He is SK Hynix's organizational representative for industry standards groups, including NVM Express, UEFI, and ACPI. . Uma previously worked for such companies as EMC, LSI, Dell, Intel, and Wipro and continue to collaborate with every major OEM, OS, BIOS, and device vendor. He has over 24 years experience in the aerospace, consumer electronics, semiconductor and storage industries in architecture and senior management roles leading global engineering teams. Uma won awards for his work with the Departments of Defense and Space in India. He has also led global diversity teams for EMC and Intel and was an American Red Cross Disaster Action Team Captain. He is a Computer Engineering graduate of the University of Mysore, India.