Nikhil Utane
Director Of Engineering - Enterprise Wireless Solutions at Cradlepoint
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolNikhil Utane is a seasoned technology leader with 20+ years of experience delivering carrier-grade software for tier-1 operators and large enterprises. He currently serves as Director of Engineering - Enterprise Wireless Solutions at Ericsson and as Director of Engineering at Cradlepoint, leading cross-functional teams across analytics, cloud, DevOps and private cellular networks. At CommScope, he founded and scaled the Data Analytics team, built ATLAS—a containerized log analytics solution based on Elasticsearch and Spark—and laid the groundwork for cloud-native, microservices-driven 5G products, including ML-based indoor location tracking. His technical depth spans cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm), distributed systems, big data ecosystems (Spark, Kafka, ELK), REST APIs with strong security, and AI/ML including Generative AI. A proven builder of high-performing teams, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic delivery, championing open-source and cloud-first approaches to reduce cost and time-to-market. Based in Bengaluru, he also pursues independent ML projects and indie-hacker ventures, reflecting his curiosity and ability to turn complex requirements into production-ready solutions.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Electronics, BE, Electronics at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune.
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Github Skills (150)
python10
deep-learning10
visualizations10
transformer10
nlp10
tensorflow10
natural-language-processing10
pytorch10
docker10
machine-learning10
speech-recognition10
charts9
rest9
api9
chatbot9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nikhilno1/bot-baby
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
NLP app that auto-generates tweets trained on Indian right-wing & left-wing twitter
Contributions:62 commits, 4 PRs, 60 pushes in 23 days
nlpsentiment-analysistwitterwingtweets
nikhilno1/healthy-or-not
Nov 2018 - Apr 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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