Pinto Alex

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

21+ years in large-scale software development.
Leader in next-generation cloud-native solutions.
Expert in R&D management and agile methodologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications expert with extensive experience in R&D management and cloud-native solutions.

Contact

pinto.alex@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud Native DevelopmentR&d ManagementSystem ArchitectureCustomer EngagementEngineering PracticesSoftware ArchitectureTechnical Leadership

Other Skills

IMS core productR&D planningArchitecture evolutionProduct managementClusteringLoad balancingSystem verificationMiddlewareOAMHigh availabilityPacket processingFeature deliveryData modelingPerformance evaluationPeople management

About

Currently @Cisco, Leader, Software Engineering, MIG Routing Previously @Nokia – Core Engineering as Senior Engineering manager leading R&D group, building next-generation cloud-native Voice and Signaling solution Previously @Nokia Core Engineering as Senior Engineering manager leading R&D Group, building IMS Signaling VoX Core (CSCF), R&D Manager Femto Gateway development 21+ years of large-scale software development experience, driving global product development initiatives while employing Lean Software Development skills including Large scale Agile & Iterative Development Methods. Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) – Scaled Agile Framework Part of top 20 Nokia Global Core Engineering talent program Career experience includes R&D management and leadership, Specification and architecture, New product business case development, setting engineering strategic priorities and product road-map planning, Building self-organized high-performance teams Specialties : Wireless technologies & products: 3G, LTE, 5G, Femto, IMS Voice Core, Network Management Systems, Cloud Native development, C++, Agile, SAFe, rdbms, Oracle, large scale agile, R&D Execution and Management including schedule, budget, planning, Roadmap planning, and end-to-end coordination of all engineering activities needed for product delivery across multiple global sites

Experience

25 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

21 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Cisco

2 roles

Director Software Engineering

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Leader, Software Engineering, MIG Routing

Jan 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Nokia

5 roles

R&D Leader Cloud Native Communication Suite

Dec 2019 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Leading CNCS R&D and driving architecture evolution for next-generation IMS
core product – Cloud Native communication suite (CNCS).
Responsible for planning and execution of CNCS product development in Nokia R&D. This product is currently in the prototype stage and customer release is planned for Q3 2022.
Responsible for analysis and design of CNCS with support from lead architects of multiple IMS core products spread across multiple locations
Driving R&D planning and execution with teams spread across multiple global locations for CNCS
Working with Product management for Portfolio decisions, Roadmap planning, Release and Program milestones for CNCS
ART (SAFe) leader for Next Generation Voice (NGV) Agile release train
Leading and directing 40+ members from multiple scrum teams of Software engineers, Architects, and Managers to develop and release of CFX-5000 and CNCS which are 2 products under the IMS Vox core portfolio.
Responsible for end-to-end delivery of features in CFX-5000 and CNCS.
Road Map planning and LoA commitments
People management including performance evaluation, competence development, compensation planning and execution of engineering practices

Cloud Native developmentIMS core productR&D planningArchitecture evolutionProduct managementR&D management

Group Head

Promoted

Feb 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Heading Nokia IMS Application R&D group
Leading 3 Engineering teams and overall responsible for 100+ R&D Engineers and 3 engineering managers
Responsible for end-to-end delivery of features of IMS in areas covering Clustering and load balancing (2 node, n-node, BM, virtualized and Cloud-Native), packet processing and dispatching, Middleware, OAM, Charging, Lawful interception etc.
End to end responsibility including Specification, Architecture, Development and
System verification and resiliency for features developed within the group.

ClusteringLoad balancingSystem verificationMiddlewareOAMR&D management+1

Senior Engineering Manager

Aug 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Leading the Nokia CSCF R&D team that develops Clustering, load balancing, high availability, Geo Redundancy, Packet Processing, and dispatching in IMS CSCF network element development.
Customer engagement manager for RJio in India for IMS deployments
SPOC for all Nokia IMS CSCF issues reported by RJio
Handling RJio Customer escalations and Emergencies.
Planning and delivery of features and fixes for the customer
Interfacing with Program and Product management for customer specific feature delivery

High availabilityPacket processingCustomer engagementFeature deliveryR&D management

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Oct 2008 – Aug 2014 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Leading Nokia Femto gateway OAM development team
Responsible for Femto gateway’s CM/FM/PM data modeling and interface to the Element management system.
TR069 based Femto access point management
People management including performance evaluation, competence development, compensation planning, and execution of engineering practices

Data modelingPerformance evaluationPeople managementR&D managementEngineering practices

Software Architect / Technical Lead / Sw DEveloper

Sep 2000 – Oct 2008 · 8 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Lead Architect for Nokia Number Portability solution
Senior Engineer for Siemens network management system, Net Manager and Switch commander application designed on both Windows and UNIX platforms with exposure to skills like MFC/C++/Java/Oracle, PL/SQL.
Software developer for Siemens Billing End customer and Interconnect billing software

Network managementSoftware developmentSystem designSoftware architectureTechnical leadership