About

Shivashankar Maddanimath is a Senior Principal Engineer at Raytheon Technologies with over 20 years of professional experience in technical leadership, problem-solving, innovation, leading global teams, technical program management, bids and pursuits, trade shows, and people management. He has a proven track record of leading and managing highly visible projects with end-to-end product development experience, having worked with more than quarter millions SLOC and multi-million dollar budgets. Shivashankar has worked as a Principal Engineer and Staff Engineer at Collins Aerospace, where he was responsible for next-gen controller development, software architecture, advanced technology projects, and enabling platforms for software development for product development. He has led multiple pursuits and POCs and demos to potential customers, represented Rockwell Collins, and demonstrated products in multiple international trade shows. He has also served as a technical interface to Indian defense research institutes and created an ML-based POC with huge potential. Shivashankar has filed 5 patents and mentored and groomed ideas and idea originators in innovation fairs in his organization. He has also worked on innovation in machine learning applications. Shivashankar holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Avionics from Vishveshwaraiah Technological University and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Computer Science from Basaveshwar Engineering College. He has expertise in senior software engineering, ML, research science, and software engineering. With 16.37 years of relevant experience, Shivashankar is a skilled professional with the ability to influence and manage highly visible projects. He is a problem solver with a passion for innovation, technical leadership, and people management.