Jan 2020 – Oct 2020 · 9 mos

Jul 2019 – Jan 2020 · 6 mos

Feb 2017 – Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Oct 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Responsible for multiple portfolios including delivery of cable,next generator routing/switching platform, operating system for Internal startup delivering SW/HW innovations for Cloud scale networking, Service Provider Routing Operating System (IOS-XR, Data Center Switching OS (NXOS), SP network automation platform that brings data sciences to networking.

Oct 2010 – Oct 2014 · 4 yrs

• Responsible for Linux Kernel, Virtualization, Infra Structure, Performance and Scale and Systems teams for XR, IOS-XE and Nexus OS. Driving Cisco Kernel and Virtualization Strategy for Enterprise, Service Provider and Data Center Platforms. Responsible for Multi core IOS and IOSd Clustering to address control plane scale. Driving the bring up of Kernel for Next generation Linux based Core Router platform (Panini), KVM/QEMU performance optimization for PCIe pass through, MSI scale, PCIe hot plug. Leading ARM software and virtualization architecture evaluation for Cisco routing and switching platforms.
• Shipped the first Unified Access switch and wireless controller (Catalyst 3850 and 5760 wireless controller) in Jan 2013. Lead platform independent infrastructure, Campus SDN, OnePK, L2, L3, Qos, IPv6 and Services for NGWC from the initial Doppler ASIC validation phase to FCS. Jointly defined and executed Unified Access and IOS-XE architecture. Unified access beat projections and made 150 million in the first quarter. Executive sponsor for 15.X release train. In this role driving prioritization and execution of all the NOSTG features for switching releases.

Jan 2003 – Jan 2010 · 7 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Built and managed the platform infra structure team responsible for kernel, OS, HA, ISSU, IPC, drivers, firmware, BIOS, diagnostics, release and build operations for Cisco’s Catalyst platform 6500 Firewall and Load Balancer Service blades. Delivered the first 10G Linux firewall service blade and Load Balancer to market ahead of schedule with quality.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Fully responsible for platform infrastructure software development for a brand new DWDM switch for Cisco (ONS 15530 and ONS 15540). The product was delivered from initial concept to FCS within 18 months.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2001 · 3 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for a developing diagnostics and drivers for Ethernet, ATM line cards and switches for multiple platforms (CAT8540 and LS1010). Work involved development of assembly and C code in Unix running on embedded MIPS platforms. Debug involved extensive use of network analysis and logic analysis tools.

Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Development of device driver and diagnostics for Ethernet blades. Work involved writing device drivers in C on Solaris and low-level code for debugging using FORTH. Also worked on RTL code for bring up.

Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed application level software using Visual Basic on Windows platform for a billing and accounting system; also designed backend database to store billing information and SQL queries.

Jan 1995 – Jan 1995 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed and developed a database (using Microsoft SQL server) and front-end application for voice activated system (IVR) for health care. Designed work flow diagrams, created queries to store/retrieve information.