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SPEAKER AND ADVISOR ALUMS

Our speaker and advisor alums are listed below.

Srivathsa NS

Senior Engineering Director,
Unisys

Divyanshu Verma

Co-Founder and CEO,
Redinent Innovations

Janardan Revuru

JavaScript Evangelist

Karan MV

Senior Manager,
International Developer Relations GitHub

Biju-K-Nair

Biju K Nair

Founding and Managing Partner
Legalitech.in

Sandeep-J-Alur

Sandeep Alur

Director – Microsoft Technology Center, Microsoft Corporation India

Steven-Tan

Steven Tan

VP & CTO Cloud Solution, SODA Foundation Chair, Futurewei

Michiel_Steltenpool

Michiel Steltenpool,

Head of Software Engineering, Shell

Suman Debnath

Suman Debnath

Principal Developer Advocate, Data Engineering and Analytics, Amazon Web Services

Prashanth-Subrahmanyam

Prashanth Subrahmanyam

Lead Developer Advocate,
Google Cloud

Sanil Kumar D

Sanil Kumar D

Chief Architect & Head Data Management India, SODA Foundation TOC CoChair

Anvith K.S.

Maintainer, SODA Projects,
Architect, Huawei Technologies

Shweta-Nayak

Shweta Nayak

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Ashay-Krishna

Ashay Krishna

Director of Engineering, Microsoft India Pvt Ltd

Vivek-Sridhar

Vivek Sridhar

Senior Cloud Advocate,
Microsoft

Madhava Gaikwad

Madhava Gaikwad

Senior Software Engineer, Microsoft India Pvt Ltd

Abhinav Tripathi

Program Manager II, Microsoft

Dileep-Rao

Dileep Rao

Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Sherin Mirza

Competency Center Lead - Full Stack Development, Shell

Richa Gaur

Program Manager II, Microsoft

Varun-Verma

Varun Verma

Senior Software Engineer Shell

Manish-Kumar

Manish Kumar

Senior Software Engineer Shell

Naresh-Kumarbulusu

Naresh Kumar Bulusu

Principal Software Engineer, Shell

Rohit Srivastava

Rohit Srivastava

Senior Software Engineer, Shell India

Shakthi

Shakthi Kannan

Senior Software Engineer,
Tarides India Pvt Ltd

Biswajit Mohapatra

Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra

Head of Customer Solutions Management Amazon Web Services

Manikandan Chandrasekaran

Mani Chandrasekaran

Lead Architect,
Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd.

Prashant-Mishra

Prashant Mishra

Senior Developer Programs Engineer, Google India

Janardhan-Reveru

Janardan Revuru

JavaScript Evangelist

Vanshika-Srivastava

Vanshika Srivastava

Open Source Advocate, DevRel, BoxyHQ

Frederick-Noronha1

Frederick Noronha

Independent Journalist

Joshua Poddoku

Joshua Poddoku

Developer Evangelist, Merico

Vishal-Biyani

Vishal Biyani

CTO & Founder
InfraCloud

Krishna Mohan Koyya_

Krishna Mohan Koyya

Proprietor & Principal Consultant,
Glarimy Technology Services

Rajesh

Rajesh K Jeyapaul

Engineering Lead,
IBM Software Labs

ShankarRamanathan

Shankar Ramanathan

Site Reliability Engineering, Vonage

Navendu_ Pottekkat

Navendu Pottekkat

Developer Advocate
API7.ai

Raghvendra Singh Dikhit

Raghvendra Singh Dikhit

Senior Solutions Architect,
Impetus Technologies Pvt Ltd

Saurav Pathak

Saurav Pathak

FOSS Evangelist and
Co-Founder, Bagisto

kameshsampath

Kamesh Sampath

Director of Developer
Advocacy, Harness

Abhas-Abhinav

Abhas Abhinav

Hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist

Prashant-Ghildiyal

Prashant Ghildiyal

CEO & Co-founder,
Devtron Inc

Aimth-KK

Amith K K

Senior Engineer,
Unisys

Kshithij Iyer,

Kshithij Iyer

Member Of Technical Staff,
Pure Storage

Virendra-Prakashaiah

Virendra Prakashaiah,

Member Of Technical Staff,
Pure Storage

Neependra-Khare

Neependra Khare,

Founder, CloudYuga,

Manoj Kumar Kumar

VP Developer Relations, LambdaTest

Ruturaj-Mohite

Ruturaj Mohite

Maintainer,
CircuitVerse

Prakarsh

Prakarsh

Solutions Architect,
Devtron Inc

Abhinav-Dubey

Abhinav Dubey

DevOps Engineer,
Devtron Inc

Lesley-Tai

Lesley Tai

Senior Solution Engineer ThriveDX

Jeeva-S-Chelladhurai

Jeeva S. Chelladhurai

CEO Comorin Consulting Services

Binitha-MT

Binitha MT

Software Principal Engineer, Dell Technologies

Shivay-Lamba

Shivay Lamba

Contributor and Meshmate, Layer5

Rohit Ghumare

Developer advocate,
Solo.io

Tejaswini

Ms. Tejaswini Chile

Product Engineer,
Chatwoot

Prasad-Paple

Prasad Paple

Operating System Developer, IBM

Kundan-Kumar

Kundan Kumar

Senior Member of Technical Staff, VMware

Priti Parate

Priti Parate

Software Principal Engineer, Dell

Nikhil-Bhaskaran

Nikhil Bhaskaran

Founder-Director,
Brainy Pi

Dibya-Prakash

Dibya Prakash

CTO & Principal Consultant, Neural Hub

Vinay Yadav

Vinay Yadav

CEO, Webkul Software
Pvt Ltd

Biju-K-Nair

Biju K Nair

Lawyer,
LegaliTech.in

Mukul-Mahajan

Mukul Mahajan

Director, Tetra Information Services Pvt Ltd

Sachin-Apagundi-1

Sachin Apagundi

Software Principal Engineer, Dell Technologies

Amit Kumar Verma

Principal Software Engineer, Dell

Subhankar-Adak

Subhankar Adak

Senior Software Engineer, Dell Technologies

Puneet Sapra

Puneet Sapra

Software Senior Engineer, Dell

Vinay Rajagopal

Vinay Rajagopal

ISV Technology Lead, RedHat

Nandakumar Edamana

Nandakumar Edamana

Software Architect, Epixel Solutions Pvt Ltd

Mohammad Asif Siddiqui

Mohammad Asif Siddiqui

Staff Engineer, VMware

Deepika K

Deepika K

Principal Software Engineer, Dell R&D

SasiKumar-Ganesan

SasiKumar Ganesan

Vice President Of Engineering, MOSIP

Balaji-Seetharaman

Balaji Seetharaman

Senior Software Engineer, Extreme Networks

P-N-Mathur-Sainath

N Mathur Sainath

Practice Head Compute, Storage and Peripherals, ER&D, Wipro Technologies

Shiva-Kumar

Shiva Kumar

Engineering Manager, SODA/Huawei

Rahul-Jadhav

Rahul Jadhav

Co-Founder, VP of Engg at Accuknox

Pravin-Ranjan

Pravin Ranjan

Sr. System Architect, Huawei Technologies

Anvith-KS

Anvith KS

System Architect, Huawei / Member of India Outreach Committee, SODA Foundation

Dr. Keshava Munegowda

Dr. Keshava Munegowda

Vice President , SecDB Engineering at Goldman Sachs / TOC member, SODA Foundation

Savita Ashture

Savita Ashture

Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat

Akhil Mohan

Akhil Mohan

Member of Technical Staff at VMware | GSoC Mentor

sushruth_nagaraj

Sushruth Nagaraj

Final Year B.E Student at JSSATE, Bengaluru

Veena-Jayan

Veena Jayan

Software Architect at Siemens Healthineers

Shubhang Vishwamitra

Senior Director, Product Engineering, Y Media Labs

Sushantha Kumar

Lead Architect, Huawei / Project Maintainer, SODA Foundation

Huawei / SODA Foundation

Amit Roushan

Senior System Architect, Huawei / Project Maintainer, SODA Foundation

Devansh Jain

Devansh Jain

Software Engineer at Huawei / Contributor, SODA Foundation

Sabari Girish S

Sabari Girish S

Senior Engineering Leader, Cloud & Compute BU, Cisco

Amit_Karnam

Amit Karnam

Final Year B.E Student at SJBIT, Bengaluru

Nikita Pande

Developer & Individual Contributor in PaaS

Vishal Ghule

Senior DevOps Engineer, Zeta Suite

Tijo Thomas

Lead Solution Architect, Imply

Joseph Vazhappilly

Lead Architect, Huawei/SODA Foundation

Yohan Lasorsa

Senior Developer Advocate,
Microsoft

Brendan Burns

Corporate Vice President ,
Microsoft

Jules Graybill

Director, Search Services,
Amazon Web Services

Shane Coughlan

General Manager, OpenChain Project, Linux Foundation

Steven Tan

SODA Board Chair,
SODA Foundation

Aykut Avci, PHD

Global License Compliance Manager, iText Software

Prashanth Subrahmanyam

Developer Advocate,
Google

Maneesh Sharma

General Manager,
GitHub

Ricardo Sueiras

Principal Developer Advocate,
Amazon Web Services

Gregory Kurtzer

Founder and creator,
Rocky Linux

Martin Callinan

Director,
Source Code Control

Meenakshi Dhanani

Developer Advocate,
Postman

Biju-K-Nair

Biju K Nair

Founding Partner,
Legalitech

Silona Bonewald

Executive Director,
IEEE SA OPEN

Sanjay Manwani

Sr. Director,
MySQL India

Neeraj Athalye

MD, Indian Subcontinent
SUSE

Vladimir Losev

Head of the Crowdsourcing Tools Development Group, Toloka

Juan Pan

Co-Founder & CTO / PMC,
SphereEx / Apache ShardingSphere

Rohini Gaonkar

Senior Developer Advocate,
Amazon Web Services

Vidya Narasimhan

Solutions Architect,
Microsoft

Jothir Ganesan

Software Development Manager, SRE, Oracle

Jonathan Pereira

Head - Developer Relations,
RD

Janardan Revur

Janardan Revuru

Community Leader,
JavaScript Meetup

Sanil Kumar D

Sanil Kumar D

Chief Architect, TOC, Arch Lead,
Huawei / SODA Foundation

Reenu Saluja

Sr. Software Engineer,
Microsoft

Vinay Rajagopal

ISV Technology Lead,
Red Hat

Romin Irani

Developer Advocate,
Google

Anand Tamboli

CEO,
KNEWRON Technologies

Balakrishna Mukundaraj

Associate Project Manager,
Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions India

Ramesh Narayanan

Chief Technology Officer,
MOSIP

Navendu Pottekkat

Software Engineer,
Layer5

Sharath KS

Lead Architect,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Goli Akshay Sujith

Creator and Maintainer,
Canvasboard

Abhishek Jagannath

Senior Site Reliability Engineer,
Twitter

Bharath Sridhar

Product Manager,
Deloitte Consulting

Akarsh Goel

Senior Security Expert,
Sap Labs India Pvt Ltd

Jayesh Bapu Ahire

Founding Engineer/ Product Manager,
TraceableAI

Raghvendra Singh Dikhit

Senior Solutions Architect,
Impetus Technologies

Massimo Re Ferre

Principal Technologist,
Amazon Web Services

Frank Liu

Software Engineer,
Amazon Web Services

Tanay Pratap

Senior Software Engineer,
Microsoft

Kaiwan N Billimoria

Founder,
kaiwanTECH

Bhargav Meka

Senior Solution Architect, Cloud and Service Providers,
Red Hat India/South Asia

Sundar Narasiman

Sr. Solution Architect – Developer Specialist,
Amazon Internet Services Pvt Ltd

Binitha MT

Software Senior Engineer,
Dell Technologies

Subhankar-Adak

Subhankar Adak

Senior Software Engineer,
Dell EMC

Krutika Dhanakshirur

Test Engineer 2,
Dell EMC

Raghunandan S

Chief Architect,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Sai Sasidhar Rangineni

Architect,
Care4Covid

Mukul Mahajan

CEO,
Tetra Information Service Pvt Ltd

MV Karan

Developer Relations Manager,
GitHub

Riddhiman Bhattacharyya

Developer,
Dell Technologies

Nitin Kashyap

Chief Architect,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Priyanka Patil

Senior Software Engineer,
Dell EMC

Javier Ramírez

Senior Developer Advocate,
Amazon Web Services

Himani Gupta

Community Manager,
UVdesk

Prashanth Nanjundappa

Head of Products,
Progress

Harsh Bardhan Mishra

Google Season of Docs Intern,
Moja Global

Muralikrishna Janga

Security Specialist,
Accenture

Lohit Vijay Renu

Software Engineer,
Twitter

Amit Debnath

Software Architect,
Wipro

Noopur Gupta

Advisory Software Engineer,
IBM

Prakash R.

Consulting Member, Technical Staff, Oracle

Rajat Verma

Senior Technical Solutions Architect,
Calsoftl

Najmudheen

Systems Architect,
Huawei Technologies

Ankit Pandey

Architect, Open Source Strategy,
Wipro Limited

Veliswa Boya

Senior Developer Advocate,
Amazon Web Services

Xulin

Architect, Huawei Technologies
Maintainer, SODA Foundation

Kei Kusunoki

Storage Engineer, NTT Communications,
SODA TOC Co-chair

Yusuf Yildiz

Member, SODA TOC
Solutions Architect, LinBit

Pradip Kumar Das

Senior Vice President Of Engineering – Cloud & AI R&D,
Huawei Technologies India

Himanshu Varshney

Senior Software Engineer 2,
Delphix India

Suman Debnath

Principal Developer Advocate,
Amazon Web Services

Rushikesh Dapurkar

SDE,
Click2Cloud Inc.

Akhil Mohan

Software Engineer,
MayaData

Alex Chircop

Founder and CEO, StorageOS
Co-Chair CNCF Storage TAG

Ayshwarya Baburan

Professor of Computer Science Department,
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore

Swetha M.A

Student BCA Analytics,
Kristu Jayanti College, Bangalore

Ashit Kumar

SODA Project Maintainer, SODA India OC
Lead Architect, Huawei Technologies

Rupal Shirpurkar

Business Head,
Cloud BU - APAC, Click2Cloud Inc.

Sai Nath

Practice Head (Storage), Industrial & Engineering Services (I&ES),
Wipro, SODA India OC Lead

Pravin Ranjan

Maintainer, SODA Projects
Architect, Huawei Technologies

Joseph VP

Maintainer, SODA Projects
Senior Architect, Huawei Technologies

Sushantha Shetty

Maintainer, SODA Projects
Senior Architect, Huawei Technologies

Kiran Mova

TOC, Chief Architect,
SODA Foundation / MayaData

Hadi Hariri

VP Developer Advocacy,
JetBrains

Kabir Chandhoke

COO, SourceFuse Technologies

Samir Doshi

Co-Founder & Director,
iNextrix Technologies

Sanjeev Sharma

Director, New Partnerships-ISV,
Microsoft

Vineela P

Software Engineer,
Huawei Technologies India

Basabee Bora

Developer, SODA Projects
Software Engineer, Huawei Technologies

Rahul Patel

Maintainer, SODA Projects, Senior Architect,
Huawei Technologies

Nikunj Bajaj

Co-founder,
TrueFoundry and ex-Tech Lead at AI Team @Facebook

Abhishek Choudhary

Co-founder,
TrueFoundry and ex-Senior Staff Software Engineer@ FaceBook

Sriharsha Narayanam

Lead Architect,
Huawei Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Amit Kumar Roushan

SODA Project Maintainer, Senior System Architect,
Huawei Technologies India

Shivay Lamba

GSoC Mentor | MLH Fellow | CTO @ DarkHorse | Open Source @ SODA / Layer5

Kumar Rajeev Rastogi

Lead Architect,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Gaurav Agrawal

Chief Architect,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Kalyan Kumar Aasangi

AVP,
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

Sahil Raja

Software Engineer,
MayaData

Abhishek Agarwal

Software Engineer,
MayaData

Rohit Jain

Creator, Qloapps,
Webkul Software Pvt. Ltd.

REENU SALUJAN

Sr. Software Engineer,
Microsoft

SATYA SEKHAR

Sr. Developer Evangelist,
Salesforce

PRASANTH KSR

Software Principal Engineer,
Dell Technologies

BINITHA MT

Software Senior Engineer,
Dell Technologies

MV KARAN

Developer Relations Manager,
GitHub

STEVEN TAN

OpenSDS Project Chair,
Linux Foundation

SANIL KUMAR D

Chief Architect & Tech Lead OpenSDS, Head India OpenSDS,,
KubeEdge Maintainer

Jean-Francois Marie

Senior Technical Account Manager,
Pure Storage

RAGHVENDRA DIKHIT

Senior Solutions Architect,
Impetus Infotech (I) Pvt Ltd

SAURAV PATHAK

Co-Founder,
Bagisto

RAVI SUDHAKAR KAMBHAMPATI

Director , Azure Product Management,
Microsoft Corp (I) ltd.

SANJAY MANWANI

Sr. Director,
MySQL India

RAJARAM V

Granite River Labs

SAKETH BSV

Co Founder,
Perpule

NIYAM BHUSHAN

Founder
DesignRev.in

AJAY SHENOY

DellEMC

ROHITH KRISHNAN

Security Validation Engineer,
Intel R&D

ADITYA NAAG TOPALLI

Lead Developer Evangelist
Salesforce

AKASH V GUNJAL

Cloud Development Lead,
IBM

ASHISH SAHU

Cloud Solution Architect,
Microsoft India

DIBYA PRAKASH

ECD Zone

BIJU NAIR

Licensing Lead,
Open Invention Network

NAGARAJU KAKARLA

General Manager | Global Delivery Head, Cloud & DevOps Practice,
Mindtree Limited

SHASHANK SRIVATSAVAYA

Director, Developer Relations,
Salesforce

RUPESH SHANTAMURTY

Senior Specialist,
HPE

ALTANAI BISHT

VoIP and media streaming engineer

ABHISHEK GUPTA

Software Engineer 2,
Dell EMC

MEGHA TYAGI

Software Engineer 2,
Dell EMC

AMAN MANGAL

Distributed System Engineer,
Dgraph

DHEERAJ KUMAR

Software Engineer,
Clarisight

SAINADH JAMALPUR

Security consultant,
Securelayer7

PRASANNA RAGHAVENDRA

Director, JFROG

FREDERICK NORONHA

Journalist,
Microsoft

SANDHYA B R

Cyber Security Researcher,
Accenture

NAJMUDHEEN C T

Senior System Architect,
Huawei

NISHANT DESHPANDE

Samsung R&D India

PRATEEK GOYAL

Software Engineer,
IBM

MAHESH ARALI

Sr, Software Engineer,
Microsoft India

MONOJIT BASU

Founder Director,
TechYugadi IT Solutions & Consulting

SUSANTA ROY

Senior Security Researcher,
Accenture

MADAN GOPAL S

ABHAS ABHINAV

Founder,
DeepRoot GNU/Linux

BALAJI V R

Samsung R & D India

DIVYANSHU VERMA