Experience

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• CNCF Ambassador

  • Mar 2023 - Present



KubeArmor

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Maintainer

  • Oct 2020 - Present



AccuKnox

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, Engg & Open Source Lead

  • Jul 2020 - Present

  AccuKnox (www.accuknox.com) provides a Zero-Trust Run-time Kubernetes Security platform. AccuKnox was launched in partnership with Stanford Research Institute (www.sri.com) and is anchored on seminal patented inventions in the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Data Provenance. * Evangelist and Lead author for CNCF-Sandbox Open-source kubearmor (https://github.com/kubearmor/kubearmor) * Designed an Identity solution that leveraged SPIFFE/SPIRE and integrated with CNI… Show more AccuKnox (www.accuknox.com) provides a Zero-Trust Run-time Kubernetes Security platform. AccuKnox was launched in partnership with Stanford Research Institute (www.sri.com) and is anchored on seminal patented inventions in the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Data Provenance. * Evangelist and Lead author for CNCF-Sandbox Open-source kubearmor (https://github.com/kubearmor/kubearmor) * Designed an Identity solution that leveraged SPIFFE/SPIRE and integrated with CNI (Cilium). All the work/designs are available in public forums. * Working on cutting-edge tech such as eBPF, BPF-LSM, k8s-native solutions, Multi-cluster deployments. Show less AccuKnox (www.accuknox.com) provides a Zero-Trust Run-time Kubernetes Security platform. AccuKnox was launched in partnership with Stanford Research Institute (www.sri.com) and is anchored on seminal patented inventions in the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Data Provenance. * Evangelist and Lead author for CNCF-Sandbox Open-source kubearmor (https://github.com/kubearmor/kubearmor) * Designed an Identity solution that leveraged SPIFFE/SPIRE and integrated with CNI… Show more AccuKnox (www.accuknox.com) provides a Zero-Trust Run-time Kubernetes Security platform. AccuKnox was launched in partnership with Stanford Research Institute (www.sri.com) and is anchored on seminal patented inventions in the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Data Provenance. * Evangelist and Lead author for CNCF-Sandbox Open-source kubearmor (https://github.com/kubearmor/kubearmor) * Designed an Identity solution that leveraged SPIFFE/SPIRE and integrated with CNI (Cilium). All the work/designs are available in public forums. * Working on cutting-edge tech such as eBPF, BPF-LSM, k8s-native solutions, Multi-cluster deployments. Show less



Huawei

• China
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Architect

  • Nov 2009 - Jul 2020

  * High performance (reverse) proxy, load balancing solution design, optimizations for CDN & cloud scenarios. * Userspace Network stack development based on DPDK/Netmap/XDP, LWIP & UIP network stack expertise. EBPF based optimizations for multipath transport. Extensively used iptables/netfilter/kprobes/tracepoints/perf system tools. * IoT network optimization and general transport optimization solutions. Contiki-OS, RIOT-OS, Linux-6Lo, RPL mesh networking technology. Worked on Google… Show more * High performance (reverse) proxy, load balancing solution design, optimizations for CDN & cloud scenarios. * Userspace Network stack development based on DPDK/Netmap/XDP, LWIP & UIP network stack expertise. EBPF based optimizations for multipath transport. Extensively used iptables/netfilter/kprobes/tracepoints/perf system tools. * IoT network optimization and general transport optimization solutions. Contiki-OS, RIOT-OS, Linux-6Lo, RPL mesh networking technology. Worked on Google OpenThread integration. * Multipath TCP/UDP solutions (scheduling, coupled congestion control) development for terminals. * Video Streaming optimization solutions and Video analytics for surveillance scenarios. * Extensive work on Linux kernel for several enhancements related to transport optimization. * Low-latency transport optimization for gRPC and Apache-thrift RPC-style communication. Expert in Beacon (iBeacon, Eddystone, Altbeacon) based proximity solutions. Worked on overall framework development including Andriod/iOS SDK and corresponding cloud handling for Nearby tech. Worked on handling design/requirement specs considering Cyber-security aspects (such as STRIDE analysis, GDPR and other compliance handling). Worked on tools/practices for ensuring implementation level compliance. Show less * High performance (reverse) proxy, load balancing solution design, optimizations for CDN & cloud scenarios. * Userspace Network stack development based on DPDK/Netmap/XDP, LWIP & UIP network stack expertise. EBPF based optimizations for multipath transport. Extensively used iptables/netfilter/kprobes/tracepoints/perf system tools. * IoT network optimization and general transport optimization solutions. Contiki-OS, RIOT-OS, Linux-6Lo, RPL mesh networking technology. Worked on Google… Show more * High performance (reverse) proxy, load balancing solution design, optimizations for CDN & cloud scenarios. * Userspace Network stack development based on DPDK/Netmap/XDP, LWIP & UIP network stack expertise. EBPF based optimizations for multipath transport. Extensively used iptables/netfilter/kprobes/tracepoints/perf system tools. * IoT network optimization and general transport optimization solutions. Contiki-OS, RIOT-OS, Linux-6Lo, RPL mesh networking technology. Worked on Google OpenThread integration. * Multipath TCP/UDP solutions (scheduling, coupled congestion control) development for terminals. * Video Streaming optimization solutions and Video analytics for surveillance scenarios. * Extensive work on Linux kernel for several enhancements related to transport optimization. * Low-latency transport optimization for gRPC and Apache-thrift RPC-style communication. Expert in Beacon (iBeacon, Eddystone, Altbeacon) based proximity solutions. Worked on overall framework development including Andriod/iOS SDK and corresponding cloud handling for Nearby tech. Worked on handling design/requirement specs considering Cyber-security aspects (such as STRIDE analysis, GDPR and other compliance handling). Worked on tools/practices for ensuring implementation level compliance. Show less



Antarix Networks

• Mumbai Area, India

• Engg Manager

  • Jun 2009 - Nov 2009

  Pre-sales and solution development (NGIN-related) as a Value Added Service (VAS) provider. Work with engineering teams in Reliance, TTSL, Idea, Airtel service providers. Pre-sales and solution development (NGIN-related) as a Value Added Service (VAS) provider. Work with engineering teams in Reliance, TTSL, Idea, Airtel service providers.



Incubon India

• Mumbai

• Product Architect

  • May 2007 - Jun 2009

  Startup which worked on improving the user-experience and cost for international roaming by utilizing local prepaid connections and coupling it with VoIP backend to manage seamless transfer between locations. SIP, RTP/RTCP, VoIP Application servers design, development & deployment. Designed video streaming management solution for surveillance. Startup which worked on improving the user-experience and cost for international roaming by utilizing local prepaid connections and coupling it with VoIP backend to manage seamless transfer between locations. SIP, RTP/RTCP, VoIP Application servers design, development & deployment. Designed video streaming management solution for surveillance.



Netyantra India Pvt. Ltd.

• Sr. Tech Lead

  • Sep 2002 - May 2007

  Worked on media mixing/transcoding techniques for conferencing/IVR and call solutions. Worked on audio/video codecs and associated SIP signalling. Scaling the solution to a million BHCA with off-the-shelf server components was one of the major achievements. Also piloted the solutions in various telcos and enterprise organizations. Worked on media mixing/transcoding techniques for conferencing/IVR and call solutions. Worked on audio/video codecs and associated SIP signalling. Scaling the solution to a million BHCA with off-the-shelf server components was one of the major achievements. Also piloted the solutions in various telcos and enterprise organizations.