Worked on developing open-source drivers for Broadcom networking chipsets, and co-ordinating with open source community for defining the driver interfaces and functionality.

* Cloud gateway to schedule jobs across heterogeneous clouds.

* XML, XSL/XSLT, XPath, JSON technologies based compiler - Lead on the scripting based compiler for automatic code generation.

* Python/Perl based software / ASIC qualification environment. Involved developing infrastructure and scripts to validate ASIC functionality before manufacture.

* Python based profiler for software profiling.

* Layer-2 to Layer-7 (stateless/stateful) classification - Software Lead involved closely with System/Hardware Architecture, Software Design, etc. for the Application Services card. Team of 15+ engineers.

* Software Lead for ASIC verification by software/hardware co-existence for next-gen platform.

* Low level System Bringup including support for new File Systems, Rommon (bootloader), TLB management, etc.

* Power over Ethernet (PoE)** - Cross-Cisco expert involved in driving various software/hardware issues in many generations of technology, across various platforms.

* Protocols - Power Negotiation Protocol** (a variant of this adopted by IEEE 802.3at)

* Security/Qos - Design and Development of features such as Port Security**, Dynamic Arp Inspection** (DAI), Cos Mutation, etc.

** Patents filed/issued in these areas