# Thamothara Kannan V.

> Principal Software Engineer at Paloalto Networks

Location: Cupertino, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/thamothara

•	12+ years of experience in Software design & System development
•	Experience in various product developments – Networking & Firewall Security 
•	Strong programming knowledge on C/C++, Python
•	Strong knowledge on various platforms (Linux, Cisco IOS, windows) 
•	Product development, HAL, device drivers, (I2c/SMBUS, SPI, UART, PCIe), RTOS, Broadcom SDK, Fan tray, Status LED, Power supply, Interfaces, and optical modules developments 
•	Design and implementation of PHY/MAC layer subsystems for SFP/QSFP form factors
•	Experience in bringing up x86 platforms and Layer 2 networking technologies
•	Experience in firmware development and enhancement.
•	Experience in Broadcom chipsets, H/W probing, schematics tracing, data sheets, analyzers, 
      J-Tag and GDB
•	Experience in infra module like Stacking, IPC, and application software

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Palo Alto Networks
Jan 2022 – Present | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Principal Software Engineer @ Microchip Technology Inc.
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States
Design and develop software features for platform services on Adaptec Smart RAID PCIe
Gen3/4 storage controller products
  Lead the design and review the code written by other developers.

### Technical Lead @ Aricent
Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Infra/system modules, device drivers, interface modules, optics
L2 switching, BCM and link debugging 
Packet monitoring

### Senior Software Engineer @ Aricent
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Chennai Area, India
complete Ownership of Infrastructures module (pluggable, alarms, infra module feature supports) on asr9000v box.
Involved in CISCO SDAC protocol for the continuities check/configuration on ASR9000v  
Enhancement for 532,600,611 activities, Code review and fix validation
Guiding team on their issues handling and work assignment to the team

### Software Engineer @ Aricent
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Chennai Area, India
Complete Ownership of Infrastructures module (pluggable, alarms, infra module feature supports) and system modules.  Involved in Rings feature support for CPT50. 
Designing/coding the new L2 features, maintenance and bug fixing

### Software Engineer @ TETCOS LLP
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 | bangalore
•	Addition of new features on Netsim/PhySim application for the Fast Ethernet protocol 
•	Designing a specification and product requirement document for Netsim/PhySim


## Education
### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Anna University Chennai


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/thamothara-kannan-v-82414223

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Last updated: 2026-04-12