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PONMUDIPANDIYAN
Distinguished Engineer · AI Platform Architect
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Ponmudi Pandiyan

Distinguished Engineer. AI Platform Architect. Engineering Leader in the Making.

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff · AI Platform Builder · Verizon

20+ years driving product strategy at Verizon — building device compliance, certification, real-time diagnostics, and AI-powered predictive platforms that improve network quality for millions of subscribers.

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Career

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

Verizon
2022 – Present

Principal Engineer

Verizon
2019 – 2022

Platform Architect

Verizon via Diversant
2014 – 2019

Software Engineer

Infosys
2006 – 2014
Platforms
Active Initiative

Analytics & AI Platform

Owned the AI strategy for call drop & RAT change prediction — defining product vision and roadmap to surface network degradation before it impacts subscribers.
AI-Driven AI models owned end-to-end
AI/MLKafka AWSTypeScriptPredictive Analytics
AI · Live

KnowledgeBot — AI Support

Owned and architected the LLAMA-RAG knowledge platform for Verizon support agents — 99% query resolution with Gen AI + Vector DB.
99% query resolution
Gen AILLAMA-RAG Vector DBNodeJS
Active

Device Diagnostics Platform

PM owning the product vision — platform autonomously gathers modem signals from 5K+ devices and surfaces call quality intelligence for network engineers.
5K+ devices tracked · 800+ KPIs
KafkaElasticsearch GrafanaMQTT

Certification Automation

Eliminated months-long manual release cycles — $2M+ in annual savings by automating GCF/PTCRB certification for 120–150 devices per year.
$2M+ annual savings
3GPPLTE5G NR CI/CDeUICC

Device Compliance Platform

Contributed to the regulatory backbone — carrier, vendor, and standards alignment for structured LTE protocol conformance and automated device release.
$1M+ annual savings
OMADMLWM2M AngularNode.jsMongoDB
Expertise

Telecom Standards

Wireless protocols & device management
3GPPLTE 5G NRLWM2M OMADMeUICC

Platform & AI Architecture

Scalable cloud-native & intelligent systems
AWSMicroservices AI/ML PipelinesPredictive Analytics Event Streaming

Product & Leadership

Strategy, roadmap & cross-functional delivery
Product RoadmapOKRs Stakeholder Alignment Cross-functional Teams Agile
Life Beyond the Screen
Life Beyond the Screen
✈️Travel
📷Photography
💻Web Dev
👶Toddler Time

Dad · Traveler · Photographer — the best moments happen far from the terminal.