Research Organization (ISRO). He has extensive experience in defining and perceiving customers' design requirements and providing creative solutions for semiconductor and system OEMs.

He gained insight into the Global IT service business while at TCS. At Cadence, he learned how to manage major customers and keep them for the long term. He developed a knack for recognizing the need for services to enable customers to absorb newer technologies as well as the need for additional capacity for electronic design services. Excited by this vision of becoming a value-added IP and service business around the globe, he ventured into GDA with AGK and Gopa. His strong association with NEC and Cadence helped establish infrastructure and credibility for IC services in the early days at GDA. Also at GDA, he found additional value came from specialization, via building several intellectual property blocks ahead of the market needs.

Contributing to GDA's global viewpoint, Thummarukudy has several years of experience in developing partnerships with silicon vendors in the USA and Japan. His background is, in fact, tremendously varied. He has previously been Chair of the Hyper Transport Consortium Business Task force. He has taught Deep Sub Micron Design classes at the University of Santa Cruz extension. He holds an MSEE from IIT Madras and an MBA from Santa Clara University . Ravi has contributed several articles on IC design to ISD Magazine , Chip Design Magazine and Electronic Design .

He enjoys gardening, painting, and fishing in his leisure time.