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Singar Singaravelan

Sunnyvale,CA

Summary

  • Fourteen years of Management Leadership as Senior SW Engineering Manager, Director of SW Engineering and Senior Director of SW Engineering in Cloud Infrastructure SW Development, Packet Forwarding Software, 3G & 4G Technologies and Telemetry & Streaming applications.
  • Delivered multi-million dollar funded and revenue generating projects from concept to FRS.
  • Strong collaborator and communicator across teams of both technical and non-technical audience.
  • Proven leadership in managing People, Projects, Products and Process.
  • Hands on SW development experience in C++14, Java, Python.
  • Hold three US issued patents.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of SW Engineering

Juniper Networks
01.2016 - Current
  • Leading a team of 40 engineers with 10 direct reports in building high scale cloud ready packet forwarding infrastructure for cloud and hyperscalers - Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle and Alibaba.


  • Responsible for Software Quality which ensures less than 10 major outages around the world.


  • Management Engineering Lead for multiple NPI (New Program Initiatives) Programs which brought industry's first products.


  • Responsible to define product features collaboratively with Accounts Team and Product Line Management Teams


  • Part of Core CDO (Chief Development Officer) Organization for Product Strategy and Development.

Founding Member & Sr Director of SW Engineering

Argela-USA Inc.,
04.2009 - 12.2015

Argela-USA was a Silicon Valley Software Startup R&D Center for developing Cloud based controller applications.


  • One of the three founding team members and received $30 million funding.


  • Head of Software Development for Angela SW team of 75 engineers.


  • Set up Software Development Centres in Sunnyvale (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), Bath (UK), Beijing (China) and Bangalore (India) from ground up.


  • Defined the Software Architecture and Software Design for industry's first RAN controller product delivery.


  • Implemented the SW Workflow, Release Management and Vendor Selection metrics.


  • Hands on Software Development in 'C++' and Python.

Staff Engineer

Juniper Networks
12.2007 - 03.2009
  • Part of Juniper's Flagship Mobile Backhaul Core Router Dev Team
  • Software Development for Control Plane Features in 'C'.

Software Architect and Management Lead

Kineto Wireless
10.2005 - 11.2007

Kineto Wireless was a startup pioneering in bringing industry's first Fixed Mobile Convergence Gateway (FMC) based on Unlicensed Mobile Spectrum (UMA).

  • Software Architect for Kineto's flagship FMC Gateway based on UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access).
  • Lead as both technical and management for 3GPP Core Network Protocol Team.
  • Primary responsibilities include 3GPP Protocol development and FMC Gateway feature development in 'C++'.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology
Tirchy, Tamil Nadu, India
06.1993

Skills

  • Effective planning, executing and delivering complex cross functional projects spanning across geographics
  • Highly organized team player with strong analytical and interpersonal skills
  • Strong Leadership skills in building high performing teams
  • Managed global teams in matrix organization with employee empowerment
  • Demonstrated experience in managing multiple parallel projects with highly variable scopes
  • Excellent experience in CAPEX and OPEX handling
  • Hands on experience in software development in C, Java and Python
  • Hands on experience in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns, Algorithms and Data Structure and Distributed Systems
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum based Software Methodology
  • Domain Experience in SDK and Toolkit Development, L3/L2 Protocols, 3G and 4G technologies, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Center Features, Packet Forwarding and Telemetry and Streaming applications
  • Product Delivery experience in High Scale Routers, Network Devices, Scalable Cloud Software, Wireless Controllers
  • Experience in development and project management workflow tools - git, gerritt, Jenkins CI/CD, Atlassian tools - JIRA, gnu tools, undo tools, Smart Sheet and MS Project

Accomplishments

  • Currently Leading Juniper's Express-6 Silicon Programs.

  • Engineering Management Lead for Juniper's flagship Express-5 Silicon based NPI. It is a 18 months program from Silicon delivery to Product delivery. Delivered in June 2024. Projected revenue of $1B for the next three years.

  • NPI Lead for Juniper's flagship Express-4 Silicon based NPI. It is a 24 months program from Silicon delivery to Product delivery. Delivered in November 2021. Project revenue of $1B for five years and generated a record revenue of $500 million.

  • Management Technical Lead for rewrite of Juniper's flagship Packet Forwarding Engine from 'C' to 'C++'. It is an 18 months program. Successfully delivered in 2018. All of Juniper's new programs are based on this packet forwarding engine (PFE, SDK and Toolkit).

  • NPI Lead for Juniper's Paradise ASIC based 100G revolution program. Delivered in 2017. Project revenue of $1B and generated a record revenue of $500 million.

  • Startup founder for Argela Technologies and delivered industry's first RAN controller. Juniper acquired the group, SW and IPR.

Timeline

Director of SW Engineering

Juniper Networks
01.2016 - Current

Founding Member & Sr Director of SW Engineering

Argela-USA Inc.,
04.2009 - 12.2015

Staff Engineer

Juniper Networks
12.2007 - 03.2009

Software Architect and Management Lead

Kineto Wireless
10.2005 - 11.2007

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communication Engineering

National Institute of Technology

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