Tapas Roy

Current

• Framework Software Manager at Lab126

Past

• Director Engineering at Phoenix Technologies
• Development Manager at Microsoft
• Director Engineering at Openwave Systems

• Software Architect at Openwave Systems
• Technical Leader at Hughes Software Systems
• Member of Technical Staff at HCL Technologies Ltd.

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Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

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Websites

• My Blog

Tapas Roy’s Summary

I love to create products that add value to the lives of users. For the last 12 years, I have been creating internet and mobile products and leading teams that build them.

Tapas Roy’s Specialties:

* Experience in managing talented teams (in the US, India, Russia, UK and Japan) to ship software products.
* Good understanding of business and strategy in the telecommunications, mobile and internet applications market.
* Knowledge and work experience in the alphabet soup of internet standards. Co-author of CSS Mobile Profile and contributor to CSS 3.
* Experience in architecture and specification of advanced and complex software products.

Tapas Roy’s Experience

• Framework Software Manager

  Lab126

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

  Working on the Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/kindle.

• Director Engineering

  Phoenix Technologies

  (Public Company; PTEC; Computer Software industry)

  September 2009 — October 2009 (2 months)

• Development Manager

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  April 2007 — August 2009 (2 years 5 months)

  Leading the product team in the Microsoft India Development Center to deliver the software for Microsoft Office Communications Deskphone.

• Director Engineering

  Openwave Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OPWV; Wireless industry)

  April 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Responsible for the productization of Openwave's XML/ECMAscript based phone application development environment.
  Responsible for the productization of Openwave's Messaging Products.

• Software Architect

  Openwave Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; OPWV; Wireless industry)

  July 2000 — March 2006 (5 years 9 months)

  Responsible for the design and architecture of the components of the Mobile Web Browser and the V7 Phone Suite.

• Technical Leader

  Hughes Software Systems

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  November 1997 — July 2000 (2 years 9 months)

  I was responsible for the design and development of the phone software (signalling stack, bluetooth stack, etc.) for a dual mode satellite-cellular phone. I was leading a team of engineers during the last year.

• Member of Technical Staff

  HCL Technologies Ltd.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  July 1997 — November 1997 (5 months)

  My first job: responsible for verification of processor architecure.

Tapas Roy’s Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  B.Tech (Hons) , Electrical Engineering , 1993 — 1997

Additional Information

Tapas Roy’s Websites:

• My Blog

Tapas Roy’s Groups:

•    IIT Kharagpur

Tapas Roy’s Contact Settings

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