Summary
I am Karthikeyan Arunachalam, a Lead Researcher at the Technology Innovation Institute with 20+ years of experience in designing and enhancing the TCP/IP protocol suite and related applications. My expertise includes system programming, socket programming, multi-threading, and network protocols across Layers 2 to 7 of the OSI model. I specialize in network security and secure communication protocols, developing solutions that result in commercial products, patents, and publications. I have published 19 research papers in IEEE journals and conferences, filed over 15 US patent applications, and hold more than 10+ granted patents. I am a Senior Member of IEEE, an ACM member, and a UAE Golden Visa holder.
Work Experience
Technology Innovation Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Lead Researcher – Secure Authentication & Authorization
Feb 2023 – Present
Working as a Lead Researcher at the Secure Systems Research Center (SSRC), with a focus on advancing network security and secure communication protocols. Primary responsibilities include developing research proposals and publishing findings on secure technologies.
Samsung R&D Institute India Bangalore Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India
Architect
Dec 2013 – Feb 2023 (9 years 3 months)
Worked as an Architect and doing research work in the next-generation transport layer. It includes cross-layer optimization in the network stack for improving throughput, reducing network latency, and power efficiency. The primary responsibilities are creating new proposals, patents, and publications in next-generation transport protocols.
Novell Software Development (India) Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India
Senior Associate
Aug 2010 - Dec 2013 (3 years 5 months)
Worked as a senior developer in a product called Open Enterprise Server (OES) which provides Network, File Storage, and print services. The primary responsibilities are incremental feature development & maintenance of OES components such as DNS & DHCP.
Huawei Technologies India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India
Senior Software Engineer
Jul 2008 - Aug 2010 (2 years 2 months)
Worked in a product called iLoad that provides distributed network load to the HTTP/S servers. The primary responsibilities are to design and develop HTTP/S client modules to distribute the load to the servers.
Protechsoft Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, India
Software Engineer
May 2005 - Jul 2008 (3 years 3 months)
Worked as a developer in a product called gBoxz which provides enterprise network services and applications. The primary responsibilities are the design & development of the server modules of gBoxz such as messaging, web, and mail servers.