Dedicated technical and business professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
District Solutions Engineering Manager
Keysight Technologies
Bengaluru
01.2014 - Current
Responsible to Provide technical expertise for network testing products and collaboration to focused sales team for Network Equipment Manufacturers, Service Providers, Enterprise, Govt. and Defense organizations.
Leading Team of Solution Engineers focused on Products as well as Accounts covering data networking, Higher speed Ethernet, Security, Public/Private cloud technologies, Network Visibility and WiFi/Wireless 5G technologies.
Lead design/delivery of technical solutions to customers based on Keysight products and services.
Operate with minimal direction from management while also working daily with account Managers to ensure proper priority of tasks.
Handle customer escalations on Pre-Sales and Post sales issues
Gain commitment from customer and Keysight management for technical solutions.
Use good judgment to determine and develop technical approaches and techniques for solutions to customer problems
Interact with senior internal and external personnel for developing business strategies, incubating new business models, and building out channel enablement programs
Be part of Product Marketing campaigns and deliver keynote speech on Product and technology trends
Provide technical contribution and support in sales of strategic, complex or advanced systems and applications
Design solutions, which may encompass multiple network technology areas - L23, L47, Security, SDN,Cloud virtualization, WiFi
Engage throughout sales process, including requirements analysis, feature demonstrations, benchmarking, competitive positioning, and execution
Own deal's technical closure
Keep abreast of market trends and competitive products, and identify competitive differentiation in Application and Security Test products space
Act as customer voice to influence future product design to meet customer needs.
Testing Lead
Satyam Computer Services Ltd
Bangalore
11.2007 - 08.2008
Network Testing
Network performance testing of Cisco Service Controller Engine
Manual and automated testing of DUTs(Device Under Test) using network performance tools such as IXIA-Explore, IXIA-Network, IXIA- Automate, IXIA-VPN and script languages like TCL, Python
Developed Proof of concepts for overall network design of Telecom service providers
Configured, managed and evaluated multi-protocol network elements for end-to-end communications.
Executive Engineer
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS Pvt. Ltd
Chennai
12.2005 - 10.2007
Hutch: Installation of Media Gateways(SURPASS HiG 1600) for Next Generation Networks(NGN)
Configuration of Juniper and Cisco routers for VOIP networks
Acceptance and system level testing of NGN gateways
Bharti AIRTEL : Implementation of new features and required patches
Handled Team in CP upgrade activity from Classic Node to power Node
Periodic Hardware and Software Expansions, including SN, CP and Odagen
BSNL India: Activities included implementation and testing of complete CRBT (Hello Tunes) in SIEMENS EWSD Switches, Database including SCP resources
Version upgrades from V13 to V16 APS
Backup Management and Billing Assistance
Periodic Hardware and Software Expansions, including SN, CP and Odagen.
Senior Engineer
SPICE Communications Pvt. Ltd
Chandigarh
09.2005 - 11.2005
Overall Network Element management of 'SIEMENS D900 and ZTE Corporation, China - GSM Switches for Punjab Circle
New Cells Creation, BSC/MSC Network expansions (SIEMENS & ZTE) GPRS, Intelligent Networks - Prepaid and Roaming
Alarm monitoring and clearing and handling daily network problems
Proposed technical feasibility solutions for new system designs and suggested options for performance improvement of technical components.
Automated data collection activities to increase productivity.
Service Engineer
Techins-ile Incorp. Ltd
Chennai
07.2001 - 11.2003
Installation and commissioning of medium and large bio-medical Lab systems
Answered product and service questions, suggesting other offerings to attract potential customers.
Worked cross-functionally within organization and external partners, integrators and vendors.
Provided primary customer support to internal and external customers.
Education
Executive Program On Global Business Management -
Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta
01.2019 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchi, TN
04.1997 - 03.2001
Skills
Managerial background
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Timeline
Executive Program On Global Business Management -
Indian Institute of Management
01.2019 - 01.2020
District Solutions Engineering Manager
Keysight Technologies
01.2014 - Current
Senior System Engineer
Ixia Technologies Pvt. Ltd
09.2008 - 12.2013
Testing Lead
Satyam Computer Services Ltd
11.2007 - 08.2008
Executive Engineer
NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS Pvt. Ltd
12.2005 - 10.2007
Senior Engineer
SPICE Communications Pvt. Ltd
09.2005 - 11.2005
Service Engineer
Techins-ile Incorp. Ltd
07.2001 - 11.2003
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Bharathidasan University
04.1997 - 03.2001
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