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Pune, Maharashtra, India

Pune, India

Lead the design and development of firmware for SATA-based SSDs, catering to both Enterprise and Client domains.Innovate FTL Garbage Collection algorithms to minimize write amplification in SSDs.Create SSD calculator for estimating lifespan based on operational parameters and NAND properties.Firmware development for SAS-based SSDs tailored for the Enterprise sector.Design and develop a customized, performance-optimized B+Tree module for hosting Metadata in Seagate's Cloud Storage platform - CORTX.Develop Backend modules and an independent Data Recovery tool for CORTX.

Milpitas, Ca

Designed and developed mapping-layer and backend modules for the FTL firmware code, supporting SanDisk's high-capacity SAS SSDs.Engineered SSD calculators to architect the Map table for high-capacity SSDs.Performed board bring-up and signal tuning for flash buses using Logic Analyzers and Oscilloscopes.Developed a simulator environment for TLC/SLC Flash memory to assist in firmware development and debugging by recreating rare corner cases for verification.

Mountain View, California, United States

Developed application tools and device drivers for Virtual Machine management, facilitating network file-system communication with storage.Designed a FreeBSD driver to support network file-systems over FreeBSD OS within guest VMs.

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Designed and developed FC firmware for JNI's FC HBA, including FC device drivers for Windows, Linux, and Solaris hosts.Engineered PC-BIOS to enable booting DOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems from the FC target connected to JNI's FC HBA.Created customer-defined firmware for JNI's FC ASIC and proxy firmware for FC-to-SAS protocol conversion.Developed an EFI-BIOS for 3ware's SAS/SATA controller and a Storport Windows driver for a SAS/SATA controller ASIC.Designed and developed a SAS/SATA protocol firmware for a controller ASIC and simulation environments for SAS/SATA firmware development.Managed the development and maintenance of PC-BIOS for 3ware's SAS/SATA controller.Designed and developed Advanced Caching software, enhancing caching techniques for 3ware's SAS/SATA controller.

Developed a SNMP to Tivoli conversion proxy for Fujitsu.Created a MeetingPlace notification COM object to integrate with MS-Exchange server.Contributed to the development and maintenance of Veritools EDA tools.Engineered License Manager software to enforce tool licensing.

Developed lexer, parser, and conversion code for Verilog-to-VHDL conversion.Designed a Verilog module object browser.

Developed a RAD-like Windows 3.1 GUI front-end (using Borland C++ and OWL libraries) to output assembly code for Siemens family of PLC's.Developed a database software application which ran on curses interface in Unix environment.

Hardware maintenance of computers assembled by Treadstone Computers.