Phani Penumarthi
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Fremont, California, United States
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Top SchoolPhani Penumarthi is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with 10+ years focused on high-performance networking, SDN and LTE protocol stacks, currently extending IPv6 support in Palo Alto Networks’ SD-WAN products. He combines deep C systems expertise with hands-on experience building application intelligence and metadata extraction modules at Gigamon, where he led signature and platform ports and earned innovation awards. Phani’s background blends industry and research—his PhD work on predictable network performance informs practical solutions for contingency and routing challenges. He’s comfortable owning specs, coordinating cross-functional teams (QA, UI, PLM) and shepherding features from design to ship. Notably, his career includes building middleware for seamless WiFi–3G connectivity at Intel and GTP/LTE features for traffic monitoring, reflecting a rare mix of cellular-core protocol insight and production-grade software delivery. Based in Fremont, CA, he thrives on learning packet switching and routing while translating academic ideas into deployable network software.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Computers Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Computers Engineering at Koneru Lakshmaiah College of EngineeringDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science and Engineering at University of South Carolina
Github Skills (3)
security3
linux3
csi3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ppenumarthi/ppenumarthi.github.io
Sep 2019 - Apr 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
ppenumarthi/EPC-openAir4G
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:8 commits, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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