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Vignesh ManickamPeriaswamy

Director-level Software Engineering Leader specializing in cloud, microservices, and AI/ML

CiscoIllinois Institute of TechnologySan Jose, CA20 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Development manager focused on developer productivity and platform enablement in a polyglot microservices environment. Drove ~50% productivity gains by evaluating and rolling out AI coding copilots with team training and cross-team demos, and designed a Disaster Recovery framework adopted by 50+ microservice teams. Also led edge-focused Python runtime optimization and relies on heavy test automation to safely execute large refactors during major platform upgrades.

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Key Strengths

  • Improved developer productivity by ~50% via AI copilot evaluation, rollout, and team training
  • Led adoption of developer tooling across teams through demos and enablement
  • Architected lightweight Python runtime to reduce footprint for edge-device deployments
  • Uses test automation and high coverage to de-risk large-scale refactoring during major platform version changes
  • Designed a Disaster Recovery framework adopted by 50+ microservice application teams
  • Improves developer experience through backward-compatible API upgrades, clear documentation, and reference implementations

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Experience

Software Engineering LeaderCisco Systems · Aug 2019 – Oct 2025
Senior Software Engineer (Project Lead)Cisco Systems · Apr 2012 – Aug 2019
Senior Programmer Analyst (Technical Lead)Sentry Insurance · Jun 2008 – Apr 2012
Software EngineerCordys (OpenText) · Jun 2001 – Jan 2004

Education

Illinois Institute of Technologymaster, Computer Science (2007)

Awards

  • Cisco “You Amaze 3” Recognition (3×) - Cisco Systems

Languages

English

Certifications

Certified Scrum MasterAI/ML - University of Texas, Austin

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Vignesh ManickamPeriaswamyDirector-level Software Engineering Leader specializing in cloud, microservices, and AI/ML