About

Kantha Rao Dammalapati is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with over 14 years of development experience in networking and telecom domains, specifically UMTS, LTE, and 5G. He has a strong background in core development using C and C++ languages and Linux. Kantha has extensive experience working with telecom domains including UMTS and 4G LTE, specifically with CISCO PDN Gateway -7600 SAMI series routers and Nokia Siemens networks S4/GnGp SGSN- ATCA/DX200 Platform. He has also worked with protocols GTPv1, GTPv2, DHCP, DNS, and Diameter. Kantha has hands-on experience in LTE Protocol stack design and development and has worked with 3G NAS protocols such as GMM and SM for highly scalable systems. He is highly knowledgeable about TCP/IP suite, Interprocess communication, UDP, TCP, Socket Programming, and POSIX threads. He is also experienced in Linux system programming and has worked on IoT and field issues. Kantha has a strong background in debugging, bug fixing, and Unit testing and has worked in Agile methodology. He is highly skilled in working both independently and as part of a team, and he has the ability to handle multiple tasks. Kantha has worked for Microsoft as a Senior Software Engineer and previously worked for Affirmed Networks as a Senior Principal Software Engineer and Principal Software Engineer. He has experience in total product development life cycle and has worked on 5G NF's (microservices) and virtual packet core solutions. Kantha has a PG Diploma in Unix/Linux System Programming from Depik Systems (Institute of System Software), an M.Sc. in Physics with Electronics and Instrumentation from Osmania University, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Kakatiya University. He is proficient in software engineering, testing, and microservices. With a relevant experience of 17.45 years, Kantha is a hardworking, self-starter who can prioritize in order to meet deadlines.