Gaurav Roy

App Virtualization Service based on the cloud to power HP next generation PC Replacement Device - the Elite X3.
Backend based on HP Personal Systems Cloud Platform & Mobile Clients .

#Micro-services #J2EE, #AWS #Win10 #RubyOnRails

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Big Data Analytics using data from various HP devices. This spans multiple projects with different HP Business Units. This is a really big data - HP sells millions of devices sending data daily to this data lake.

#ApacheSpark #AWS-Redshift #AWS-Kinesis #Java #SCALA

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Cloud based IT console for managing enterprise fleet of device (Windows, Android, IOS)
Role: Software Architect, Developer, Project Manager - whatever it takes.

This project became the HP Personal System Cloud base with following micro-services used by multiple Business Units at HP: Identity Management, Content Distribution, Analytics, Device Management


#Cloud #J2EE #AWS #Android #Win10-OMA-DM #RubyOnRails #Spark

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The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, renamed to Tizen Association in 2012, is a non-profit technology consortium organization dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphone mobile devices. The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process, enabling a ecosystem of differentiated products… Show more

The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, renamed to Tizen Association in 2012, is a non-profit technology consortium organization dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphone mobile devices. The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process, enabling a ecosystem of differentiated products, applications and services. The governance is "open and transparent": leadership and decision making are shared.

Azingo implemented a reference LiMo Platform that was used by Vodafone.

#GTK #Clutter #LiMo #Mobile #C Show less

Did not see light of day - due to changing company objectives .
However, a project very close to Gaurav's heart.

HP's attempt at venturing into the IoT Home Control Space.

Worked as a super-passionate part time architect [25% of Gaurav's time].
A treasure-able journey from the prototype demo to HP CEO for funding, to architecture and code.

#IoT #ZigBee #Z-Wave #MQTT #J2EE #AWS

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HP Android for Business (A4B) devices are designed to address key pain points in deploying, securing and managing Android devices in the businesses. HP’s goal is to reinforce security by leveraging hardware, firmware and cloud capabilities.
HP Touchpoint Manager was the Device Management Cloud to manage these Mobile Devices.

From 2014 onwards, HP stopped manufacturing Android Tablets and went for Windows.

#Android #Trustzone #Cloud #MDM #SEAndroid #J2EE #AWS

Knox is Samsung's defense-grade security platform built into Samsung's latest mobile devices and supported by the cloud. Enterprise solutions from Samsung Knox are government-certified, and empower you to secure, manage and customize your business's mobile devices.

Involved as the first engineers trying to decompile the Dalvik dex code - the juice behind Knox v1.
Technically Managed - part of core team working on Samsung Knox Enterprise SKUs of Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5 and… Show more

Knox is Samsung's defense-grade security platform built into Samsung's latest mobile devices and supported by the cloud. Enterprise solutions from Samsung Knox are government-certified, and empower you to secure, manage and customize your business's mobile devices.

Involved as the first engineers trying to decompile the Dalvik dex code - the juice behind Knox v1.
Technically Managed - part of core team working on Samsung Knox Enterprise SKUs of Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5 and corresponding Samsung Note Devices.

- Part of core team that proto-typed the SE Android, Dual Persona feature that was later picked by Google to form the backbone of Android for Work.
- Security built right from the root of trust in Trustzone in the Qualcomm chip to the cloud.
- Prototyping Cloud Backup for the Samsung Knox 1.0 Container.
- Involved in starting off the Samsung Knox Cloud section and Knox integration with various vendors.

One hell of a crazy project - one of the most exciting R&D projects that Gaurav has been involved with.

#Android #Dalvik #J2EE #TrustZone #SEAndroid

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Vodafone Smart Series consists of 3 Android mobile phones
- (Smart [858], Smart II and SmartQ [355]) and 1 tablet (Smart Tab).

Was involved in product definition and working with ODMs Huawei (Smart 858), TCL (Smart II), ZTE (SmartQ, SmartTab) right from bringup to final delivery as software architect for Vodafone Branded Devices Team.
- Vodafone Smart 858 sales were in multiple millions. Worked in China (Shanghai) during SmartQ development with ZTE Team.

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Vodafone Smart Series consists of 3 Android mobile phones
- (Smart [858], Smart II and SmartQ [355]) and 1 tablet (Smart Tab).

Was involved in product definition and working with ODMs Huawei (Smart 858), TCL (Smart II), ZTE (SmartQ, SmartTab) right from bringup to final delivery as software architect for Vodafone Branded Devices Team.
- Vodafone Smart 858 sales were in multiple millions. Worked in China (Shanghai) during SmartQ development with ZTE Team.

#Android

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Vodafone Webbox is an innovative product for emerging markets in Asia and Africa based on a heavily customized version of Android that converts a TV into a mini computer. The form factor of the webbox. Vodafone Webbox runs Android Froyo and was developed with ZTE, China as ODM.

- Product was nominated as “Most Innovative Product – Emerging Markets” and “Best Product in Education Sector” in MWC 2012. Involved in showcasing Webbox at Mobile World Congress and other… Show more

Vodafone Webbox is an innovative product for emerging markets in Asia and Africa based on a heavily customized version of Android that converts a TV into a mini computer. The form factor of the webbox. Vodafone Webbox runs Android Froyo and was developed with ZTE, China as ODM.

- Product was nominated as “Most Innovative Product – Emerging Markets” and “Best Product in Education Sector” in MWC 2012. Involved in showcasing Webbox at Mobile World Congress and other exhibitions.
- Requirement gathering and analysis of project scope and goal, choosing a vendor and technologies.
- Responsible for full software architecture, internal Vodafone software development and co-ordination with ODM and 3rd party software vendors.
- Worked a couple of months at ZTE office in Nanjing and Shanghai for delivering the product.
- Debugging various issues at BSP to app level related to running android on TV.
- Language customization of Android integrating 3rd Party libraries to Android Language Framework.
- Communicate to all stakeholders/vendors on a timely basis in a clear way, including Senior Management.
- Communicate, Technical Sales Support and troubleshoot various local issues for Vodafone Opcos.
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Lead architect and developer for VF 360 R1.0 reference implementation on Azingo Linux Platform. Vodafone 360 was a cloud platform aggregating various social networks, email, music, apps and doing a merge of all this with the user Phone Book and Timeline in the phone. Users could backup all their phone information on the cloud.

#LiMo #GTK #J2EE #C #Mobile #WebServices #DRM

The LANenforcer 1048 Secure Access Switch delivers next generation secure switching functionality today. LE1048 is designed to provide per-port security, using Nevis Networks’ patented Personal DMZ(TM) technology. LE1048 provides wire-speed IPS, application recognition/visualization, identity-based application-aware firewall and full NAC support in a single device.

#C #ASICVerification #SystemC #Assembly

Coditos was an operating system mainly meant for chip multiprocessor used in mobiles / networking devices prevalent at that time.

#C #IPSEC #Multi-coreOS #Mobile #Linux

Kuokoa Networks developed a storage virtualisation product, where a virtual files system was exposed composed for different storage devices like NAS, SAN, PC, Tape Drives etc.

#C #VxWorks

Sanchay is a distributed file system running on linux distributions, allowing users on the internet to mount a virtual distributed file system and load and save files into the cloud. Sanchay FS promotes a co-operative cloud model, where users can upload files securely onto the cloud and the file is backed up on multiple machines on the internet based on a finite routing algorithm tapestry.

It was maintained for a while on SourceForge.net and the removed as Gaurav and others became busy… Show more

Sanchay is a distributed file system running on linux distributions, allowing users on the internet to mount a virtual distributed file system and load and save files into the cloud. Sanchay FS promotes a co-operative cloud model, where users can upload files securely onto the cloud and the file is backed up on multiple machines on the internet based on a finite routing algorithm tapestry.

It was maintained for a while on SourceForge.net and the removed as Gaurav and others became busy with their professional lives. Show less