Prakash Sastry Madugandur

Prakash Sastry Madugandur is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in software and product security architecture, currently serving as Software and Product Security Architect at BDR Thermea Group since July 2019. In addition, Prakash is the Founder Director of Anthea Consultancy, which has been operational since June 2010. Previous roles include a significant period at Quadriga from February 2004 to July 2019, where duties encompassed research and development for various I2C and serial communication protocols, including coordination with preferred vendors for protocol changes. Earlier experience includes a researcher position at Tampere University of Technology from 2002 to 2004 and a research assistant role at the Indian Institute of Science from January 1998 to December 1999, focusing on MPEG-2 encoding algorithms. Prakash holds a Master of Science degree in Video Signal Processing from Tampere University of Technology, earned between 2000 and 2003.