Engineer Software

Ravi Palaniappan

** ******* **, *** **, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Ph: 201-***-**** Email: ********@*****.***

Summary

In-depth knowledge of Linux O/S, kernel development, multi-core processing,

Linux device drivers, Linux performance monitoring and benchmark tools

Extensive experience in software design, development, simulation,

implementation and debugging

Familiar with high frequency trading protocols for fixed income

Proficient in embedded Linux, Linux shell scripting. Strong knowledge of

wireless networks including digital communication

Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to take a

lead role for different systems and projects

Experience

Linux Support Engineer - Tradeweb LLC, July 2013 - Current

Responsible for Linux system deployment, monitoring, maintenance and

upgrades across development, testing and production environments

Involved in the migration of all trading platforms from Windows to Linux

systems for the entire organization

Configuring and managing Linux low latency trading engines for US on the-

Run treasuries and also the measurement of Order latencies using third-

party tools.

Developed a Linux production management system for package deployment and

system health monitoring using Puppet and Nagios

Software Development Engineer - - Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent (ALU),

Nov 2010 - June 2013

Experience with analyzing Linux performance bottlenecks and tuning the

operating system for optimized performance in different environments

Experience with packaging and delivering software using Linux debians,

installation of Linux servers and client systems using U-boot, bootImage

and busybox

Software development experience in Linux device drivers, middleware, Linux

U-Boot, package installation and testing, developed automated test scripts

for multi-core CPU load testing to improve call capacity in 4G networks

Designed and implemented software routines for remote package installation

of Alcatel 4G LTE eNodeB base-stations. Configured software packages on

test/development/production systems. Provided technical support for

debugging and resolving field issues with 4G LTE deployments and network

coverage for Verizon and AT&T

Member of Technical Staff - Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, May - Nov

2010

Designed and built a hardware mobile robotic platform capable of automatic

real-time 3D mapping of indoor environments for localization and

surveillance.

Designed and implemented an Android application to measure Wireless signal

strength at specific locations. The app was hosted on the Android market

for download.

Developed and implemented algorithms and software for optimizing WLAN

channel usage and bandwidth allocation for multiple users

Associate Engineer - Institute for Simulation and Training, University of

Central Florida, 2006 - 2010

Lead Engineer: University of Central Florida High Performance Computing

Center with 800 cores/2 TB RAM/46 TB of storage/7.3 TFLOPS

Project lead on multiple U.S. Department of Defense projects relating to

wireless networking, simulation and high performance computing with proven

track record for successful deployment

Co-author of peer reviewed publications in journals and international

conferences on research work in the areas of robotics, networking and

sensor systems

Special Skills and Knowledge

Proficient in Linux O/S Internals, multi-core processing, TCP/IP, Shell

scripting including Bash/Perl, Linux device drivers, gnuplot, Puppet,

Nagios, Corvil. Experience working on Agile / SCRUM based teams

Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Modeling & Simulation, University of Central

Florida - 2010

M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida -2002

B.E, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Madras University - 1997

Patents Filed

R. Palaniappan, P. Mirowski, Tin K Ho, Autonomous RF Surveying method for

Indoor localization & Tracking, U.S patent appl, filed in March 2011

P. Mirowski, R. Palaniappan, Tin K Ho, KL-Divergence Kernel Regression for

Non-Gaussian Fingerprint Based Localization, U.S patent appl, filed in

March 2011

Awards

NSF Corporate Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship for Engineers - 2010

NSF Summer program Fellowship in East Asia - 2009

Status

US Citizen

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