KALPANA MAHESH, CISSP

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalmahesh

kalmahesh1@gmail.com
214.986.4906

PROFILE: Accomplished business leader who combines strategic insights with execution excellence. Proven
track record of thought leadership, inspiring teams to exceptional levels of performance, driving change and
building customer relationships around the world. Excellent balance of knowledge and skills, incorporating
technology, operations and people leadership. Demonstrated analytical approach to problem solving that results
in bottom line gains in productivity, profitability and increased revenue.
Strategy & Execution
Driving Change
Negotiations
Global leadership
Customer relationships
Process improvements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

Director Software Security Products (2013 Present)
Responsible for profit & loss of $322M revenue. Inspire customer loyalty across major Consumer & Industrial
battery segments by creating cutting-edge strategic roadmaps and rallying product teams to flawless execution.
Recently added security/authentication as a focused segment of exponential growth.
Key Achievements:
Recipient of 6 Mach 20 awards (key contributor for products generating > $20M revenue).

Identified high potential battery security/authentication growth segments, grew revenue in this category by
5X to $57M.
Transformed product team execution from 54% to sustained 6 quarters of 100% on-time execution.

Enriched content and increased web traffic by 350% resulting in Google #1 rank for battery gauges

Increased business gross margin by 10 points with high impact fall through to the bottom-line.

Sr. Product Manager (2010 2012)

Expat assignment to build a new revenue stream in automotive lead acid battery gauging. Built the local team
and led the development of a challenging new auto-grade gauge device.
Key Achievements:
Deciphered the local professional culture and created a well balanced team of engineers in short order.

Led the design of application board with discrete devices to demonstrate application level performance while
IC design was in progress. This gave TI an advantage over competition that was ahead on schedule and
helped with TI signing-on new customers.
Successfully transitioned project to local team to operate as an independent entity at the end of assignment.

Agile Software Development Manager (2008 2010)

Responsible for a team of 25 people creating battery management firmware products that accounted for a
$180M revenue stream.
Key Achievements:
Transformed the capability of the group 4X from 5 products/year to 20 product releases per year.

Introduced Agile development methodologies, code review processes, simulation based white box testing
and modular development concepts to gain step function performance improvements.
Created a foundation for testing software products using automated testing and reduced testing cycle time
by 50%. Reduced bug rate by 30%, greatly increasing customer satisfaction.

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IT Manager Enterprise Security & Active Directory (1998-2008)

Managed the server environments of worldwide employee Windows Active Directory log-ons and PC
Security/Patch system management. Supervised team of 20 employees and led global development teams to
successful execution of large enterprise projects.
Key Achievements:
Hands-on security leader, architected end-to-end security solution, advanced threat protection to the next
generation with Kerberos single sign-on authentication, data encryption and disaster recovery policies.
Architected the corporate W2K strategy and managed the conversion of the entire company to Active
Directory.
Developed strong teams, improving performance through training and close supervision. Performance in
this role led to invitations to lead other turnaround efforts.
Managed major enterprise upgrades with zero disruptions. Detailed planning helped to avoid $3M in vendor
fees for the support of obsolete software. Proposed and led implementation of monthly security patch
application process; achieved 94% penetration.
Successfully led development and rollout of the $6M product lifecycle management tool affecting 7000
globally dispersed users.
Senior Software Programmer (1995-1998)
Designed and developed server administration tools in C/C++/.Net/Perl, collaborating with application project
managers to ensure that projects addressed business and technical requirements. Inducted to Member Group
Technical Staff.

SKILLS
C, C++, Agile Development, Active Directory, IPS, IDS, Arcsight, IAM

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

CISSP certification
Leadership & Negotiations COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL, NEW YORK, NY
MBA, Finance & Marketing SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, Dallas, TX
MSEE, Communications & Signal Processing UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Rolla, MO
BSEE, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
Publications
What is a gauge and why do you need it? Video, October 2015
Precision agriculture with Flying Farmers Blog post, September 2015
Rise of Drones Blog post, June 2015
What would comprehensive battery management look like? Blog post, April 2015
bq40z60 Industry leading battery gauge Video, March 2015
Introduction to bq34z100 Video, May 2015
Consumer End Equipment System Level Testing Technique & Impact, TI Software Symposium, January 2009
Global Project Execution: Benefits and Challenges, presented at the TI Software Symposium, January 2004
eCommerce System Considerations for a Global Multi-Business Firm, Journal of eCommerce, December 2003