# Tarakeshwar Sriram > Senior Software Engineer || AI | Connectivity Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tarakeshwar Experienced Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Strong individual contributor and mentor in a diverse set of technology areas including but not limited to: mobile, Wi-Fi, data design, system architecture. Strong collaborator with product, design, development, operations in realizing complete software products, front end to backend, from inception to production delivery. Skilled in mobile applications and leading team across platforms. Knowledge of Android platform from Android 2.3 to Android 10, Wi-Fi standards 802.11 and authentication methods: WPA, WPA2, EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS, Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0), Inflight Wi-Fi authentication and Captcha, OpenVPN, Battery Historian, Android Studio, XCode debugging, design patterns, app architecture, system design architecture . Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor's degree focused in Information Technology from Visvesvaraya Technological University. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer II @ HP IQ Jan 2025 – Present ### Senior Platform & Experiences Engineer II @ Humane Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 ### Senior Systems Software Engineer II @ Humane Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Principal Wireless Software Engineer at Delart @ Meta Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Sunnyvale, California, United States Wireless Firmware and Software- Reality Labs (RL) - Android Open Source Project (AOSP) stack: Added IPC APIs between vendor processes for cellular modem using AIDL interfaces. - Wireless diagnostics system app: Developed from scratch for modem diagnostics, tuner functionality, and NV item management. - Linux services: Modified and maintained under SELinux for secure embedded system operation. - Embedded systems bring-up and testing: Ensured smooth integration and functionality of hardware and software components. - Modified tool for GNSS vendor: Facilitated factory testing of new GNSS vendor for accurate and efficient testing. - Design and code reviews: Contributed to band locking and VoWi-Fi calling features implementation. ### Principal Engineer and Technical Lead @ Pareteum Corporation | Nasdaq: TEUM Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 - Integrated Android APIs in app for TTLS-PAP authentication, Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0), and Wi-Fi network suggestions API ensuring seamless and secure wireless connectivity. - Integrated Wi-Fi system app in AOSP for MVNO customers. - Developed integration specification and collaborated with hardware manufacturers for Android ROM integration. - Implemented credential SDK for dynamic credentials retrieval. - Released production and beta versions of iPass app on Google Play Store. - Created user stories and assigned tasks. - Handled power management restrictions on Android. Architecture - Evaluated cost per client and provided accurate back-of-estimates for enterprise Wi-Fi product. Documented streamlined product for consumers. - Collaborated with product, business, network deployment, and customer care teams to address architecture-related issues. - Designed client architecture solution for Inflight API integration. - Documented end-to-end Inflight Wi-Fi integration solution. - Designed data specifications for analytics and logging. - Designed and documented architecture changes for enterprise branding app integration. Backend API - Implemented IoT APIs for provisioning and management of services. - Developed script for processing CDR files and generating TDR for billing. - Migrated IoT mediation API for Continuous Deployment (CD) using Kubernetes. - Worked with remote teams for integration in ArgoCD and crossplane. - Resolved customer requests assigned through support tickets. ### Principal Engineer and Technical Lead @ iPass Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 - Collaborated with United Airlines, Thales, and Gogo Inflight, leading inflight service providers, to enhance inflight Wi-Fi connectivity experiences across multiple platforms, including Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. - Increased the connectivity success rate from approximately 30% to 80% across platforms, significantly improving the user experience and customer satisfaction. - Worked closely with product, business, network deployment, and customer care teams to identify and unblock any issues in the overall architecture, resulting in smoother connectivity and fewer connectivity-related complaints. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, analyze technical challenges, and implement effective solutions that enhanced the overall connectivity success rate. - Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills by troubleshooting complex technical issues and proposing innovative solutions to improve connectivity performance across platforms. - Effectively communicated with stakeholders to provide updates on progress, address concerns, and ensure alignment between technical implementation and business objectives. - Integrated OpenVPN support in the iPass app for Android platform ### Technical Lead - Android @ iPass Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 - Implemented re-design of the complete iPass Android UI using Fragments, NavigationDrawer, ActionBar. - Project Lead of SmartConnect SDK for Android (SCA) project. - Delivered Data design and specification to support ranking of Wi-Fi networks and for analytics. Implemented on Android platform to deliver data. - Implemented to integrate OpenVPN support in the iPass app for Android platform. - 802.1x API integration in Android platform. - Delivered design for branding support of Android application. - Managing beta and production release of the app to the market. ### Senior Software Engineer @ iPass Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 - Delivered design and implementation of Speed Test for Android. The implementation involved writing custom controls and using multiple parallel AsyncTask to run latency/download/upload test. - Implemented Connection Manager State Machine and used Intents for event communication. - Implemented State Machine to handle client activation and profile updates, used exponential back-off algorithm for failed updates. Delivered high Level design document. - Implemented API to allow third-party applications to activate the Android app. ### Software Engineer @ iPass Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 - Implemented standalone software product for firmware activation of OEM carriers and to implement PRL update for GOBI 1000 and GOBI 2000, Qualcomm chipsets. - Implemented micro components with API’s to communicate to the different OEM mobile broadband device. The device manufacturers include Qualcomm, Huawei, Sierra, Novatel and Option. - Worked on research, prototype, design, development and fixing customer escalations. - Educated the new members in the team. - Implemented and integrated a module to support Wi-Fi connectivity using Native Wi-Fi application programming interface (API) functions to manage wireless network profiles and to manage the wireless network connections. Quickly learnt XSLT technology for its application to create profiles for OPEN, WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, 802.1x authentication methods. - The COM technology was learnt quickly to develop prototypes and support inter-process communication. - Developed prototypes for various XML parsing techniques. ## Education ### Bachelor's degree in Information Technology Visvesvaraya Technological University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tarakeshwarsriram --- Source: https://flows.cv/tarakeshwar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tarakeshwar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-01