Veera Raghavan Seshadri

Experience

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  Nokia

  Oct 2003 - Dec 2009

  Senior Software Engineer

  Worked mainly in A5020 MGC projects both in R&D and at operator's network across globe.Products includes : A5020MGC, A5020CSC, TGW 7510/7515, Convedia/Condour Media servers and AGW's

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  Wipro

  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

  Technical Lead

  Expert in Integrated Database management module of Alcatel-Lucent’s A5020 Media Gateway Controller.Part of the Server Platform team handling requirements , design and implementation.

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jan 2011 - Nov 2013

  Associate Consultant

  Worked in Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise R&D division. Key responsibilities are: - SIP related feature enhancements and development which includes complete design, coding and elaborate testing- Bug fixing for different customer raised fault reports in SIP protocol and in C/C++ language

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  Vodacom

  Dec 2013 - Oct 2016

  Technology Architect

  Some of key outputs of the role:- Responsible for end to end product architecture for both the Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) and Consumer Business Unit (CBU) in line with the product roadmap- Responsible for technical impact assessment for new products within the EBU and CBU- Build and maintain a sound relationship with technology partners- Consolidate technical design input and provide guidance for an end-end product implementation to achieve operational readiness. - Leverage existing network as well as systems functionality to design new products. - Build a knowledge base of network and systems patterns that can be re-used for quick delivery of new products.- To investigate and research on best design principles in line with industry standards. Show less

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  Nokia

  Nov 2016 - Sept 2017

  Lead Architect - 100-200 mil SDM solution Expansion project for Indian operator- Identifying dependencies and Sequencing roll-out activities- Customer workshop and explaining the detailed activities per cluster- HLD creation, Lab design and test strategy definition Cognitive Neural Networks - RAN Optimization programme - Engaged as E2E Solution Architect in this in-house initiative- Data Mining (Extensive data normalization performed)- Data center design (backend storage used for Data mining)- Machine learning & Analytics solution proposal which will learn and predict RAN Optimization

  • Solution Architect, Tiger Team

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Solution Architect, Tiger Team

    Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
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  Nokia

  Nov 2017 - now

  - Understands the customer current and future expectations and needs in order to act as the advocate and trusted advisor of the customer on its future strategy and positioning- Translates customer's requirements to design the full scope of the solution in the Nokia cloud and networking domain, to achieve workable end-to-end solutions including third party systems- Specifies and designs effective end-to-end solutions, through the high as well as low level design of architecture, to meet customer needs in a market positioning prospective- Develops the full scope of the solution, working across organisations to achieve workable solutions- Develop detailed customer solution design and architecture and perform technical risk evaluation for overall technical solution.- Lead the technical implementation during the delivery phase- Present offered solution design/architecture to customer and verify/adapt it during realization phase- Design and leads the identification and specification of complex solutions in complex customer environment.- Manages solutions requirements across domains in a multi-vendor environment that involves (Affirmed GiLAN solution, Affirmed Messaging Service Function (MSF), Astellia) fitting into Nokia's Cloudband and Nokia's SDN (Nuage) ecosystem Show less

  • Solutions Architect, ORAN & Cloud RAN

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Technology Expert, Cloud

    Nov 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Lead Architect, Delivery Architecture Office

    Nov 2017 - Oct 2019