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VEERAMANI GANESAN

Englishtown

Summary

Senior Lead Mobile and OTT Engineer with 15+ years of expertise in architecture, design, and development. Demonstrated success in creating innovative solutions that enhance user engagement and improve application performance across diverse platforms. Skilled in Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, BrightScript, and SceneGraph, with extensive experience in Xcode, Android Studio, and IntelliJ.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Lead Mobile and OTT Engineer

Paramount - CBS News
11.2018 - Current
  • Spearheaded the architecture, design, and development of key features for CBS News Mobile and OTT applications for iOS, tvOS, and Android platforms.
  • Designed and developed cutting-edge product features for CBS News OTT platforms, such as Video Push Alerts and Weather Alerts systems for Roku, tvOS, and Fire TV.
  • Design and implement the multi-platform framework using Kotlin for use across platforms.
  • Prototyped and built the application from scratch; drove the patent-pending product design and architecture.
  • Integrate mobile ad frameworks and tracking modules, such as Adobe, Braze, and comScore, across different platforms.
  • Led code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices and coding standards.
  • Maintain application quality by performing tuning, profiling, fixing memory leaks, and optimizing code.
  • Partnered with the Product, Engineering, Analytics, Ad Operations, Design, and Editorial teams to bring CBS News content to the live.
  • Suggested opportunities for the expansion of existing mobile and OTT applications for governance and reusability.
  • Mentored junior engineers in software development methodologies and tools.
  • Rendered support in the development of software at all levels for media content management. Led the usage of several technologies, including Swift, Kotlin, HLS, DASH, audio/video content management, H.264, and other audio/video formats.

Architect Mobile Technology

Cognizant Technologies
NY
01.2014 - 11.2018
  • Involved in requirement gathering, design, and development.
  • Design and develop the core data model and all route views that display the delivery/sales rep manifest versus actual routes.
  • Design and develop the Event Engine library that generates GPS-based arrive and depart events.
  • Integrate the HttpMQAdapter framework to send and receive messages to and from the server that uses IBM MQ Services.
  • Coordinate with downstream application stakeholders for integration and end-to-end validation.
  • Collaborated with quality assurance teams to uphold product standards and compliance.
  • Conduct code reviews and maintain code quality.
  • Provided technical direction on platform and technology selection, planning, and implementing improved systems and services.

Specialist System Dev

Verizon Wireless Inc.
TX
01.2013 - 12.2013
  • Involved in requirement gathering, design, and development.
  • Design and develop a service agent using NSOperationQueue and GCD.
  • Create reusable custom UI frameworks using UIKit, MapKit, and Core Animations.
  • Implemented a file watcher using the Mac OS X FSEvents API.
  • Created custom UI and controls using UIKit, Core Animation, and AVFoundation.
  • Created a network streaming and server agent using Unix socket programming.
  • Implemented an encryption module using SHA-1 and AES.
  • Integrated RESTful services.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance service delivery processes.

Technical Lead

VARISIS
Bengaluru
04.2007 - 10.2008
  • Involved in requirement gathering, design and development.
  • Implemented monitoring and simulation module based on Mil1553B protocol.
  • Implemented parser module using Gold Parser for real time parameters manipulation.
  • Performed unit testing and supported system integration testing.
  • Led cross-functional teams to enhance product development processes.
  • Mentored junior engineers to foster skill development and knowledge sharing.
  • Managed technical documentation to ensure clarity and accessibility for team members.

Education

M.S - Software Systems

Birla Institute of Science and Technology
India

M.Sc. - Software Engineering – 5 yrs. Integrated

Periyar University
India

Skills

  • Mobile and OTT development: iOS, tvOS, Android, Fire TV, Roku
  • Programming languages: Swift, Objective-C, Kotlin, Java, C/C
  • Architectural patterns: MVC, MVP, MVVM
  • Media streaming technologies: HLS, DASH, DRM, AdTech
  • API integration methods: REST, SOAP, WebSockets
  • Development methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Rapid development
  • Development tools: Xcode, Android Studio, IntelliJ, VS Code
  • Performance and debugging tools: Instruments, Wireshark, Charles Proxy
  • AdTech platforms: SpotX, Innovid, Google IMA SDK
  • Version control systems: Git, SVN, JIRA
  • Analyzers: Wireshark, Charles Proxy, and Splunk
  • Standards: IEEE, DLNA, MIL-1553B, ARINC 429, IoT
  • Databases: SQLite, Oracle, Teradata
  • Domain: Media, Entertainment, Avionics, Telecom and Retail

Affiliations

  • IEEE Computer Society - Senior Member
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Society - Full Member
  • Scholars and Scientific Academy - Fellow Member (FSASS)
  • ICSES, International Computer Science and Engineering Society - Full Member

Websites

Timeline

Sr Lead Mobile and OTT Engineer

Paramount - CBS News
11.2018 - Current

Architect Mobile Technology

Cognizant Technologies
01.2014 - 11.2018

Specialist System Dev

Verizon Wireless Inc.
01.2013 - 12.2013

Technical Lead

VARISIS
04.2007 - 10.2008

M.S - Software Systems

Birla Institute of Science and Technology

M.Sc. - Software Engineering – 5 yrs. Integrated

Periyar University

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