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Brian Lee

Arlington,MA

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Principal Software Engineer

EFFECT Photonics
03.2023 - 12.2023

Develop management and control firmware in C++ and Python for a tunable optical transceivers based on Infineon (Cypress) PSoC6 running FreeRTOS, using Modus Toolbox.

Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat Inc.
01.2022 - 11.2022

Product Owner for RHEL Networking Services, including Red Hat Openshift Container Platform (OCP), Open Virtual Switch (OVS), and Open Virtual Network (OVN) layered products.

Principal Software Engineer

Casa Systems Inc.
06.2020 - 12.2021

Develop embedded software for the next generation MSR based on Broadcom DNX Qumran chipset.

Managed a multi-site team of ~15 engineers responsible for developing the forwarding plane software for a Whitebox switches based on Broadcom DNX (Qumran) switching chip family. Delivered GA software to customer which is running live in a production network.

Senior Manager,m Player Software

Sonos Inc.
12.2018 - 03.2019

Managed a team of seven engineers developing C++ software the Sonos Move battery powered WiFi and Bluetooth smart speaker.

Senior Manager, Platform Software

Oracle Corp.
03.2011 - 11.2018

Managed a multi-site team responsible for the design, development, and testing of Oracle Communications (formerly Acme Packet) Session Border Controller (SBC) system software on both custom hardware and virtualized platforms.
Developed datapath software for various hardware platforms including EZchip, Cavium, AMCC and Broadcom network processors and Intel Data Path Development Kit (DPDK) libraries.

Manager, System Software

Broadcom, Inc.
03.2009 - 02.2011

Manager of multi-site team responsible for Broadcom 88020/88025 Programmable Network Processor device driver and fast path software.

Distinguished Software Engineer

Sonus Networks, Inc.
03.2003 - 08.2009

Lead Software Engineer for a next generation family of circuit cards for the GSX9000 VoIP media gateway incorporating an Intel IXP network processor and a modular design supporting T1, E1, T3 and SONET/SDH OC3/STM-1 circuit interfaces and optional on-board transcoding. The project was delivered on time and resulted in over 270M in revenue.

Principal Software Engineer

Appian Communications, Inc.
01.2000 - 02.2003

Project lead of the SONET/SDH development team for Appian’s Optical Services Activation Platform (OSAP), which provides fine granularity Ethernet over SONET/SDH service with Quality of Service (QOS) enforcement based on customer service level agreements. The OSAP supports OC48/STM-16, OC12/STM-4 and OC3/STM-1 optical interfaces and Linear Automatic Protection Switching (APS) and Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR) protection switching protocols

Principal Software Engineer

Lucent Technologies Inc
01.1995 - 12.1996

Developed device driver software for SONET/SDH cards based on the PMC-Sierra CHESS chip set consisting of the Spectra 2488 Framer/Aligner, Telecom Bus Serializer, TSE cross connect and S/UNI-MACH48 packet processor as well as custom FPGA’s.

Principal Software Engineer

Cascade Communications
01.1995 - 12.1996

Original member of Arris Networks, Inc., a startup company acquired by Cascade Communications in 1996. Developed all software for T1, E1 and T3 circuit cards for the Arris Networks carrier-class remote access concentrator.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Skills

  • Embedded Systems, Networking
  • C/C, Assembly Languages, Python, Rust, Go
  • Agile, Git, Atlassian tools
  • Linux, FreeRTOS, VxWorks

Timeline

Principal Software Engineer

EFFECT Photonics
03.2023 - 12.2023

Principal Software Engineer

Red Hat Inc.
01.2022 - 11.2022

Principal Software Engineer

Casa Systems Inc.
06.2020 - 12.2021

Senior Manager,m Player Software

Sonos Inc.
12.2018 - 03.2019

Senior Manager, Platform Software

Oracle Corp.
03.2011 - 11.2018

Manager, System Software

Broadcom, Inc.
03.2009 - 02.2011

Distinguished Software Engineer

Sonus Networks, Inc.
03.2003 - 08.2009

Principal Software Engineer

Appian Communications, Inc.
01.2000 - 02.2003

Principal Software Engineer

Lucent Technologies Inc
01.1995 - 12.1996

Principal Software Engineer

Cascade Communications
01.1995 - 12.1996

Master of Science - Computer Science

Northeastern University
Brian Lee