Gopal H Kagawad Ph: 9964422242 Email: gkagawad@gmail.

com

Professional Summary:

2 plus years of experience in Networking Domain in Architecture Validation (Verification in ESL methodology) of Gigabit Ethernet Switch ASICs. Experience in Manual Testing and Test Automation in Unix Environment. Good Knowledge and experience on various Layer 2/ Layer 3 Protocols. Good knowledge and experience of analysis, development and debugging of Test Cases.
Tested more than 4 flavors of router/switch products. Good Experience in Identifiying test cases on code coverage of the C model.

Professional Experience:

Currently working as a Senior Engineer with Mind tree Limited, Bangalore from Nov-2010 to till date.

Skill Set: Programming/Scripting Languages : TCL, C Operating System : Linux, Windows

Domain Knowledge : Layer 2/ Layer 3 Protocols Version Control: Perforce Bug Tacking Tool: JIRA

Areas of Experience: Layer 2 functions like switching (unicast & multicast), IEEE 802.1Q VLAN, IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol & Port Analyser. Layer 3 functions like IPv4 & IPv6 (unicast & multicast) routing and tunneling methods (like IP-in-IP). Familiar with the working of networking protocols like OSPF, RIP and control Protocols like ARP, RARP. MPLS (Layer 2& Layer 3) technologies. Dos attacks ,ACL

Project:

Next Generation Strata 10GB Ethernet Switch Data Link Layer Validation Client: Broadcom India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, India.
Location: On-site Duration: Since March11 till date. Description: Electronic system level (ESL) Validation is one of the complex and expensive task in the current system on chip design process. It is essential for any chip to capture the errors that occurs during architecture phase to reduce process cost. ESL Validation comes in the initial stage of the design cycle. ESL Validation covers all the customer features or architecture specifications. The ESL Validation team develops the test case to validate the correctness of the software code developed by the implementation team, which is nothing but the simulation of the actual chip. It interacts with the implementation team to produce a bug free software code for RTL processing. The validation is done in chip level. In this project we needed to test the architecture of next generation Switches and Routers designed by Broadcom Architecture team in US. I played the role of Functionality Test Engineer for L2/L3 features. Tested products which are already in the market. Role: Architecture Validation Engineer. Responsibilities: Understanding and supporting the validation environment which was created using System-C test-bench and TCL. Understanding the features of the network switch chip, writing the test plan and testing the model using TCL scripts. Writing TCL scripts for test automation and porting. Coordinating, mentoring within the team. Debugging the functional C code model of the design. Analyzing the C model code coverage and identifying test cases. Upgrading the environment and testing methodology by writing TCL scripts. Involved in identifying test cases based on the standards/RFCs/drafts apart from the feature design/architecture specs. : Environment: The functional model in C and test bench developed using System-C. It has a TCL interface to generate the traffic and to configure the table and registers of the model through the driver. Test cases are written using TCL.

Academic Performance: Course Bachelor of Engineering (ECE) Pre-University College Matriculation(SSLC) Institution Gogte Institute Of Technology, Belgaum Basaveshwara Science PU College, Bagalkot New English High School,Nidagundi University/Board Visveswaraya Technological University Pre-University College Board Karnataka Karnataka State Board % Marks & Year of passing 71.35% 2010

86.66% 2006 85.60% 2004

Achievements: Got two certificates of appreciation from Broadcom for contribution to AV activity Bagged SPOT Award from Mindtree for contribution to one of the Broadcom Projects Qualified GATE-2010 with 91 percentile. Personal Information: Name : Gopal Kagawad Fathers Name : Hanamant Mothers Name : Boramma Marital Status : Single Nationality : Indian Passport : K5787733 Permanent address: C/o B.R.Kajagar Post: Nidagundi Taluk: Basavan Bagewadi District: Bijapur Karnataka-586213

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