VaibhaV Sharma

Current

Team FOSS.IN at FOSS.IN
Infrastructure Specialist at Ishi Systems Inc.

Past

Linux Consultant at Cisco
Chief Telephony Engineer at Cellecast Inc.
Speaker and Organizing Team member at Linux Bangalore 2001, 2003 & 2004

Network Consultant at Exocore Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Systems Administrator and Team Lead at Ebot Technosoft Ltd.
Freelance Network Consultant (Self-employed)

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VaibhaV Sharma’s Summary

14 year experience with Computer Networks, Open Source Software, Information Systems, Infrastructure and Operations management.

VaibhaV Sharma’s Specialties:

Design, Delivery and Management of Corporate Infrastructure, Datacenter Management, Network Security, Open Source Software

Business Continuity on a Budget, Public Speaking, Marketing Ideas, Online Marketing, Brand Management

VaibhaV Sharma’s Experience

Team FOSS.IN

FOSS.IN

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

http://foss.in/2007/info/Team

FOSS.IN is one of the biggest Open Source and free software events in India and the Asian region. The event is made possible by contributions from hundreds of people all across the globe.
Infrastructure Specialist

Ishi Systems Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

* Responsible for the firm's global infrastructure needs which includes offices in the US and India.
* Handled infrastructure expansion from a 10 people company to close to 100
* Managed several office relocation and expansion phases
* Introduced and Managed several transition projects for critical services such as Distriubuted VOIP, Email, Virtualization.
* Contribute to internal as well as customer facing software projects
Linux Consultant

Cisco

(Public Company; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)

December 2007 — February 2009 (1 year 3 months)

* Working with Cisco Advanced Services BU, helping them deliver the AVM Traffic Controller engine appliance.

* Worked with NME-APA (Bryce) bandwidth management / control product.

Link - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9799/index.html

* Worked with Cisco's AON (Application Oriented Networking) team to deliver the next generation of AON software and devices.

* Ported AON software stack to the latest CADE2140, 2142 and 1010 appliances.

* Designed and delivered a CDROM based manufacturing process for CADE devices

Link - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6692/Products_Sub_Category_Home.html
Chief Telephony Engineer

Cellecast Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

May 2007 — October 2007 (6 months)

* Architecture, implementation and maintenance of an "audio on demand" application
- Built a scalable, secure and cost effective phone application platform using Asterisk, PHP-AGI, Shell scripting and various Open Source tools on Linux
* Manage datacenter infrastructure
- Helped managed and improve various pieces of the web hosting business
Speaker and Organizing Team member

Linux Bangalore 2001, 2003 & 2004

(Computer Software industry)

December 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 1 month)

Talks
2004 -
* Asterisk - The Open Source PBX
* Open Source alternatives to MS Exchange

2003 -
* J2EE server Infrastructure with Linux
* Installing and Running Linux on an iPaq

2001 -
* Linux based email services
* Low Cost Cable ISP - a case study
Network Consultant

Exocore Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

(Computer Networking industry)

January 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 9 months)

Managed several complex networks Including -
* An Internet Service provider
* A cell phone company's email, firewall, network and public portal infrastructure

* Wrote articles for PCQuest Linux editions.
* Helped conduct corporate training sessions
Systems Administrator and Team Lead

Ebot Technosoft Ltd.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)

* Responsible for the company's overall infrastructure needs

* Team Lead for a large networking project

* Part of the core team that handled company operations
Freelance Network Consultant

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1996 — April 2000 (3 years 7 months)

* Worked with various industries around Indore, India helping them install and maintain their internet connectivity, security, VPN and email infrastructure.

Engagements also included -

Software Engineer at D-Iris consultants and Vartika Inc.
* August 1999 – November 1999 ( 4 months)

Faculty and Person Incharge at HELP Indore
* September 1998 – August 1999 (1 year)

Part Time Lab Assistant at Sri Satya Sai Vidya Vihar
* September 1997 – January 1998 ( 5 months)

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VaibhaV Sharma’s Interests:

Aviation (US FAA Private Pilot Certificate), Amateur Radio (US FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operator - W7VAI), Open Source Software, Computer Networks and related technologies, Linux and Unix