Sujeeth Dharanikota Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, NC, US

San Jose, California, US

Lead a large team of engineers across software development, quality assurance, and DevOps, driving innovation and product excellenceOversee the creation and execution of technology strategies aligned with corporate vision and business objectives.

San Jose, California, US

• Responsible for building highly efficient cross functional agile teams to deliver industry leadingContinuous Delivery tool that enables customers to realize high velocities from their value streams:
• Managing the CD Plugin team develogin Groovy and Perl based Plugins
• Managing UI team developing a React-Bootstrap based frontend
• Encouraged cross training of plugin team members on backend Java code to reduce bottlenecks in the development process

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• A global role working directly with head of R&D created specifically to ensure technical solution and software is implemented consistently across the various teams around the globe. Saved both time and money by.
• Define software components of remote nodes with external vendors (Broadcom), Brainstormed ideas and effort with Agile teams to develop next generation products
• Prioritized requirements for Business Services features (MEF, L2VPN) to focus resources optimally
• Piloted and highlighted benefits of DFMEA process in Cable BU. Based on findings, CI/CD process is being modified to adopt DFMEA method
• Promoted a modularized software approach on embedded nodes; On controller with Docker container architecture too
• Devised improvement activities as technical debt was identified during code review as an approval authority

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• Mentored teams and individual engineers working on embedded software using C/C++ and transformed them to deliver software in the cloud all while being hand on. These are some of the highlights.
• Monitored all (6) Agile teams were performing at optimal velocity (Jira)
• Eliminated communication issues by running a weekly Scrum of Scrums
• Drafted a technical report of the Gainspeed Software prior to acquisition to evaluate viability and provide recommendation
• Specified an integration strategy of the Gainspeed controller to ensure consistency
• Spearheaded getting team trained in Java, Netconf, Protobuf, Gainspeed Architecture to facilitate a smooth transition

Espoo, Southern Finland, FI

• Created a Joint Development Agreement for vDPoE with Customer and managed delivery of software
• Deployed vDpoE application in Docker Containers running on Kubernetes cluster at Customer labs
• Guided Team in developing Thrift streaming application to interface with Customer Kibana based Telemetry dashboard
• Tested application with Comcast DAA Platform and third-party equipment (Accton/Broadcom) to provide end to end connectivity across distributed network
• Pioneered the adoption of DevOps model within organization to boost speed of delivery resulting in greater customer satisfaction and subsequent pull through sales

• Responsible for writing a Joint Development Agreement for ONOS applications and implementation of software
• Guided Team on Maven build environment, DHCPv6, RIP, Multicast Apps in Java on ONOS, Quagga BGP routing changes, interop with third-party switching fabric to demonstrate functionality
• Enabled customer to launch ONOS to live network achieving a cable industry first Whitebox switching fabric deployment

• Collaborated with a Cable Customer and other vendors to define Customer DAA Architecture
• Drafted Technical specification for the Comcast Distributed Access Architecture
• Created and demonstrated a Proof of concept DPoE instance for architecture running in Openstack Virtual Machine

• Coordinated with PLM on requirements and assigned work to teams and managed projects (Microsoft Project, Agile Groomer)
• Pioneered first to Market GPON solution thus gaining significant worldwide market share
• Managed team features - DHCP proxy, IGMP snooping, Anti spoofing, ONU Management Control Interface (OMCI) protocol, SNMP, TL1, PPPoE, PPoA, Radius

• Designed, Implemented and launched ONT and MDU products
• Led a global team to create our organization’s first Embedded Linux based product
• Collaborated with chipset vendors Broadcom, Freescale, FPGA Engineers, software vendors to deliver a wide array of ONT's (MOCA, VDSL etc.) earning recognition in the company
• Spearheaded development of companies first SIP based VoIP ONT widely deployed by AT&T, Verizon and other service providers around the world

Developed Low Level Software on a MIPS based processor platform leading to a complete BRAS feature being added to an existing DSL platform and gaining additional market share

Developed Management software for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) High Speed Internet access equipment using C++, SNMP

Master Of Science - Ms In Computer Science And Engineering, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be In Electronics And Communications