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Dr. Ram P. Rustagi
[email protected],
+91-80-42087127, +91-99161-03092
I-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
Exposure across the globe
North America, Europe, South East Asia, and India
Richness of experience
Cellular & VAS applications,
Switching systems and telephony, ISPs/Telcos AAA services
OSS/BSS for WiFi/WiMax, Internet & enterprise networks
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)
M. Tech (Physical Engg)
IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, India. 1981
M. Sc (Physics)
IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology), India. 1998
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
End user access – public hotspots
Handling 4000+ ISUP calls/sec, Missed Calls Alerts Appln
Call-Complete: convert incomplete calls, empower caller.
Client based VoiceSMS application access
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
Telecom switching systems
Charging originating party from terminating switch side
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
Processes
Delegation, imbibe ownership (buck stops at me)
Accept mistakes – (review to ensure non-critical)
Mentoring – to grow
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
Municipality: WiFi mesh
Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent
Enterprise
20+ cities.
Resellers & system integrators
UK: British Telecom (OZIAB – Open Zone In A Box),
Malaysia: TMNet,
Brunei: DST, TelBru,
Philippines: PLDT,
India – Aircel, Bharti Airtel, VSNL
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
Product
Oct’00 – Feb’02
Director of engineering,.
High performance web transaction controller
Technology development responsibilities
Cluster administration & management
Web content management with replication
Monitoring, membership control, software upgrade
Staging, versioning, deployment, synchronization
N + 1 fault tolerance
Integration with network switching fabric
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Career Chronology...
Savera Systems, NJ, USA
Product – Interconnect Billing System
Aug 1998 – Oct 2000
Director of engineering,
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
Worked with all LAN/WAN technologies
Networked all the 6 premier education institutes
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
Opportunities
On occasions too upfront, aggressive and politically incorrect
criticism
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) 2
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