Bio

-- Experience - 20+ years of industry experience - Worked at Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Alcatel-Lucent - Founded a niche cloud consulting company that got acquired in 2013 -- Skills - Hands-on architect with focus on designing highly available, scalable and reliable cloud solutions - In-depth understanding of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud - Experience in implementing CI/CD, SysOps and DevOps - Training and deploying deep learning models in the cloud and at the edge - Building IoT solutions on Azure, AWS, Google, and IBM Watson - Hands-on experience in deploying and scaling microservices on Kubernetes - Proven business skills in evolving strategy, marketing, pre-sales and solution selling - Top rated public speaker at premier industry events -- Current Roles - Principal at Janakiram & Associates - Contributor at Forbes - Contributor at The New Stack - Adjunct Faculty at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad - Advisor to a cloud application optimization company in Silicon Valley - Advisor to a microservices startup in Silicon Valley - Advisor to a container management company in Silicon Valley - Advisor to a cloud platform company from Silicon Valley -- Recognition & Certification - Top IoT and Cloud Influencer based on Onalytica Research - Amazon Certified AWS Architect | AWS Developer | AWS SysOps Administrator - Microsoft Regional Director - Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Azure & IoT - Microsoft Certified Azure Professional - Ex-Google Developer Expert - Cloud & IoT - Ex-IBM Cloud Champion - Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect - Ambassador for The Cloud Native Computing Foundation - CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - CNCF Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) - CNCF Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) - Intel Software Innovator - AI & IoT