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San Antonio, Texas, US

• File System Additions: Added custom file system to Linux Kernel that provides transparent encryption. Added various security features to Kernel to make more secure and limit data access to only authorized users and.
• Developed home-grown customized file system PKFS for transparent encryption support.
• Added support for PKFS for different distributions and releases.
• Modified Kernel block layer to add custom support.
• Added custom Kernel security module to Linux Kernel.
• Added custom Generic Netlink communication support between Kernel and user space processes.

Oak Creek, Wisconsin, US

• Wireless Driver Support: Added drivers for wireless devices to certified Kernel and recertified the modified Kernel. This includes drivers for TL-WN722N, Sierra Wireless driver and driver for AirCard 341U. Kernel.
• Led efforts for level C certification of Kernel and C library for EFB
• Created plans and schedules for Kernel team for efficient and timely completion of the project.
• Participated in open source community and contributed patches for Linux Kernel.
• Added resource partitioning support in Linux Kernel for CPU and memory consumption.
• Worked on various Kernel drivers for development and bug fixes.

Austin, Texas, US

• RTLinux Development: Developed various device drivers for real time OS including framebuffer driver for graphical cards, networking drivers for e1000 Intel card and 82815 Netsemi network cards. Learned Real time OS and.
• Created real-time Frame Buffer driver to display and update the video output in real-time. Driver can be used to develop multimedia applications independent of graphical cards to reduce cost and effort in porting to.
• Created device drivers for real-time networking for Intel E1000 card and Netsemi 82815 cards.
• Improved debugger and tracer tools for RTLinuxPro. Debugged problems on PowerPC 640 and VMIC hardware. Provided technical support to resolve customer issues.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Involved in open source project kdb Kernel debugger, tested different patches of KDB for Linux Kernel 2.6, discovered bugs and improved symbol/address interchange for the debugger.
• Involved in RTLinux project. Understood the real time behavior of RTLinux and tested various patches. Participated to port RTLinux from 2.4 Kernel to 2.6 Kernel.

Started a grocery business “Skytouch Inc” for my family to enable them to run the business independently.

Duluth, GA, US

• Tracing Project: Designed, developed and ported the tracing project on Linux system in multiprocessor environment. Understood the tracing feature as provided in the proprietary Unix system and provided the same as well.
• Worked in Unix Kernel, Linux Kernel internals, interface, threads and Linux tools.
• Designed developed and ported Ntfilter tool to make the traces suitable for analyzing by an existing graphical tool.
• Enhancement done to Linux Kernel for supporting tracing feature in multi-processor environment for real time applications.

• Ethernet Device Driver: Developed the Ethernet device driver in C language for PowerPC 8260. Responsibilities included designing of the interface of the driver to the upper modules of the TCP/IP protocols and hardware.
• Worked in UNIX internals, device drivers, NFS, RPC, TCP/IP protocol, OS porting, software configuration management and application software development.
• Designed and Developed Ethernet Device Driver for PowerPC 8260 hardware.
• Ported UNIX-SVR4 (System V release 4) on MPC 8260(PowerPC) based C-DOT hardware.
• Firmware enhancements: Upgraded boot loader for booting SVR4. Earlier boot loader had support for s5 file system which was upgraded to support UFS file system. Reduced the booting time and enhanced the performance.

Master, Computer Science

Master, Mathematics

B.Sc, Mathematics