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# Sanjay H\. on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader

## About

25\+ years of Networking/Telecom/Embedded experience and domain expertise in Datacom, Networking, Routing Protocols\(BGP, OSPF, ISIS, RIP\), L3 Mobility\(MIPv4, MIPv6, PMIPv6\), UMTS, LTE, Mobile Packet Core, GGSN, SGSN, PGW, SGW, PCRF, Charging, IPSG, GiLAN, Small Cells, SON, Data Protection, IOT, Managed Connectivity\. 15\+ years in Management role\. Engineering Management \- project planning, program management, design discussions, Execution and co\-ordination across various teams in multiple geographies, project tracking and sustenance\. Worked in all stages of software engineering from requirements gathering, design, coding, testing \(various stages\), early field trials, first customer shipment to sustenance\. Building teams, hiring senior talent and managing & motivating people\. Handling customer escalations and critical customer accounts Specialties: Organizational and Technology Leadership Large scale Software Development Managing teams working on early stage technology Networking \(IPv4/v6, Routing, Switching\), Wireless, Mobility, Co\-Authored RFC 5642 Co\-Authored https://patents\.google\.com/patent/US20210227421A1/en Co\-Authored https://patents\.google\.com/patent/US20220286497A1/en Co\-Authored https://patents\.google\.com/patent/US20220217225A1/en

## Location

Pune

## Work experience

Senior Director, Engineering at Semtech, Jun 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 2 mos, Technology for a Better World\. Delivering high quality, innovative solutions that enable a smarter, more connected, more sustainable planet\.

Senior Director, Engineering at Druva, Aug 2022 \- Jun 2023 · 11 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Enabling cyber, data, & operational resilience for organizations with the Druva Data Resiliency Cloud\.

GM, India at Parallel Wireless, Nov 2020 \- Aug 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos, India

Vice President Research And Development at Parallel Wireless, Sep 2016 \- Aug 2022 · 6 yrs, India, At Parallel Wireless, we are reimagining the RAN as the only provider of LTE solutions that are as easy to deploy and maintain as Wi\-Fi\. Whether macro, metro, rural, small cell, public safety or enterprise, we are reimagining how to accelerate the LTE access network build out while paving the road to 5G HetNets\. This world\-first technology, based on the LTE Access Controller, uses open fully 3GPP\-compliant interfaces, allows real\-time network orchestration, supports new services, and reduces the time/cost to build, optimize, secure, and evolve the RAN/EPC\. At Parallel Wireless, we are reimagining the cellular RAN as the only provider of wide\-area distributed C\-RAN using 100% interoperable 3GPP interfaces and traditional backhaul technologies\. Our innovative world\-first solutions, based on our breakthrough LTE Access Controller, pave the road to the future of advanced 5G HetNet orchestration Parallel Wireless is making LTE networks as easy to build as Wi\-Fi networks\. Whether macro, metro, small cell, public safety or enterprise, we are re\-imagining how to accelerate the LTE access network build out with the LTE Access Controller\. The new technology that we are building uses open fully 3GPP\-compliant interfaces, allows real\-time network orchestration, supports new services, and reduces the time/cost to build, optimize, secure, and evolve the RAN/EPC\.

Director Of Research and Development at Parallel Wireless, Oct 2014 \- Sep 2016 · 2 yrs, India, At Parallel Wireless, we are reimagining the RAN as the only provider of LTE solutions that are as easy to deploy and maintain as Wi\-Fi\. Whether macro, metro, rural, small cell, public safety or enterprise, we are reimagining how to accelerate the LTE access network build out while paving the road to 5G HetNets\. This world\-first technology, based on the LTE Access Controller, uses open fully 3GPP\-compliant interfaces, allows real\-time network orchestration, supports new services, and reduces the time/cost to build, optimize, secure, and evolve the RAN/EPC\. At Parallel Wireless, we are reimagining the cellular RAN as the only provider of wide\-area distributed C\-RAN using 100% interoperable 3GPP interfaces and traditional backhaul technologies\. Our innovative world\-first solutions, based on our breakthrough LTE Access Controller, pave the road to the future of advanced 5G HetNet orchestration Parallel Wireless is making LTE networks as easy to build as Wi\-Fi networks\. Whether macro, metro, small cell, public safety or enterprise, we are re\-imagining how to accelerate the LTE access network build out with the LTE Access Controller\. The new technology that we are building uses open fully 3GPP\-compliant interfaces, allows real\-time network orchestration, supports new services, and reduces the time/cost to build, optimize, secure, and evolve the RAN/EPC

Sr\. Mgr\. Sw Development at Cisco Systems, Sep 2004 \- Oct 2014 · 10 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore, India, BGP, IOS, IOS\-XR, GGSN, PGW, ECS, Star OS, 7600, 7500, Flexwans, OSM LCs etc\.

Sr\. Sw\. Engineer at Infineon Technologies, Aug 2003 \- Sep 2004 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bangalore, India, CPE device software, Monta Vista Linux, TR\-069 \- auto config of CPEs,

## Education

Executive Program in Strategy and Leadership \(EPSL\), Strategy and Leadership, XLRI Delhi\-NCR

MS, Telecommunications, Univ of Pittsburgh/Stratford University

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