Abhi Kumar
(Invited) Lecturer - New Space Economy at University of California, Berkeley
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAbhi Kumar is a space-tech strategist and systems engineer with 9 years of hands-on experience translating autonomy, flight software, and mission constraints into commercially viable programs across industry and academia. Currently an invited lecturer at UC Berkeley on the New Space Economy, he blends engineering rigor with business insight from an MBA at Wharton and executive education at Stanford to teach and advise founders navigating the commercial space ecosystem. He has led autonomy and emerging-tech efforts at Archer and systems work across Collins Aerospace, Rivian, and Planet, while mentoring startups via Starburst and serving on advisory boards and as an investor. His technical contributions include low-level WebRTC and media-stream work in a widely used AWS SDK, reflecting comfort in both embedded flight systems and cloud-connected realtime systems. Comfortable shifting between product strategy, standards conception, and hands-on implementation, he repeatedly bridges the gap between research, operations, and market-facing teams. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic connector who anticipates operational constraints early and turns them into competitive advantages.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
LEAD Business Program, LEAD Business Program at Stanford UniversityMaster of Science Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science Aerospace Engineering at University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Business Administration Double Major: Finance and Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration Double Major: Finance and Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School
Hindi, English
Github Skills (8)
c1710
c1110
sdp10
webrtc10
datachannel10
gstreamer9
h2648
mp48
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
awslabs/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-webrtc-sdk-c
Jan 2020 - Oct 2022
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK is for developers to install and customize realtime communication between devices and enable secure streaming of video, audio to Kinesis Video Streams.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 releases, 365 reviews, 222 commits in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Abhi contributed to the Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Webrtc SDK by implementing and modifying core functionality related to WebRTC. Their work involved adding missing signal handler registration, implementing H264 FMTP, and adding support for test source in GStreamer samples. They also addressed data channel reliability options and introduced nullable data types to enhance the SDK's capabilities.
realtimewebrtc-sdkstreamswebrtcrealtime-communication
aws-samples/amazon-kinesis-video-streams-demos
May 2020 - Sep 2022
A place to add different use cases for different Kinesis Video Stream Assets
Contributions:251 reviews, 225 commits, 255 PRs in 2 years 4 months
kinesiscasesplaceuse-casesstream
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