1. ACADEMICS
Prathamesh P Ghanekar
(919)-987-4988 || pghanek@ncsu.edu || prathameshghanekar28@gmail.com || www.linkedin.com/in/prathamesh-
ghanekar-4b508050
 Masters in Computer Networks - North Carolina State University (Expected Graduation: Dec’16, GPA: 3.11)
 Diploma in Embedded Systems - Center for Development of Advanced Computing(CDAC), Bangalore (Aug’11- Feb’12)
 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) - K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, University of Mumbai (Aug’07-June’11)
INDUSTRIAL
EXPERIENCE
 Software Engineer Intern at Cisco Systems Inc, San Jose(May’16 – August’16)
 Senior Software Engineer at IGATE Global Solutions Limited(now Capgemini), Mumbai, India (May’12 – July’15)
TECHNICAL
SKILLSET
 Programming languages: C, Python, C++,Linux Shell scripting, Javascript
 Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, QNX, Cisco IOS-XR
 Tools: GDB, Valgrind, Wireshark, Cisco VIRL, GNS3, Git, Enterprise Architect, TI Code Composer Studio
 Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, IP ,Ethernet, Telnet, BGP, OSPF, GRE, DHCP,ARP, UART, OpenFlow
 Databases: MongoDB, SQLite3
 Web frameworks: Flask
 Courses in Masters: Routed Network Design, Computer Design Technologies, Internet Protocols, Algorithms, OS
 Miscellaneous technical skills and interests: SDN, VXLAN, Platform development, Virtualization
PROJECTS Inventory Management System for platform team || Summer internship at Cisco Inc. || Skills : Python, MongoDB
 Developed a GUI based tool for inventory management of testbed containing routers with various specifications
 Used Telnet, Pexpect, python libraries to acquire data from routers running IOS-XR
 Used MongoDB to store inventory information, implemented full-text search feature
 Implemented Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) to configure management IP address on routers on boot
Software Defined Networking to orchestrate administrative policy || Masters project || Skills: Python, NFV, OpenFlow
 Implemented admin policy consisting of VNFs viz. Stateless Firewall, Load Balancer and Cache Server
 Used RYU SDN Controller inside ExoGENI VLAN-based slice for Data-path Orchestration
 Implemented a Round Robin Load Balancer with sticky session support
Implementing firewall as Linux Kernel Module || Masters project || Skills: C, Firewall, NetFilter
 Created a LAN topology consisting of a web-server, a database server and a Linux Gateway inside ExoGENI slice
 Developed a Linux kernel module serving as a Firewall and deployed on the gateway to filter specific types of requests
coming from outside world
Simulator for Hierarchical Memory design and Branch Predictor || Masters project || Skills: C, GDB
 Developed a simulator for cache hierarchy consisting of L1, L2 and Victim Cache and demonstrated its working using various
benchmark trace files
 Simulated Gshare, Bimodal and Hybrid Branch Predictors to enhance instruction throughput for a Scalar pipeline
Simulator for Dynamic Instruction Scheduling || Masters project || Skills: C++, STL
 Developed a simulator for Superscalar instruction pipeline to demonstrate Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP)
Sound Sampling Unit for Set Top Box || @IGATE Corp. || Skills: C, C++, Multithreading, Shell Scripting, Socket
programming
 Was a part of Sound Sampling Unit firmware Development team
 Developed and integrated AAC-LC, H.264 AV Codecs into device firmware
 Performed Bootloader(U-Boot) enhancements for loading firmware of on-board Receiver and Demodulator chips
In-Vehicle infotainment (IVI) dashboard development || @IGATE Corp. || Skills: Platform development, C++, SQLite3
 Independently developed Media player and phone applications for Intel x86-based Automotive Infotainment platform using
GStreamer and PulseAudio frameworks
Navigation Service for Automotive platform || @IGATE Corp. || Skills: C++, Enterprise Architect
 Was involved in development of Navigation service that interacts with third-party Navigation Module
 Implemented C++ based test framework for testing of APIs
USB Gadget Driver || @CDAC|| Skills: USB, Kernel debugger KDB
 Building USB Gadget Driver into linux-2.6.38 kernel and porting it to OMAP Pandaboard
RFID based Billing Machine for supermarkets || Undergraduate || Skills: Micro-controller, circuit design
 Designed a hardware prototype using RFID technology for billing machine in supermarket
 Was involved in circuit design of transceiver module and PCB fabrication