Dikshit Sawhney Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

Greater San Diego Area

- Lead Architect for Brocade’s micro-services based Virtualized LTE EPC (vEPC) software solution for SDN/NFV, LTE, IoT, and 5G applications. Key duties include articulating solutions architecture, leading customer engagements(PoC), software integration & porting on cloud platforms such as KVM, VMWare, AWS and OpenStack. - Key focus on 4G/5G wireless network virtualization and driving end-to-end solutions for customers by leveraging assets from Brocade’s other Business Units – IP routing/networking, Ruckus Wireless APs, SDN controller etc.- Hands-on integration of vEPC software with multiple RAN (eNodeB, small cell) vendors and 3rd party solutions as part of PoC activities for Carrier/MVNO, CBRS, in-building/DAS, Fixed Wireless and Private LTE applications. Rich background in LTE radio/NAS protocols, end-to-end network troubleshooting and protocol analysis using Wireshark etc. Successfully led multiple PoCs into design wins and supported sales team grow s/w licensing revenue.- Responsible for pre-sales, technology leadership, translating customer requirements into end-to-end solutions, RFP response, inter-op testing with external vendors, customer presentations, and technical marketing. Drive cross-functional interaction b/w account, PM and R&D teams on the technical solution requirements.

Greater San Diego Area

- Software architect for Radisys LTE RAN, Core Network, VoIP/IMS and Trillium branded protocol stack solutions. Responsible for software architecture design, development and end-to-end integration testing of telecom network infrastructure software solutions.- Hands-on experience with small cell software architecture design, L2/L3+ stack porting/testing on 3rd party SoC/PHY (Intel, Broadcom, Octasic), and multi-core multi-threaded ARM/x86 Linux OS compute environments. Strong knowledge of telecom call flows and protocol stacks: RRC, RLC/MAC, NAS, S1-AP/GTP, Diameter, SIP, H.248 etc.- Key member of LTE EPC architecture transformation for a data center project as per ON.Lab (ONOS) M-CORD initiative. Responsible for defining split control/data plane architecture for Radisys PGW in line with SDN/NFV model and integration with 3rd party RAN and vEPC solutions to build an end-to-end LTE network hosted on Open Compute/COTS platforms. - Led integration and testing of Radisys RAN, and EPC software solutions on a small cell SoC + ComE module (small form factor x86 board) to build a ruggedized LTE network-in-a-box solution. Extensive experience in IOT testing with 3rd party RAN, Core Network and IMS solutions e.g., Polaris, Quortus EPC, OpenIMS, and commercial LTE UEs (modems).- Pre-sales architect for professional services engagements involving design and development of custom technology solutions around eNodeB, EPC and VoIP/SS7 protocol software e.g., private, public safety LTE networks, cloud based networks, traffic offload GW, SMS Service Center, IMS Servers etc. Helped drive significant growth in professional services business and enter new solution markets.- Experience with technical marketing and thought leadership activities - product roadmap evolution, webinars, trade show and customer demonstrations etc.

Greater San Diego Area

- Technical Lead for development of Trillium branded protocol software for UMTS (3G) and VoIP networks. Strong working knowledge of network elements like SGSN/GGSN, RNC, SIP Servers and telecom protocols such as GTP, SIP/H.248, RANAP, RNSAP, GMM/SM, and GSM-MAP. - Project Lead for Trillium+ integrated SS7 card solution consisting of Trillium GSM-MAP, CAP, ISUP protocol stacks pre-integrated on 3rd party SS7 line cards from Adax and Interphase. Project involved integration of L2/L3 SS7 stack from Trillium with 3rd party L1 and sample application layer development. This initiative led company to enter the integrated SS7 card market and reduce the time-to-market for OEM customers.- Customer Program Manager for professional services engagements involving development and integration of 3G, VoIP and SS7 software solutions built around Trillium protocol stacks. Helped drive significant growth to Trillium's professional services business and secure new software license design wins.- Principal software engineer responsible for Wireless/VoIP protocol stack development, reference application design and integration testing on CCPU’s 40G ATCA hardware platform utilizing compute, switch and network processor blades. Helped establish CCPU as a major player in wireless network infrastructure solutions space with pre-integrated software solutions on ATCA platform.- Lead software engineer of an all-IP 3G IMS network “demo” showcasing Trillium wireless protocol stacks for RNC, SGSN & GGSN integrated with a SIP server on CCPU’s 40G ATCA hardware platform. The project involved design & implementation of various RAN and CN simulators as well a SIP proxy and demonstration of an end-to-end IM application.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Responsible for software architecture design and implementation of Wireless & VoIP telecommunications protocol stacks for GSM/GPRS, 3G network infrastructure nodes like HLR, SGSN/GGSN, RNC etc. Key focus areas included development of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP-u/GTP-c) and SIP protocol layers- Design and development of control (GPRS Mobility/Session Management) and user plane (GTP-u relay) applications for a prototype SGSN project utilizing Trillium protocol stacks and integration on Intel IA (x86) platform.- Technical lead for activities involving software architecture enhancements, performance optimizations and integration of protocol stacks on Intel x86 platform to build reference designs/solutions for telecom infrastructure - Software lead for multiple professional services engagements involving custom telecom application development and protocol stack integration on target hardware platforms for TEM customers. One such project involved development of a SIP to MEGACO VoIP inter-working application for a Tier 1 customer's soft switch product

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Key member of technical staff responsible for development and testing of Trillium branded platform agnostic protocol software stacks for Wireless, VoIP, and SS7/ATM applications on x86/Sparc/PowerPC architectures and Linux/Solaris/VxWorks (RTOS) - Technical lead for development of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) and GTP' software for 2G/3G Wireless (Cellular) Networks- Experienced in complete software development life cycle (SDLC) process all the way from requirements phase to development/testing and product sustenance

New Delhi Area, India

Member of R&D staff responsible for design, development and integration of call processing software in C-DoT's Class 5 telecom switch. Key duties included:- Design and implementation of the Mobility Management (MM) sub-system of the C-DOT’s GSM-MSC project. The project involved telecom software design, implementation and integration on a class 5 switch - Development and functional/system testing of various call processing features like distinctive ringing, caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting etc. in C-DOT's ISDN/POTS 40K lines Max-XL switch- End-to-end analysis and troubleshooting of issues in the call processing module in a highly distributed and fault tolerant telecom switch architecture