Prashant Srinivas
About Prashant Srinivas
Prashant Srinivas is a Software Engineer at Arista Networks with extensive experience in network software development.
Company
Prashant Srinivas is currently employed at Arista Networks, Inc. as a Software Engineer. Arista Networks is a prominent company known for providing software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments. Prashant has been part of the team at the San Francisco Bay Area location.
Title and Role at Arista Networks
At Arista Networks, Prashant Srinivas serves as a Software Engineer. His role involves the development of modular and scalable network software. He draws on over a decade of experience in the field, focusing on implementations that ensure high performance and reliability in network systems.
Work Experience at Cisco
Before joining Arista Networks, Prashant Srinivas held positions at Cisco in Boxborough, MA. He served as a Technical Leader from 2008 to 2012, and prior to that, he worked as a Software Engineer from 2001 to 2008. His work at Cisco encompassed leading the development of multicast routing features, including sparse mode PIM, bidirectional PIM, and MVPN.
Education and Expertise
Prashant Srinivas holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Virginia Tech, earned between 1999 and 2000. He also has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, completed from 1995 to 1999. His formal education laid a solid foundation for his subsequent career in network software engineering.
Specialized Skills and Projects
Prashant Srinivas is specialized in high performance router control plane and packet forwarding implementations. He possesses significant expertise in the architecture and design of network software solutions. Notably, he has led the development of critical multicast routing features such as sparse mode PIM, bidirectional PIM, and MVPN, showcasing his ability to drive complex networking projects from concept to implementation.