
Vice President, Technical & Projects – Cable TV, HITS, IPTV, DTV, Mobile TV, STB, Broadband, VoD, iTV (technomarg@gmail)
India

Vice President, Technical & Projects – Cable TV, HITS, IPTV, DTV, Mobile TV, STB, Broadband, VoD, iTV (technomarg@gmail)
India
Rajib Lochan Mahalik (raj_mahalik@yahoo.co.uk)
Proven track records for successfully leading & implementing wide varieties of projects, Products & System supports, Project Management, Pre-Sales, Product/Technical Marketing, consulting & strategic partnering
Extensively involved in the latest technologies, such as IPTV, Cable TV, DTH, HITS, Digital TV (DVB, ATSC, ARIB/ISDB-T, iTV, HDTV), Middleware (MHP, OpenTV & others) Mobile phones (satellite, GSM/GPRS, DVB-H, DMB), mobile TV (DMB & DVB-H), VSAT, VoIP, Broadband/ISP (DOCSIS/Cable modem & Wireless Broadband), wireless (WiFi/Wimax), terrestrial & satellite two-way systems (DVB-RCS, DVB-RCT, DVB-S-W-CDMA ), Set top Boxes (STB) (DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-RCT, ATSC, ISDB-T/ARIB, IP STB, FTA, CI, CAS (Nagravision, Conax & others), DRM (Verimatrix, Widevine, MSDRM7/9/10),EPG, invisible dot codes, SAP, etc.
* Multimillion dollar first DVB-S/DVB-C Project in Asia Pacific & 2nd in the world
* Multimillion dollar first IPTV Project in Singapore
* Multimillion dollar projects
- Telecoms (satellite/GSM mobile phones), manufacturers, broadcasters, & service providers companies
- FDU/TU & Antennae Projects
- STB & Digital TV projects
- IPTV & CMS Projects
- Consulting Projects
* Experienced in managing varieties of multidisciplinary & International projects
* In-depth understanding of technologies & evaluation of RFI/RFP/RFQ
* Negotiated & managed international partnerships & alliances
* Successful track record in leading the team, resource management, projects, business development, technical marketing, & helping the companies to grow
* Excellent analytical ability, initiative, & good planning skills
* Engineering background & work experience in various fields with multinational companies, has developed strong skills in multidisciplinary activities
Technologies, Projects, Team Management, Technical, New Initiatives, Business development, technical marketing, problem solver, solution provider, turnkey system for any related projects, RFI/RFP, contracts and agreements, resource management, consulting, outsourcing, finding new customers, creating business partners, etc.
(Public Company; WWIL; Broadcast Media industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
* IPTV projects (Cable & DSL; BSNL CDN project)
* Multimllion dollar DVB-S/C project
* Nationwide ISP & MobileTV Project
* Broadband /Internet service over DOCSIS/modems/Ethernet/Wireless
* Decoders, IRD, Encoder, multiplexer, PSI/SI, QAM Modulator, etc
* CAS implementation & services
* All kinds of Set top Boxes (Cable, PVR, IP STB, etc)
* HITS -HEADEND IN THE SKY
* Implementation of SAP
* Deciding on the technologies, products & solutions
* Dealing with vendors, SLA, supports & single point of contact for technologies
* Securing Digital STB & Introducing PVR, nVOD, IPTV, MobileTV and related VAS
* Introducing PVR, IPTV, VAS, hybrid STB, and Middleware
* Finalising on the STB, middleware, iTV applications, etc
* Mobile billing/collection
* Managing HFC network, LCOs, HITS, Digital H/E, STB, etc.
* Channel placements at various Heandends
* Analogue, Digital & IPTV Headend Installation, commissioning, service, support & maintenance
* Upgrading the system to H.264
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 2 months)
* Business development, technical marketing, and consulting for worldwide hi-tech companies
* Worked with Digital Cable TV projects for India market, and promoting headend equipments, CAS STB (DVB-C/PVR), System Integration, local support, etc
* Worked with Indian MSO’s and local partners in promoting the headend systems, and STBs
* Technical consulting, business development, technical marketing and selling systems and solutions to telecoms, service providers, System Integrators, etc.
* Business Development for IBM/DELL/HP Partners in the Server software solutions for Antivirus, Anti intrusion detection, firewall, e-mail, etc
* Worked with investment companies for digital TV projects on revenue sharing models.
* System and solutions for IPTV, digital cable TV, STB, mobile phones, invisible dot codes, VSAT, VoIP, digital TV, DVB-H and DTH related products
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 10 months)
* Multimillion dollar first IPTV project in Singapore
* Worked on IPTV projects for various markets worldwide
o IP STBs, (video conferencing, Video MAIL, VOD, KOD, WiFi, PPV, games, EPG, etc.)
o Many RFI/RFP/RFQ, managed & controlled batch orders, delivery, support and maintenance, coordinated pre and post-sales services, installations, customer complaints, etc.
* First MobileTV (DVB-H) Project in Singapore
* Market Analysis & Study on MobileTV / DVB-H / DMB/DAB & future market
* Hardware & software solutions for STB (ATSC, DVB, MHP, & ARIB/ISDB-T) & iDTV
* Application developments for iTV, EPG, UI / MMI for various companies
* Dealing with various IPTV value chain companies such as STB, EPG, UI/ MMI, DRM, VOD, middleware, DRM, encoders, Billing, VoIP, Games, KOD, Content, SI, etc
* Worked with several STB, TV, semiconductor manufacturers for iDTV (PDP, LCD & CRTs)
* Business development for many new products & solutions including invisible dot codes
(Telecommunications industry)
March 2001 — December 2004 (3 years 10 months)
* Multimillion dollar Projects
- satellite and GSM/GPRS mobile phone project
- FDU, TU, maritime antennae and Consulting Projects
* STB Projects (DVB-S, DVB-T, DVB-C, and IP), CI, CAS, FTA, etc
* Dealing with various companies related to Mobile Phone, protocol stacks, GSM/GPRS/3GPP, Codec, decoders, MMS, WAP, E-mail clients, JVM, MMI, antennae, LCD, Camera, Semiconductors, moulding, design (ID & MD) companies, foundry & ASIC
* Project Leader for DVB-RCT project
* Single point of contact for international projects, managed & control resources
* Satellite (DVB-S/W-CDMA) & terrestrial two-way system (DVB-T/RCT)
* Worked in IPTV related projects over satellite (DVB-S & W-CDMA)
* Obtained RFI/RFP, prepared best proposals & was awarded the projects
* As a company pioneer, involved in almost every project
* Outsource multimillion dollar worth of projects
* Responsible for techno-commercial discussions, meetings, proposals, negotiations & finalisation of contracts/agreements
(Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
1995 — 2001 (6 years)
* Recruited through campus interview. I was one of the first people to clear the campus
* Worked on plant automation, development & programming in Yokogawa’s CENTUM CS DCS
* Responsible for DCS & PLCs for complete automation of one of the world’s first Midrex plant
* Development and programming of Yaskawa’s (Memocon-SC U84) PLC
* Worked as Automation engineer & was responsible for automatic weighing systems
* With strong knowledge & systematic approach, I handled the Shift-in-charge for instrumentation & automation division
* Project Leader for networking and plant automation projects.
* Worked on the SAP R/3 modules
* Worked in shifts as Shift in-charge of electronics and automation system around 4.5 yrs.
* Various trainings on TQM, QC, Kaizen, Safety, housekeeping, ISO9002, ISO14001, etc
* Training in DCS, PLC and other instrumental devices
* Training on SAP, Networking and other software related stuffs
* Control system installation, project design and engineering
MCP/MCSE , System Engineering , 2000 — 2000
Bachelor of Engineering , (Electronics & Telecomm) , 1991 — 1995
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