Galina Mintz
About Galina Mintz
Galina Mintz serves as the 5G Control Plane Software Team Leader at Ribbon Communications, where she has worked since 2019. She possesses extensive experience in multicast routing protocols and has held various engineering roles at ECI Telecom and Tadiran Telecom.
Work at Ribbon Communications
Galina Mintz has been serving as the 5G Control Plane Software Team Leader at Ribbon Communications since 2019. In this role, she leads a team responsible for the architecture design and development of the Neptune (NPT) product control plane. Her responsibilities include overseeing the development of control card applications for various protocols, including SONET/SDH, MPLS/GMPLS, IP, and Ethernet. Mintz has demonstrated her ability to deliver high-quality applications while adhering to schedule constraints, managing the entire process from marketing and system requirements to design, implementation, and verification.
Previous Experience at ECI Telecom
Before joining Ribbon Communications, Galina Mintz worked at ECI Telecom for a total of 17 years in various roles. She began her career there as a Software Engineer from 1998 to 2002, followed by a position as Senior Software Engineer from 2002 to 2006. Mintz then progressed to serve as Software Team Leader from 2006 to 2011 and later as Software Team Leader/Technical Leader from 2011 to 2019. Throughout her tenure at ECI Telecom, she gained extensive experience in software development and team leadership.
Education and Expertise
Galina Mintz holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, which she completed from 1992 to 1996. Her educational background has provided her with a strong foundation in technical skills, particularly in multicast routing protocols such as IGMP and PIM. Mintz's expertise extends to developing applications in a multi-CPU environment and working with VxWorks, enhancing her capabilities in software engineering and system design.
Technical Skills and Specializations
Galina Mintz possesses strong technical skills in multicast routing protocols, specifically IGMP and PIM. In her current role, she has experience with L3VPN, Tunnel Policy, and PCEP for RSVP-TE. Mintz is involved in all stages of the product life cycle, including requirement specification, high-level design, low-level design, implementation, debugging, integration, verification, and customer support. Her comprehensive skill set supports her leadership in software development and architecture design.
Early Career at Tadiran Telecom
Galina Mintz began her career at Tadiran Telecom, where she worked as a Software Engineer from 1996 to 1998. This early experience contributed to her foundational skills in software development and engineering, which she later applied in her roles at ECI Telecom and Ribbon Communications. Her time at Tadiran Telecom helped shape her technical expertise and understanding of software engineering principles.