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Dr. Ram P. Rustagirprustagi@gmail.com, +91-80-42087127, +91-99161-03092I-205, Mantri Tranquil, Gubbalala, Subramanyapura Post, Bangalore - 560061
Professional Details
Feb 2011
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Overview Executive summary Academics & Research Technology achievements Leadership Careers chronology SWOT analysis Epilogue
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Executive Summary 25+ years of product/applications development
Key to success: execution Being realistic and getting things done
20+ years in Telecom & Networking domain Cellular & VAS applications, Switching systems and telephony, ISPs/Telcos AAA services OSS/BSS for WiFi/WiMax, Internet & enterprise networks
Exposure across the globe North America, Europe, South East Asia, and India
Richness of experience Consultant, invited speaker Academics, Starts-up, R&D organizations, large corporations End user domain (Both wholesale & retail segments)
Hands on to solve extremely critical problems
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Academics & Research Academic qualifications.
Ph. D (Comp. Sc. & Engg) IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology), India. 1998
M. Tech (Physical Engg) IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, India. 1981
M. Sc (Physics) Delhi University, Delhi, India. 1979
Date of birth April 20, 1958
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Academics and Research… Patents Applied
Client application presence detection in cellphones
Charging A-pty from Switch –B Peer to peer bi-directional session initiation and
communication in an environment with firewalls Accessing web resources of devices in protected
network from the Cloud/Internet
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Technology Achievements Cellular applications
Handling 4000+ ISUP calls/sec, Missed Calls Alerts Appln Call-Complete: convert incomplete calls, empower caller. Client based VoiceSMS application access
End user access – public hotspots Non-intrusive auto authentication (user transparent) Zero configuration change for end user Bandwidth/SLA support (without any support in backbone n/w) Segregating virus infected users
Telco/wireless ISP field operations Remote upgrade of cellphone client application Plug-n-play deployment of hotspot controller Concurrent remote software upgrade Remote web console/telnet operation without VPN setup, firewall
holes
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Technology Achievements… Performance Optimization
MCA Application: 8x improvement in handling missed calls OSS/BSS System: 10x performance improvement Web Transaction System: O(1) time scheduling algorithm
Auto VoiceSMS application Charging originating party from terminating switch side
Telecom switching systems Defined messaging communication architecture Real time scalable call routing of voice calls
High performance web transaction system Single system view to outside world Distributed algorithm to elect cluster leader
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Leadership Traits People
Delegation, imbibe ownership (buck stops at me) Accept mistakes – (review to ensure non-critical) Mentoring – to grow
Processes Key: requirements clarity Small achievable targets (incremental development) Involve QA early, manage with thin resources
Product development: Correctness, maintainability, efficiency, elegance End consumer and usability focus Plan and design future evolution Hands-on, fully involved in design/architecture
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Career Chronology PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Nov-10 onwards Professor, MCA Department
Teaching Web Programming Research and Projects activities
Moving IP access to internet to at SGSN level from GGSN
Near Field Communication Cloud based distributed systems and concurrency
control Data center management technologies
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Career Chronology - 2 Kirusa Software Pvt Ltd, India.
Jan-08 - Oct-10 Vice President (Application & Services),
Applications / Products Missed Call Alerts, Call Completion, VoiceSMS etc. VAS Applications (Contest, Tele-voting, phone client …) IN Integration for Charging/Billing
Managed multi-location in house/outsource teams Company information
Based in NJ, USA, leading provider of VoiceSMS and related VAS products Customers
Leading cellcos worldwide (India, APAC, ME, Africa) India – Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, MTNL etc. APAC – Grameenphone, Warid, Ufone, Phillipines EMEA – Etisalaat, Zain, MTN etc.
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Career Chronology - 3 Pronto Networks, CA, USA & Bangalore
Apr 2002 – Jan 2008 Head - India development center, and VP - Technology
Managed 100+ professionals Company/product info
Leader in public broadband wireless access Retail segment
Public hotspots (café, airports, malls), hotels, city wide WiFi mesh (20+ cities in USA), residential dwelling units
Wholesale/corporate Corporate visitor/employee WiFi access
Offers converged services platform to ISP/Telcos Back office and service control functions, Roaming - other ISPs/aggregator: Boingo, iPass, Syniverse.
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Pronto Networks… Customers…
Leading Telcos UK: British Telecom (OZIAB – Open Zone In A Box),
Malaysia: TMNet, Brunei: DST, TelBru, Philippines: PLDT, India – Aircel, Bharti Airtel, VSNL
Municipality: WiFi mesh 20+ cities.
Resellers & system integrators Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent
Enterprise SUN Microsystems (world wide campus)
100+ ISPs.
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Pronto Networks… OSS/BSS system for public access
Technology development and product delivery Developed on J2EE architecture Mentored a team 40+ technology professionals Hot standby, fault tolerance & scalability Credit card processing (Verisign, PayPal, WorldPay etc.) RADIUS, LDAP, SMPP servers, HLR and IN Integration
Access controller for hotspot locations Embedded device providing WiFi seamless access Interaction with external interfacing products
Property management system (Fidelio, IDS, HSIA) WiMax product
Requirements, analysis and design for CSN/WiMax
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Career Chronology... Abeona Networks, CA, USA
Oct’00 – Feb’02 Director of engineering,.
Product High performance web transaction controller
Technology development responsibilities Cluster administration & management
Monitoring, membership control, software upgrade Web content management with replication
Staging, versioning, deployment, synchronization N + 1 fault tolerance Integration with network switching fabric
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Career Chronology... Savera Systems, NJ, USA
Aug 1998 – Oct 2000 Director of engineering,
Product – Interconnect Billing System First 100% web based interconnect billing product
Engineering development responsibilities Interconnect billing settlement & reconciliation Requirement analysis and interconnect specifications
European Telco’s interconnect agreement National interconnect agreements
Mentoring a team of 10+ people Design/code review functions
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Career Chronology … I I T Delhi, India
Feb 1991 to Aug 1998 SSO-I (equivalent to Asst Professor) Ph.D, 1992-1998
Developed a unified framework for concurrency control Industrial Consultancies
Responsibilities Established first TCP/IP network in the country
Networked all the 6 premier education institutes Worked with all LAN/WAN technologies
10base5, 10base2, 10baseT, fast and Gigabit Ethernet ATM, OSI, X.25 networks Transitioned WAN connectivity from 1200bps to 2Mbps
Technology trainings/seminars/publications, industry consultancies.
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Career Chronology … C-DoT Delhi, India. 1985-1990
Designed & developed voice call routing Designed Inter Process Communication (IPC) architecture
Defined message fields, framing and format Support variable length message (a new concept then)
Designed CRM software module Defined software processes
Coding guidelines Code reviews Design walk-through etc
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Career Chronology … Harris Corporation, CA, USA.
Consultant, 1990-1990. Implement CCITT Q.931 based ISDN PRI call routing
HCL Ltd R & D engineer, 1981- 85 Developed COBOL compiler and runtime system Large Test suite of COBOL programs for compiler testing Prototype development of spreadsheet
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SWOT Analysis Strength
Strong Analytical skills and Research oriented approach Design practical, workable algorithms to solve complex issues Take complete ownership (successes & failures) Focus on end user usage convenience
Weakness On occasions too upfront, aggressive and politically incorrect
criticism Opportunities
Rapid assimilation & insight gain of new technologies Threats
Non-challenging, routine work
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Epilogue Excitement
Development of technology to develop systems that benefits a large user base.
Mentor and educate team members for professional advancement
Solve technical complex issues that initially appear undoable, considering both tactical and strategic needs.
Execution A go-getter and ‘put things together’ attitude Goal oriented and believes in putting best efforts to make
timely delivery even with thin teams
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Epilogue… Personal
Develops and maintains cordial relations with colleagues, subordinates, seniors and customers.
Mentors team members to achieve professional growth Continuous focus on innovation Welcomes open criticism/feedback to improve upon
References Available (on request) from any of past work associations Academics & Research
G B Meemamsi, founder Executive Director, C-DoT. Dr R N Moorthy, VP - Engg, Kirusa Inc, NJ, USA Prof S.N. Maheshwari, Comp Sc & Engg, IIT Delhi Prof B N Jain, Vice Chancellor, BITS
Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai Prof P C P Bhatt, Consultant, (ex IIT Delhi, ex IIIT Bangalore)