Anup Kumar — Director of Engineering

I bring to the table over 22 years of extensive experience in executing cutting edge product design & innovations, ramping-up projects and delivering products end to end product with aggressive time to marked to capture market share from the big boys. An enterprising leader with strong engineering capabilities, drives and influences best in class solutions that meet business needs with a strong focus on innovation and market awareness of emerging trends across business, product and technology. I have demonstrated ability in driving product vision, road map and lifecycle management across various mission critical product deliveries including value proposition and functionality, product strategy elements, product releases and training. I am well versed in working with multi-disciplinary engineering team spread across continents and time-zones, maneuvering around challenges in design innovation, while maintaining strong focus on commercial implications and quality deliverables. I have rich experience in managing end to end project deliveries of large scale, multi-disciplinary, complex and critical projects in a timely manner involving seamless onsite/ offshore coordination and transparent communication with all stakeholders at all phases. I am adept in drive and converge Stakeholder Meetings, Discussions, Challenges, Documentation and Resource Management. Delivering high quality feasible solutions which include appropriate challenges to design or methodology adopted. Areas of Expertise: Seamless MPLS | Ethernet and Layer 2 Network Protocols | High Availability (HA) for a Service Control Point | OSI Layer-3: Routing Protocols (RIP, OSPF, Static), NAT, QoS and PBR | DWDM based OTN Transport Networks | Media Gateway Voice Infrastructure | FCAPS Model for carrier grade Telecom and Data-Com products | Application-Level Protocols (SNMP/TL1) | Operating Systems: RTOS (Linux, VxWorks, Embedded, BIOS), Unix System Architecture | Programming Languages: C, C++

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications expert with a strong focus on product development and engineering leadership.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 26 yrs 10 mos

Skills

Product Development
Engineering Leadership
Innovation Management
Technical Architecture

Career Highlights

Over 22 years of experience in product design and innovation.
Proven track record in managing large-scale, complex projects.
Expertise in cross-functional team leadership and stakeholder management.

Work Experience

Ciena

Director Packet Software Development (3 yrs 11 mos)

Sr. Manager and Leader for Packet Control Plane Software Development (9 yrs 2 mos)

Principal Engineer (6 yrs 9 mos)

Intersolutions Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Tech Lead (1 yr)

Baypackets Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Senior Tech Lead (2 yrs 10 mos)

Aplion Networks, Noida

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 11 mos)

River Run Software Group, Noida

Senior Software Engineer (1 yr 7 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

Anup Kumar

Director of Engineering

Gurgaon, Haryana, India26 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 22 years of experience in product design and innovation.
Proven track record in managing large-scale, complex projects.
Expertise in cross-functional team leadership and stakeholder management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Telecommunications expert with a strong focus on product development and engineering leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DevelopmentEngineering LeadershipInnovation ManagementTechnical Architecture

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlgorithmsArchitectural EnhancementsBudgetingBusiness Relationship ManagementC (Programming Language)C++Cross Functional Team BuildingCross-cultural Communication SkillsCross-functional Team LeadershipData PlaneDelivery Integration and Pre-salesEmbedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsEthernet

About

Experience

26 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

19 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Ciena

3 roles

Director Packet Software Development

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

● Providing engineering leadership & vision for the organization and also leading the strategic guidance in support of all product development initiatives for Packet Control/Data plane for a multi-million dollar flagship product.
● Managing a team hierarchy of 65 folks, comprising of multiple functional teams, Managers, Architects and Solutioning Architects.
● Responsible for leading overall technical solution/validation of Solution Architectures - from inception, solution design to delivery.
● Contributing significantly to Strategic Technology & Business Planning, Designing Product Roadmap, Product Delivery & Operational Readiness, Product Ownership and Industry Best Practices.
● Instrumental in innovation & transformation management, developing procedures to achieve the desired goals.
● Involved in requirements gathering, product planning, feature development, architecture design and Integration testing with multiple features.
● Devising ways for maximum productivity & team’s performance enhancement by exploring areas of value addition and ensuring overall product quality and standard conformance.
● Interfacing cross-functionally and geographically with team members by demonstrating unambiguous team interaction and providing solutions that support company value.
● Handling Conflict/ Incident Management and restoring normal service operation at the earliest and minimizes adverse impact on business operations.
● Providing guidance on the projects and its requirements also communicating to the Product Line Management (PLM) over the technology, processes and applications while updating them on the regular project related developments.
● Achievements:
o Patent granted “Systems and methods for synchronizing forwarding databases across multiple interconnected layer-2 switch” -2017.
o “Credential of receiving Gold Award” for exceptional contribution to release to secure Tier-1 customer in North America.

Engineering LeadershipProduct DevelopmentTechnical Solution ValidationRequirements GatheringProduct Roadmap DesignOperational Readiness

Sr. Manager and Leader for Packet Control Plane Software Development

Promoted

Sep 2013 – Nov 2022 · 9 yrs 2 mos

Providing engineering leadership & vision for the organization and a strategic level of guidance in support of all product development initiatives for Packet Control Plane for a multi-million dollar product-line.

Engineering LeadershipProduct Development

Principal Engineer

Nov 2006 – Aug 2013 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Contributed and led multiple features and architectural enhancements in my role as Lead and Principal Engineer.

Feature DevelopmentArchitectural EnhancementsProduct Development

Intersolutions pvt. ltd.

Senior Tech Lead

Nov 2005 – Nov 2006 · 1 yr

● Instrumental in finalization of technical architecture, project requirements and resource planning and played a key role in strategic planning to assure achievement of agreed to technical and business objectives.
o Analyzed the technical requirements and delivered solution to customer.
o Delivered new and complex high-quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
o Ensured effective communication between the members of the team and the customer.
o Involved in Business Specifications writing, Architecting & Designing the system.
o Established Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitored and audited to ensure team meets quality goals.
● Provided mentorship to team members to ensure smooth progress of product development work also ensured adherence to quality norms throughout the implementation process.
● Provided technical support, influence and hands-on engagement in order to develop, direct and implement the innovation culture for technology solutions, resulted in best in class solutions that met clients’ needs.
● Involved in scheduling, risk forecasting, risk analysis and management, dependencies identification and following-up to meet the dependencies.

Technical ArchitectureProject RequirementsResource PlanningQuality Procedure Establishment