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24+ years of hands-on software engineering experience specializing in architecture and implementation of enterprise, mobile, and machine learning-based software systems using emerging technologies and bleeding edge research. Key Strengths- Identification, empirical evaluation, early adoption and evangelism of emerging technologies and academic research with the potential for significant future impact (Functional Programming, In-memory & Edge Computing, Reactive Systems)- Design, analysis, and implementation of software architectures for high-performance, elastic and resilient distributed systems using emerging stacks (Tensorflow, Keras, Spark, Flink, Scala, Akka, Play, Spray, DDD, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Cloudlets)- Mitigation of technical risks grounded in empirical software architecture techniques (QAW, ATAM) and rapid prototyping- Combination of architecture-centric software development with agile practices to reduce technical debt- Collaboration with the world’s leading researchers in architecture, pervasive computing and human-computer interaction Research Credentials - 20+ research publications in top refereed conferences and journals in the field of mobile and pervasive computing, software architecture, user interface design and end-user programming - Ability to grasp bleeding-edge research, analyze its impact and limitations; and fold into a real systemProgramming Languages: Java, Scala, Python, Javascript, HTML5, XML, JSONSoftware Stacks and Frameworks: Spark, Flink, Storm, Kafka, Android, Play, Akka, Spray, Camel, D3.js, WebSockets, scikit-learn, Nltk, Jetty, KVM, Drools, Raft, Zookeeper, Vertx Design: QAW, ATAM, SOA, REST, FP, OOD, DDD, TDD Data stores: MySQL, ScyllaDB, Redis, Neo4J, MongoDB, Cassandra, ElasticSearch, Lucene, DB4OTools: git, YourKit, Gatling, ScalaTest, Ansible, JUnit, svn, sbt, Maven, JIRA, IntelliJ, Eclipse Domains: Applied research, on-demand transportation, situational awareness, healthcare, telecom, finance

Listed skills include Software Engineering, Distributed Systems, Software Design, Agile Methodologies, and 29 others.