Sep 2010 – Mar 2026 · 15 yrs 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

• Over 15 years at Juniper. I have played a central role in building carrier-grade routing, virtualization, and NFV platforms powering Tier-1 service providers and hyperscalers globally. I am a recognized SME in NFV, router virtualization, and distributed network operating systems, with sustained impact across architecture, revenue, IP creation, and engineering culture.
• Career Progression & Recognition
• Two corporate-level promotions within 4 years, reviewed and approved by a cross-BU committee led by the CTO
• Established as a company-wide technical leader, influencing long-term routing and NFV platform strategy
• Technical Leadership & Impact
• Distributed NOS: Architected scalable, high-performance NOS platforms; delivered ~30× improvement in protocol scaling and convergence
• Router & Line-Card Virtualization: Designed slicing using containers, VMs, and in-house innovations; built a lightweight container orchestration platform as a low-resource alternative to Kubernetes; generated ~$400M revenue
• Elastic Router / NFV: Delivered elastic router architecture combining physical routers with private cloud/NFV
• Next-Gen MX Edge Router (MX301): Architected and delivered the latest MX platform (2025); record-low COGS; platform tracking ~$300M annual revenue
• Quality, Sustainability & AI (Self-Initiated)
• Added 2000+ reusable golden unit tests, reducing system test cycles and customer PRs
• Delivered ~8–10% router power reduction, enabling OPEX savings
• Built BERT-based log analysis system (2023) with ~87% accuracy.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Lead India Principal & Distinguished Engineer Forum (since 2023); drive cross-BU discussion on AI for productivity, AI for networking, and networking for AI
• Organizing Committee Lead for Juniper India TechFest (Brainwaves 2023)
• Improved PCT / CI-CD efficiency
• Patents
• 10+ issued US patents, multiple pending; additional innovations retained as trade secrets

Jan 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area · On-site

• Worked onsite at Ericsson R&D, Sweden as a contractor from Future Software (Aricent), contributing as a Layer 2 / Layer 3 networking protocols and technology domain expert.
• Role & Contributions
• Designed and developed 10G Ethernet–based switching and routing blades for Ericsson’s Integrated Blade Server platform
• Implemented high-performance internal and external switching/routing capabilities with focus on scalability and extensibility
• Contributed to a modular, FRU-based blade architecture supporting multiple service and application blades within carrier-grade systems
• Collaborated closely with Ericsson architects and global R&D teams to meet telecom-grade reliability and performance requirements
• Technology Focus
• L2/L3 networking, 10G Ethernet, modular chassis systems, carrier-grade switching and routing.

Jan 2004 – Aug 2010 · 6 yrs 7 mos

• Future Software was one of India’s early integrated networking software product companies. Its flagship ISS networking stack was adopted by Tier-1 OEMs including Alcatel/Nokia and Ericsson. The company later became Aricent, now part of Capgemini through multiple acquisitions.
• Role & Impact
• Built deep expertise in networking protocol stacks, operating systems, and networking ASICs
• Designed and delivered ground-up, industry-first networking products in collaboration with global OEMs
• Gained extensive international exposure, working onsite with customers across geographies
• Promoted rapidly to Technical Lead, mentoring engineers and driving architecture and execution
• Notable Products & Solutions
• 3G over satellite handset (2004) – Inmarsat BGAN platform
• Interactive IP networking via satellite (2004–05) – NERA DVB-RCS
• Metro Ethernet Switch (2006) – MEF-compliant Alcatel CPE
• Inflight broadband Internet over Wi-Fi (2007) – Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi