Akshay Singhal

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  Associate Software Engineer

  Specialized in handling Database Administration problems for clients using ORACLE 9i database, and worked on performing rigorous Unit, Module, System and Acceptance Testing for the application.Created a module to determined the Impact Analysis for the database for any changes in database, which helped improve the efficiency & productivity of the Development Phase by 50%* Adjudged the Star Performer of the Month by the Project Leader

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  MediaDefender (now part of ARTISTdirect)

  May 2005 - Aug 2005

  Software Developer Intern

  Analyzed and developed network protocols for both internal and external networks to communicate over a P2P network and researched into newly developing P2P protocols.

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  MediaDefender (now part of ARTISTdirect)

  Aug 2006 - Feb 2007

  Software Developer

  Data Protection & Marketing Intelligence over P2P networks - to aid in anti-piracy efforts over P2P networks and for analysis and reporting of illegal and copyrighted media.

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  Cisco Systems

  Feb 2007 - Sept 2015

  Working on developing End-to-End solutions for Smart Connected Vehicles and Machine-to-Machine architecture, part of the Internet Of Everything charter at Cisco. Researching Vehicle Networks, Intelligent Transportation, Security for internet-connected car, prototyping solutions for connectivity inside, outside and about the vehicles. Software Engineering Development for key Cisco IOS features like - Flexible Packet Matching (FPM)- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)- Measurement Aggregation & Correlation Engine (MACE) - Application Response Time (ART) engine - Common Classification Engine (CCE) which forms the backbone for classification of traffic on the ISR platform for various clients like Firewall, NAT, QoS, WAAS, NBAR, Video Monitoring, MACE etc.

  • Senior Solution Developer

    May 2012 - Sept 2015

  • Software Engineer

    Feb 2007 - Apr 2012
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  RIFT.io

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2018

  Working on RIFT.ware: the industry’s first open source, hyperscale Network Services Virtualization Platform. RIFT.io’s solution approach is through highly scalable management and orchestration (MANO) capabilities using open source, model-driven, standard descriptors, which fosters industry-wide innovation and prevents single vendor lock-in.

  • Cusomer Integration Expert

    Apr 2016 - Apr 2018

  • Senior Member of Technical Staff

    Sept 2015 - Apr 2016
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  RIFT

  Apr 2018 - Oct 2019

  Manager, Service Delivery

  Managing and providing Professional Services for Cloud Development, Optimization and Systems Integration for RIFT's customers & partners for Cloud Network Functions Virtualization Management and Orchestration.

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Oct 2019 - now

  Sr Technical Account Manager

  Supporting AWS customers’ creative and transformative spirit of innovation across all technologies, including Compute, Storage, Database, Big Data, Application-level services, Networking, Serverless and more.