issue resolution
 Business Negotiation with stakeholders
 In-source of contract resources

Core Technical Competencies

 Hands-on system design & board experience for more than 10 years using high speed
digital circuits
 Project management experience in hardware and software product development
 Exposure to PMI processes
 Exposure to Software development lifecycle for more than 3 years
 Executed and maintained program management processes and disciplines in the areas of:
program schedule and quality management; communications management; human
resource management; cost management; procurement management; risk / issue
management; change management.
 Extensive experience in Quality processes through exposure to QMS processes of some of
the most reputed multi-national product companies like Cisco Systems, Intel & Cadence.
 Current Roles & Responsibilities
Presently Development Manager in NXP Semiconductors, the renamed entity of erstwhile
Philips Semiconductors, is reporting to the Vice President of the group.

Represent the group in the global organization forums for tracking operations, financials,
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and global team strategies.

Member of NXP Leadership Team working on strategic decisions of Bangalore organization.

The responsibility is to manage more than 20 hardware engineering resources and projects
for one of the business unit’s ASIC products executed in Bangalore Design centre.
The role includes
• Manage the resource pipeline for the team, sharing design center updates with the
global team managers and reviewing organizational strategies with the Management
Team.
• Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple related
projects directed toward strategic business and other organizational objectives.
• Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with stakeholders at
multiple levels, including those external to the organization.
• Define and initiate projects, and assign Project Managers to manage cost, schedule,
and performance of component projects, while working to ensure the ultimate
success and acceptance of the program.
• Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives,
and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward
the business result or strategic intent.
• Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.
• Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program, future opportunities and
customer (internal) issues.

Achivements in current position

• Build a team, over the last three years, from a small team of 8 engineers, mostly
working on resource augmentation mode at remote sites to a team of more than 20
engineers, making Bangalore as the default site of implementation for the biggest
business group of the company (Digital TV of Home business unit)
• Delivered 4 complex SoCs in the last three years, all of which, were ‘Top 10’ products
of the company, drawing full attention and visibility of the top management of the
company
• The success of previous ‘First Time Right’ silicons delivered by the group gave the
confidence to the company to assign the first ever 45nm SoC in the Digital TV
domain to this group, which was successfully completed.
 Career Progression
Summary
Period duration Company name Role Domain
8/2006- 2.4 years NXP Semiconductors Development Hardware Chip
(founded by Philips) Manager Design Program
Management
11/2004-8/2006 1.9 years Intel Engineering Hardware Chip
Manager/ Manage Design Project
deliveries of ASIC Management
4/2000- 4.7 years Cisco Manager- H/W Hardware Chip
11/2004 Engineering/ Design Program
Group Manager in Management
India
4/1998 - 2 years Cadence Member- Hardware-Software
3/2000 Technical Staff / Co-Design EDA tool
Individual development and
contributor Application
Engineering
9/1996 - 1.5 years CMS Computers R&D Manager/ Application Software
4/1998 Centre Head & hardware system
design
10/1985- 10 years TIFR Electronics Board/ System
8/1996 Engineer/ Design
Individual
contributor & group
Lead

Academics

1985 :B.Tech (Electronics) , University of Calcutta, India.

Bachelors Degree in Engineering
1981 : B.Sc( Physics) , University of Calcutta, India
Bachelors Degree in Physics
1978 : Higher Secondary (XIIth. Std), West Bengal Board, India
1975 : I.C.S.E. (Xth Std.) , India