Summary
Ganesh Venkatesan is a seasoned technical director and systems architect with over 35 years in computing and 25 years focused on networking, now based in Hillsboro, Oregon. He has shipped software across the stack—from embedded controllers and device drivers to application-layer protocols—and led teams developing Linux drivers, IPsec solutions, and Wi‑Fi specifications. At Intel he drove wireless architecture and became a reference implementer for Wi‑Fi Alliance programs, then moved into IEEE 802.1 Time-Sensitive Networking work, creating conformance test plans and running plugfests to validate industrial, automotive, aerospace and professional A/V networks. Now at the Car Connectivity Consortium he continues to shape connectivity standards, combining deep protocol expertise (IEEE802.1/802.11) with practical validation and certification experience. A rare blend of standards leadership and hands‑on engineering, he pairs academic credentials from IIT Madras and IISc with a track record of turning specification concepts into interoperable, deployable systems.
23 years of coding experience
36 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BE, Electronics, Communication, BE, Electronics, Communication at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
BSc, Applied Sciences, BSc, Applied Sciences at PSG College of Technology