
Technical Presales Engineer based in Singapore with over 4 years of experience supporting Telecom Solutions across the APAC region.
Skilled in engaging with customers, crafting tailored technical solutions, delivering product demonstrations, and supporting the full sales lifecycle.
Previously spent 10+ years in R&D as Technical Lead Software Development Engineer, specializing in Embedded Systems development for Telecom platforms (Specialized coding in C, C++, Python) in the same company. This Career progression reflects strong domain expertise, adaptability, and cross-functional leadership.
Known for seamlessly bridging engineering and commercial teams, translating complex technical requirements into customer-centric, business-ready solutions.
1) Redundant 9901x Interrupt Handling on QPHY (IMG/MSM Ports) for Protection Switch Decision.
2) IPv6 support for DCN Application (Management Bridge, 6to4 Tunneling using network Init scripts, NUD - in progress)
3) 9901x DCN support (RCP Module, using Poncat3 new Chip Driver, ADT tool support to test L3 switch without Shadetree Application.
4) Worked on-site for about 5 months for IPv6 Development Activity. Gained Knowledge in understanding the In-band and OOB DCN working.
5) Lead Development Activities for Network Control Parameters (ONCP) for various releases supporting various new features.
6) Supported and Resolved many Critical/Major bugs Methodically across different releases.
1) Roadm Protection Support for Long Haul Under-Sea Cable Networks
2) Supporting Flex Grid for Photonic cards Data path and Network Control Parameters (ONCP)
3) Colorless-Directionless-Contentionless Flex ROADM (CDCF card)
4) OTDR - Expert Mode
5) Fabric integrated Service cards (HIO Cards).
Optical Transport Network (OTN) architecture and standards
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems and design
Coherent optical transmission, ROADM (Reconfigurable Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer) configuration and deployment
Optical Layer Protection & Restoration (OLP, 11 IOP, SNCP)
DWDM Protection Scheme using GMPLS (ASON, WSON)
Link budget analysis and optical power balancing
Network topology design (mesh, ring, point-to-point)
Multi-vendor interoperability testing
End-to-end Proof of Concept (PoC) for DWDM/OTN solutions
Lab setup and validation of optical transport equipment
Performance monitoring and fault isolation using OTDR, OSA, and BERT
Integration with SDN/NMS platforms for optical layer control
Cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams
Customer engagement for solution demos and PoCs
C, C, Python Programming
Data Structures & Design Patterns
VxWorks, LINUX Based Application Development
L2/L3 Routing & Forwarding, Management Plane DCN
Embedded Photonic IO Cards
Debugging Customer Network Issues
Configuration, Alarms, PM, Protection, GCC, OSC support in Photonic cards
Integration Testing loading new FPGA’s, New Card Bring up Activities
Documenting Use Cases, High Level Analysis & Design, Integration Test Plans, UML Designs
Traffic Equipment's - DLW, JDSU VIAVI, Spirent , Ad-Tec, Optical Spectrum Analyzer, yokogawa (OTDR)
Perforce, Review Board, Workbench, Rhapsody
ITTS, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, GDB Debugging
Co-Pilot Studio, Agent Creation
Ribbon Communications Inc:
Secondary High School, Bagged Ranks in several Entrance Examinations for Under-Graduation:
- Ranked 194 in Entrance test (EAMCET) for Engineering conducted at state level in the year 2007.
- Ranked 765 in VIT University Entrance exam conducted at all India level in the year 2007.
- Qualified for IISC and IISER entrance through IIT exam conducted at all India level in the year 2007.
- Secured Rank 106 at state level and Rank 7269 at all India level for the AIEEE entrance exam conducted in the year 2007.