Vinayak Shrivastava is an experienced SoC Architect at NXP Semiconductors, with a significant background at Qualcomm, where Vinayak held various roles including Director of Engineering, Principal Engineer, and Senior Staff Engineer. Prior to Qualcomm, Vinayak served as a Senior Engineering Specialist at ST Microelectronics (formerly Genesis Microchip Inc) and as a Lead Engineer at Ittiam Systems. Additionally, Vinayak worked as a Senior Hardware Design Engineer at NetContinuum. Vinayak holds degrees from Amrita School of Business and the University at Buffalo, both obtained between 2010 and 2013.