Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar is an experienced hardware engineer with a robust background in signal integrity, characterization, and validation of high-speed interfaces, currently employed at Ciena since December 2021. Prior engagements include hardware engineering roles at Cisco from June 2015 to November 2021, where responsibilities encompassed electrical compliance checks and timing validation across multiple platforms, as well as a position as an I.T. analyst at Tata Consultancy Services working on ASR9K routers. Previous experience includes product testing at Vihaan Networks and program engineering at Telmar Network Technology, along with early career roles in electronics engineering and training. Ashok holds a Master of Technology in Embedded Systems from BITS Pilani, a PGDBM in Operations Management from the Institute of Management Technology, and a B.Tech in Electronics and Communication from J.C. Bose University, complemented by a diploma in Information Technology.