VASUDEV KRISHNAMURTHY
Chennai
Summary
Senior Technical Analyst & Wi-Fi QA Lead with over 18+ years in advanced WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, 6E/7) environments across leading telecom and semiconductor domains. Expert at architecting test frameworks and automation, driving process optimization, and leading cross-functional engineering groups to deliver large-scale, high-performance wireless products. Adept in escalation management and vendor/customer communications. Proven record of quantifiable improvements in time-to-market, defect reduction, and team efficiency.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Technical Analyst
Zilogic Systems
01.2023 - 07.2025
- Directed QA strategy for next-gen Wi-Fi 7 MLO-enabled gateways, implementing automated Python-based test frameworks that reduced critical defects by 25%.
- Develop and execute comprehensive QA execution strategies for RDK-B & Prpl that is aligned with the customer and program requirements.
- Mentored and managed a 4-member QA team, growing Wi-Fi 6E/7 expertise and delivering measurable efficiency gains.
- Led root cause investigations, decreasing customer escalations by 40% through robust corrective action processes.
Senior Staff Engineer
Maxlinear Technologies
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Orchestrated Agile sprint planning with cross-site stakeholders, delivering >95% on-time releases and fostering continuous delivery culture.
- Created test cases and test setup for software validation of M & UPlane spec from O-RAN.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing QA team.
Manager, Expert Wi-Fi
ACT Fibernet
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Handling a team of four members for everyday Wi-Fi operations.
- Creating requirement and engaging with vendors for new product solutions and launching.
- Contributed extensively to development of ACT’s WiFi Analyser tool.
- Regular engagement with vendors on issues and on new products.
- Handling escalations from end users and providing solutions
- Supported 20+ enterprise customers’ networking environments.
- grew customer retention by 20% via improved troubleshooting/playbooks.
- Responsible for daily operations of Auto configuration server(used for provisioning routers to ACT customers).
- Responsible for handling the ACT’s Free Wi-Fi hotspot in Chennai, Bangalore & Hyderabad.
- Deploying Wi-Fi as managed services.
Senior Technical Lead
AltenCalsoftLabs
01.2012 - 01.2020
- Implemented end-to-end test strategies and automated test cases for advanced WLAN features including Smart-RF and Wireless Mesh on 11AX/AC/ABGN APs, improving test coverage and reducing release defects by 20%.
- Oversaw the setup and management of the VX9000 Network Operations Center (NOC), enabling centralized monitoring and management of 100+ APs in Extreme Cloud environments.
- Managed Wi-Fi certification and compliance testing for all Extreme Networks AP models, ensuring a 100% product certification success rate and on-time market release.
- Collaborated with firmware, networking, and QA teams to troubleshoot complex L2/L3 connectivity issues, accelerating root cause analysis and reducing customer-reported incidents.
- Provided technical mentorship to junior engineers, increasing team productivity and maintaining industry QA standards.
Senior Engineer
QUALCOMM ATHEROS
01.2006 - 01.2012
- Owned WFA certification testing across Wi-Fi chipsets.
- Executed WFA certification for all Wi-Fi chipsets, attaining a 100% first-pass rate.
- Built and deployed Radius servers (IAS, Devicescape, HostAPD) for test setups.
- Developed PCIe interop test plans and facilitated chipset certification at PCIe SIG plugfest.
- Involved in getting chipset certified in PCIe SIG plugfest and had chipset added to Integrators list.
- Mentored 10+ engineers in Wi-Fi debugging and cert testing.
Education
B.E - E.C.E
Madras University
Chennai, India01.2003
Skills
- Wi-Fi 80211a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be/6E/7, MLO, OFDMA, MU-MIMO, WPA3
- L2/L3 Protocols (VLANs, EtherChannel, Spanning Tree, TCP/IP)
- Test Automation (Python, Robot Framework, Jenkins, Selenium, CI/CD)
- Quality Assurance, QA Metrics, Defect Management
- Tools: IXIA, Spirent, Wireshark, Chariot, Omnipeek
- Cloud Managed Wi-Fi, Agile/Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Technical Leadership
- Cross-Functional Team Management, Escalation Resolution, Stakeholder Engagement
- AI-based test automation frameworks
- Data visualization and analytics using
AI tools - Generative AI for report and summary
automation
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent)
Tamil (Fluent)
Hindi (Intermediate)
Telugu (Intermediate)
Timeline
Senior Technical Analyst
Zilogic Systems
01.2023 - 07.2025
Senior Staff Engineer
Maxlinear Technologies
01.2022 - 01.2023
Manager, Expert Wi-Fi
ACT Fibernet
01.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Technical Lead
AltenCalsoftLabs
01.2012 - 01.2020
Senior Engineer
QUALCOMM ATHEROS
01.2006 - 01.2012
B.E - E.C.E
Madras University