Anand Sankaranarayanan
Director at Shakra Innovations
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolAnand Sankaranarayanan is a seasoned network and software engineering leader with over 18 years of experience designing, configuring, and supporting Cisco-based networks and network management systems for service providers and enterprises. As Director and Principal Project Officer, he blends hands-on expertise in NOC operations, OSS, MPLS/VPN and network security with five-plus years of project management delivering NMS products and managed services. He has a track record of building and mentoring high-performing teams, defining customer support processes, and translating operator pain points into tailored product solutions. Anand also brings practical test automation and QA experience—contributing to RISC-V test suites and building Python-based automation for SD-WAN validation—which underscores his commitment to reliable, repeatable engineering. Based in Bengaluru and Cisco-certified (CCDP/CCIP), he combines deep field experience with product-focused leadership across startups and large vendors. A practical problem-solver, he often bridges the gap between NOC needs and product roadmaps to drive measurable reductions in operational backlog.
7 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineer, Electronics and Communication, Bachelor of Engineer, Electronics and Communication at Manonmaniam Sundaranar University TirunelveliCCDP, CCIP, Network Desgin, configuration and montioring, CCDP, CCIP, Network Desgin, configuration and montioring at Cisco Certifications
Github Skills (6)
risc-v10
test-automation10
assemble9
assembler9
bit-manipulation9
assembly9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
riscv-non-isa/riscv-arch-test
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:1 review, 22 commits, 3 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Anand primarily contributed to the repository by generating coverage reports and updating test suites for bit manipulation functionality. They modified and updated test files, including coverage reports, environment setups, and test definitions for the RISC-V architecture. The user's work focused on enhancing the testing infrastructure, which included changes to include test case definitions and test datasets.
anku-anand/riscv-isac
Dec 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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