SUMMARY:

• Customer focused and results driven Software Architect and Engineering Manager with extensive experience in architecting, developing and integrating Cloud technology products/solutions involving Compute, Storage, Networking and Virtualization technologies.
• Strong cross - functional leadership and Technical Projects Management skills of delivering projects within time, scope, quality and cost constraints in fast paced, high pressure, resource constrained, agile environments; with a proven track record of delivering dozens of Cloud Infrastructure products to the market earning $100M+ revenue.
• Global client-facing experience with 10M+ P&L ownership of building and managing IT Confidential Delivery operations for several Fortune100 Clients across Energy, Financial, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology and Utilities sectors. End to end Data Center and Service Desk Call Center management experience.
• Hands-on experience of Software development, quality assurance, debugging, bug fixing, version control, issues tracking and release management tools and processes with certified credentials in Cloud Virtualization and Data Analytics technologies. Detail oriented with strong analytical, problem solving, communication and presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cloud/Virtualization: Compute/Storage/Network Virtualization, SDN, Openstack, Openflow, NFV, VNF, MANO

Networking:: Ethernet, IPv4, IPv6, xSTP, VLANs, Static/LACP Trunks, IGMP, MLD, EPSR, VRRP, RIP, BGP, OSPF, etc.

Security/QoS: Port Mirroring, ACL, 802.1x, DoS/IDS, COS Queuing/Scheduling, Policy based QoS

Wireless LAN: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 11e/QoS, 11i/Security, WPA2 Supplicant, WPS, APSTA/SoftAP, Wi-Fi Direct (P2P)

Programming Languages: Java, C, Python, REST APIs

OS/Hypervisors: SUSE/REHL Linux, Android, Nucleus RTOS, Nutanix, VMWare

Processors/ASICs/SDKs: ARM, PowerPC, x86, BRCM, Confidential ASICs & SDKs

Agile Development Tools: JIRA, RTC, Eclipse, SlickEdit, Codewarrior, VSS, CVS, SVN, ClearCase, Bugzilla, ClearQuest, GNATS

DevTest/Debugging Tools: IXIA, Smartbits, Wireshark, IxChariot, iPerf, ARM Multi-ICE, Vision-ICE

Productivity Tools: MS Project, Excel, Power Point, Word, Wiki

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Atlanta, GA

Senior Software Engineer & Manager

• Performed end to end planning and execution of this project with 40+ features expanding into 1000+ tasks, involving 50+ global resources and successfully delivered.
• Actively collaborated with CTO team in the architecture of SDN framework of centralized Control Plane and distributed Data Plane software modules to run on scalable network infrastructure clusters.
• Led the Functional Specification (FS) and Design Specification (DS) and implementation/integration of
• Policy framework to enable various Network Security/Firewall features such as ACL, DOS, IDS, etc, and QoS features such as Ingress/Egress Rate Limiting, Bandwidth Control, etc.
• High Availability (HA) framework for reliable IPC, State-ful Process restart, Active-Standby Master and In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) features.
• CMR framework for On-Box Python Scripting and REST APIs for OpenStack integration.
• Debug infrastructure with Syslog, Remote GDB & GoogleTest and automation of Unit and System level test cases.
• Integration of IPInfusion ZebOS networking protocols software suite and APIs for VMWare NSX Gateway integration.
• Led the IBM’s custom Aptus ASIC fabric Platform bring up effort on IBM MCP Linux and integration of IBM proprietary Aptus ASIC SDK with Aricent NPAPI protocols suite to validate both the Aptus ASIC and SDK functionalities.
• Conducted daily SCRUM interlock meetings with local and remote teams to resolve roadblocks and track progress, and compiled metrics/reports/charts for management updates.
• Led the Unit and Integration Testing (UIT) of functional, performance, scalability and interoperability requirements on SIMICS simulator and on actual HW and fixed several critical SDK defects and enhanced some key ASIC TCAM tables.
• Executed offshore transitioning of non-critical development tasks by ramping up remote teams.
• Inspired innovation by brainstorming on technical challenges resulting in 10+ Intellectual Property/Patents filings. Recognizing this accomplishment nominated for Inventions Development Team (IDT) chair role post Lenovo transition.

Senior Manager

Confidential

• Managed 20+ LMS Consultants performing 24x7 Service Delivery operations for Clients’ Server infrastructure clusters hosting mission critical SAP BWA/HANA Applications/Data, and consistently achieved 100% billable resource utilization.
• Handled end to end spectrum of Service Delivery life cycle from Onboarding/Go-live of new Clients, periodic OS/Firmware updates, Incidents handling, Quarterly health checks/reviews through the Service lifetime for 100+ Clients.
• Acted as primary interface to the Clients and proactively engaged in all CritSits/Escalations until they are resolved with detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and formally closed ensuring 90%+ Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) metrics.
• Spearheaded the Cloud migration of on-premises LMS solution infrastructure of Servers, Storage, Network Switches, Firewalls and Software Applications into the Cloud using hyper converged, virtualized VMWare environment to provide Business Continuity (BC) and Disaster Recovery (DR) assurances to the Clients.
• Led the LMS Solution re-architecture effort replacing legacy alerting system with a new Groundwork monitoring solution which reduced the false positive alerts by 90% and significantly improved the operational efficiency.
• Built and maintained Client Relations for ~100 high profile Clients and Service Partners ecosystem with IBM, SAP, Novell, Nutanix, EMC, etc., and provided 24x7 technical support to the Clients meeting KPIs and SLAs/SLOs with LMS acting as SPOC.
• Managed 1200+ SqFt Datacenter hosting LMS solution production environment and the Development/POC/Staging lab ensuring up-to-date Firmware, Networking, Security updates meeting Regulatory & Compliance requirements.

Confidential,Sunnyvale, CA

Manager

• Managed all aspects of Chip Software Programs from developing project plans, defining features scope, creating and controlling schedules, quality assurance, coordinating among global project teams, tracking and communicating programs status, risks identification/analysis and procurement/logistics management.
• Handled all aspects of Software Release Management activities spanning Software source code management, branching/twigging/tagging, nightly builds monitoring, new bug activity monitoring and assignment, bug scrubs & prioritization, dev-test sync ups, release notes documentation leading to GA release of SDKs.
• Led the Technical Marketing activities involving technical data collection, performance benchmarking, competitive analysis, collateral preparation, Wi-Fi Alliance plug-fest activities, FAE trainings, etc.
• Devised several Marketing & Customer Support Dashboard tools to effectively capture, funnel, analyze and prioritize new/existing design wins and potential new business opportunities based on revenue or strategic importance.

Confidential,San Jose, CA

Senior Manager, Network Switching BU

• Delivered 3 major product lines to market consisting 50+ models, earning record revenues as outlined below -
• Technical Lead for the development of AT-8000/Corega MSW series 10/100 Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switches family (16 models) based on LSI Logic L6432x chips, first production release in December 2001; highest sold product family in ATI with around 200000+ units sold and earned around $70 M revenue as of Jan 2007.
• Software Architect and Delivery Manager for the AT-8500 series 10/100 Fast Ethernet Layer 2+ Switch product family (9 models) based on Broadcom 564x chips, first production release in February 2004; sold around 20000 units and earned around $13.5M revenue as of Jan 2007.
• Senior Architect and Delivery Manager for the AT-9400 series Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 Switch/Router product family (22 models) based on Broadcom 569x and 5650x chips, first production release in August 2004; sold around 12000 units sold and earned around $17.5 M as of Jan 2007.
• Spearheaded creation of several engineering processes in software design, issues tracking, quality metrics, system test, version numbering, configuration management & release engineering, manufacturing engineering and technical support.
• Implemented special Software provisions required for MFG process, and supported Level 3 Technical Support group in investigating and simulating urgent field issues (Heat Tickets) and provided Software Patches.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

• Worked on Iridium CDR Calls Analysis and Reporting System (CARS) development project. Designed CDR database schema using LogicWorks ERWin Data Modeling tool, created Gateway specific Database partitions, and wrote back-end CGI Perl scripts to generate summary and detailed CDR reports.
• Integrated and customized Rodopi ISP Billing Software for United Telesis Athens GA involving IIS 4.0 Web Server, integrating ICVerify Credit Card processing, interfacing with MVAM Gatekeeper, customizing Web GUI and management access control.
• Integrated and customized Internet Management System (IMS) front-end Silver Stream Application Server for Effectnet ISP, Phoenix AZ.
• Wrote Functional and Design specification for Configuration Management module Element Management System (EMS) for Orange.