Anand Nadarajan

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

18 years of experience in software development.
Expert in optical systems and networking protocols.
Proven leadership in mentoring and technical guidance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Networking Software Engineer with expertise in optical systems and L2/L3 protocols.

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Skills

Core Skills

Software DevelopmentTechnical LeadershipC ProgrammingDistributed SystemsNetworking Protocols

Other Skills

Hands-on Technical LeadershipOSPFLLDPData StructuresSoftware InfrastructureProblem SolvingProduct DevelopmentAlgorithmsRIPRouting Protocols like RIPCDPPolicy Based RoutingL2/L3 protocolsBGPOptical muxponder and linesystem platforms

About

Technical leader with 18 years of software development experience in networking domain, specializing in optical systems, BNG, L2/L3 protocols and distributed systems. Passionate about programming, problem solving and learning newer technologies. Specialties: - C Programming - Linux, IPC & Multi-threading - Data Structures and Algorithms - Python - Optical Networks, Line systems and transponders - TCP/IP, L2/L3 Protocols : RIP, OSPF, BGP, CDP, LLDP - Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) - Tools: GDB, Valgrind, Multi, GIT, Ixia, Wireshark, etc - Certifications - CCNA, CCIP-BGP, CCNP-ROUTE and CCNP-SWITCH.

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

13 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Cisco

2 roles

Software Technical Lead

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

Contributed to the successful completion of multiple projects (new products & features) from conceptualization through design, scoping, development, testing and deployment by providing strong leadership and expert technical guidance.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and vendors to develop high-quality products
within tight deadlines.
Mentored junior developers, improving their coding skills and fostering a positive team
environment.
Optimized code quality by performing thorough reviews and implementing best practices in
coding standards.

Software DevelopmentHands-on Technical LeadershipTechnical Leadership

Software Engineer

Oct 2012 – Dec 2021 · 9 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2015 - Oct 2021
Designed and developed datapath software modules & features for optical transponder
and line system platforms. This includes scoping, low level design, implementation, Unit Testing
and automation.
Actively triaged and resolved issues reported by various testing organizations.
Reviewed design, code and test plan developed by other engineers and provided
necessary technical guidance to ensure product quality and on-time delivery.
Built tools in Python to fulfil some of the critical requirements across teams.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver high-quality software
products on schedule.
Mentored new hires and junior engineers.
Oct 2012 - Dec 2014:
Project: Broadband Network Gateway
Designed and developed new features for subscriber management service.
Effective code reviews, quick handling of triage requests, defects and supporting the field
engineers on customer issues/queries were also part of the responsibilities

C programmingDistributed Systems

Wipro technologies

Tech Lead

Jan 2010 – Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

Project: Customer Product Enhancements and Specials (HP Procurve ODC)
Worked on design & development of customer requested features and fixing issues in
HP-Procurve networking software.
Protocols worked on: BGP, OSPF, IGMP, VRRP, GVRP, etc.

Software DevelopmentOSPFNetworking Protocols