Dr. Ram P. Rustagi
rprustagi@gmail.com,
+91-80-42087127, +91-99161-03092
I-205, Mantri Tranquil, Gubbalala,
Subramanyapura Post, Bangalore - 560061
Professional Details
Feb 2011
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Overview
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Executive summary
Academics & Research
Technology achievements
Leadership
Careers chronology
SWOT analysis
Epilogue
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Executive Summary
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25+ years of product/applications development
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Key to success: execution
 Being realistic and getting things done
20+ years in Telecom & Networking domain
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Exposure across the globe
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North America, Europe, South East Asia, and India
Richness of experience
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Cellular & VAS applications,
Switching systems and telephony, ISPs/Telcos AAA services
OSS/BSS for WiFi/WiMax, Internet & enterprise networks
Consultant, invited speaker
Academics, Starts-up, R&D organizations, large corporations
End user domain (Both wholesale & retail segments)
Hands on to solve extremely critical problems
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Academics & Research
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Academic qualifications.
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Ph. D (Comp. Sc. & Engg)
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M. Tech (Physical Engg)
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IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, India. 1981
M. Sc (Physics)
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IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology), India. 1998
Delhi University, Delhi, India. 1979
Date of birth
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April 20, 1958
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Academics and Research…
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Patents Applied
Client application presence detection in
cellphones
 Charging A-pty from Switch –B
 Peer to peer bi-directional session initiation and
communication in an environment with firewalls
 Accessing web resources of devices in protected
network from the Cloud/Internet
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Technology Achievements
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Cellular applications
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End user access – public hotspots
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Handling 4000+ ISUP calls/sec, Missed Calls Alerts Appln
Call-Complete: convert incomplete calls, empower caller.
Client based VoiceSMS application access
Non-intrusive auto authentication (user transparent)
Zero configuration change for end user
Bandwidth/SLA support (without any support in backbone n/w)
Segregating virus infected users
Telco/wireless ISP field operations
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Remote upgrade of cellphone client application
Plug-n-play deployment of hotspot controller
Concurrent remote software upgrade
Remote web console/telnet operation without VPN setup, firewall
holes
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Technology Achievements…
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Performance Optimization
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MCA Application: 8x improvement in handling missed calls
OSS/BSS System: 10x performance improvement
Web Transaction System: O(1) time scheduling algorithm
Auto VoiceSMS application
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Telecom switching systems
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Charging originating party from terminating switch side
Defined messaging communication architecture
Real time scalable call routing of voice calls
High performance web transaction system
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Single system view to outside world
Distributed algorithm to elect cluster leader
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Leadership Traits
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People
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Processes
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Delegation, imbibe ownership (buck stops at me)
Accept mistakes – (review to ensure non-critical)
Mentoring – to grow
Key: requirements clarity
Small achievable targets (incremental development)
Involve QA early, manage with thin resources
Product development:
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Correctness, maintainability, efficiency, elegance
End consumer and usability focus
Plan and design future evolution
Hands-on, fully involved in design/architecture
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Career Chronology
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PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore
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Nov-10 onwards
Professor, MCA Department
 Teaching Web Programming
 Research and Projects activities
 Moving IP access to internet to at SGSN level from
GGSN
 Near Field Communication
 Cloud based distributed systems and concurrency
control
 Data center management technologies
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Career Chronology - 2
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Kirusa Software Pvt Ltd, India.
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Jan-08 - Oct-10
Vice President (Application & Services),
 Applications / Products
 Missed Call Alerts, Call Completion, VoiceSMS etc.
 VAS Applications (Contest, Tele-voting, phone client …)
 IN Integration for Charging/Billing
 Managed multi-location in house/outsource teams
Company information
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Based in NJ, USA, leading provider of VoiceSMS and related VAS
products
Customers
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Leading cellcos worldwide (India, APAC, ME, Africa)
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India – Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, MTNL etc.
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APAC – Grameenphone, Warid, Ufone, Phillipines
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EMEA – Etisalaat, Zain, MTN etc.
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Career Chronology - 3
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Pronto Networks, CA, USA & Bangalore
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Apr 2002 – Jan 2008
Head - India development center, and VP - Technology
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Managed 100+ professionals
Company/product info
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Leader in public broadband wireless access
Retail segment
 Public hotspots (café, airports, malls), hotels, city wide
WiFi mesh (20+ cities in USA), residential dwelling units
Wholesale/corporate
 Corporate visitor/employee WiFi access
Offers converged services platform to ISP/Telcos
 Back office and service control functions,
 Roaming - other ISPs/aggregator: Boingo, iPass, Syniverse.
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Pronto Networks…
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Customers…
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Leading Telcos
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Municipality: WiFi mesh
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Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent
Enterprise
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20+ cities.
Resellers & system integrators
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UK: British Telecom (OZIAB – Open Zone In A Box),
Malaysia: TMNet,
Brunei: DST, TelBru,
Philippines: PLDT,
India – Aircel, Bharti Airtel, VSNL
SUN Microsystems (world wide campus)
100+ ISPs.
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Pronto Networks…
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OSS/BSS system for public access
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Technology development and product delivery
Developed on J2EE architecture
Mentored a team 40+ technology professionals
Hot standby, fault tolerance & scalability
Credit card processing (Verisign, PayPal, WorldPay etc.)
RADIUS, LDAP, SMPP servers, HLR and IN Integration
Access controller for hotspot locations
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Embedded device providing WiFi seamless access
Interaction with external interfacing products
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Property management system (Fidelio, IDS, HSIA)
WiMax product
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Requirements, analysis and design for CSN/WiMax
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Career Chronology...
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Abeona Networks, CA, USA
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Product
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Oct’00 – Feb’02
Director of engineering,.
High performance web transaction controller
Technology development responsibilities
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Cluster administration & management
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Web content management with replication
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Monitoring, membership control, software upgrade
Staging, versioning, deployment, synchronization
N + 1 fault tolerance
Integration with network switching fabric
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Career Chronology...
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Savera Systems, NJ, USA
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Product – Interconnect Billing System
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Aug 1998 – Oct 2000
Director of engineering,
First 100% web based interconnect billing product
Engineering development responsibilities
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Interconnect billing settlement & reconciliation
Requirement analysis and interconnect specifications
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European Telco’s interconnect agreement
National interconnect agreements
Mentoring a team of 10+ people
Design/code review functions
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Career Chronology …
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I I T Delhi, India
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Feb 1991 to Aug 1998
SSO-I (equivalent to Asst Professor)
Ph.D, 1992-1998
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Developed a unified framework for concurrency control
Industrial Consultancies
Responsibilities
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Established first TCP/IP network in the country
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Worked with all LAN/WAN technologies
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Networked all the 6 premier education institutes
10base5, 10base2, 10baseT, fast and Gigabit Ethernet
ATM, OSI, X.25 networks
Transitioned WAN connectivity from 1200bps to 2Mbps
Technology trainings/seminars/publications, industry
consultancies.
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Career Chronology …
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C-DoT Delhi, India. 1985-1990
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Designed & developed voice call routing
Designed Inter Process Communication (IPC) architecture
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Defined message fields, framing and format
Support variable length message (a new concept then)
Designed CRM software module
Defined software processes
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Coding guidelines
Code reviews
Design walk-through etc
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Career Chronology …
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Harris Corporation, CA, USA.
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Consultant, 1990-1990.
Implement CCITT Q.931 based ISDN PRI call routing
HCL Ltd
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R & D engineer, 1981- 85
Developed COBOL compiler and runtime system
Large Test suite of COBOL programs for compiler testing
Prototype development of spreadsheet
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SWOT Analysis
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Strength
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Strong Analytical skills and Research oriented approach
Design practical, workable algorithms to solve complex issues
Take complete ownership (successes & failures)
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Focus on end user usage convenience
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Weakness
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Opportunities
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On occasions too upfront, aggressive and politically incorrect
criticism
Rapid assimilation & insight gain of new technologies
Threats
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Non-challenging, routine work
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Epilogue
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Excitement
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Development of technology to develop systems that
benefits a large user base.
Mentor and educate team members for professional
advancement
Solve technical complex issues that initially appear
undoable, considering both tactical and strategic needs.
Execution
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A go-getter and ‘put things together’ attitude
Goal oriented and believes in putting best efforts to make
timely delivery even with thin teams
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Epilogue…
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Personal
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Develops and maintains cordial relations with colleagues,
subordinates, seniors and customers.
Mentors team members to achieve professional growth
Continuous focus on innovation
Welcomes open criticism/feedback to improve upon
References
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Available (on request) from any of past work associations
Academics & Research
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G B Meemamsi, founder Executive Director, C-DoT.
Dr R N Moorthy, VP - Engg, Kirusa Inc, NJ, USA
Prof S.N. Maheshwari, Comp Sc & Engg, IIT Delhi
Prof B N Jain, Vice Chancellor, BITS
 Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai
Prof P C P Bhatt, Consultant, (ex IIT Delhi, ex IIIT Bangalore) 2
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