He has achieved major reductions in power consumption and cost per bit and increases in functionality through algorithmic and architectural innovation. He has received the Broadcom CEO achievement recognition award (2013), PLDI distinguished paper award (2013), NSF CAREER award (2006), ACSAC best paper award (2006) and UCSD CSE PhD dissertation award (2004). Earlier he worked at NetLogic Microsystems, taught at the CS Department of University of Wisconsin-Madison and had shorter stints at various startups. He published 30 research papers at selective peer-reviewed venues in the fields of computer networking, security, systems, programming languages and databases and is an inventor on 14 patents and patent applications.