RamaKrishna Rama

Having 30+ years of experience in software development and complete product engineering for Compute, Storage, SDS, HCI, Cloud platforms, Telco, Network, Security, Automotive and Industrial Automation domains. Seasoned leader with passion for the technology, talent development, innovation, strategy, customer focus and engineering operations. Expertise in Systems and Network Management, Firmware, Compute platform architecture, product security, Hardware / Software Engineering Lifecycle, full stack development, K8s microservices and enterprise solutions. Successfully built large product engineering software development organizations, India Design Centres with strong focus on engineering ownership, execution rigor, innovation, E2E ecosystem and global collaborative engagement.

• Microsoft, Bangalore, India, 10/2023, Current, Principal Director, Azure Hardware Systems Infrastructure, Leading Compute, AI Accelerator and GPU systems software and firmware. Driving strategy and execution for Firmware Integration & Validation, RAS, Cloud Server Certification Engineering and E2E Firmware Architecture for Intel, AMD, Nvidia based systems.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Bangalore, India, 10/2021, 07/2023, Senior Director, Compute Software, Led ProLiant Servers Systems Software, primarily iLO (Integrated Lights Out) and Intelligent Provisioning (IP) products of HPE Compute business which constitute ~ $15b revenue. L3 leader to oversee 140+ member engineering org with direct staff of Director, Senior Managers and architects. Defined and executed product engineering strategy for Systems Management including iLO and IP. Led E2E product engineering by collaborating with Hardware Platform Engineering, BIOS, ASIC design, Advanced Engineering, Cloud Services, Vendors, Partners, ODMs, factory operations, Product Management, Support and Services across the globe. Direct engagement with OEM Business group to support global customers on purpose-built servers.
• DellEMC, Bangalore, India, 2007, 2021, Director, Software & Site Lead - Storage, Responsible for PowerFlex Software Defined Storage product engineering that combines Compute, Block and File storage as an HCI offering. Led Kubernetes microservices based common control plane M&O Software platform that cuts across Dell Storage, Server, Network, Telco and Edge computing. Oversee 130+ member engineering org. Engineering and Site Lead for PowerFlex R&D India. Concept to productization – K8S based common cloud services platform for M&O Software – Led distributed teams across geographies. Common platform for control plane, data plane and business services such as Data Management, Backup & Recovery, Block / Object / File Storage, Certificate Manager, Unified Logging, Lifecycle Management, Deployment etc. E2E Product Engg – PowerFlex, FlexManager and CloudLink KMS Software for security; Product Development, Solutions, Validation and Customer Engagement. Budget, Labs, HW procurement, UR, Agile Process, SW Dev methodologies, Talent development.
• DellEMC, Bangalore, India, 2007, 2021, Director, Software – Servers Software – Embedded Management, Responsible for PowerEdge Servers embedded management products. Overseen 200+ member org with 10+ direct staff of managers, architects and program managers. Built the org and scaled from 4 to 200+ members team – 40% YoY growth. Built CoE in IPMI, BMC Firmware, UEFI, Web Interfaces / Apps, REST APIs, DMTF Open standards Systems Management. E2E ownership of Embedded Management products iDRAC, LC& CMC- Contribution to Technology / Product roadmap & Strategy. Established talent development and performance management practices – high eNPS scores and low attrition. Global collaborative engagement – WW Factories, ODMs, HW Systems Engineering, vendors, partners, and customers. Innovation, customer focus, product quality and engineering eco system development. Cost Centre / Budget Management.
• Open Clovis, Bangalore, India, 2006, 2007, Technical Manager, Lead Platform High Availability Software and middleware product based on OpenHPI and SA Forum Specifications for industry standard telco OEM or COTS equipment. Engineering leader for Standards based Platform HA software and middleware – Built OpenHPI and AIS software stack. Created complete engineering eco system for platform software development.
• Continuous Computing / Radisys, Bangalore, India, 2005, 2007, Engineering Manager, Set-up and led Telco Platform Engg R&D operations in Bangalore. Worked closely with company HQ in San Diego, USA in setting up Design Center in India. Designed and developed Firmware, platform software and high availability middleware for cPCI/ATCA based teleco switches, routers and gateways. Thought leadership on creation of standards-based systems management software and firmware.
• Motorola, Bangalore, India, 2001, 2005, Engineering Manager, Led ECCG group in developing software that goes into telecom / datacom / network switches /gateways. Complete design and development of BIOS, Bootloaders, VxWorks /Linux Board Support Packages, Device Drivers, BMC Firmware, Shelf Management and HA Middleware for cPCI/ATCA systems. Responsible for technical direction, execution, and delivery of systems software. Establishing engineering collaboration between Munich, Freemont, CA Design Centers and Penang manufacturing. Defined and governed HW /SW life cycle development processes – Quality and productivity gain.
• Tech Mahindra, Bangalore & New Jersey, 1999, 2001, Systems Analyst, Was on-site at Lucent Technologies, New Jersey, USA. Designed & developed software for WCDMA based 3G Network BTS (Base Station) and RNC (Radio Network Controller) systems. Worked on Network Management and OAM&P (Operation, Administration, Management and Provisioning) Software.
• Yokogwa, Bangalore, Singapore & Sydney, 1995, 1999, Senior Engineer, Developed systems software for Embedded Field Control Stations (FCS), DCS, PLC and SCADA systems; and interface software and device drivers for Modbus, FieldBus, HART, IECS, DeviceNet and CAN bus devices for a proprietary RTOS. Delivered control systems software for operator and engineering work stations, single loop controllers and emergency shutdown (ESD) systems.
• Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 1993, 1994, Trainee Engineer, Designed and developed CAMAC (Computer Automated Measurement And Control) bus based data acquisition system used for nuclear industry. IMS T800 Transputer from InMos that is designed for parallel processing with built-in memory used for data processing and control logic. Designed and developed CAMAC crate controller card. Designed and developed PISA cardiogram interface card.

• Platinum, Silver and Rock star Manager awards
• Keynote / Guest speaker @ Open Source India, Bangalore
• Digital Transformation of Higher Education Institutes @ BHU Varanasi
• IOTShow.in conferences in Bangalore
• International Seminar on Smart Computing and Intelligent Communications @ Anurag Univ, Hyderabad
• Speaker at various events of ICT Academy on UR