About

Himanshu Kumar is a highly skilled Senior Chief Engineer at Samsung Research Institute in Bangalore, with over 11 years of relevant experience in the field. His expertise lies in NFC, contactless payment technologies such as Visa payWave and Discover D-PAS, and EMV for NFC mobile payment. Himanshu has worked with UL, supporting D-PAS and payWave E2E certification from test execution to formal approval. He is proficient in C, C++, JAVA, Unix, and SQL. Currently, Himanshu works at Samsung, where he is responsible for development and stabilization for Wearable NFC. In his previous roles at the company, he worked as a Chief Engineer, where he was involved in the development and stabilization of Tizen Wearable NFC, as well as in certification processes with EMVCo. He also served as a Technical Lead, where he worked on secure contactless payment technologies for Galaxy Watch, including EMV protocol for NFC mobile payment. Himanshu closely worked with ICTK to get formal approval EMVco L1 certification of NFC device in HCE mode. Himanshu's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the National Institute of Technology in Patna, which he completed in 2011. He also completed his 10+2 from Kamal Model Sr. Sec. School in New Delhi. Himanshu's tech stack includes research scientist, mobile, SQL, test, Java, and senior software engineer. He is a highly skilled professional with a proven track record of delivering high-quality work and achieving outstanding results.