Dashant Patel

 Director of Product & Security architecture for North American Business Unit. Work with customer and internal engineering/product teams for all product architecture & security decisions.  Work with Technicolor Security Office as the Security Advocate Lead, to identify vulnerabilities in our products and provide fast remediation by working closely with the affected development teams (local and global).  Local Penetration Testing System architect leading design of automated pen testing system for our Continuous Integration and Build System.  Security contact with customer’s Security Team to discuss all product security requirements and new breach discussions, as they are identified.  Expertly handle product piracy issues, while deploying countermeasures and security analysis in partnership with customers.  Manage a team of four direct report Hardware and Software Architects (local & remote) covering the entire product portfolio  Manage the architecture of Bootloader in collaboration with international and domestic customers encompassing definition, downloading of mechanisms, and customization to meet their needs and requirements; as well as with different Conditional Access vendors on the certification process.

 Played a key role as an embedded engineer, responsible for managing analog scrambler; as well as analog set-tops, secure micro and its other analog versions for the international market. Notable Accomplishment:  Earned multiple promotions throughout entire career for excellent leadership performance and professionalism such as:  Principal engineer for a team of seven staff who successfully deployed the digital set-top to the South American and Japanese market.  Lead engineer for a new group which was formed for all the International Digital set-tops.  Resident security expert for the secure micro product line.