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Dipanjan Dutta

Dipanjan Dutta

Vice President, Engineering
Bengaluru,KA

Summary

I am known for my organization building, problem solving, product development, mentoring and stakeholder management skills.


I have about 28 years of software product development experience primarily in the telecommunications domain. This includes management and leadership experience spanning across two decades.


Besides Technology and Products, I pursue an active interest in Leadership Development, Building-up Highly Motivated Teams, Innovation & IPR Creation, Soft Skills Grooming, Transformational Mentoring, Organizational Activities and Public Speaking.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Vice President of Engineering

Radisys
Bangalore
08.2019 - Current
  • Owned and delivered products in the domains of Telco Cloud, Fixed Broadband Access, Digital Endpoints, IoT, and Home Automation.
  • Helped the organization launch 3 new product lines in 2020, 2021, and 2023, respectively, in the domains of devices, home automation, and broadband access disaggregation.
  • Worked with customers globally, supported product development, roadmaps, field trials, and deployments.
  • Built multiple high-performing teams from scratch - one of them being a 300+ people team and another being a 200+ people team in global and hybrid modes. One of them worked entirely remotely during the pandemic lockdown.
  • Mentored team members ranging between Directors, Program Managers, Product Owners, Engineers, and Freshers.
  • Led teams to set up CI/CD pipelines, automations, define quality metrics, and deliver high-quality products on time for large, high-performing, and complex products.
  • Led innovations in product development, problem solving, and overall efficiency building.
  • Led proactive roadmap planning and scope negotiations with the customer to de-risk execution and enable on-time deliveries and timely customer acceptance.
  • Built strong relationships with customers, internal stakeholders, including top leadership, Sales, Product Management, Marketing, and Product Support, for smooth execution and deliveries.

Director of Engineering

Radisys
Bangalore
06.2013 - 07.2019
  • Owned and delivered products across Telco Cloud, Telco Data Centers, and 4G Radio Access Network.
  • Built the organization's first SDN and NFV practice group and helped launch a new product line in 2017 in fixed broadband access disaggregation.
  • Significantly improved product quality and stability via rigorous reviews, testing, and automation.
  • Across multiple products, led the team to achieve high scalability and performance through planning, design focus, iterative innovation, and validations.
  • Streamlined engineering processes for increased efficiency and reduced costs. I was instrumental in adopting the full Agile SDLC methodology in my department in 2015. It was a first for the organization.
  • Built strong teams in new technology areas through selective recruitment and post-hire mentorship of managers, architects, and engineers.
  • Led successful product launches by coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • Launched and organized the organization's initial ideation and innovation event (Radisys Codeathon) in 2014, which has since become a strong in-house innovation brand.
  • Led organizations' central initiatives, like leadership development in 2014, and performance management process definition in 2015.

Senior Engineering Manager

Radisys
Bangalore
01.2011 - 05.2013
  • Owned and led the successful completion of high-visibility projects in wireless 3G, 4G, and data networking domains, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
  • Built strong collaborations with customers and internal stakeholders to ensure clarity of scope and adequacy of resources for the projects I owned.
  • Led business development, proposal development, and customer engagements for our wireless professional services business.
  • Oversaw up to a 70-strong team of engineering personnel.
  • Mentored junior engineers to develop their skills, providing guidance on best practices and industry standards.
  • Designed, owned, and led the organization's first management development program for first-level management personnel.

Engineering Manager

Radisys
Bangalore
08.2007 - 12.2010
  • Delivered multiple simultaneous projects and software products across multiple customers, managing up to a 30-strong engineering personnel.
  • Owned and delivered projects/products in 2G, 3G, VoIP domains.
  • Built and mentored teams of high-performing professionals.
  • Actively participated in organizational activities across process improvements, hiring, employee engagements, and new business development.

Architect

Aricent (Capgemini)
Bangalore
01.2004 - 08.2007
  • I was responsible for developing VoIP products across SIP (SIP Server), RTP/RTCP (Stacks), and H.323 (stacks, Gatekeeper) domains.
  • I owned product requirements, design, and quality.

Senior Research Engineer

C-DOT
Bangalore
03.1997 - 01.2004
  • I was responsible for architecting, designing, and developing C-DOT's VOIP Media Gateway Controller's platform middleware subsystem.
  • I was solely responsible for the development and maintenance of C-DOT's RTOS for one of their telecom products in the ISDN domain.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Accomplishments

Conceived, Designed, Planned and Launched Radisys' Annual Innovation Fest - Radisys Codeathon in 2024. Over last 11 editions this event has generated over 3000+ new ideas, 500+ POCs and many multi-million dollar product features. I continue to mentor the event and its organizing team.

Designed and Led multiple Skill and Leadership Development Programs:

  • Designed Accelerated Learning Program for senior leaders (Directors and Sr Directors) in 2023
  • Designed, Created and Delivered "Fundamentals of Communications Technologies - A series of 8 Lectures" for the new joiners in Radisys in 2020
  • Designed, Created and Delivered "TruPro" - A Professionalism Development Program for Learders (Directors and Managers) at Radisys in 2015
  • Designed, Created and Delivered "RMDP" - A Management Skills Development Program for First Level Managers at Radisys in 2011
  • I was an empanelled Trainer for VoIP and RTOS in Aricent & C-DOT

Keynote Speaker engagements across Industry and Academia:

  • Keynote address at Prof MN Neelakantan Memorial Lecture 2023, NIT Calicut on Cloud Computing
  • Keynote address at IMT Ghaziabad, 2020, on Industry Readiness
  • Keynote address at Tattva Fest 2019, School of Management Studies, NIT Calicut on Communications Technologies
  • Panel Expert at India Mobile Congress, New Delhi, 2019
  • Panel Expert at Symbiosis Inst of Management, Bengaluru, 2019
  • Keynote address at Avalokana 2016, Global Edge Technologies. Bengaluru, on Professionalism
  • Keynote address at Enterprise Ireland Conference, Dublin, 2016, on Radisys
  • Keynote address at RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 2006, on Evolution of Telecommunications
  • Keynote address at Amrutha University, Coimbatore, 2006, on Voice over IP
  • Technical Paper presentation at IEEE HiPC-Asia, Bengaluru, 2003, on Real Time Systems

I was one of the founding member and first VP, Public Relations of Radisys' Toastmasters Club - Sound Bytes, in 2010.

Certification

Crestcom International - Bullet Proof Manager

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-Site

Timeline

Vice President of Engineering

Radisys
08.2019 - Current

Director of Engineering

Radisys
06.2013 - 07.2019

Senior Engineering Manager

Radisys
01.2011 - 05.2013

Crestcom International - Bullet Proof Manager

12-2009

Engineering Manager

Radisys
08.2007 - 12.2010

Architect

Aricent (Capgemini)
01.2004 - 08.2007

Senior Research Engineer

C-DOT
03.1997 - 01.2004

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