Chirag K.

Desai
Milpitas CA 95035 dchirag@hotmail.com (408)337 2401 www.linkedin.com/in/chiragdesai1

Sr. Software Engineer / Tech lead Position

Accomplished Storage Software Professional with over 15 years of experience in storage and datacenter industry. Background ranging from Fortune 500 companies to Startups. Extensive software development experience in entire storage stack, spanning from Kernel to Application integration for Backup, Recovery and Virtualization.

Professional Skills
Domain: VMware Backup and Recovery Integration with NetApp ONTAP storage, Enterprise Data and Backup Management software, Application Recovery for Exchange 2007/2010 and Oracle 9i/10g, SAN, Storage Virtualization, CDP , RAID Windows Development: Win32 API, VSS Framework, COM+ ATL, 64 bit, Windows Drivers with DDK, IFS, Power Shell Programming, , XML , HTML, Web Services. Linux Development: Shell scripting using BASH, CSH, TCSH, PERL, KDB, GDB, and DDD. Virtualization and Applications Server Platforms: VMware VSphere 5.1, VI SDK, Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2, 2012, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007/ 2010, Microsoft VSS Requestors. Development tools : Version control (CVS, Perforce, VSS), Eclipse, Visual Studio 2008, WinDBG OS: Windows (Windows 2003/2008 server) , Linux ( Red Hat & MontaVista) Language: C, C++, x86 Assembly, Comfortable in C# and Java. Standards and Protocols: SCSI, FC, RPC, CORBA, NFS, MAPI, VI SDK, SOAP etc.

Professional Experience
NetApp Inc., Sr. Software Engineer July 2009-July 2013 Contributed in Development of NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager and SnapManager for Exchange. Development in VMware Plugin for NetApp Data ONTAP 8.2 Storage Systems for VMware integration for OnCommand 5.2 Release, helped release from showstopper RFE feature introduced in crisis. Significant contribution in Supportability, training, and development in OnCommand 5.1 release for VMware integration. Supported Development in Linux/Windows based Infrastructure Management server for NetApp, DFM server for 5.1 release. Developed Pre-post scripting engine based on Factory design pattern for Host Services 1.0 using C# and .Net services for OnCommand 5.0 release for VMware and Hyper-V backup Recovery solution. Developments in ONTAPWinDC, data collector utility classes designed for OnCommand 5.0 release. Significant contribution in SnapManager for Exchange 2010 server. Developed WMI based management layer, and Power shell integration with SnapManager Backup Restore functionality.

Platform: C++, Java, C# with .Net, Perl, VMware VSphere 4.0/5.1 with VISDK, Hyper V 2008 R2 server, VSS framework, Exchange 2010 Windows/Linux Mimosa Systems, Sr. Software Engineer, 2008 Architected, Design, development of VSS requestor and COM based snapshot transport engine for their Archival product Nearpoint, designed to archive data for Exchange Server. Platform: Exchange 2007, C++, VSS Requestor framework, COM+, Windows 2003/2008

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(408) 337 2401

Mendocino Software, Sr. Windows Software Engineer, 2007-2008 Architected, Designed and Developed Microsoft Cluster server resource for Microsoft Exchange Server integration with Mendocinos Continuous Data Protection Appliance, named InfiniView. Platform: Exchange 2007, C/C++, MSCS cluster resource framework, Windows 2003, Red Hat 4.2 Linux VERITAS /Symantec Software, Principle Software Engineer, 2000-2007 Significant contribution in various products developed in VERITAS for different releases for products like BackupExec for Windows, VERITAS Volume Manager, and San Point Direct File System. Architected and Developed REMSRV, a com based component to port MAPI services for Exchange 2007 server for GRT enabled backup for BackupExec 10.0 release. Significant contributor in Oracle RMAN based Linux Backup Agent for BackupExec 9.0, awarded as key contributor for fast paced development. Developments in VERITAS Volume manager enablement for Virtualization in CISCO/Andiamo joint development for MDS 9520 switches, based on MontaVista Linux Kernel. Design and Development in SAN Point Direct, Shared File System, and SAN based architecture on CIFS/NFS shares. Developed, debugged and supported Kernel based driver in Windows 2000 server.

Platform: Exchange 2007, MAPI, Oracle RAC RMAN, C/C++, Windows 2003, Red Hat and MontaVista Linux, Windows 2003 DDK , Win32 SDK, Starcom Technology Inc., Pleasanton, Sr. Software Engineer, 1999-2000 Design and Development of TARGET mode kernel driver for SCSI/FC Error Injection software for protocol Drivers. Platform: Red Hat/ MontaVista Linux, FC/SCSI, C. Computer Associates Inc., Software Engineer, 1997-1999 Significant Contributor in development and support of Backup and Recovery software Product, ArcServe (now branded as Brightstore) for various release cycles. Developed and Supported Bare Metal DR, One Button Disaster Recovery for CD emulating Tape Drives, Windows based Partitioning driver in Kernel mode for ArcServe. Also supported to high customer call volumes for two releases on a complex product, stabilizing the support. Developed Windows based Disk Filter Driver for snapshot creation for Hot Backup Feature for Image option in ArcServe. Also, Profiled and improved algorithms that dramatically improved backup performance by more than 500% for Image Option Backup, the volume based backup for NTFS or FAT volumes in Windows File System. Designed and Developed TapeAssure 1.0, software developed for HP for SCSI TAPE drives.

Platform: Exchange 2007, MAPI, Oracle RAC RMAN, C/C++, Windows 2003, Red Hat and MontaVista Linux, Windows 2003 DDK , Win32 SDK, DOS Device Drivers.
!! Shree Ganes ha !!

Education
Bachelor of Electronics Engineering from Premier University of Bombay with Honors, College Topper few semesters.

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