1. SANTHOSHKUMAR CHANDRASEKAR
101 E San Fernando St Apt# 223 San Jose CA -95112
+1-408-823-7347 ksanthos06@gmail.com
SUMMARY
 10+ years of experience in Ethernet Switching domain
 Expertise in Implementing and Validating Features of Broadcom StrataXGSproducts
(Functional Validation)
 Expertise in all legacy features of StrataXGS products (starting from Firebolt to till
date)
 Specialized in OAM Architecture (ETH-OAM, BFD,BHH, MPLS-TP & RFC6374)
 4 Patents in Network Switching till now (and few more in pending)
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (with 9.02 CGPA) -
PSG college of Technology (BharathiarUniversity), Coimbatore in May, 2004.
 Diploma in Electrical & Electronics Engineering (with 96.96%) – Thiagarajar Polytechnic,
Salem in April, 2001.
COMPUTER SKILLS
o Languages: C
o Scripts: TCL
o Version Control: Perforce
o Operating System: UNIX, Windows
o Packages: MS-Office
CERTIFICATION
Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (CECP) 2.0 from Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) in 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
 Principal Engineer in Broadcom from August 10th, 2007 till date.
 Software Engineer in Alcatel-Lucent, Chennai from August 17th, 2006 to July 20th, 2007.
 Engineer in MindTree Consulting Pvt Limited, Bangalore, from 1st July, 2004 to 11th
August, 2006.

2. PROJECT DETAIL
Company : Broadcom Limited, San Jose, CA
Project Title : Architecture Implementation of StrataXGS Ethernet Switches
Duration : December 15th 2014 to till now
Team Size : 12
Designation: Principal Engineer
Project Description:
Network switch is a multimillion-chip project, where the switch lies on a single chip
with layer 2 to Layer 7 functionalities are embedded. Its termed as Switch on a Chip (SOC).The
system comprises of a SOC, software driver and packet generators.
I am part of Architecture Group of Broadcom’s Network Switching BU which
consolidates Chip Features, Defines Feature Requirements, Implements those Features in c-code
(so that Features and overall Chip behavior can be validated before implementing them in RTL)
and Supports various teams till the Chip Tapeout. I am part of Architecture Implementation
(AI) Team within the Architecture Group and the team is responsible for understanding Feature
requirements and implementing them in c-code model (i.e. a model that is used for
Functional/Architecture Validation)and supports various groups till the chip tapeout.
Responsibilities:
 Understanding Features Architecture, Defining the Implementation plan, implementing the
Features in c-code and supporting Validation team on Bug fixes.
 Supporting other Teams (S/W, S/W-QA, Design (DE.DV& SV) on feature understanding
and Data structures (i.e. tables/registers configuration) and Chip behavior
 I was leading c-code efforts of a Chip from April, 2015 till March, 2015 (with a 3 member
team)
Company : Broadcom Communication Tech Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
Project Title : Architecture Validation of StrataXGS Ethernet Switches
Duration : August 10th 2007 to December12th 2014
Team Size : 37
Designation: Senior Staff Engineer

3. Project Description:
During this time I was part of Architecture Validation Team of the same Architecture
Group in Broadcom’s Networking Switching BU. This Team is responsible for validating
various features supported by the chip (i.e. Functional Validation).
Responsibilities:
 Understanding Feature Architecture, Defining Test Suite, Leading and Executing
Chip/Feature Validation, Developing AV Test cases, Analyzing & Reporting Issues and
Verifying the fixes
 Supporting other Teams (S/W, S/W-QA, SV & DV) on feature understanding and
providing local Architecture support on Data structures (i.e. tables/registers configuration)
and Chip behavior
 Worked on a short term (3 months) assignment of Architecture Implementation (AI) for a
Data Centre Feature (NIV)
 Packaged Packet Generation Utility (PF) in TCL and provided it with Unit testing
framework & Doxygen based automatic documentation which is being re-used by S/W
teams
 Developed Test plan/Test Suite and Test cases to verify the following standards and
features:
o IEEE 802.1ag - Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) which is part of ETH-
OAM
o IEEE 802.3ah - Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) which is part of ETH-OAM
o RFC 5880 - Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
o RFC 6374 - Packet Loss and Delay Measurement for MPLS Networks
o IETF BHH & MPLS-TP drafts
o And many other Broadcom proprietary Features
Company : Alcatel-Lucent,Chennai
Project Title : Development of AOS (Alcatel Operating System) for Alcatel OmniSwitch
products
Duration : August 2006 to July 2007
Team Size : 9
Designation: Software Engineer
Project Description:
Design, implementation, and operational support of VxWorks based embedded
software systems for managing, monitoring and controlling of customized high-speed

4. hardware and ASICS. The software architecture contains various combinations of features like
Source Learning, VLANS, LACP, Flood/Storm Control, Port Mirroring, Layer III Routing
Protocols, OSPF, MPLS, VRRP, Ipv4/IPv6, Layer2 Switching, STP (MSTP,RSTP and Std), Layer
3 (Ipv4/IPv6), Interface Management, VBAS, Radius, QoS, 802.1p,ACLs, Queuing/Traffic
Management, RED, WRED, IGMP, GMRP, CLI, Embedded Management and Applications,
RMON, SNMP, IP Applications, SSH, DHCP, Security, 802.1x, Denial of Service attacks
prevention (DOS).
Responsibilities:
 Design & development of Quality of Service (QoS) & Security features in AOS.
Company : MindTree Consulting Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
Client : Broadcom India Pvt Ltd (Onsite at Broadcom, Bangalore)
Project Title : Architecture Validation of StrataXGS Ethernet switches
Duration : September 2004 to August 2006
Team Size : 12
Designation: Engineer
Project Description:
During this time I was part of same Architecture Validation Team in Broadcom’s
Networking Switching and I was working as a Consultant from MindTree.
Responsibilities:
 Understanding and supporting the validation environment development which was created
using discrete networks simulator Omnetpp/SystemC and TCL.
 Understanding the features of the network switch chip, making/developing the Test
plan/Test suite, writing test cases and debugging the functionality/behavior of the model
using TCL scripts.
 Developed Test plan/Test Suite and Test cases to verify the following standards and
features:
o IEEE 802.1Q – Virtual LANs (VLAN)
o IEEE 802.1D - Spanning Tree Protocol
o IEEE 802.3ad - Link Aggregation (LAG)
o IEEE 802.1ad – Provider Bridging (QinQ)
o Other IEEE 802.3, RFCs and other Networking related standards
o And many other Broadcom proprietary Features
 Writing TCL scripts enhance the environment.