Software Manager

SANTOSH KUMAR

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DIRECTOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Embedded Systems Telecommunication Software Software Architecture New & Existing

Products

Over 10 years’ of experience with 7+ years of experience architecting and implementing complex

networking systems for telecommunication industry. Highly competitive, passionate, and articulate,

able to achieve results in seemingly impossible timeline.

Demonstrated success record in:

Delivering system software for telecommunication equipments.

Building quality engineering teams from ground up with ability to deliver more with low

resources.

Motivating staff to peak performance levels.

Evaluating and integrating third party software and building application frameworks.

Designing and implementing complex software modules.

Problem solving and system behavior definitions in complex systems.

Initiation and success in software technology and project management from small projects to

large-scale systems.

CORE COMPETENCIES

•Software Architecture •Development and Implementation • Computer Programming

•Embedded Software •Troubleshooting • Budgeting/ Forecasting

•Team Development and Management •Application frameworks • Software evaluation

•Application and Networking Protocols • System Integration • System Administration

HIGHLIGHTED CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Product

o Delivered Taseon’s flagship TN320 product’s GA quality software that has successfully

passed Tier-1 carrier trials and is on track for field deployment. The TN320 is the

telecommunication industry’s first open DWDM transport platform.

o Directed EMS/NMS and Network Design Tool Development

• Patents

1. Optical network topology databases based on a set of connectivity constraints.

(Pending)

2. Source Based scheme to establish communication paths in an optical network.

(Pending)

3. Selective distribution messaging scheme for an optical network (Pending)

4. QoS based optical network topology databases (Pending)

5. Method and apparatus for a network database in an optical network. (Pending)

6. Optical re-route redundancy scheme (# 7283741)

7. Re-routable protection schemes of an optical network (#7474850)

8. Methods and Apparatuses for handling multiple failures in an optical network

(Allowed)

9. Multiple redundancy schemes in an optical network (Pending)

10. Aggregation optical network device (Pending)

11. Quality of Service in an optical Network (Pending)

• Development–Implemented ASON based Service Manager (Call/Connection Manager),

GMPLS framework, LMP extensions, Routing algorithms, Routing protocols, Interface

Managers, Driver framework and board drivers. Implemented additional features into

QNX(BSD) and Linux IP stack.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Taseon Inc., San Jose, California 2007 – Present

Telecommunication equipment vendor involved in building the industry’s first Open DWDM Transport

System.

Co-Founder/Chief Software Architect (with job functions of VP Software Engineering)

Head of software engineering to deliver embedded system, EMS/NMS and Network Design Software.

Architect TN320 system software. Define system software behavior. Work with CTO, CSO, VP

Sales/Marketing to deliver technical specification and software based on marketing requirements.

• Dual role position that allowed hands on work as well as management.

• In-time and in-budget delivery of embedded, EMS/NMS and Network Design Tool software for

Taseon’s flagship product.

• Built a strong 27 member team and directed the software group to complete GA release using

agile methodologies.

• Provided strategic guidance and thoughts for design and development of complex software

initiatives supporting strategic business plans.

• Defined embedded system architecture and system behavior specification to deliver an optical

platform with high degree of automation.

• Dealt and Negotiated with third party software vendors and handled escalations when

necessary.

• Designed and implemented core modules and application frameworks.

• Prepared system software presentations for customers and potential partners.

Intellambda Systems, Fremont, California 2003 –

2007

A telecommunication equipment vendor involved in building IPoDWDM solution.A Hybrid system

consisting of packet aggregation shelves containing OC48C, OC192C and GbE interfaces, and a

transport shelf. Quickly accelerated through the ranks based on proven design and implementation

skills, and development-team leadership skills.

Chief Software Architect 2006-2007

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• Defined and projected the next generation software architecture of the ILS640 platform that

would be standards based and telecommunication grade.

• Led group of 6 engineers, conducting integration activities, evaluating third party software and

initiating product enhancement projects. The results of these efforts led to new software

architecture put on paper.

• This software architecture along with other efforts went into bringing Taseon Inc. into being

when Intellambda Systems ran out of operational budget.

Principal Software Engineer 2005

• Handled several software modules at various levels within the embedded software sphere.

Apart from primary responsibility towards the routing engine following modules were being

successfully designed and implemented by me: Ethernet communication architecture within the

ILS640 system, ASON based Call/Connection manager, several interface managers, driver

software and adding functionality within the IP stack of Linux kernel.

• Consistently and successfully able to produce high quality design and implementation that was

recognized by the company.

Member of technical Staff 2003-2005

• Architected, designed and implement routing algorithm and protocol that accommodated

multiple optical constraints for an all-optical DWDM mesh network comprised of optical

switching nodes.

• Paper to prototype showcasing proof of concept was completed in 6 months followed by actual

in-system implementation and unit testing over a span of 1 year. System testing followed.

• 11 Patents were produced in relation to my work.

Deusco Technologies, Mumbai, India 2000 – 2003

Business Intelligence and Enterprise Software Integration Products.

Co-Founder/Technical Lead

• Led team of 3 engineers to architect, design, implement and tested a distributed workflow and

rule-based content management system. The system successfully completed field trial at BPCL

• Built private Linux distribution from LFS(Linux From Scratch) project.

• Using Open Source Samba TNG branch, single handedly setup a Windows NT driven

authentication for the content management system.

• Performed system administration for windows and Linux servers for the company, saving on

additional hire for managing company’s internal network.

• Evaluation of OS and conducted research in areas relating to separation of concerns,

application protocols, WWW and enterprise application integration. The research performed led

to designof next generation enterprise platform integration related products

EDUCATION

Advanced Post Granduate Diploma in Sofware Technology, Mumbai, 2000

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Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering, Mumbai University, 1999

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Fluent: - C, Shell Script(bsh),

P rogramming Languages

Python

Additional:- C++, Perl, HTM L,

X ML, Java, VB, VC++

Unix, Linux (RHEL/CENTOS 5,

Operating Systems

Debian/Ubuntu, SUSE, gentoo),

Q NX, FreeBSD, Windows, MS-

DOS, Solaris, Mac OS X

CVS, Rational Rose, Visual

Software Tools

S tudio, Perforce, Dreamwaver,

Eclipse, gdb

TCP, SCP, UDP, IP, OSPF, RIP,

Networking P rotocols

RSVP-TE, L MP, MPLS, BGP,

M ulticast Protocols, PCE

MPLS, GMPLS, ASON

Networking Architectures

BCM 5691/5696, MPC 8270, MPC

M icroprocessors and Chipsets

8572

SourceForge, MS Project

P roject M anagement Tools

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