Neil Banerjee · Technology Executive & Technical Product Leader

From silicon
to satellite.

26+ years across embedded systems, semiconductors, compute, software, AI, human-machine interfaces, connectivity, cloud, automotive technology and satellite communications.

26+Years of Experience
30+Products Launched
300+Direct Team Leadership
$100M+Budget Management

26+ Years of Technology Breadth

Across the product architecture.

My career has moved across the layers that turn physical systems into intelligent, connected products—from sensing, actuation and electronics to compute, software, AI, human experience, connectivity and cloud.

Career × Product ArchitectureHighlighted cells reflect documented areas of experience
Career chapter
Sensors
Actuators
Power
Electronics
Hardware
/ EE
AI / ML
Analytics
Applications
UX / HMI
CX
Connectivity
Cloud
Amazon Leo Current
Fisker
Hyliion
BYTON Full architecture
Intel Automotive AR/VR
Kno → Intel
NVIDIA
Lam Research
Philips / NXP
Ford
Career-wide view

Hover or tap a company row to see its documented technology focus. BYTON spans the complete architecture; other chapters show how breadth accumulated over time.

Documented experience Not highlighted for that role

This is a career architecture map—not a software stack and not a claim that every role covered every layer. It shows where experience was developed across physical systems, electronics, intelligence, digital experience and connected systems.

Technology Across Three Decades

Built layer by layer. Applied product by product.

Recent work first, followed by the technology foundations that shaped it. Each chapter now includes role, years and one representative proof point from my career profile, while keeping current and proprietary work intentionally high-level.

Amazon Leo satellite mission

Amazon Leo · Satellite Connectivity

Satellite connectivity.

Principal · Technical Product / Antenna Systems · Feb 2025–Present

Focused on LEO broadband connectivity and antenna systems for mobility applications; current product details remain intentionally high-level.

Autonomous Vehicle Compute Consortium

AVCC · Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium

Standards are built together.

Chief Evangelist · Aug 2024–Feb 2025

Appointed AVCC’s first Chief Evangelist, supporting industry thought leadership around computing requirements, reference architectures and ecosystem collaboration for autonomous vehicles.

Fisker electric vehicle technology

Fisker · Advanced EE · ADAS · EV

Complex systems at product scale.

Vice President · Advanced EE & ADAS · Feb 2021–Oct 2024

Led a distributed 300+ engineering and test organization and managed a $100M+ R&D portfolio spanning ADAS/AD, electrical architecture, homologation and customer release.

Hyliion electrified commercial vehicle technology

Hyliion · Electrification · UX Strategy

Technology succeeds when people can use it.

Sr. Director / Head of UX/UI & Strategy · Nov 2020–Feb 2021

Developed digital strategy with executive leadership around electrified powertrain, battery technology and connected product experience, including work that contributed to Hyliion Insights.

BYTON connected electric vehicle

BYTON · Digital Product · Connected Systems

A physical product became a digital platform.

Head of Digital Strategy, Product & Programs · Mar 2018–Nov 2020

Led digital product roadmap and cross-functional coordination across UX, engineering, marketing and business development, with architecture and supplier work spanning EE, connectivity, cloud, infotainment and ADAS.

Intel automotive and education computing platforms

Intel · Automotive · Education · Compute

From silicon to systems.

Director roles across Automotive & Education; Technical Investment Advisor · 2012–2018

Oversaw 35 global Intel Apollo Lake automotive customer deployments supporting QNX, Android, Automotive Grade Linux and Windows, while coordinating with cross-functional engineering organizations of 2,000+ people.

NVIDIA GPU and Tegra products

NVIDIA · GPU Computing · Mobile

Compute moved into everything.

Sr. Software Engineering Manager / Sr. Manager, Program & Technical Program Management · Sep 2007–Sep 2012

Led Tegra Android reference-design and GPU software release programs, including unified driver releases supporting Windows 7 and early CUDA releases across a 1,000+ engineer software organization.

Lam Research semiconductor manufacturing equipment

Lam Research · Semiconductor Manufacturing

Precision beneath every generation of compute.

Sr. Manager · Corporate Quality · Jul 2006–Sep 2007

Led process and quality engineering work across the corporate quality system, corrective actions and field-product reliability for semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Philips and NXP consumer electronics and semiconductor products

Philips · Semiconductors · Consumer Electronics

Technology became an experience.

Multiple Engineering & Management Roles · Oct 1999–Jul 2006

Worked across TriMedia, the first Ambilight LCD TV, multimedia platforms, optical storage and set-top-box programs—spanning software, program, quality and engineering leadership.

Ford and Aston Martin vehicle instrument systems

Ford / Visteon · Embedded Systems

Where the journey first became real.

Software Design Engineer · Driver Information Systems · Jun 1997–Oct 1999

Developed embedded instrument-cluster features using Motorola 68HC11 and pSOS, including work for the Ford Explorer and Aston Martin DB7.

Neil Banerjee being interviewed at TechCrunch Disrupt

Technology in Conversation

Talking about the work.

Over the years I have had opportunities to discuss products, technology and industry change in interviews, conferences and working sessions.

Neil Banerjee in a technology interview Technology media interview at TechCrunch Disrupt

What Colleagues Have Said

What people I’ve worked with have said over the years.

I have kept a collection of public recommendations from colleagues, direct reports, executives and customers. Across different roles, a few themes come up more than once.

Strategic Thinking People Leadership Execution Organizational Influence Operating Discipline Personal Credibility
40+Public Recommendations
20+ yrsYears Represented
3Continents Represented
4Types of Working Relationships

Amazon · Systems Thinking

“Neil brings deep experience from launching diverse products across multiple technologies… quickly connecting complex technical systems while balancing innovation with practical execution.”
Tawhidur RahmanProfessional recommendation · 2025

AVCC · Technology Communication

“His ability to bridge complex technologies with strategic collaboration… and translate technical concepts into compelling narratives brought invaluable insight to our work.”
Sarah LaLiberteProfessional recommendation · 2025

Fisker · People + Execution

“He brings a rare combination of strategic clarity, deep technical understanding and a calm, steady presence… He leads with people first, then process, then technology.”
Ashok KheraProfessional recommendation · 2025

These are a few excerpts from a larger set of public, named professional recommendations collected over the course of my career.

How I Build

Architecture matters. So do people.

The best products emerge when strategy, systems thinking, execution and empowered teams stay connected from idea through launch.

Start with the problem.Understand the customer, the system and the constraints before choosing the technology.
Think across layers.Hardware, software, data, experience, connectivity and operations have to work as one product.
Build teams that can decide.Clarity, accountability and trust create speed without sacrificing engineering discipline.
Execute toward reality.A concept becomes valuable only when it can be built, validated, launched and improved.

Looking Ahead

Still learning. Still building.

The technologies and industries have changed many times over my career. What keeps me interested is understanding the system, the product and the people well enough to build something useful.