- Technical Project Manager with 8 years of experience in leading cross functional teams - 10 years of Telecom real-time software development, OOD design, testing experience using Java, C, C++ on UNIX (Solaris, Linux) platforms - Working directly with Customers & vendors for requirement gathering, project plan creation, design, development, and testing - Hands on experience in coordinating real-time software deployments - Expertise in PMI’s Project Management Processes - Hands-on experience in process control, quality improvement, and SDLC methodologies - Strong experience in Configuration Management & Process Control using Subversion (SVN), CVS, and Rational ClearCase technologies. - Expert in leading small to medium project teams both onsite and offshore (virtual) - Deep, hands-on skills in Telecom products and technologies - Experience in tactical management – bug fixes, releases, and issue coordination - Problem-solving, project management, and team building

Senior Software Engineer @ As a DevOps Engineer Developing Monitoring Stack and Supporting monitoring services which includes Splunk, DynaTrance, BMC PAN, and Open Source Graphite/Grafana stack. From October 2014 to Present (1 year 1 month) Greater Seattle AreaPrinciple Engineer @ From June 2014 to October 2014 (5 months) Greater Seattle AreaSenior System Engineer @ Working for Amazon AWS, Tools Automation Team. Responsible for developing tools for monitoring AWS infrastructures and disaster recovery administrations. From September 2013 to April 2014 (8 months) Greater Seattle AreaBuild and Release Analyst (Consultant) @ The Costco Wholesale is one of the best retailers provides services to registered members. The Information Services (IS) unit provides all Ecommerce services. The Build & Deploy management team is responsible for coordinating releases, builds, and deployments. - As a release manager responsible for coordinating and prioritizing builds & deployments activities - Successfully coordinated Costco Ecommerce releases with minimum configuration management errors - Costco has Windows, IBM AIX, and Linux production servers. Writing & managing build & deployment scripts for each domain is highly erroneous and time consuming. Design & developed Build & Deploy scripts in Python programming language. From October 2012 to April 2013 (7 months) Issaquah, Washington, USASenior Project Lead @ The Transaction Network Services (TNS) provides reliable, secure, and accessible database and storage services for wireline, wireless, and broadband operators. The Local Number Portability (LNP) is one of many Telecom services provided by TNS. The LNP Services deliver essential network and database capabilities so providers can quickly, easily, and accurately port numbers, route calls to ported numbers, and process orders when subscriber change service providers. - Developed business strategy for migrating LNP Customer installations from Legacy to new server architecture (Solaris - UNIX) - Worked directly with LNP Customers and internal stakeholders for developing new feature enhancements, migration processes, and deployment schedules. Received appreciations from both internal and external stakeholders for successful completion of migration project with absolutely zero defects. - Worked on multiple but parallel assignments - design & developments, system configurations, build & deployment, Versant DBA, and support engineer. - Involved in development & testing of LNP products and services includes build automation, auto activation enhancements, performance, and WEB UI migrations - Subject Matter Expert for LNP Products and Services, Object Oriented Programming, Project Management, Quality Control, C/C++/Java programming on Solaris/Linux platform. From January 2002 to September 2012 (10 years 9 months) Olympia, Washington, USAConsulting Manager (Lead Consulant) @ VeriSign Real-time Rating and Payment (RTRP) is a world-class intelligent infrastructure service that provides real-time online charging for more diverse voice, data, and messaging services in the telecom industry. Lead technical teams, developed, & delivered high-quality products on-time to accomplish goals. Responsible for requirement gathering, proposal development, project management, design, development, and delivery of custom products. Optimized products’ performance. - Hands on experience in working with offshore and on-site teams for developing PrePayIN products & services. - Hands on Experience in working with PrePayIN customers for new project initiations, developing SOW, requirements, design, development, and support. - Expert in prioritizing multiple projects and assignments From October 2006 to June 2008 (1 year 9 months) Broomfield, Colorado, USASenior Software Development Engineer @ - Involved in design and development of RTRP Interface for IS-41P Nortel Protocol. - Designed, developed, and delivered RTRP Network Interface for GSM Camel phase 2 and phase 3 protocols. - Designed and Developed RTRP Network Interface for GSM MAP, RTRP Proprietary GCAP protocol, SMSC protocol, VRSN proprietary SmartPay protocol, and ISUP protocol.. - Designed and Developed RTRP Network Interface for IS-826 WIN II, and IS-826 IP protocols. - Developed Test Scripts on MGTS and INET network simulation servers. Learnt – SS7 TCAP, SS7 ISUP, GSM, Diameter, and SS8 D7 stack. - Designed and Developed Smoke testing and performance testing tools for testing RTRP system. - Designed and Developed RTRP rating component - Involved in Engineering team meetings to improve software development standards - In-depth development knowledge of VeriSign RTRP rating, Switch Interface, GCAP interface, SMS protocol, SmartPay, C & Java APIs, WEBGUI and testing tools. From January 2002 to June 2005 (3 years 6 months) Broomfield, Colordao, USASoftware Developer (Consultant) @ The PrePayIN is one of the core products of Lightbridge (VeriSign Company after acquisitions). The PrePayIN (SS7-SCP) interfaces with Wireless Switches (SS7-SSP) via SS7-STP and provides real-time call control and billing & payment services. The PrePayIN is being certified with major network switches like Ericsson, Nortel, & Motorola for ANSI IS41, GSM CAMEL, GPRS, and other wireless protocols. - Involved in PrePay product reengineering work. - Closely worked with QA, deployment, and technical support teams to resolve urgent client issues. - Involved in technical team discussions with Ericsson Montreal team. - Designed and Developed RTRP Network Interface for IS-41 WIN II protocol support. - Wrote INET and MGTS test scripts to automate system testing. From February 2001 to January 2002 (1 year) Palo Alto, California, USADesign Lead @ Axes Technologies was the sister organization of Alcaltel USA responsible for developing and supporting Megahub and GT tandem switch product. - Incorporated ISO 9000 quality processes in product development - Involved in design, development, and testing of AIN II (Advanced Intelligent Networks) project for Alcaltel USA switches. - Developed products in C and Z8000 programming languages - Learned SS7, TCAP, ISUP, and Switch Call Processing as part of the assignments - One of the core developers of VOIP MEGACO stack development. Actively involved in API developments - Involved in the development of SoftSwitch to interface Alcatel Tandem switch with VOIP MEGACO stack - Subject Matter Expert for Call Processing, C Programming, and UNIX Internals From March 1998 to December 2000 (2 years 10 months) Bengaluru Area, IndiaSoftware Test Engineer @ Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is Ministry of Defense, India organization. ADA designs, develops Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) for Indian defense. Part of this project DAIR (Dynamic Aviation Integration Rig) being used to simulate LCA flight simulations and test mission critical modules of LCA and control & monitor data real-time. - Actively involved in LCA simulation testing and analyzing test results - Develop Flight simulation softwares for testing LCA modules - Working with Scientists and engineers for data validation From January 1997 to March 1998 (1 year 3 months) Bengaluru Area, India

Masters, MBA @ University of Phoenix From 2004 to 2008 Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications Engineering @ BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore From 1991 to 1995 Lava Basavapatna is skilled in: Telecommunications, SDLC, Integration, Unix, Agile Methodologies, Software Development, Oracle, Software Project..., C++ Language, Object Oriented Design, Data Structures, Genetic Algorithms, Versant Object Database..., Java, C Language, Python, Subversion, CVS, Jenkins, Change Management, IBM Rational Purify, SOAP, MGTS, INET, MEGACO, SS7 protocol, TCP/IP, PL/SQL, VoIP, Wireless, C