Saravanan Shanmugham

Saravanan Shanmugham is a Director of Software Engineering, where he defines and drives the security strategy for connectivity products spanning WLAN, Bluetooth, and MCU platforms. In this role, he sets the security direction for connected chips, ensuring robust protection across both protocol and silicon layers to enable trusted, scalable connectivity for modern IoT and embedded applications. Saravanan brings deep hands-on expertise in connectivity security, working across chip architecture, firmware, and protocol stacks to translate complex security requirements into practical, product-ready solutions. His focus includes building security foundations that balance strong protection, performance, and deployability that is critical for emerging connected devices. Shanmugham holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy (Anna University) and a Master’s degree from BITS Pilani.