Ashwin, sorry to jump in to the discussion. What is happening is that there a lot of migration is happening from US to Canada as well. Some of these people are from the famous silicon valley side. That's one of the very many reasons CRS scores are in excess of 440+.
You will qualify for the CEC provided this experience was in NOC 0, A & B skill type and your job was full time. The advantage you will have is that you get extra points over non Canadian experience class... specifically in these parts
- 35 points for 1yr of CEC
- 13 points for
Skill transferability points for foreign work experience + 1 year of Canadian work experience(if you have foreign work experience)
You can review the points that you collect for various factors below:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/criteria-comprehensive-ranking-system/grid.html