# Gajendra Shukla > Networking | Protocols | Embedded Systems Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gajendrashukla Technical Leader with track record of executing complex Networking projects on schedule. Delivered market-leading products used by 100K+ customers with $4B+ run rate revenue. Full life-cycle development with hands-on experience spanning Data Center, Wireless/Enterprise and Service Provider domains. All aspects of embedded networking software development. Team-player with a perseverant and methodical approach. Passionate about delivering great products. Curious and always willing to learn. 4 Patent Disclosures incl. 2 awarded. Skills: * Switches/Routers/Controllers, Embedded systems, Distributed control-plane, Data-plane * Packet Classification/Filtering/Forwarding, QoS, ACL, Port-Mirroring/SPAN * ASIC programming, Broadcom XGS SDK, Mellanox Spectrum, Network Processors * Linux, NXOS, VxWorks, Unix, C-language, Python * Systems Architecture and Design, SDN, OpenFlow * VXLAN, BGP-EVPN, TCP/IP, OSPF, RIP, SNMP, IGMP, WiFi/802.11, GRE, Tunneling, GRE, STP * Cisco TrustSec, 802.1x, SSH/SSL, sFlow, Sockets * Git, JIRA, GDB, Coverity, ICE/Emulator, rcs/cvs/pvcs, efence * Familiar with: BGP, IP Multicast, IPv6 * Mentoring, Project Management ## Work Experience ### Principal Software Engineer @ RUCKUS Networks Jan 2020 – Present ### Member Of Technical Staff @ Cumulus Networks Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Cumulus Linux, VxLAN, BGP-EVPN, L2/L3 Packet Forwarding, Data-plane, VRF Route Leaking, Broadcom StrataXGS ### Software Development Manager @ Cisco Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Unified Computing System: *Led my team to develop 2300 series IOM switch software for UCS and added the 2348 FEX switch support for the 6300 series Fabric Interconnect (FI) switches. *Managed development and maintenance of various features for SPAN (Port Mirroring), QoS, Netflow, FEX, IOM components for UCS-Mini and 6200/6300/4G FI switches. Nexus 2K/5500/5600/6K Data-Center switches: *Nexus 2300 series FEX switch: Led my team to deliver the systems software for a brand-new ASIC architecture. This is the flagship FEX for the entire Nexus line. *Guided and managed the team to deliver various ACL/SPAN/TrustSec/Netflow related features. ### Senior Technical Lead @ Cisco Jan 2008 – Jan 2013 Nexus 2K/5000/5500/5600/6K series Data-Center switches: *Completed complex projects in a startup-like environment with very aggressive timelines and with good quality. N5K family achieved 75%+ market share in Data-Center switching segment. *Guided and trained team to deliver various features related to ACLs, QoS, SPAN, Policers, Openflow. *Developed various features: QoS for Nexus 5500, Control-Plane Policing (CoPP), PACL/VACL/QoS-ACL, Policers, ACL based SPAN etc. *Re-architected the ACL components for Modular N6K platforms; Added CoPP for Broadcom-Trident based Router card. ### Senior Systems Architect @ Proxim Wireless Jan 2005 – Jan 2008 Tsunami MP.16 Wimax Base Station Unit: Re-architected (design & implementation) the platform software for a multi-processor platform utilizing SOC & network processor chips. ### Senior System Architect & Team Lead @ Proxim Corp. Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 *Led the definition of a brand-new architecture to provide a complete seamless wireless mobility solution for the converged Enterprise Networks. This Controller based architecture combined a wired LAN switch with PoE connected to Controller managed Access Points. *Delivered mobility subsystem for the Avaya W310 Wireless Gateway which demonstrated the first converged solution for Enterprise networks. *Defined the system/network/mobility architecture of the ORiNOCO Smart Wireless Controller which allowed fast and seamless mobility across a large enterprise/campus network. This highly scalable solution provided failover and redundancy at various levels to achieve high availability. In conjunction with SCCAN initiative, this allowed cellphones to roam to enterprise WLAN networks. http://www.winncom.com/pdf/Proxim_Wireless_Controller.pdf ### Team Lead @ Aplion Networks Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 Hired and led the IP Routing team for an innovative Router which won 'Product of the Year' award from Network Magazine. ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gajendra-shukla-432744 --- Source: https://flows.cv/gajendrashukla JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gajendrashukla/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12