PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Networking expert and business leader with 8+ years of experience in building and commercializing enterprise, carrier - grade and service provider networks.
• Specialized in IP/ MPLS design, Software Defined Networking, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), big data architecture, cloud computing and security
• Architectural expertise in Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network function virtualization
• Expert hands-on in MPLS design & implementation, Traffic Engineering, Multicast, BGP & QoS - fast-reroute, redundancy features like BFD
• Expertise in design and implementation of L2/ L3 MPLS-based VPNs, MEF Carrier Ethernet, E-Line, E-LAN, EVCs, VPWS and VPLS
• Frequency planning and optimization of communication technologies (Radio) GSM, CDMA, WiMax, and LTE
• Experienced in network design, implementation, and troubleshooting at access, distribution and core levels - competency in various routing & switching protocols (BGP, MP-BGP, OSPF, ISIS)
• Configuration experience in different datacom equipment (Cisco 28xx - 76xx, GSR 12000, ASR 1000, Juniper M/T and MX Series, Huawei NE - AR).
• Expertise in network infrastructure management; Hands-on in various network management systems: CiscoWorks, PRTG, BMC Patrol and InterMapper.
• Hands-on in installation and configuration of Carrier Grade Firewalls, Access Control Servers, Intrusion Prevention Systems, and Network Monitoring and Analysis Systems.
• Multi-vendor expertise in various security devices including Juniper NetScreen ISG 2000, Fortigate Firewall, Cisco ASA 5520 & PIX 505, Cisco Security Manager(CSM), Cisco MARS, Cisco IPS, Cisco ACS
• Predictive Modeling and data transformation using machine learning techniques
• Statistical analysis, linear /non-linear regressions, conjoint and cluster analysis, trees random forests
• Data modeling and analytics in STATA, SPSS, Minitab, R and MATLAB

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Product Manager, Audience & Measurement

Responsibilities:

• Making infrastructure enhancements and building 3rd party data integrations and APIs for new revenue models
• Defining product roadmap, release cycles, Go-to-market plans, and guiding marketing and sales department about new features and unique value proposition of the product suite
• Strengthening company’s SaaS offerings to TV publishers and Ad resellers by designing and commercializing new enterprise features in audience targeting, analytics and measurement space

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Product Manager Intern

Responsibilities:

• Launched an LTE-based Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) from early negotiations to technical launch, taking it through business development and marketing to commercial launch and revenue attribution

Confidential

Principal Consultant, Network R&D

Responsibilities:

• Executed 15 new technology pilot programs and liaised with Marketing & Corporate Strategy divisions to align their priorities in face of technological disruptions, competitor reactions and changing market needs
• Developed a high-level vision for cloud computing and virtualization portfolio
• Conducted trials and pilot programs laying the ground work for NFV rollout and SDN architecture
• Performed market sizing and return on investment analysis for initiatives like crowd sensing, smart city platforms, location based advertising, content caching, IoT, M2M and SDN and Big Data
• Prepared High-level Designs and RFPs and appraised vendors based on RFP responses

Confidential

Senior Consultant, Network Design

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with the Chief Technology Officer for design and roll out of large-scale networks such as: 3G/ 2G modernization, 4G (LTE) backhaul, MPLS, FTTx, GPON, VDSL and Packet Core networks
• Designed IP/VLAN expansion plan for distribution and access layers of the LTE network, addressing VLAN exhaustion issue to due network modernization
• Design a QoS scheme for classification, policing and prioritization of network traffic passing through PE-aggregators
• Designed a packet based timing and synchronization architecture (IEEE-1588) for 8300 LTE sites across the country
• Devised a nation-wide migration strategy for moving 1.2 million subscribers from legacy Local Exchanges (LE) to NGN (Next Generation Networks), resulting in cost savings of $4 million for the client

Confidential

Network & Security Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Conducted penetration testing and vulnerability assessment of university’s IT services for security loopholes
• Wrote custom scripts to identify security lapses and took appropriate measures to address the infringements
• Prepared and implemented IT asset management policies, and disaster recovery procedures for university’s computing services, comprising of critical applications, library databases, 50+ servers and 2000+ computers
• Introduced Unified Communications and Collaboration solution in lieu of legacy systems, which facilitated various tasks and processes and resulted in OPEX savings of around $ 150,000 per annum
• Implemented security policies using Cisco & Fortinet firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Access Control Servers, anti-spam and anti-virus servers

Confidential

Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built a new data center and routing fabric that connected 150 government agencies with redundancy, disaster recovery capabilities and network management systems
• Prepared technical studies and reports that described new/current releases of HW and SW in order to update the Core Network team members
• Prepared Low Level Design Documents (LLD) for various network expansion projects across different Ministries.
• Prepared documentation for Data Centre policies, Incident Management and Disaster Recovery Procedures
• Monitored network activity and outages with Ciscoworks LMS, Cisco MARS, CSM & IPSes
• Performed ticket handling, troubleshooting and incident management for network and security related issues