We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals" - Andy Thomas, Dave Hunt in The Pragmatic Programmer

Summary

Hands-on technical leader practising agile software development, Clean Code, and continuous delivery

Having worked across the board in various roles within organisations both big and small, I see systems as a unified whole, to be delivered collaboratively.

Beginning 1999, I designed, developed, integrated, delivered, and operated large end-to-end solutions including bespoke software development; together with networks, servers, and internet services from the ground up (from when businesses operated their own infrastructure). And, as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (2018), I helped diverse customers make the most of the cloud.

Skills, Domains, and Roles

  • Test-Driven Development with Java, Ruby.
  • Creating platforms with container-based microservices using Spring on the JVM deployed to Kubernetes, CI+CD with Jenkins.
  • Expert knowledge of cloud, with AWS (5x certified). Infrastructure-as-Code with terraform, AWS CloudFormation.
  • Persistence: SQL with MySQL; NoSQL with MongoDB, DynamoDB (expert), event-driven architecture with SQS, Kafka.
  • Business Domains:
    • Financial services: securities trading, MIS for microfinance.
    • Journal publishing.
  • Roles: developer, systems administrator, tech lead, architect, business analyst, salesperson, director, and CTO.

Writing

Education

  • Master of Management - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, class of 1999
  • B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering - Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam; class of 1996

Certifications

  1. HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, 2022
  2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, 2016
  3. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, 2023
  4. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, 2016
  5. AWS Certified Developer - Associate, 2016
  6. AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate, 2015
  7. SCJP - Sun Certified Java Programmer; Sun Microsystems Inc., USA, 2004
  8. CISSP- Certified Information Systems Security Professional, International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC)2, USA, 2002
  9. ‘G’raduate Certificate, Computer Science & Software Technology; National Centre for Software Technology, Mumbai (now, C-DAC), 1999

Organisations

  • Senior Principal Engineer, Elsevier, May 2018 till date
  • Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services, 2015 to 2018
  • Tech Lead, Equal Experts, 2012 to 2015
  • Product Manager, Intellecap/ISTPL, 2010 to 2012
  • CTO, Rang De, 2009 to 2010
  • Manager, Mphasis/EDS, 2008
  • Lead Consultant, Cap Gemini, 2004 to 2008
  • Asst. Project Manager, Blue Star Infotech, 2002 to 2004
  • Senior Manager, Ways India Limited, 1999 to 2002