CURRICULUM VITAE

MANISH PANCHMATIA
B.E. - MBA (SYSTEMS) WITH 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE

SUMMARY  Overall 19 years of work experience includes working at startups and leading
MNCs, leadership role and individual contributor; solution architect and hands-on
coding; embedded systems and network side solution.
 9 years of experience in Aricent since August 2009, in implementation and
support of architect and field trial for NPO based c-SON solution, Intel’s upcoming
SoC for automobiles, IPv6 dual stack for Sonus products, Nokia’s COMA project,
Nokia’s Eden-NET SON product, porting of A-LU’s OMC-R, porting of IMC’s STT
tool etc.
 Contribution to various technical proposals in the field of IoT, Security, RF
network planning, SON, Media streaming, Integrated network monitoring
solution, TSN Ethernet, IMS, VoIP, conference solution, test case selection etc.
 9.5 years of experience prior to Aricent at IBM, Airvana, Lucent Technologies,
Cyneta Networks and a media group

HIGHLIGHTS  Domain knowledge: Wireless, Self-Organizing Network, RF Network Design,

Telecom, Datacom, Datacom Embedded Systems etc.
 Areas of interest: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, IoT/M2M, 5G, Big
Data and Applied Statistics, Cloud, SDN/NFV, DevOps, Docker container,
Kubernetes etc.
 As being a solution architect, having expertise in requirement analysis, design,
performance tuning, porting and call processing.
 Certification: "Machine Learning” by Stanford University on Coursera with 95.7 %
 Publications: Article on “Integrated Intelligent Insight into Wireless Networks” in
Bell Labs Technical Journal issue 11-1 (June 2006) (DOI:10.1002/bltj.20153)
SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES

Current Role PR INC I PA L S YST EMS EN G IN EER

Domain Experience Wireless, Self-Organizing Network, RF Network Design. Datacom, Telecom,

Areas Embedded systems.

Skills  LTE EPC, GTP, 5G Core

 SON, RF Network design
 IMS, SIP
 IPv6, IPSec, VLAN
 SS7, SIGTRAN, Diameter
 GPRS, EVDO
 NetLink, Device Driver and Embedded Systems
 Microservices, Docker Containers, Kubernetes, DevOps, Cloud native, Design
Patterns
 SDN, NFV
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Programming  Python: Flask, Pandas, numpy, TendorFlow etc., R, Octave

Languages/  C / C++, CUnit, VC++, Qt, CiCode
Operating Systems /  Core Java
 Alexa Skill Kit
Platforms / RDBMS
 Linux, Windows

Non-technical skills  Requirement capturing and analysis

 Quality management
 Constant Learner
 Initiative Taker

Tools  FeeMind mindmapping tool

 Visual Studio, R Studio, Pycharm
 Vi Editor and ctags, cscope, gProf, gCov, insure++
 Codenomicon, Wireshark, iptables, ip6tables
 Sonar, KlocWorks, cvs, svn, git, gerrit, Jenkins
 SciTect SCADA tool
ADDITIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
/AFFILIATIONS

 M A CH IN E L EA R N I N G by Stanford University on Coursera with 95.7 %

https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/certificate/KFK3X3WTCTX2

EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY

Since Aug 2009 A R IC ENT (N O W A LT R A N) – Principal Systems Engineer

 Multiple projects for different clients like Nokia, Intel, Sonus etc.
 Technical proposals

Aug 2008 to Aug 2009 IB M – Senior System Analyst

 4G LTE SAE Gateway development for NSN
 Technical evaluation for prospective acquisition plan

Feb 2007 Aug 2008 A IR VA NA NET W OR K S (NO W C OMMS CO PE ) – Lead Engineer

 BSR Development for A-LU (MM and Security modules)
 Femto cell verification for 1xRTT voice call, IPSec and QoS

Jan 2004 – Jan 2007 LUCE NT T ECH NOL O G IE S ( NO W NOK IA ) – Lead Engineer
 RF Network Design Tool – AirPro development

Aug 2001 – Dec 2003 CYN ET A NET W OR KS ( NO W T EKT R ON ICS ) – Sr. Software Engineer
 GPRS network monitoring solution development

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Jan 2000 – Jul 2001 GU JA R A T SA MA CHA R GR O U P – Junior Manager

 IT stratup, Portal and Management Information System

Jul 1999 – Sep 1999 A NI L ST A R CH – Post Graduate Apprentice Trainee

 MM Module, SAP R/3 deployment and 5s quality initiative.

Nov 1997 – Apr 1998 M A S IBUS A UT OMA T I ON P VT . LT D .– Graduate Apprentice Trainee

 Auto tuning PID controller in SciTect SCADA software

ACHIEVEMENTS/
AWARDS/
PUBLICATIONS

 Aricent Celebrate Excellence WOW Team award for supporting weekend

recruitment drive.
 Aricent Celebrate Excellence WOW award for UTT tool bringup
 Aricent Celebrate Excellence WOW Team award for c-SON trial
 Recognition at Aricent Intranet portal for my efforts to promote Sanskrit
language.
 Received Client Appreciation for Sonus Project
 Authored a white-paper on “Productive Usage of Eclipse IDE” at AXIOM event
 Publications: Article on “Integrated Intelligent Insight into Wireless Networks” is
published in Bell Labs Technical Journal issue 11-1 (June 2006)
(DOI:10.1002/bltj.20153)
 I won many prizes for extracurricular activities, including first prize in Ramanujan
Regional Mathematical Olympiad and 5th rank at Indian National Mathematical
Olympiad.
EDUCATION

2000 MA S TE R OF B U SI N E SS A PP L IC AT IO N , S YST E MS
Gujarat University

1998 B AC H E LO R OF E NG I N EE R I N G, I NST R U MEN T A T I ON A ND

CONT R OL
Gujarat University

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PROJECT
EXPERIENCE

ARICENT EXPERIENCE

Project Title EdenNet product – SON solution

Description EdenNet is Nokia’s SON solution for wireless network with multi-vendor support.
Industry Telecom
Project Timeline Feb 2018 – till date
Team size 8
Location Bangalore
Role Team Leader and SPOC for Aricent team working at client location. Knowledge sharing
about SON domain and upcoming enhancements.
Responsibilities  Lead test tool development, that simulate PM and CM data.
 Lead test automation for customer specific test cases for MRO, PRACH and
AutoPCI SON features. It was based on behave Python module as part of BDD.
 Lead test automation for System Acceptance test cases and identification of valid
clusters with relevant KPI data
 Lead extended unit test automation for various critical SON modules like ANR,
Auto PCI, PRACH optimization, MRO, MLB, Auto SC, PCE etc. The test automation
framework consists replica of existing services as mock services. The framework
was enhanced to fulfill specific needs of various SON modules. Along with test
automation, the existing bugs were discovered and reported to the client. The
automated test cases are added to Jenkins CI/CD pipeline. It replaced existing
manual regression testing, that resulted in quicker software releases
Key skills/experience Python; Python modules like: itertools, numpy, scikit-learn etc. Behavior-driven
gained development, automation framework. SON algorithms: ANR, PRACH optimisatoin, MRO,
MLB, AutoPCI, Auto SC etc.

Project Title Ethernet feature for a Modem SoC

Description XMM7272 is SoC is Intel’s upcoming LTE CAT 6 modem product for automotive. It has
Ethernet feature, to connect it to car infotainment system.
Industry Semiconductor
Project Timeline Aug 2016 – Jan 2018
Team size 5
Location Bangalore
Role Linux Ethernet EMAC device driver enhancement for various features
Lead enhancement for VLAN, Multiple PDP Context and IPv6
Responsibilities  Support for MAC loopback test enhancement for EMAC device driver
 Various proprietary power management related enhancements for EMAC device
driver: Requirement capturing, design and implementation.
 Ethernet throughput optimization: Exploration, validation and reporting
throughput numbers for various ideas.
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 Lead enhancement at SMM module to support VLAN, Multiple PDP Context and
IPv6
 Reproducing and then fixing IP related issues to unblock certification process.
These includes auto configuring DNS servers’ IP address in the product, DHCP
settings, Firewall settings using iptables and ip6tables etc.
 Critical bug fixing and supplementary services feature enhancement at RIL +
SMM modules.
 Documentation: Application Notes for Ethernet, Multiple PDP context feature,
IPv6 feature and VLAN feature.
Key skills/experience Device driver development, Power Management, Linux Kernel, TCP/IP stack, DHCP, DNS,
gained iptables and ip6tables Firewall, dnsmasq tool, VLAN

Project Title RPC based test framework

Description UTT (UTA Test Tool) is RPC based Modem Verification Tool, used for other modem
products of Intel. It is re-used for Intel’s upcoming LTE CAT 6 modem SoC to develop
complete state-full test automation framework to verify modem functionalities as well as
various product specific software components at Yocto Linux
Industry Semiconductor
Project Timeline Nov 2015 to Jun 2016
Team size 9
Location Local Onsite Bangalore and Aricent offshore development.
Role Solution Architect
Responsibilities  Customer presentation about approach for MTBF testing and Linux software
component testing
 Design and implement multi-process state-full software component named
“proxy”, which interface with UTT.
 Custom enhancements like, triggering audio during voice call, establishment of
data path during data call, auto initial attach, auto ack for MT-SMS etc.
Key skills/experience RPC based binary protocol, UTA APIs for Intel’s modem product line,
gained

Project Title cSON

Description cSON is a centralized SON solution based on Aricent developed SON algorithms and A-LU’s
NPO based Multi-Vendor adapter module for EMS/NMS. Some of the key SON use-cases
were successfully demonstrated for 4G, 3G and 2G at field trial with a Latin American
operator and, new customer features were added.
Industry Wireless Telecommunication
Project Timeline Jun 2014 to Nov 2015
Team size 10
Location Bangalore
Role Solution Architect
Responsibilities  Requirement analysis as per field trial feedback.

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 Drove implementation of newly emerged custom requirements like SIB-11

message size restrictions, cell selection profile, neighboring profiles, X2 interface
& remote cell creation etc
 Technical co-ordination between geographically separated teams.
 Review for artifacts like source code, design document and test plan etc.
 Technical support for CM, PM parameter mappings and verification.
 Contributed to SON related proposals.
Key skills/experience Practical deployment experience for SON solution, Core Java, XML, NMS
gained

Project Title COMA (Operation and Maintenance Agent using C language)

Description COMA is XML based OMA agent for all NSN’s product-line.
Industry Network Equipment Provider
Project Timeline Jun 2013 to Jun 2014
Team size 8
Location Bangalore
Role Platform Lead
Responsibilities  Consultancy for technical debt (reported by Sonar tool) reduction activity.
 Analyzed and guided to fix, field reported critical issues.
 Review for Code, DoD documents etc.
Key skills/experience XML, FCAPS, Sonar tool
gained

Project Title STT (System Trace Tool) Porting

Description STT is IMC (Intel Mobile Communication)’s Windows based tool to capture modem traces.
The tool is ported for Linux OS and MAC OS X.
Industry Semiconductor
Project Timeline May 2012 to Jun 2013
Team size 9
Location Bangalore
Role Platform Lead
Responsibilities  Requirement capturing and scope identification,
 Project proposal and effort estimation
 Project kick off and team ramp-up
 Visited Munich, Germany to understand Nitty-gritty of Engine module, 3rd party
USB driver and decoder framework
 Drove porting for Engine and decoder framework module along with guidance
for Java GUI related bug fixing
Key skills/experience Core Java, Java Native Interface, USB interface at Linux
gained

Project Title IPv6 enhancement for SGX (SS7/SIGTRAN Signaling Gateway)

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Description IPv6 dual stack support was added for SGX by modifying its platform software and
protocol stack. Also contribution to other products of Sonus IMS portfolio.
Industry Network Equipment Provider
Project Timeline May 2010 to Mar 2012
Team size 5
Location Local Onsite Bangalore and Aricent offshore development.
Role Platform Lead
Responsibilities  Drove platform changes to support IPv6, CLI configurations etc.
 Support to propagate IPv6 configuration to protocol stack
 Merging new version of SIGTRAN Protocol stack
 Requirement capture and design for PSX new feature set
 Drove proprietary SFTP implementation and bug fixes.
 Bug fixes at GSX product related to SIP
 ‘DNS overload’ feature enhancement at LWRES stack in BGCF product
Key skills/experience SIGTRAN protocol stack, SS7 protocol stack, IPv6, NetLink protocol, SIP, SIPp tool
gained
NON-ARICENT
EXPERIENCE
Project Title SAE Gateway
Description The SAE gateway is combination of S-GW and P-GW, part of 4G LTE EPC network.
Industry Network Equipment Provider
Project Timeline Aug 2008 to Aug 2009
Team size 7
Location IBM, Bangalore
Role Senior System Analyst
Responsibilities  Internal trainer for 4G LTE
 Understand emerging GTPv2 protocol and lead its development
 Lead GTPv2 Wireshark plug-in development
 Understand NEs of EPC and identified FSM changes to separate S-GW and P-GW
from SAE gateway.
 Contributed for dual IP stack and VRF support.
 Contributed for robustness testing using Codenomicon tool for both control plan
and data plane.
 Fixed memory related issue in CUnit framework.
 Lead end-to-end enhancement related to PCO (Protocol Configuration Option).
Key skills/experience LTE EPC, GTPv2, FSM, Wireshark plugin development, VRF, Codenomicon tool, CUnit
gained

Project Title EVDO Base Station Router(BSR)

Description A-LU’s BSR is a product, that includes medium size cell and complete EVDO core network.
My contribution was for mobility feature and security features. Mobility features include
A13 dormant handover for data call. Security features includes Diffie-Hellman Key
generation algorithm and enhanced Terminal Authentication.

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Industry Network Equipment Provider

Project Timeline Feb 2007 to Feb 2008
Team size 4
Location Airvana Networks, Bangalore
Role Technical Leader
Responsibilities  Reviews for code and various document artifacts.
 End-to-end development of dormant handover with BSR specific enhancement to
A13 interface as A13’ (A13 Prime)
 Demonstration of A13 dormant handover using simulated NEs.
 Explore various BIG integer library and Vedic Mathematics for Diffie-Hellman Key
generation algorithm
 Lead FSM changes for enhanced Terminal Authentication requirement.
Key skills/experience EVDO network and IETF based protocols, IP networking route command, BIG Integer
gained library, FSM

Project Title Femto-Cell verification

Description My contribution was focused on key Femto cell features: 1XRTT voice, IPSec and QoS.
Industry Network Equipment Provider
Project Timeline Mar 2008 to Aug 2008
Team size 5
Location Airvana Networks, Bangalore
Role Technical Leader
Responsibilities  Setup OpenIMS server for verification of 1XRTT voice call
 Understanding and configuration of various IPSec features for interface between
BSR and UAG (Universal Access Gateway)
 Understanding and verification of QoS parameters for data call over EVDO
network
Key skills/experience IPSec, Hands-on with OpenIMS server, QoS framework in EVDO network.
gained

Project Title RF network design Tool: AriPro

Description It contains mathematical algorithms for coordinate geometry, simulations, cellular
engineering and radio network planning to optimize coverage and capacity.
Industry Network Equipment Provider
Project Timeline Jan 2004 to Jan 2007
Team size 8
Location Lucent Technologies (Now Nokia), Bangalore
Role Technical Leader
Responsibilities  Reviews for code and various document artifacts.
 Active participation for technical chalk-talk and for System Requirement
Document review.
 Visited Whippany USA for knowledge transfer and interactions with system
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 I contributed to complex features like Monte Carlo simulation for UMTS/HSPA,

Auto antenna tilt estimation, EVDO analysis for ad-hoc customer need etc.
 Build server setup and build time reduction
 Contributed to CMMI initiatives.
Key skills/experience RF Network design, Coverage and capacity optimization, CDMA, UMTS, HSDPA, WiMAX,
gained Visual Studio, VC++ MDI Application

Project Title Wireless Link Emulation Tool

Description This tool emulates wireless data link layer by delaying the packets, dropping the packets
and bandwidth shaping.
Industry Wireless Telecommunication
Project Timeline Jan 2003 to Aug 2003
Team size 4
Location Cyneta Networks (Now Tektronics), Ahmedabad
Role Senior Software Engineer
Responsibilities  Critical bug fixing about segmentation fault and thread synchronization.
 Verification and analyzed impact on TCP and UDP using Ethereal tool.
 Documentation for software design and CLI user guide
Key skills/experience Hashing, static memory management, multithreading, Ethereal tool, TCP slow start etc.
gained

Project Title Parametric Data Module (PDM)

Description parses the captured GPRS packets from Gb, Gn and Gr interfaces, to prepare XML string
Industry Wireless Telecommunication
Project Timeline Aug 2001 to Dec 2003
Team size 7
Location Cyneta Networks (Now Tektronics), Ahmedabad
Role Senior Software Engineer
Responsibilities  Key contributor for BCH module, which manages subscribers’ registration using
proprietary binary protocol.
 Developed BSS GUI test tool to test BCH module.
 Performance improvement using profiling and memory leak detection tools.
 Team ramp up with training for emerging GPRS technology
 Technical inputs for defining KPI and KQI implementation.
 Drove implementation for Gr Interface by studying ITU’s MAP protocol,
identifying GUI changes, database changes and changes at PDM.
 Excel GUI based packet generator tool for GTPv0 and MAP protocol, that uses
WinSock API and VBA script.
Key skills/experience GSM, GPRS protocol stacks, SS7 Protocol stack, socket APIs and WinSock APIs, Message
gained Queue, gProf, gCov, insure+, Microsoft Visual Studio, VC++ Dialog based application, VBA
Script

Project Title Printing Press Automation System

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Description This IIoT system collects data from various sensors to generate paper inventory
consumption reports, and monitors alarms for paper tearing down.
Industry Media
Project Timeline Apr 2001 to Aug 2001
Team size 4
Location Gujarat Samachar, Ahmedabad
Role Junior Manager
Responsibilities  Defining Requirements
 Review hardware modules specification and interface design.
 System analysis and design
 Outsource hardware implementation
 Lead in hour software application development using VB + Oracle
Key skills/experience Hardware module specifications, System Design, Outsourcing
gained

Project Title Customized ERP

Description System analysis and design for customized ERP system for a media house.
Industry Media
Project Timeline Jan 2000 to Jan 2001
Team size 4
Location Gujarat Samachar, Ahmedabad
Role Junior Manager
Responsibilities  Defining Requirements
 Study and analyze functionalities for all departments and prepared context
diagrams.
 Understand business processes to prepare Data Flow Diagram (DFD)
 System analysis and design and preparation of Entity Relationship diagram.
 Presented system analysis and design to third party vendors and vendor
evaluation.
 Project kick off for in house development for Finance module. using VB + Oracle
Key skills/experience Management Information System design. Vendor negotiations
gained

Project Title Regional Language News Portal

Description Enhanced existing website, with various features and web based applications.
Industry Media
Project Timeline Nov 2000 to Mar 2001
Team size 12
Location Gujarat Samachar, Ahmedabad
Role Junior Manager
Responsibilities  Vendor evaluation for regional language font support.
 Lead development of regional language search engine.

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 Lead preliminary regional language news reader development with font

conversion and text to speech synthesis
 Lead central dashboard development for easy navigation for archive data.
 Lead new features on the portal like opinion poll and Tambola (Housie) game etc.
 Recruitment: Profile screening and interview.
 Company profile preparation
Key skills/experience SWOT analysis, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Unicode, HTML, Core Java
gained
HONORARY
PROJECTS &
VOLUNTEERISM

 Engineering software development for (1) stable control system design (Root
Locus) & (2) Digital Circuit design (tabulation method).
 Technical guidance to students for OCR project, bio-medical image processing etc.
 Software utility for personalized bulk SMS and WhatsApp messages.
 Active volunteer for the Art of Living, eVidyalay & Samskrita Bharati. I contributed
to Sanskrit Wikipedia with translation of “LTE-Advanced” article.
 Raspberry Pi based projects: (1) Amazon Alexa with customized skill (2) Personal
local web server for an exhibition (3) Sanskrit Wikipedia (4) OpenGTS server (5) TV
Remote Control (6) SDN setup etc.
 Built customized skill for home automation, music juke box, audio book
navigation, TV control using CEC feature of HDMI etc. using ASK(Alexa Skill Kit),
AWS lambda, ngrok secure tunnel, Python flask module. Also used AVS(Alexa
Voice Service) at Raspbery Pi to build Alexa Echo like device.
 Delivered introductory talk about AI/ML at “Applied Singularity” meetup.
 Technical guidance to needy people "Machine Learning” course by Stanford
University on Coursera
 Bhagavad Geeta Unicode text Analysis: to count and classify characters uttered
by Shri Krishna and Arjuna.
 Mobile Numbers Analysis: to estimate market share in Karnataka of all operators
with sample data set of around 1300 mobile numbers as input, Python, pandas,
numpy library. Click here for details.

LANGUAGES

Speak, Read & Write EN G L IS H , HI N D I, G UJ AR AT I , SA N SK R IT , K A N NA DA

SOCIAL MEDIA

Blog: http://layers7.blogspot.com
Github / Kaggle: mpanchmatia
Linkedin: http://in.linkedin.com/in/pancham55
PERSONAL

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DETAILS

Date of Birth: 3rd July 1976

Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies: Reading, blogging, meditation, Raspberry Pi projects, Alexa Skill Development
Passport No.: L 7711053 (Valid till March 2024)

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