Kingston Smiler. S

Kingston Smiler. S is a seasoned professional with 11 years of experience in software development and pre-sales, encompassing a wide range of skill sets, roles, and industry verticals. He has solid expertise in data communication networking, software-based switching and routing solutions, and virtualization platforms such as OpenStack, OpenDaylight Controller, Docker containers, CoreOS, and so on. He is currently working as an advisor and technical consultant for networking companies in the development of Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP protocols. Kingston also works on various technologies such as MVC-based web and Windows applications, e-commerce frameworks, open source IoT frameworks, single-board computers such as Raspberry Pi and Intel Galileo, and so on. He is active in various networking standard bodies such as IETF, IEEE, and ONF. He has proposed a couple of drafts in the MPLS working group of IETF. With the current surge in SDN, virtualization, and NFV, his primary focus is in these areas. Kingston completed a BE in computer science from Madras University.