Ashish Pradhan

Background

About Ashish Pradhan

Experienced Wireless, Cellular IoT, connected vehicles, and System engineering professional with 14 years of combined experience in Carrier Acceptance, Wireless Protocol testing, IoT modules, Customer support & Project Management.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS* Familiar with connected vehicle architectures, telematics control units, network access devices, infotainment systems and automotive carrier integration.* In depth knowledge of all technical aspects (wireless, control, services, hardware) of cellular wireless modules (IoT modules) and familiar with various Iot industrial verticals that use them.* Very familiar with guiding module customers through all stages of acquisition, design win, design review, production and shipment phases of project life-cycle.* Good understanding of regulatory approvals in NORAM like FCC, IC, PTCRB and directly involved with carriers like AT & T, T-Mobile and Rogers (Canada) to gain carrier approvals.* Solid understanding of AT & T’s carrier acceptance process for protocol, application and radio conformance testing gained from working directly with multiple product engineering teams at the carrier site.* Extensive familiarity with Anritsu Wireless test & measurement equipment and software tools used for carrier acceptance, feature, parametric or sanity testing.* In depth knowledge of LTE & UMTS protocol stack (especially LTE NAS layer) and hands on experience with end-to-end protocol debugging on different layers from both network simulator (TE) and modem (UE) sides to verify/validate modem features or debug issues against carrier requirements or 3GPP specs.* Familiarity with identifying common issues encountered with test equipment configurations, test bench setups, UE setups etc. and suggest remedy to the test engineers to minimize delays in execution of tests.* Prior experience with RF measurement and microwave engineering which is crucial as the wireless industry (5G) moves towards higher GHz spectrum.