Principal Software Engineer

Hari Srinivasan

Tenured Embedded Systems Engineer & Manager

US Green Card Holder New York, NY --- Willing to relocate

: ****************@*****.*** LinkedIn +1 (646) 901 - 9781 Twenty-nine years of experience in Embedded Systems, Control Plane Software Development, and Technical Architecture, with expertise leading global engineering teams across embedded systems products. Awarded 3 patents in scalable networking solutions. Most recently, spent 17 years at Ciena, building major optical networking platform releases for global customers. EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL SKILLS

Development: C/C++, VxWorks, RTOS, Performance Analysis & Profiling, Scalability Optimization, TCP/IP Sockets programming, Real-time Systems

Technologies: Control Plane Software, PNNI/OSRP, OTN/DWDM, Network Management, SNMP/MIBs, ATM/UNI, Embedded Systems

Leadership: Technical Architecture, System Design, Cross-functional Team Management, Root Cause Analysis, Agile Project Management

EDUCATION

MS in Computer and Information Sciences Temple University, Philadelphia, USA – 1993 Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) Bishop Heber College, India – 1988 CAREER MILESTONES

Principal Engineer -- Ciena (Mar 2008 - April 2025) Managed cross-functional teams across hardware, software, and testing to deliver 15 major control plane software releases for optical DWDM platforms, deployed across hundreds of global customers. Received multiple awards for key contributions to the company’s line of products. Contributions include:

-Architected and implemented PNNI-based optical signaling and routing protocols (OSRP), improving network scalability for 10,000+ node deployments

-Optimized database synchronization between network elements, reducing recovery time from 40 to 8 minutes in large-scale networks

-Developed critical network performance monitoring and safety protocols, preventing high CPU utilization, reducing packet retransmission, and resolving system bottlenecks

-Worked on control plane stack scalability across multiple product families, allowing customers to deploy larger networks (upto 3x larger post-improvements) Patents

-A bandwidth de-fragmentation algorithm for mesh topologies, enabling automated service restoration

-A conflict resolution system for bandwidth allocation in linear networks, post-fiber failure

-A crank-back algorithm, improving routing decisions through connection rejection analysis

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Senior Tech Lead -- Scientific Atlanta (Aug 2006 - Feb 2008) Led development team building cable set-top box software for the US market

-Architected Video Rich Navigation system enabling multi-screen viewing capabilities

-Managed on-site integration at a customer location in Ottawa up to product deployment

-Mentored junior engineers and conducted architecture reviews to maintain code quality Senior Project Manager -- Flextronics Software Systems (Aug 2004 - July 2006)

-Led a 6-person team in the design, implementation and testing of a JAVA-based Wireless LAN Network Management System

-Led a 12-person team in building CLI infrastructure supporting complex multi-level commands and parameter relationships

-Led development efforts on all parts of the technology stack, including implementing the routing protocols, integrating with external systems, and continuous systems verification/testing Software Engineer IV -- Enterasys Networks (June 2000 - Jul 2004) Technical lead for embedded networking protocols

-Implemented IEEE GVRP protocol for Ethernet switches, optimizing memory and CPU utilization

-Designed packet flow control systems meeting strict real-time performance requirements

-Created MIB implementations for proprietary network management features Software Engineer III/II/I -- Cabletron Systems (April 1994 - May 2000) Progressed through multiple roles focusing on ATM switching and network management

-Developed UNI 3.0/3.1 ATM signaling software for commercial switch products

-Led interoperability testing with major vendor implementations

-Architected TCP/IP-based message handling system for Virtual Network Server

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