Dhana Lakshmi
About Dhana Lakshmi
Dhana Lakshmi is a Wi-Fi Test Engineer at Arista Networks with extensive experience in next-generation WiFi technologies and various wireless protocols.
Current Title at Arista Networks
Dhana Lakshmi is currently employed at Arista Networks as a Wi-Fi Test Engineer since 2023. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, her role entails testing next-generation WiFi technologies, with particular expertise in WiFi6 and WiFi7.
Previous Role at Qualcomm
Dhana Lakshmi worked at Qualcomm from 2011 to 2023, holding multiple engineering roles. She started as an Engineer in 2011, advanced to Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, and finally Staff Engineer. Her tenure at Qualcomm in the Bengaluru Area, India, lasted 12 years and included significant contributions to wireless protocol testing and development.
Involvement with Technovation Challenge
From 2013 to 2019, Dhana Lakshmi was actively involved with Technovation Challenge in the Bengaluru Area, India. She held the roles of Student Mentor from 2013 to 2016 and Regional Ambassador from 2016 to 2019. In these capacities, she mentored students and promoted regional participation in the Technovation Challenge program.
Software Engineering Experience
Dhana Lakshmi’s career as a software engineer began at Wipro Technologies from 2006 to 2008. She then worked at Atheros Communications India Pvt Ltd as a Software Engineer II from 2008 to 2011. Her extensive experience includes a strong focus on performance testing, regression, and unit testing.
Education and Technical Expertise
Dhana Lakshmi holds a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from KSRM College of Engineering, completed from 2001 to 2005. She is proficient in wireless protocols such as IEEE-802.11a/b/g/n/i/e, 802.1x, WMM, WMMPS, WDS, 802.11AC, 802.11AX, and 802.11BE. Her technical skills include expertise in operating systems like Linux, Android, Windows 7, and Windows 10, and specialization in APUT next-generation technology feature and functional testing.