Areas of Specialization- - Embedded Systems, RTOS, BSP- Cryptography, Public key infrastructure, Digital Signatures, OpenSSL- SDN, NFV, NETCONF, YANG, OpenFlow- 20+ years experience architecting, designing, implementing and debugging embedded FW and telecom SW : C,C++ programming, RTOS, real-time deadlines, event driven/transaction processing, thread/task scheduling.- Strong background in structured SW/FW design techniques, (e.g. Object Oriented Design) for modularity, scalability, reuse and extensibility- Demonstrated leadership and the ability to develop, guide and influence firmware/product architecture and implementation.- Demonstrated ability to work well and provide technical leadership in a diverse team environment and in cross-site organizations.- Demonstrated expertise in embedded firmware concepts including task switching, deadlocks, and resource management and support teams in analyzing issues, diagnosing root cause, and applying corrective actions.- Experience in bring-up of new hardware, boot loader, developing device drivers and firmware update.- Demonstrated experience in optimizing firmware/software to meet performance metrics, and system-level debugging skills, including the use of protocol analyzers.- Demonstrated solid oral and written skills with strong influencing capacities.