Vikash Kumar is a Senior Verification Architect at Arm with over 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, specializing in the design and verification of complex semiconductor systems across IP, subsystem, and full System-on-Chip (SoC) levels. His work focuses on large-scale SoC integration, functional correctness, debug, and verification closure for high-performance designs using Verilog, SystemVerilog, and UVM. Prior to joining Arm, Vikash held engineering roles at Aricent Technologies and Intel, where he contributed to several large-scale silicon programs including the Intel Data Streaming Accelerator and Intel Analytics Accelerator. He has extensive hands-on experience with industry-standard interconnect and chiplet protocols including AMBA (AXI), CHI5, PCIe, and UCIe, and has worked deeply on integration-level verification where subtle cross-boundary assumptions can lead to late-stage silicon escapes. Vikash is a Senior Member of IEEE and a published author. His technical interests include shift-left verification methodologies, subsystem intent modeling, chiplet-based architectures, and the application of artificial intelligence to improve SoC verification productivity and predictability. He is also actively involved in mentoring university students and promoting early engagement with the Arm ecosystem.