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TECH STAFF, ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST
Professional Summary

Results-driven Versatile Technologist focused on Cross-Functional Team Leadership and Technology strategy. Prepared to apply 20+ years of experience of designing and delivering Linux and other Open-source Infrastructure Software solutions across Client, Datacenter, Cloud and Edge domains.

Accomplishments
  • Collaborated with the industry in enabling Linux support for the first ever server class x86-64 Intel/AMD processor family, first-ever Virtualization (Xen based) OS and first-ever Client Linux system to have Secure Boot enabled out the factory from Dell EMC.
  • Lead and launched Enterprise Linux projects on Dell EMC Servers for three generations of RHEL and SLES .
  • Kick-started and lead the pre-installed Linux offerings program for Dell Client systems as a first-class citizen through internal evangelization and technical leadership across the ecosystem of partners and OSS communities.
Skills
  • Linux Operating Systems and Kernel
  • FOSS Community building and License reviews
  • Cloud computing
  • IoT / Edge Computing
  • Virtualization
  • Containerization
  • Systems Engineering & Architecture
  • Software-defined infrastructure
  • Technical Leadership
  • Product development
  • Certification and Hardware Enablement
  • Test / Debug / Troubleshooting
  • Partner management
  • Detail-oriented
  • Verbal and written communication
Work History
Tech Staff, Engineering Technologist05/2015 to Current
Company Name – City, State
  • Responsible for devising overall strategy for all advanced engineering and Path-finding (through Proof of Concept) activities developed in global Infrastructure Linux Eng. team. POCs areas include infra needs of Datacenter, Hybrid Cloud, Edge, Telco and 5G customers on technologies such as NVMeOF, Smart NICs, Accelerators, Real Time OS, Container Orchestration Platforms, Manageability etc.
  • Mentor and guide ~15 engineers in global Infrastructure Linux Eng. team.
  • Manage and drive Enterprise Linux technology roadmap with industry partners such as Red Hat, SuSE, Canonical, Intel, AMD, Broadcom, nVidia and others.
  • Present at various Linux Foundation and partner conferences such as Open Source Summit and Red Hat Summit. Routinely present internally to Execs and Executive Briefing Center Top-50 customers.
  • Author and own POV (Point of View) and Technology Playbook docs around OS vendor strategy and industry technology trends.
Sr. Principal, Product Dev. Engineer03/2008 to 05/2015
Company Name – City, State
  • Lead global Linux Engineering team to enable ~70 Client platforms per year with Linux (Ubuntu LTS) on time and on quality.
  • Leadership on Client Linux program resulted in WW shipment of ~8 million Client systems pre-installed with Linux.
  • Managed all technical and some business relationships with Linux partners and all internal Platform stakeholders.
  • Founding member of Dell "Sputnik" OSS developer-targeted line of Laptops
  • Co-engineered Dell's first official pre-loaded Win-Linux dual-boot solution (Ubuntu Light)
  • Influenced Broadcom to develop and officially maintain Linux driver (wl) for their line of wireless chips
  • Advisory role for several internal teams working on other "Alt OS" (Linux -based) like ChromeOS, Android, SteamOS, NeoKylin, Dell's embedded "Service OS" and Ubuntu Core across range of devices like Tablets, Chromebooks, 2-in1s, Gaming machines and IoT Gateway devices.
Principal, Product Dev. Engineer05/2005 to 03/2008
Company Name – City, State
  • Lead global Server Linux OS Engineering teams to systematically launch several generations of Red Hat and SuSE based Enterprise Linux OS's across entire line of servers including support for first ever x86-64 CPU family and first ever (Xen based) Virtualization variant of RHEL.
  • Oversaw and enforced "upstream first" culture of kernel device driver patches which resulted in helping build public perception of Dell Servers "just work with any Linux” out of the box.
  • Responsible for owning OS Networking stack and all out-of-kernel tree DKMS networking device drivers for servers.
  • Collaborated with Broadcom and upstream open-source communities to reduce complexity by merging bcm5700 and tg3 networking drivers.
  • Technical lead on debugging all high severity platform issues pertaining to Linux as well as authored a HOWTO for kernel and system level debugging which was widely used internally by QA.
Senior, Product Dev. Engineer10/2000 to 05/2005
Company Name – City, State
  • Developed and integrated software stack on various Dell PowerApp line of enterprise server appliances (Web Caching, Load Balancer and Web Server)
  • Utilized Perl, Python, CGI, XML and HTML/CSS to develop front-end web console for these appliances
Education
Bachelor of Science: Chemical EngineeringCIT (Coimbatore Institute Of Technology)- City
Master of Science: Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)WVU (West Virginia University)- City
Certifications
  • RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)
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School Attended

  • CIT (Coimbatore Institute Of Technology)
  • WVU (West Virginia University)

Job Titles Held:

  • Tech Staff, Engineering Technologist
  • Sr. Principal, Product Dev. Engineer
  • Principal, Product Dev. Engineer
  • Senior, Product Dev. Engineer

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Chemical Engineering
    Master of Science : Computer Engineering (Software Engineering)

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