Jan 2014 – Oct 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• + Leading Caliper project, the benchmarking framework that generates a score based performance evaluation report for server platforms. (http://open-estuary.org/caliper-benchmarking)
• + Server space performance analysis and benchmarking.
• + Worked on Key CPU benchmarks and other system wide benchmarks.
• + Analysis and system level debugging of SOC performance matrix (CPU, Cache,Memory, Storage, Network etc.) and application workload for ARM64 & Intel Xeon servers.
• + Very good knowledge on Linux performance observation and monitoring tools and debugging techniques.
• + Setup test farm/test bench and automation test suite to generate clear reports for stake holders and performance gap to SOC/Platform/Kernel teams.
• + Reported plenty of bugs in ARM64 Estuary platform there by improving the ARM server platform delivery. (http://open-estuary.org)
• + Maintainer of Caliper and top contributor for the same.(https://github.com/open-estuary/caliper)
• + Communication,coordination and technical collaboration with multi site cross functional teams product improvement.

Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 · 11 mos

• + As a part of the network security team, enhancing and maintaining the cryptographic library of the network security protocols as per product requirements.
• + Individual contributor responsible for interfacing with products and handling cryptographic requirements ranging from enhancing a current feature to implementation of a new cipher.
• + Handled E2E requirements in block ciphers for network security protocols starting from customer interaction, design, development, coding and testing.
• + Preside at software requirement and specification analysis, participate in performance coaching, technical interviews and technical review.

Apr 2012 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bangalore

• + Seeded LKTL (Linux Kernel Test Lab) project and lead the same to qualify homegrown Kernels of Huawei.
• + Proposed an automated build and test framework for various kernels. Analyzed test methodologies, tools, and framework for kernel testing(For example LTP and autotest)
• + Open source collaboration and merge verification support for Kernel.
• + Industry tool analysis for Linux kernel and recommendation to platform testing.
• + Prepared product backlog and tracked program execution (Role of product owner and scrum master)
• + Played role of product owner and scrum master in the project.

Apr 2011 – May 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore

• + As Techno manager and Test system architect for Linux platform delivery team, leading the test team for qualification of Linux distribution of customised WR and Suse kernels as per product requirements on multiple platforms.
• + Interaction with customer and development teams to prepare the test strategy and test plan.
• + Review test analysis and design from testers and ensure sufficiency of test cases.
• + Identification of training needs and conducting training as per the requirements of the project .
• + Interface to cross functional groups and stake holder management.
• + Quality matrix, Test execution tracking and prepare version test report.

Jan 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bangalore

• + Benchmarked & validated Linux & symbian releases for U8500. Worked on usecase modelling for mobile chipsets
• + Experienced in designing and executing applications simulating various use cases on target boards (or virtual platforms) and evaluate performance (latency, MIPS, memory budget etc), in order to support prototyping of architectural concepts for existing or future chipsets.
• + Interface with marketing and product definition teams to define enhanced use cases and expected performance on future platforms based on extrapolations of data gathered from use case analysis on existing platforms.
• + Setup a lab with competitor platforms and delivered KPI based performance dash boards to access maturity

Feb 2006 – Dec 2009 · 3 yrs 10 mos

• + Build the benchmarking process (customised from normal test and integration methodology focusing on performance and system aspects to suite specifically for project requirements) from scratch .
• + Setup the execution environment including purchase and configuration of the hardware and software tools.
• + Responsible for interfacing with Business development, Technical marketing, Architecture team and Development community to tune the performance and highlighting the bottlenecks accessing the maturity of the platform.
• + Designed board test package for reference boards and system verification strategies for embedded products.

Jun 2004 – Jan 2006 · 1 yr 7 mos

• + Development of test framework with Embedded GUI on Hardware Control Layer(HCL) for production board testing.
• + Benchmark execution suite development.
• + Preparation of Enhanced multimedia demo for Mobile world congress.
• + Power and performance optimisation.
• + L2 cache optimisation for ARM926EJ core.

Sep 2003 – May 2004 · 8 mos

• + Worked on a MMI simulator on a windows platform for development of phone software executing on an ARM based platform (SAMSUNG’s SGH-E700/800).
• + Experience in porting of RTK & the hardware dependent driver modules of target board on to the host side I/O through Semi hosting.
• + Handled the design and development of memory and flash file system, System boot up sequence and display.

Mar 2001 – Aug 2003 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Trivandrum

• + Developed channel encoding and burst formatting DSP algorithms for TETRA Base Station in C.
• + Tested the above algorithms with TMS320c6416 using Code Composer Studio.
• + C-code optimisation of the above algorithms for performance and execution speed.
• + Involved in the interface design and integration of upper MAC and Lower MAC.
• + Design and development of the Base Station Simulator (both on PC and on ARM based board) to support Call Registering, Call Set-up, Call maintenance, Speech Call and file transfer.
• + Validation and testing of the Base Station and including active participation in integration, system testing and field trials.

Oct 2000 – Mar 2001 · 5 mos · Palakkad

• Worked on Power Line Carrier Communication equipment (PLCC) which is one of the main products from BPL TELECOM. This is used in Electric power generating stations to send voice and data through the power lines. Responsible for the customisation and improvement of the individual components/modules.