1. Selvaganapathy Chidambaram
1619 Crest Road Apt#1 Cell : 919-768-3906
Raleigh, NC – 27606. schidam@ncsu.edu
Objective Seeking full-time development position in computer networking field. Availability 12/2009
Summary • 3+ Experience in Networking & Linux • Linux internals knowledge
• Expertise in Linux/BSD’s TCP/IP stack • IPC mechanism experience
• Strong C programming/debugging skill • Good problem solving skills
• L2/L3 protocol development expertise • Self motivated team player
Education North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. GPA : 3.90/4.0 2008 – Present
M.S. Computer Networking. Expected 12/2009
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, India. Grade : 80.2 % 2001 - 2005
B.E. Electronics & Communication Engineering.
Skills Certification Pursuing CCNA
Programming Linux Kernel, Socket, Multithreaded, Driver, Embedded
Data Plane IPv4, L2 switching, NAT/Firewall, QoS, GRE & MPLS
Layer 3/4 BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, LDP, UDP, SIP, VPN, DNS, DHCP
Layer 2 Ethernet, HDLC, PPP, 802.1q, STP, RSTP, LACP, ARP
Wireless Wi-Fi, GSM, CDMA, WiMAX, 3GPP, 3GPP2, Mobile IP
Operating System Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cisco IOS.
Experience Summer Research Assistant, NCSU, Raleigh, NC. Summer 2009
• Characterized NCSU traffic for Cisco project under Dr.Michael Devitsikiotis
• Modified Appmon code to develop customized monitoring tools for NCSU
Lead Engineer, HCL Technologies Ltd., Chennai, India. 2007 - 2008
• Developed key fast path modules for Juniper’s Mobile Backhaul product
• Developed IPv4 module, to update fast path routes & ensure IP forwarding
• Enhanced Linux kernel driver to interface host OS with forwarding plane.
• Developed GRE module to tunnel MPLS Pseudo Wire across IP backbone
• Developed IP/VLAN QoS – Classification, Policing, Shaping & Scheduling
• Mentored junior Engineers to synchronize ARP table of data plane & Linux
Member Technical Staff, HCL Technologies Ltd., Chennai, India 2005 - 2007
• Developed Firewall, NAT modules, proxies for Residential Gateway product
• Ported SIP/IGMP proxy to PMC Sierra’s multithreaded multicore processor
• Optimized and integrated proprietary IPSec driver with Linux TCP/IP stack
• Received client’s appreciation for optimization and fixing critical issues.
• Worked closely with Firmware, Platform, QA teams to accomplish tasks.
Academic Relevant Courses
Internet Protocol, Wireless Networking, Network Infrastructure Architecture,
Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating System.
Graduate Projects
• Developed kernel driver to create logical interface for sensor mote in Linux
• Ported embedded software into TinyOS platform of Wireless Micaz mote
• Developed Multiple TCP kernel module to enhance client-server throughput
• Implemented HTTP/ FTP Caching Gateways to efficiently utilize bandwidth
• Simulated Adaptive QoS mechanism in 802.11e to evaluate its static QoS
Honors • Rated as Outstanding Performer at HCL Tech for my Engineering ability 2007
• Awarded Patent Rights for the innovation Life Saving Cell phone System 2006