Leadership Team

At Prodigy Technovations, we provide a suite of high- and low-speed protocol exerciser and analysis solutions for emerging and mainstream technologies such as UFS, PCIe, I2C, I3C, SPI, SPMI, MDIO, UART, SM Bus, PM Bus, RFFE, JTAG, and QSPI. Our solutions offer flexibility in adjusting timing, amplitude, and protocol error parameters, ensuring robust pre- and post-silicon validation.

With a strong focus on R&D, we are proud contributors to industry standards as members of MIPI, JEDEC, PCI-SIG, and the SD Association. Guided by experienced leaders, Prodigy continues to shape the future of protocol validation and test solutions.

Godfree Coelho

Founder & CEO

Godfree has 25+ years of experience in the test and measurement industry, including 15 years at Tektronix/HP/Agilent. As a product manager, he defined the product roadmap for power measurement solutions at Tektronix, launched power measurement software, and co-authored three patents. Since 2009, he has successfully implemented strategies at Prodigy Technovations, securing top 10 semiconductor companies as customers. He holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication from Mysore University and a postgraduate business management degree from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Prajeesh P

Senior Director – Hardware Engineering

Prajeesh has extensive research-oriented work experience of ~20 years in FPGA-based product development, RTL design, and ASIC IP design. He has rich system-level knowledge and expertise in driving the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization to production. He excels in leading requirement analysis, architecture definition, implementation, and testing. Prior to joining Prodigy, Prajeesh worked in several multi-national product companies, including Delphi, Bosch, Synopsys, Samsung, and Cambium Networks.

MD Zakioddin

Senior Principal Architect

Zakioddin has 14+ years of experience in Hardware design and development. He is involved in Product definition, Conducts research in feasibility studies, and New concepts for hardware realization. He is an expert in System Architecture, Component selection, PCB stack-up definition, Signal Integrity analysis, Power integrity analysis and Product validation. He has Earlier worked in semiconductor companies such as Sandisk, Qualcomm and Microsemi. Zakioddin is a B.Tech graduate from JNTU and M.S. (By Research) in E.C.E, jointly conducted by University College of Engineering, Osmania University and ECIL, Hyderabad.

Vibhav Karki

Senior Engineering Manager-Software

Vibhav has over 15+ years of industry experience with deep expertise in the development of system software and applications. He is actively involved in the architecture, design, and implementation of various high-speed protocols. Vibhav has been with Prodigy Technovations for 10+ years now. Vibhav graduated with a B.E from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Chandrala Brijesh

Project Manager

Chandrala Brijesh is a Project Manager with experience in Architecture, multi Clock Domain designs, and High-speed Protocols. He has deep expertise in high-speed memory protocols like UFS as well as the latest protocols like MIPI I3C. Brijesh is a B.E. graduate of VTU University and has done Post Graduation in VLSI and Embedded System from Pune University.