Rajinder Kumar

Experience

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  C-DOT

  Jun 1991 - Sept 1996

  Sr. Research & Development Engineer

  Dev/Test/Validation, TOT and deployment of the India’s indigenous Digital Switching system for the rural environment. Key contributor in CDOT’s foray into the international arena – successful implementation/delivery of the switching solution in Russia, Vietnam and many African countries.

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  Hughes Software Systems

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  Led QA and maintenance support teams of Mobile Satellite communication projects which are currently in service. Boot started the Quality Assurance function for the HSS product portfolio which can act as a gate for delivering the products to the customers/fields. Design/Setup big labs for the dev/test teams. Led QA teams of the Mobile Satellite communication for a European Tier-1 solution provider. The network worked on the MEO/GEO satellites and the solution involved multiple divisions of the Hughes Network system.

  • Project Manager

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2002

  • Technical Lead

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
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  Aricent

  Jan 2002 - Mar 2019

  Leader for a big vertical for a Tier-1 European OEM with a team of 600+ engineers. Leading programs/teams in Wireline, Wireless, Application, EMS/NMS, TS, Cloud framework development (VNF Manager, Platform for Low Latency Edge Computing), 5G Backhaul, Fast Path domains. Multiple programs spanning diverse technologies including new areas – Wireless (4G CPE), Wireline (L2/L3/MPLS/OTN), Cloud/virtualization (VNFM, Edge Computing Platform). Responsible for driving and delivering $XX Million annual business for the vertical. Grew the vertical at nearly 50% year-on-year growth in completely new technologies. Show less Delivery head for multiple programs for a tier-1 European OEM. Responsible for building, designing, developing, delivering and maintaining multi-million-dollar products and services spanning diverse technologies – Wireless (2.5G/3G/4G), Wireline (L2/L3/MPLS/OTN), Fast Path (Cavium, Intel), Cloud/virtualization (VNFM, Edge Computing Platform). Peak team in order of 470+ in multiple projects including a horizontal service for one of the biggest BU. Enhanced participation on presales of different types – programs/projects/rebadging/acquisition. Recovered/strengthened CSP vertical by continuous pre-sales. Design and setup of big lab (~55K sq. ft, biggest in Aricent) for a vertical for e2e testing NEs in 2G/2.5G/3G. Show less

  • Assistant Vice President - Engineering

    Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

  • Director - Engineering

    Nov 2006 - Jul 2016

  • Sr. Engineering Project Manager

    Jan 2002 - Nov 2006
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  Truminds Software Systems

  Mar 2019 - now

  Set-up and Led center growth, established multifunctional team to nurture and grow business for key customers, including one of the largest Tier1 customer. Led specific cloud based solutioning, team formation and delivery of impactful solution to Japanese/US customers in Computer vision & AI/ML domain.

  • Center Head, Truminds Hyderabad

    Mar 2020 - now

  • Vice President - Engineering

    Mar 2019 - now