Senior Manager · Marvell Semiconductor

Aalok Shah

I build the software that lives closest to the silicon.

> Security firmware & SPDM|

12+ years across networking, storage, IoT and IIoT — owning modules, shipping products and leading small teams through kernel-space, user-space, bare-metal and library development.

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12+

years hands-on across networking, storage, IoT & IIoT

engineers on a customer account I helped grow from 9 — the largest at Volansys

~30 s

Wi-Fi mesh router commissioning, cut from ~3.5 minutes

1.8 km²

industrial site covered by a Zigbee mesh router deployment

About

Engineering leader who still reads the schematic.

I’m a solutions-driven, self-motivated engineer with 12+ years on cutting-edge tools and technologies in networking, storage, IoT and IIoT — and 3 years managing embedded software development.

Today I lead the SPDM security library effort at Marvell Semiconductor: from customer requirements and product decks, through architecture, design and development, to QA and lab deployment — guiding a team of four engineers.

I own modules, deliver projects and lead small teams across every phase of the software lifecycle. I’m equally at home with customers, architects, hardware, QA, manufacturing and compliance teams — across different geographies.

Focus Security firmware, network drivers, embedded systems
Leads Team of four engineers at Marvell
Community DMTF SPDM · Windows DPDK
Education B.E. Electronics & Communication — GTU

// the stack I work across

Cloud & apps
MQTT · HTTP · OTA upgrades · telemetry agents
User-space
Reusable libraries · SDKs · IPC (RT signals, Netlink, shared memory) · CLIs
Kernel-space
Linux packet drivers · NDIS / NetAdapterCx · DMA · interrupt handling
Bare-metal & RTOS
Zephyr · FreeRTOS · MQX · VxWorks · U-Boot
Silicon
PCIe · SPI · I2C · UART · ADC · MIPS / AVR / PIC · MPU

Experience

From a firmware desk in 2012 to leading a security library team.

Senior Manager

Marvell Semiconductor

Apr 2024 – Present

Own the complete SDLC of Marvell’s SIP library: requirements and analysis → architecture and planning → design and development → QA and lab deployments.
Shape the PRD and product decks for SPDM, keeping customer requirement discussions and delivery timelines aligned.
Collaborate with Architecture, Hardware, QA, Manufacturing, Compliance, Liquid Security, Documentation, Tools and Marketing teams.
Lead a team of four engineers, including periodic reviews and performance.
Define and manage sprint plans, release process, customer document book, lab management and development practices.
Travel to Marvell sites for collaboration and presentations; participant in the DMTF SPDM community, contributing protocol enhancements.

SDLCSPDMTeam leadershipRelease management

Senior Staff Engineer

Marvell Semiconductor

Aug 2020 – Mar 2024

Developed and managed releases of the NetAdapterCx-based miniport driver for Marvell’s FastLinQ Ethernet Edge controllers.
Worked with FAE and QA teams on features and customer requirements for the miniport driver and Marvell’s security library.
Bug fixes and enhancements for the NDIS-based Windows miniport and bus drivers for FastLinQ Ethernet Server controllers.
Participant in the Windows DPDK community, adding support for FastLinQ Server controllers.

NetAdapterCxNDISWHQLDPDK

Embedded Firmware Lead

Vadict Innovations Pvt Ltd

Feb 2019 – Jun 2020

Built the embedded firmware team from zero to five engineers and directed firmware for the pilot IIoT project — the first of its kind in India.
Ran the complete PDLC: ideation → requirements analysis → feasibility/POC → design and development → production and QA → support and maintenance.
Defined firmware strategy (code quality, reviews, release management) and execution processes for training, periodic assessment and onboarding.
Worked with HR on onboarding, a hackathon for college students and marketing collateral for a business event.
Part of one of the few teams worldwide to establish wireless connectivity inside hazardous closed-roof oil tanks (Zone-0) and ground pits at industrial sites.

IIoTTeam buildingWireless meshZone-0

Sr. Embedded Engineer

Volansys Technologies

Jul 2014 – Feb 2019

Ran multiple projects in parallel, accountable for delivery from a team of five engineers at a time.
Front-line communicator with the customer for requirement analysis and design discussions.
Teamwork highlight: grew a customer account from a 9-person team to 40 people — the biggest in the company — over 1.5 years.
Worked with managers as a subject-matter expert on business opportunities, process improvements and onboarding trainings.
Initiated technical and soft-skill training programs company-wide; contributed a month to BizDev aligning sales decks.
Mentored Marwadi University students on IoT during their industrial visit; sat on interview panels during university hiring.

Customer facingSDNMentoringBizDev

Embedded Engineer

Relcon Systems

Oct 2012 – Jul 2014

Appointed to visit East Africa for project deployment within the first six months of the job.
Owned design, development and testing of bare-metal firmware and RTOS applications.
Schematic design, production and shipping alongside firmware development.

Bare-metalRTOSSchematicsField deployment

Projects

Selected work — open a card for the full detail.

Marvell IP · Feb 2023 – Present

SPDM Security Library

Modular, reusable security library for Storage & Fibre Channel products, integrated across multiple Marvell SoC lines.

C / C++SPDMZephyrPKI · HSM · OTP

Marvell IP · Aug 2020 – Jan 2023

Windows Drivers for SmartNIC Ethernet Controllers

Ported the FastLinQ Edge NDIS driver to NetAdapterCx and shipped WHQL-certified releases.

NDISNetAdapterCxKMDFWHQLSR-IOV

Vadict IP · Feb 2019 – Jun 2020

IIoT Smart Sensors (Earthpit, ESA, FRVT)

End-to-end sensor systems for hazardous industrial sites, with a Zigbee mesh covering 1.8 km².

Zigbee MeshBLE MeshNetworkingPython

Cavium Inc, Volansys IP · Dec 2017 – Oct 2018

Network Telemetry Solution

In-band Network Telemetry (INT) proof-of-concept on a programmable SDN switch, plus a portable telemetry agent library.

INTSDNVxLAN GPEMQTT

First Alert · Nov 2018 – Feb 2019

Wi-Fi Mesh Home Routers

Cut first-time router commissioning from ~3.5 minutes to ~30 seconds.

OpenWrtWLANLinux

Cavium Inc · Dec 2014 – Feb 2018

SDK Development for SDN SoC

Packet driver, interrupt manager, firmware and tooling for a programmable switch ASIC.

Linux kernelDMANetlinkSAIPython

FinishLinePDS · Oct 2014 – Dec 2014

Instrumented Top Drive Drill Sub

Low-power sensor firmware reading ~40 kinds of sensors over RF, with drivers written from scratch.

AVRPICCC2520 RFLow power

Arrayent · Aug 2014 – Sep 2014

Serial to Wi-Fi Interface in IoT Library

AT-style serial CLI on VxWorks that drives WLAN operations, with OTA upgrade and logging.

VxWorksWLANOTAHTTP

Relcon IP · Oct 2012 – Jul 2014

Forecourt Control System

MISRA-compliant firmware and RTOS application moving data over RS232/485 and powerline.

MISRAMQXModbusAssembly

Skills & Tooling

Search the toolbox.

Languages & core

Languages

CC++ IntermediatePython Basic

Programming

Data structuresInter-process communicationMulti-threaded applicationsReusable library developmentOS internalsOpen-source developmentSTL & design patterns BasicInterrupt handlingSocket programmingLow power & low memory designDebugging tactics

Networking & wireless

Networking

TelemetryDataplane programmingSDNOpenFlowP4SAINetwork offloadsARPNATVLANACLsQoSSTPVxLANLAGSubnettingTCPUDPMirroringMAC learning

Wireless

BLE MeshZigbee MeshSmartMeshWi-Fi MeshLinux shell (OpenWrt)

Security & storage

Storage security

SPDMTIMeHSM

Windows drivers

NetAdapterCxNDISUMDFWHQL process

Embedded & hardware

Interfaces

PCIe (DMA)UART (RS232/485)SPII2CADCLCD

RTOS & boot

Zephyr BasicFreeRTOSMQX (PowerPC)U-Boot

Bench

Schematic readingMultimeterOscilloscopeSpectrum analyzer

Tooling & quality

Tools

Visual StudioVIMGDBCScopeBusyBoxBuildroot

Version control

GitGerritSVNPerforce

Code quality

CoverityCPPCheckAstyleValgrindDoxygenMISRA guidelines

Process & AI

Tracking

MS PlannerJIRATrello

QA & documentation

JenkinsPlantUMLMicrosoft VisioTestLinkConfluenceAutomation test suites

AI tools

AI agents & modelsGitHub CopilotOffice 365 Copilot

Credentials

Education, recognition and community.

Education

B.E. — Electronics & Communication

Gujarat Technological University, 2012

8.8/10 CGPA

Recognition

Certificate of Recognition from Marvell for a technology showcase at Marvell’s Connect Event, 2023
HackerRank Silver level (4-star badge) and Problem Solving (Basic) certification
Multiple Certificates of Appreciation from Volansys for performing at the company’s core values

Community & mentoring

Participant, DMTF SPDM community — contributing protocol enhancements
Participant, Windows DPDK community — adding FastLinQ Server controller support
Mentored university students on IoT; interview-panel member for fresh hires
Talks and slide decks on SlideShare

Let’s talk

Building something close to the metal?

Security firmware, drivers, embedded platforms or engineering leadership — I’d like to hear about it. References available on request.

aalokshah2016@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/shahaalok github.com/aalokshah-git slideshare.net/alokshah1990

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