Satya Danda

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led Cloud Native Subscriber Services for 5G integration.
Established a Centre Of Excellence for product ownership.
Drove successful deployment strategies for major service providers.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingSoftware Project ManagementSoftware DevelopmentTeam LeadershipProduct Innovation

Other Skills

Cloud Native Subscriber ServicesMicroservices ArchitectureKubernetes5GFixed Mobile ConvergenceCentre Of ExcellenceBBF & 3GGP standardsMulti-Vendor environmentsWireline BNG solutionSoftware lifecycle managementBNGService Provider Subscriber AwarenessCisco's Aggregation RoutersIOS XEIOS XR

About

At Cisco, leadership and strategic execution in software engineering are the cornerstones of my professional ethos. Our team has pioneered Cloud Native Subscriber Services, leveraging microservices architecture on Kubernetes, resulting in a robust Wireline and Mobility (5G) integration with Fixed Mobile Convergence. This initiative underlines our commitment to pioneering advancements in software project management and cloud computing. With a focus on quality and customer success, my tenure has been marked by driving key initiatives and fostering cross-functional collaboration. The establishment of a Centre Of Excellence (COE) for product ownership across BNG, vBNG, and cnBNG platforms, as well as contributing to BBF & 3GGP standards, exemplifies our team’s dedication to innovation within multi-vendor environments. This dedication is further showcased in our successful deployment strategies, tailored to meet the nuanced needs of some of the largest service providers in the industry.

Experience

22 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

11 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

15 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Cisco

4 roles

Director, Software Engineering

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

SENIOR MANAGER.SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING

Promoted

May 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

As a Second Line Manager, built and lead 50+ high-powered team consists of Senior Architects/Architects/Leads along with 3 senior people leaders.
Currently Driving Cloud Native Subscriber Services based on Microservices Architecture on top of Kubernetes and Cisco SMI/AWS.
Wireline and Mobility (5G) with Common Subscriber Management Strategy and Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC).
Drove Centre Of Excellence (COE) with BNG, vBNG, cnBNG and 5G SA Common Components product ownership, contribute on standards - BBF & 3GGP, Multi-Vendor environments & Inter-op in one of the biggest Service Providers
Driving quality, key initiatives, cross functional collaboration and customer success, deployed wireline BNG solution in one of the biggest Service Provider networks.
Lead entire stack from Micro-Code, Platform, Control Plane, Policy Plane, building Manageability Applications and solution integration.
Drive Architectures, System Design, Scale & Performance and key initiatives as part of the ASR9k platform transformation. Lead the entire software lifecycle – development, testing, CI, and production operations

Cloud Native Subscriber ServicesMicroservices ArchitectureKubernetes5GFixed Mobile ConvergenceCentre Of Excellence+6

MANAGER.SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT and ENGINEERING

Dec 2015 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

As a Senior and Second Line Manager, built and lead high performance team of 30+ focused on BNG & Service Provider Subscriber Awareness and Management Technology on Cisco's Aggregation Routers ASR1000 and ASR9000 running IOS XE and IOS XR Operating systems respectively. Lead Platform Independent Infrastructure, Smart Licensing, Security & Policy and Routing Infrastructure.

BNGService Provider Subscriber AwarenessCisco's Aggregation RoutersIOS XEIOS XRPlatform Independent Infrastructure+5

Technical Leader, Engineering

May 2011 – Dec 2015 · 4 yrs 7 mos

As one of the key Architects/Leads part of 60+ member team driving solutions across Wireline Broadband and SP WiFi market segments. Mentoring full-time, vendor teams for faster ramp-up and better productivity. Drove Initiatives to bring product feature richness along with quality focus. Driving product innovation and feature richness along with managing customer requirements in the area of Wireline and SP WiFi market segments. Driving Model Driven, Common Component Architectures, Scale & Performance and platform transitions. Lead IOS-XE next-gen Polaris Subscriber Aware Enterprise Networking, HA infrastructure and multi instance distributed system design.

Wireline BroadbandSP WiFi market segmentsModel Driven ArchitecturesCommon Component ArchitecturesIOS-XEDistributed System Design+2

Hcl technologies

Senior Technical Lead

Oct 2003 – Apr 2011 · 7 yrs 6 mos · Cisco Offshore Development Centre, Chennai Area, India

Started as MTS, Grown as Lead Engineer, Project Lead and Senior Technical Lead. Playing Dual role as individual contributor to Design/Develop and also manage 10+ size of engineering team. Built and Lead the team of 12+ great engineers, working closely with Cisco Leads/Management and drive key features, initiatives and product innovation. Leading AAA Security, Routing & Switching Platform Infra, Subscriber Management, Identity Management, Subscriber Aware DPI & Policy Management product portfolios across Service Provider and Enterprise market segments. Handling customer critical issues, on-time delivery to build customer satisfaction.

AAA SecurityRouting & Switching PlatformSubscriber ManagementIdentity ManagementSubscriber Aware DPIPolicy Management+2