Girish Pujar
Associate Director
Bangalore,KA
Summary
Experienced Software Development Manager/Architect and Technical Programme Manager with a proven track record of leading technical teams and managing stakeholders to successfully design and deliver high-quality solutions for global businesses. Skilled in customer-facing roles, excelling at liaising with and supporting customers worldwide, both remotely and on-site. Possessing a strong background in Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, as well as extensive development knowledge in C/C++ on multiple platforms within an agile development environment, I bring a wealth of expertise to every project. Additionally, certified in Project Management and holding a degree in Engineering (Computer Science).
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director
Mavenir
01.2020 - Current
- Company Overview: https://www.mavenir.com
- Working as a Technical Programme Manager for GNodeB (based on O-RAN architecture) development, managing deliverables from the teams (CUCP, CUUP, L2, L1, Platform, OAM)
- Activities include release planning, project monitoring, managing schedules, risk management, stakeholder management, continuous improvement, daily standups between development and test teams to ensure smooth progress of the project, and daily and weekly status reporting on release progress with management
- Have delivered 3 Major & 3 minor releases to Tier-1 customer while ensuring more than 50 features are delivered on time and with required quality
- Leading a team for Layer-2 development in 4G & 5G domain
- Worked on 4G & 5G protocol development consisting of PDCP, RLC and MAC protocols
- Involved in development of many features like Flow Control, Network Slicing, Multi-UE scheduler, DU Capacity, Fast Path just to name a few
- Performed a techno managerial role with a team size of 15, working with multiple programme managers and stakeholders
- Liaised with customers, handling escalations, and providing regular status reviews
- Started 5G L2 team from scratch; Recruited staff, carried out team building, training and mentoring, performance management and resolved conflicts
- Provided technical leadership support to junior staff, including code review
Associate General Manager
HCL
01.2014 - 01.2020
- Client: Keysight Technologies, Fleet, UK; Bangalore, India | Project: 5G Layer 2 Development (March 2018 - December 2020)
- Developing a 5G Protocol R&D Toolset for Keysight's 5G network emulation solutions, which provide customers the ability to generate base-station protocols to validate and optimise device performance with purpose-built 5G NR solutions that meet the latest standards and test 5G protocols in the design process to discover and resolve defects early
- Development of the 5G Protocol R&D Toolset, based on the UXM 5G Wireless Test Platform; a solution that enables efficient prototyping of advanced 5G protocol features for 5G TF (technical forum) and 5G NR, including beamforming at mmWave frequencies and standalone/non-standalone use cases
- Developed Features such as PDCP Data Duplication, GTP TeID modification, Data Forwarding, Support for IPV6 and High-Throughput mode logging (enable User Plane logging up to 5.4 Gbps) in addition to handling support for several bug fixes in 5G Layer 2 in NSA and SA modes of operation
- Involved in designing, coding, and testing (Host and Target), with a short 2-week development and release cycle
- Following the project life cycle methodology defined under the process framework
Development Manager and Solution Architect
Nokia
01.2014 - 02.2018
- Development Manager and Solution Architect (full lifecycle development) of a large and complex system deployed in the field in multiple countries for this Telecom Service Provider Group
- Managed stakeholders (including customers in the US, France, and China) and teams of up to 25 staff
- Ensured customer expectations and deadlines were met within project budgets
- Liaised with customers, handling escalations, and providing regular status reviews
- Recruited staff, carried out team building, training and mentoring, performance management and resolved conflicts
- Provided technical leadership support to junior staff, including code review and test plan review of fixes delivered to customers
- Met CMM standards, ensured Quality Management Systems were followed and managed continuous improvement initiatives
- Streamlined delivery processes in compliance with business functions to support global IT delivery standards
- Responded to bids / helped prepare proposals and handled RFPs / RFQs / RFIs
- Created and managed estimates and resource allocation to ensure targets were achieved
- Developed Layer-2 features of DC-HSUPA, UL MBR and enhancements for IOT scenarios
- Developed systems for handling large User Equipment Capability IE, EDCH400 enhancements; carried out Functional Specification review, design, code and Unitary Testing plan review
- Investigated and analysed designs for multiple KPI degradation issues from First Office Application and General Acceptance for multiple customers spanning across Layer2 and Layer3
- Created hot fixes that were deployed on live networks without causing RNC downtime
- Provided development support for system stability issues caused by Layer-2 protocols, e.g.: task race conditions, memory leaks causing memory exhaustion, pointer latent access causing random corruptions, network outage issues due to layer-2 paging functionality, jungle noise, voice jitters
- Used Root Cause Analysis to derive insights from issues
Solution Architect
L&T Infotech Ltd
06.2013 - 12.2013
- Deputy Head of Delivery, managing pre-sales activities for wireless network service offerings
- Completed several RFPs and RFIs for service in wireless core network Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Access Stratum (4G)
Senior Project Manager (Systems Engineering / Technical)
Aricent Technologies
09.2000 - 06.2013
- Client: Intel Mobile | Project: UE Stack Development (Aug '12 - Jun '13)
- Component Lead for the UE stack development support in the GSM Access Stratum Area
- Provided technical and team leadership
- Coordinated with multiple project leaders of different UE platforms to plan fixes to releases
- Client: Alcatel-Lucent, India & Germany | Projects: RNC UMTS (Jan '04 - Aug '12)
- Project Lead / Project Owner for RNC development and support of a Base Station Controller handling call control including softer and soft handoffs and bearer traffic processing
- Managed user plane subsystem responsible for processing UTRAN Control Plane traffic and processing UTRAN User Plan traffic between UEs and CNs (mobile equipment and call network)
- Led development of designers involved in feature enhancements and sustenance engineering
- Used agile and waterfall approaches
- Acted as Kanban lead
- Initiated design & development with the system architects and system engineers
- Screened product support requests from customer field deployments and labs, assessed technical requirements, assigned to designers, reviewed and tracked deliverables
- Resolved critical technical issues and log analysis, providing solutions to engineers and performing document / code reviews; supported testing cycles
- Supported field issues from AT&T, Orange France, Korea Telecom, Vodafone Italy, AT&T Redmond Lab FOA testing
- Investigated network elements (NodeB, UE, MSC/SGSN) raised during product testing; resolved system stability issues and debugged core dumps
- Senior Technical Leader; designing and developing RNC features, such as HSUPA, HSDPA, Broadcast Paging, Cell FACH, RRC reestablishment
- Designed and implemented a generic framework for reporting, logging and escalation of software faults in RNC to enhance product reliability
- On-site support engineer in Nuremberg and with the Alcatel-Lucent network element test team
- Supported testing cycles of DFT, NET, Icebreaker and Cluster testing for various features
- Client: SS8 Networks, USA | Project: Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) (Feb '02 - Dec '03)
- Technical Lead on the development of SMSC software using C and C++ in Sun OS and AIX (part of a team of 22 developers)
- Understood technical aspects of end-to-end delivery of features such as WNP support, WAP Push Capability, CALEA Client, TDMA Delivery acknowledgement and iDEN network enhancements
- Supported complex field issues with SMSC installations and worked closely with field support engineers to resolve issues
- Client: Inmarsat Ltd, UK | Project: Packet Base Station Controller (GPRS) (Sept '00 - Feb '02)
- Senior Developer using C and C++ to develop a Packet Base Station Controller in Linux, and C, C++ and Java to develop Generic Simulator Software in Linux
Scientist
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
03.1998 - 09.2000
- Project: Data Products Software
- Systems Developer - C++
- OS: AIX and SUN OS
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science
Karnataka University
Dharwad, KarnatakaData Analytic and Machine Learning - undefined
Tech Mahindra
ITIL V3 Foundation - undefined
Certificate Programme in Management of Software Development (CPMSD) - undefined
IIM, Kolkata
Skills
Technical Lead and Delivery
Project Leadership
Wireless Expert
Stakeholder Management
5G Development
Customer Interfacing
Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Proposals; solution, estimation & schedule
Software Design & Development
Streamlining Delivery Processes
Code & Test Plans
Management of Resources and Targets
Code Refactoring
Recruiting, Training & Managing Teams
Layer-2,3 protocols
Waterfall & Agile Methodologies
Team collaboration and leadership
Strategic leadership
Decision-making
Organizational development
Performance evaluations
Analytical thinking
Project management
Coaching and mentoring
Onboarding and training
Program development
Staff scheduling
Key relationship management
Systems development
Risk analysis
Stakeholder engagement
Team operations
Staff management
Team leadership
Goal setting
Charity
Contributing regularly to Mahesh Foundation, an Indian NGO that provides food and Shelter for AIDS-affected children to enable them to continue their education
Personal Information
Marital Status: Married with one child
Systems
3GPP protocols of (PDCP/RLC/MAC//GTP/RRC), SS7 (MAP), SMPP, WAP, BSSGP, Medium level expertise, C/C++, Python, ALU/Nokia Trace Analyzers, Wireshark, Coverity, Purify, Tableau, Jira, Unix, VxWorks, Windows, GIT, ClearCase, MKS, Rational Rose, Design Patterns
Timeline
Associate Director
Mavenir
01.2020 - Current
Associate General Manager
HCL
01.2014 - 01.2020
Development Manager and Solution Architect
Nokia
01.2014 - 02.2018
Solution Architect
L&T Infotech Ltd
06.2013 - 12.2013
Senior Project Manager (Systems Engineering / Technical)
Aricent Technologies
09.2000 - 06.2013
Scientist
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
03.1998 - 09.2000
Data Analytic and Machine Learning - undefined
Tech Mahindra
ITIL V3 Foundation - undefined
Certificate Programme in Management of Software Development (CPMSD) - undefined
IIM, Kolkata
Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science
Karnataka University