IBM Z mainframe servers run complex, mission-critical workloads for large enterprise organizations. As a leader in the 'Linux on Z' mission, I am responsible to drive the development of kernel, compilers, toolchain, collaborative development of RedHat OpenShift (OCP), IBM Cloud Integration Center (ICIC), Security & Compliance(zSCC). Likewise, the missions on z/OS being the Digital Integration Hub(zDIH), and the AI on Z (zForward).

IBM Power server platform is a premiere offering within Systems infrastructure group of IBM, contributing over USD 2 billion in revenue, including Hardware, Software and Services. As a WW leader for Systems Assurance organization, I am responsible for the test and quality of the Power Systems software: Linux, AIX, VIOS, HMC across every supported hardware platform driving Enterprise on-prem and Cloud environments alike covering areas around Base OS, Security, Networking, Storage on… Show more IBM Power server platform is a premiere offering within Systems infrastructure group of IBM, contributing over USD 2 billion in revenue, including Hardware, Software and Services. As a WW leader for Systems Assurance organization, I am responsible for the test and quality of the Power Systems software: Linux, AIX, VIOS, HMC across every supported hardware platform driving Enterprise on-prem and Cloud environments alike covering areas around Base OS, Security, Networking, Storage on customer-like workload environments. Show less

Functionally accountable for various key IBM POWER System Performance missions around PowerAI, SAP HANA, Power Linux, Technical/High-Performance Computing, Compilers, SPEC publish, etc. Delivering several collaterals for the Power9 launch was a proud moment, having been directly associated with the teams driving the competitive differentiation brought forward with Caffe, Tensorflow, Chainer frameworks on the MachineLearning/DeepLearning/Artificial Intelligence(AI) space and CPMD on the… Show more Functionally accountable for various key IBM POWER System Performance missions around PowerAI, SAP HANA, Power Linux, Technical/High-Performance Computing, Compilers, SPEC publish, etc. Delivering several collaterals for the Power9 launch was a proud moment, having been directly associated with the teams driving the competitive differentiation brought forward with Caffe, Tensorflow, Chainer frameworks on the MachineLearning/DeepLearning/Artificial Intelligence(AI) space and CPMD on the Technical Computing domain. Show less

The LTC serves as a center of technical competency for Linux both within IBM and externally. We provide technical guidance to internal software and hardware development teams and fulfill the role of an IBM extension to the open source Linux development community.The project teams are wide spread not only in terms of geographies but also in terms of technical knowledge and drive projects primarily focused on the IBM Power platform. Some of the key technology areas with me at LTC India which… Show more The LTC serves as a center of technical competency for Linux both within IBM and externally. We provide technical guidance to internal software and hardware development teams and fulfill the role of an IBM extension to the open source Linux development community.The project teams are wide spread not only in terms of geographies but also in terms of technical knowledge and drive projects primarily focused on the IBM Power platform. Some of the key technology areas with me at LTC India which undergo continuous improvements are in the areas of Virtualization, Kernel, RAS, Toolchain, Systems Management, and Device drivers. Ofcourse, there are other supplementing functions in terms of Test development and Defect support that go a long way in ensuring a top quality product delivery.The primary responsibility currently is to ensure that we meet our Linux on Power delivery commitments towards seamlessly integrating Power8 into the Cloud environment. Show less

Technical Assistant to Vice President (VP) is a coveted appointment/role typically lasting for a period of 12 months. The job holder ensures that technical and administrative tasks are completed in a timely manner to support the VP in the delivery of the specific piece of work or project. The role provides exposure across the organizational business functions such as Development, Operations, Finance, and HR, thus strengthening the person’s portfolio towards taking up a higher level of role and… Show more Technical Assistant to Vice President (VP) is a coveted appointment/role typically lasting for a period of 12 months. The job holder ensures that technical and administrative tasks are completed in a timely manner to support the VP in the delivery of the specific piece of work or project. The role provides exposure across the organizational business functions such as Development, Operations, Finance, and HR, thus strengthening the person’s portfolio towards taking up a higher level of role and responsibilities in the organization.My Role:- Work closely with the VP to execute on his plans and strategies to support and execute special initiatives at India Systems & Technology Labs (ISTL) organization- Participate in the VP's strategic and/or operational initiatives and assist VP in reviewing the status of these initiatives. Provide analysis that would help strategic planning as well as continued operations of the business- Coordinate with members of the leadership team to bring focus on key issues and initiatives within the business- Work on the planning and execution of key events/meetings like business reviews, leadership meetings, employee communication, town-hall meetings - Prepare collateral that can be used for client presentations, leadership meetings- Ensure efficient functioning of VP's Office (day-to-day activities; prioritizing meetings, mails). Pre-work/Post-work/Agenda management for VP's meetings with internal and external personnel - Work with technical leaders and executives both at the India (STG and SWG level) as well as Global STG level, across different technology and product areas of STG India- Conceptualized, Executed and Program Managed ‘Trailblazers’ – a program focused on career development of technical women, by enabling learning opportunities such as Job Shadow, Client/Field Connect, Leader Talks, Group Mentoring, Stretch Assignments, etc. Show less

• Performance Analysis, Benchmarking & Tools DevelopmentThe project comprises of analyzing IBM Power system performance over a variety of workloads prevalent in the industry and ensuring the Power platform is at leadership position compared to its competitors. SPEC benchmarks are executed for consistency and repeatability on a periodic basis. Any deviation from the normalized readings is analyzed and actively pursued with the development team for functional code resolution.Performance… Show more • Performance Analysis, Benchmarking & Tools DevelopmentThe project comprises of analyzing IBM Power system performance over a variety of workloads prevalent in the industry and ensuring the Power platform is at leadership position compared to its competitors. SPEC benchmarks are executed for consistency and repeatability on a periodic basis. Any deviation from the normalized readings is analyzed and actively pursued with the development team for functional code resolution.Performance Tools & Advisors are also developed that help performance analysts figure out bottlenecks, correlate various system events and provide advices to tune the system optimally for a given workload, providing a view of various system resources, their consumption statistics and suggested tunings.My Role:- Track benchmarking deliverable across Virtualization, SPEC CPU, Java and EnergyScale on Power systems, development of Performance Tools & Advisors- Flag early warnings on quality, time, risk, dependencies, people- Understand technical issues and be able to support the team resolve/mitigate them- Effectively handle project, product, people and process, keeping in view stakeholder interests. Focus on technical skill-building and people pipeline towards business growth- Enable lateral thinking within the teams, to help generate new ideas/thoughts for implementation at a product level leading towards inventions/patents- Improve team communication through Area meetings, Coaching and Team-building events- Attract, develop, motivate, and retain the best talent, keeping attrition lowAchievements:• Successful mission transition of two major projects from China to India labs• Project ownership having team members spread across geographies (India & US)• Recognized as ‘Business & Technical Leadership Resource’ (BTLR : 2012-2013)• Appointed as STG-SW Brand Leader for Campus Hiring & Internship - 2012• Appointed as Technical Assistant to VP, STG Development, India & South Asia – 2013 Show less

• NonStop Server Networking Stack Offload to Linux – using C over LinuxThe project creates a new networking platform for the proprietary HP NonStop servers by leveraging the entire network stack of standard off-the-shelf Linux servers while the network applications continue to run on the HP NonStop servers. The Linux servers (a.k.a CLIM - Cluster IO Module) not only front-end but also serve as a network proxy to external client systems. The interconnect mechanism between the HP NonStop… Show more • NonStop Server Networking Stack Offload to Linux – using C over LinuxThe project creates a new networking platform for the proprietary HP NonStop servers by leveraging the entire network stack of standard off-the-shelf Linux servers while the network applications continue to run on the HP NonStop servers. The Linux servers (a.k.a CLIM - Cluster IO Module) not only front-end but also serve as a network proxy to external client systems. The interconnect mechanism between the HP NonStop server and the Linux server uses the proprietary ServerNet technology. The solution also provides connection transparency to the network application executing on NonStop even when the front-end Linux servers fail as the network connection is instantaneously restored on a failover Linux server pair.My Role:- Technical lead & Project Manager for the project team(16 member) in India- Analyzed and designed the Linux failover design- Responsible for on-time execution of 5 major components contributing to efficient management of the system- Project schedule and tracking- Managed system integration across 7 other components- Analyzed product performance• NonStop Servlets for Java Server Pages (NSJSP)NSJSP is a value-add port of the open source Apache Tomcat product that leverages the high availability and load balancing capabilities of NonStop. Besides porting the product to the NonStop platform, the project brings in a newly developed Manager application based on open source LambdaProbe to manage the NSJSP processes and deployments.My Role:- Project Manager for the development team comprising of 4 membersAchievements:- Technically led & managed the CLIM Networking project consisting of 16 members for more than 2yrs along with managing another team on middle-ware (NSJSP) comprising of 4 members.- Identified as a “Key Player” in keeping the team together, especially the top-talent- Instrumental in attracting, hiring, training and ramping up of new joiners in the team Show less

• Utility Data CenterThe Utility Data Center (UDC) provides the end users with infrastructure platform on-demand, as and when required from a pool of hardware resources. The Storage and the Networking have been virtualized to a large extent. The granularity of the processing element has been limited to the physical server level, even though the server may be equipped with Symmetric Multi Processors (SMP).Some of the sub-projects within the UDC domain that I was associated with are… Show more • Utility Data CenterThe Utility Data Center (UDC) provides the end users with infrastructure platform on-demand, as and when required from a pool of hardware resources. The Storage and the Networking have been virtualized to a large extent. The granularity of the processing element has been limited to the physical server level, even though the server may be equipped with Symmetric Multi Processors (SMP).Some of the sub-projects within the UDC domain that I was associated with are as follows: • CPU Virtualization - using C over HP-UX 11i - Analyzed and designed the integration of VMware range of products (GSX, ESX and the Virtual Center) within UDC - Achieved implementation granularity of allocating each processor as an end-user computing resource, each partition equipped with its own quota of CPU, memory, storage space and networking • High Availability Cluster - using Java2 over HP-UX 11i - Implemented the UDC core component to enable failover of applications across cluster nodes • End user Automation - using Java2 over HP-UX 11i, Junit framework, XML, WinRunner7.5 - Designed and implemented an automated testing framework using Junit for end-to-end testing of the customer use cases • Test Case Automation - using Java2 over HP-UX 11i, Junit framework, XML - Implemented Java classes using Junit framework for automatically testing various components within the UDC - Performed system testing including remote storage (disk arrays), remote network access (switches, routers, etc), firewall configuration definitions and ACL checks • Performance Analysis - using Java2 over HP-UX 11i - Investigated cause of the performance degradation and identified the bottlenecksAchievements:- Served as Patent coordinator for 4 years from 2004- Represented HP at Tech Confs in the field of prediction, automation, virtualization & algorithms Show less

As an engineer with the scientific computing institute, my job revolved around enabling the PARAM series of supercomputers to be highly competitive in the high performance space and continued representation in the Top500 list of supercomputers.Some of the development projects that I was associated with are:• Device Driver for Alteon Acenic Gigabit Ethernet Card - using C over IBM AIX 5L (p630/p690, Power4)• MVIA support for Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver - using C over Suse… Show more As an engineer with the scientific computing institute, my job revolved around enabling the PARAM series of supercomputers to be highly competitive in the high performance space and continued representation in the Top500 list of supercomputers.Some of the development projects that I was associated with are:• Device Driver for Alteon Acenic Gigabit Ethernet Card - using C over IBM AIX 5L (p630/p690, Power4)• MVIA support for Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver - using C over Suse Linux (p630/p690, Power4)• Implementation of MPI over VIA - using C over AIX, Solaris & Linux (Myrinet & ParamNet)• Implementation of Active Messages protocol layer for SunMpi in Sun High Performance Computing Environment - using C over Solaris (e250/e450, UltraSparc)• NameServer - using C over Solaris & Linux (Socket Programming)• Knowledge sharing of HPCC Software at Premier Institutes• Benchmarking & comparing of various communication protocols on variety of platforms & network hardware• Implementation & Testing of Tools using Parallel Algorithms - using C over Solaris & LinuxAchievements:• Represented C-DAC in High Performance Computing, Asia Conference – 2001• Proposed scalable design and implemented low latency, high bandwidth inter-node communication protocols for Clusters – performance criteria met for up to 32 node cluster• Design and Implementation of Network Device Drivers for PARAM range of Supercomputers• Installation of HPCC software and Training on Supercomputer PARAM in premier institutes (IISc, RECs and IITs) and ICAD, Russia Show less

The client in Bulgarelli, AG, Switzerland needed a multilingual application 'Kompass' that would assist Engineers, Architects, Workmen and Administrators to specify the task done or to do during several stages in the life cycle of a building• Developed the application in VB and VC++ with Database interactions• Developed several ActiveX controls within the project

Assembly and trouble shooting of computer hardware for 486/586 & Pentium based systems and peripheral components like IDE, SCSI, DAT, PCI VGA, CD-ROMs & printers. Installation of operating systems like MS-DOS, MS-Windows 95, and Novell Netware.• Recognized as a Key Engineer in the Rapid Action Deployment Team - deputed as a specialist in assembling & troubleshooting of Personal Computer systems, Servers and Integrating Peripherals