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Amul Patel is a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer with over 12 years of experience in architecting, designing, and developing embedded products using C, C++, and Linux platforms. He has a strong programming background in C, C++, boost/STL libs, network programming, design patterns, shell scripting, Linux system programming, multi-threading, multiprocessing, Linux IPC, open source libraries, and open source communication protocol stack. Amul has also worked extensively on OpenWrt development and has a good understanding of Linux kernel, RTOS - FreeRTOS, and VxWorks platforms. He is proficient in using various technology and tools such as Vi Editor, BugZila, SVN, GDB, Eclipse, PostgreSQL, JSON, XML, dbus, embedded web server, radius authentication server, and Agile Tools like TeamCity, Rally, Confluence, ZIRA, and Redmine. Amul has a good understanding of communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, MODBUS/RS485/IP, SNMPv1/v2/v3, BACnet/IP, Velocity/IP, IPMI, HTTP, 8021.X, EAP, and WiFi. Amul has hands-on experience in working with embedded systems such as Linux device drivers, kernel internals, MSP430, AVR, ARM micro-controllers, JTAG, GSM, wireless communication, wireless router development, OpenWRT, and MediaTek Network processor. He also has a good understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP packet analyzing, network configuration, networking tools, Spirent, Linux firewall configuration, iptables, IDS/IPS Snort, VLAN, PF_RING, DNS, DNSsec, unbound, SSL, network stack, routing, WiFi AP, DMZ, and port forwarding. Amul has a complete understanding of embedded product development, including circuit design, PCB design, selecting hardware components such as processor, ADC, amplifier, sensors, USB, network card, and hardware architecture of embedded devices. He has worked with companies such as Quick Heal and Emerson Network Power in the past, where he played a crucial role in new product development, architecting, designing, and developing embedded software. Amul holds a diploma in Real-Time Embedded Systems from Crance Software International Ltd. Bangalore, and completed his H.S.C. from Govt. Boys H.S. School, Barwani (M.P.) and S.S.C. from Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Barwani. Overall,