Silicon Labs India to transform into the region’s top wireless IoT development center
Dr. Manish Kothari, with more than 20 years of technology management experience, will help Silicon Labs India to grow the wireless engineering talent, build scalable infrastructure, and foster local partnerships in Hyderabad, the company’s newest and fastest-growing wireless development center, said the Austin-headquartered parent Silicon Labs.
Dr. Kothari has been appointed vice president at at Silicon Lab India, said the American technology group on 4 Feb 2021. Most recently he served as head of wireless software product development at Qualcomm Hyderabad.
“Manish Kothari has the experience and skillset to transform Silicon Labs India into the region’s top wireless IoT development center,” said Matt Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of IoT at Silicon Labs.
“In addition to his proven track record in successfully scaling large-scale wireless development teams, Manish embodies the leadership attributes key to our culture: integrity, drive, and a passion to solve the world’s toughest challenges through technology innovation,” he said on 4 Feb 2021.
Kothari has built and managed teams of more than 1,000 wireless developers and holds more than 100 patents. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and received his MS and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Silicon Labs established its Hyderabad location with the acquisition of Redpine Signals’ connectivity business in April 2020. The acquisition strengthened Silicon Labs’ position as the leading provider of IoT wireless solutions with the additions of extensive Wi-Fi® 6 and Bluetooth® Low Energy businesses, as well as a broad patent portfolio. Silicon Labs’ Hyderabad wireless development center is driving further momentum in the smart home, industrial IoT, and commercial markets for customers who want to get to market quickly with Wi-Fi enabled connected devices.
Silicon Labs is transforming industries by helping its customers design compelling wireless devices for thousands of consumer and commercial applications, delivering solutions that help enhance quality of life in our homes and cities, and providing state-of-the-art IoT security hardware, software, and development tools that engender confidence and trust in the IoT as a whole.
Silicon Labs also has locations in Boston, MA; Budapest, Hungary; Copenhagen, Denmark; Espoo, Finland; Montreal, Canada; Oslo, Norway; Rennes, France; and San Jose, CA.
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