Balakandan s

Balakandan S. is a Silicon Architect with over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Currently, they serve as a Silicon Architecture Manager at Intel, leading the firmware validation strategy for key client processor platforms such as Nova Lake and Arrow Lake. Balakandan has held various technical and leadership roles across multiple companies, including AMD, Sankalp Semiconductor, and STMicroelectronics, where they contributed to the design and verification of complex SoCs. Their commitment to technical excellence, team development, and pragmatic problem-solving drives their work in delivering reliable and production-ready firmware. Balakandan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Madras.