# Prem Jonnala

> Principal Software Engineer at MapR Technologies

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/premjonnala

Expertise in building innovative, high-quality and robust software systems / solutions.

Specialties -

System/Software Architecture 
Proven track record in developing applications to low level system software
Application and System software for multi-billion dollar Catalyst 4000, 4500 and 3800 series of switching products
Innovative with patents in several areas – systems, protocols, security and others

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Development Engineer @ MapR Technologies
Jan 2016 – Present | Hyderabad Area, India

### Sr. Principal Software Engineer @ Broadcom Inc.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Hyderabad Area, India
Worked on developing open-source drivers for Broadcom networking chipsets, and co-ordinating with open source community for defining the driver interfaces and functionality.

### Technical Leader @ Cisco Systems, Inc.
Jan 1999 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
* 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


## Education
### MS in Computer Science
New Mexico State University

### B.E. in Computer Science & Engineering
Osmania University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/pjonnala

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Last updated: 2026-04-12