Software Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
- Worked on Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage Management (Storage DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM) and VMware's cloud services. Techlead for the DRS team and developed several key features of DRS and Storage DRS. - Worked on Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage Management (Storage DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM) and VMware's cloud services. Techlead for the DRS team and developed several key features of DRS and Storage DRS.
What company does Ganesha Shanmuganathan work for?
Ganesha Shanmuganathan works for VMware
What is Ganesha Shanmuganathan's role at VMware?
Ganesha Shanmuganathan is Staff Engineer II
What industry does Ganesha Shanmuganathan work in?
Ganesha Shanmuganathan works in the Computer Software industry.
Who are Ganesha Shanmuganathan's colleagues?
Ganesha Shanmuganathan's colleagues are Bryan Turner, Mitch Maraney, Kyausha Lewis, Maulik Fojdar, Mike Kim, Scott Swales, Patrick Lundquist, Michael DiChiara, Smidth Panchamia, and Gregory Fujii
💼 Past Experience
Ganesha Shanmuganathan's work experience has included work with distributed resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage Management (Storage DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM), and VMware's cloud services. Ganesha Shanmuganathan is also currently a Staff Engineer II at VMware from February 2006 to February 2014, working on Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Storage Management (Storage DRS), Distributed Power Management (DPM), and VMware's cloud services.Ganesha Shanmuganathan began his career as a techlead for the DRS team, developing key features of DRS and Storage DRS. Principal Engineer / Senior Technical Director at Cohesity Inc., responsible for hands-on technology lead for the distributed file system and own several areas of the product. Ganesha Shanmuganathan investigated new areas and led the development of several features and proposed novel features and optimizations for Cohesity's distributed file system.Ganesha Shanmuganathan also worked on all the layers of the Cohesity distributed file system, implementing several features including File and Directory cloning, Defragmentation,Load balancing data across cluster, Disk selection, QoS, Share / Volume management, and Tiering between various disk types. Ganesha Shanmuganathan also worked on several features over time to have fully functional distributed SMB3 implementation.Ganesha Shanmuganathan also served as the team's engineering director earlier as the startup grew and handled management responsibilities such as hiring, mentoring, project management. Hired more than half the team of about 14 engineers at the time, and switched back to IC / technical leadership role to focus more on technical side. In this role, Ganesha Shanmuganathan helped with customer escalations, helped with pre-sale deployments, presented to customers and press.
🎓 Education
- B.S., Computer Science from Indian University of London in 2006.Ganesha Shanmuganathan has a background in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Dallas. Ganesha is currently a computer science student at The University of Texas at Dallas and is in the process of completing his MS in Computer Science. Ganesha has also worked as a software engineer for a few companies.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Ganesha Shanmuganathan has a B.Tech. from IIT(India) and an experience of 8 years as an Engineer in the IT field. Some of the key areas that Ganesha Shanmuganathan has been involved in are Software Engineer, Distributed Resource Scheduler, Storage Management, Distributed Power Management, and Cloud Services. Ganesha Shanmuganathan has worked with the following companies: VMware, Cohesity, and Cohesity Inc. in various capacities. In his current role, Ganesha Shanmuganathan is a Staff Engineer II at VMware. previously, Ganesha Shanmuganathan was Techlead for the DRS team at Cohesity Inc. where he developed several features of DRS and Storage DRS. Ganesha Shanmuganathan also worked as a Principal Engineer/Senior Technical Director at Cohesity Inc. where he owned the roadmap of smartfiles and worked closely with the PM team later to help set the direction of the product. Lastly, Ganesha Shanmuganathan served as the team's engineering director earlier at the startup where he handled management responsibilities such as hiring, mentoring, and project management.
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
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