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10 post-silicon validation experts
These ten professionals have led or worked in post-silicon validation, bring-up and debug of chips at semiconductor and silicon companies. A reader can learn how post-silicon validation teams are organized and run inside chip companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Kanakendu N Bhaumik
LinkedInExperience: Sr Engineering Manager Pre and Post Silicon Validation · LSI, an Avago Technologies Company
Former Sr Engineering Manager Pre and Post Silicon Validation at LSI, an Avago Technologies Company (2011–2014). The profile describes managing a multi-disciplinary team involved in SOC emulation and pre and post-silicon validation, including lab infrastructure setup and maintenance. Former Engineering Manager Emulation Validation at Intel (2020–2023).
Kiran Gangavarapu
LinkedInExperience: Validation Architect & Lead · Intel
Former Validation Architect & Lead at Intel (2021–2024), where the profile says the person led PCIe and Ethernet system validation teams for pre and post silicon validation activities. Head of Product PILOT at Credo since 2026. Former Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering at Rambus (2014–2020).
Lakshminarayan Kamath
LinkedInExperience: Architect Lead, Post Silicon Validation (Data center & AI silicon verification validation) · Intel
Architect Lead, Post Silicon Validation (Data center & AI silicon verification validation) at Intel since 2021. Former Senior Engineer Architect Platform SoC validation, IBM Power Firmware (Enterprise) at IBM (2018–2021) and Advisory Engineer at IBM (2016–2018).
Lihi Cadany
LinkedInExperience: Image Processing post-si validation team lead · Intel
Former Image Processing post-si validation team lead at Intel (2017–2018), Platform validation manager at Habana Labs (2020–2022) and Senior Director of validation at NextSilicon (2022–2025). Senior Director of system sival, sysval & FW teams at NextSilicon since 2025. The profile describes engineering and program management in pre and post silicon phases.
Neeharika Gamini
LinkedInExperience: Post Silicon Validation Lead · Intel
Former Post Silicon Validation Lead (2018–2019), System Validation Lead (2018–2021) and FPGA Silicon Validation Lead (2021–2025) at Intel, and FPGA Silicon Validation Lead at Altera (2025–2026). Senior GPU Validation Lead at Intel since 2026. The profile mentions work on CXL validation on Intel Agilex FPGAs.
Ricardo Sanchez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Post Silicon Debug & Validation Leader · Intel
Senior Post Silicon Debug & Validation Leader at Intel since 2023, a role in which the profile says this person leads post-silicon voltage/frequency readiness across multiple server processor programs on advanced nodes. Former Debug Center-of-Excellence Leader & Methodology Architect (2012–2023) and Silicon Debug Engineering Manager (2010–2012) at Intel.
Shwetank Shekhar
LinkedInExperience: Senior Manager - Post Silicon Validation & Emulation · Broadcom
Senior Manager - Post Silicon Validation & Emulation at Broadcom since 2016. The profile describes ARM based SoC development from pre-silicon strategy through production readiness, including functional, analog, power and performance validation and characterization. Former Staff Engineer - SoC Verification ,Validation & Emulation at NXP acquires Freescale Semiconductor (2006–2016).
Sunkari Sasidhar
LinkedInExperience: Post-Silicon Lead, Google Cloud · Google
Post-Silicon Lead, Google Cloud at Google since 2023. Former Deep Learning R&D Manager, Silicon Validation, Data Center & AI Group (2019–2023) and Technical Lead, Post-Silicon Solutions (2011–2014) at Intel. The profile cites expertise in post-silicon validation, emulation and RTL simulation.
Vijay Naik
LinkedInExperience: Pre and Post Si Verification Engg Manager · Intel
Former Pre and Post Si Verification Engg Manager at Intel (2014–2022), and Director at Intel since 2022, a role the profile says centers on leading the change in pre-silicon verification and post-silicon system level debug. Former SoC Debug Tools Engineer - Post Silicon ATE at Intel (2005–2008).
Yangbo Liu
LinkedInExperience: ASIC post silicon bringup lead · AMD
Former ASIC post silicon bringup lead at AMD (2010–2014), with System Engineering Manager at AMD listed since 2014 and Sr. System Engineering Manager since 2019. The profile describes managing 40+ people for GPU post silicon end to end product enablement from pre-silicon to post-silicon.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's seat to your question, since leading a validation organization differs from owning validation of specific interfaces or platforms in the lab. Also consider the product type behind your decision, because server processors, GPUs, FPGAs and mobile SoCs raise different bring-up and debug problems.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you plan the first weeks of silicon bring-up, and what decides whether a chip is ready for production?
- 02How do you divide work between pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation so that bugs are caught early?
- 03How do you staff and organize a post-silicon validation lab as the number of products and interfaces grows?
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