About

Mayank Purohit is a highly skilled Director at Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore, where he leads the Software Engineering Team. With over 22 years of experience in the mobile phone industry, he is an expert in setting up small to mid-sized organizations from scratch, catering to quality product/software development, and setting up advanced labs, infra & automation for efficient software development based on various cutting edge technologies like AI, ML, IoT, 5G, Multimedia, etc. Mayank's current role involves heading a strong team of 450 engineers from diverse technical backgrounds, catering to high-quality software development for the mobile phone & mobile network vertical. His team's key responsibilities include ensuring quality software development on the mobile phones for various market segments, flagship, A-series & M-series, and ensuring quality software delivery for the mobile network components - 4G LTE (Access & Core). He is also responsible for process innovation, compliance, and agile culture expansion, building advanced infra to improve development efficiency, and developing AI/ML based automation tools to improve efficiency & save cost. Prior to his role at Samsung, Mayank served as Group Engineering Manager at Samsung and Deputy General Manager (Head - Engineering & Quality) at Lava International Limited. At Lava, he headed the Software Engineering & Quality division, catering to mobile phones, dongles, tablets, and wi-fi routers in India and abroad. He was responsible for identifying market gaps and filling them with new features and solutions through a 70-member engineering team built from scratch. Mayank holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from M.B.M. Engineering College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He is highly skilled in Mobile, AI, Software Engineering, ML, Infra, Test, DevOps, and Senior Software Engineering. Mayank is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in setting up and leading teams to deliver high-quality software products.