Suresh Charan's Linkedin Analytics

Enthusiastic, passionate hands-on software developer with 17 years of proven experience in solution design, product development, release management, consulting and innovation; working across domains such as Pharma, Legal, Loyalty, Retail, Insurance, Connected vehicles. Played various roles in my career, including building technology solutions and platforms, technology consulting, advising and helping customers adopt the technology, architecture, processes, shift left strategies. I have experience working for product engineering teams in startup and mid-sized organizations. Also worked for an applied research team where primary charter was to evangelize newer technologies, apply the latest knowledge, technologies and innovations towards a specific practical purpose. Proven track record of success in leading software development teams. I have experience in building a productive and engaged team, driving it from forming to performing state. Played a vital role in research initiatives such as Gamification, Knowledge representation and reasoning (KR&R), Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET), technical enablement programs in a rapidly changing organizational and technical environment. Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to identify various business opportunities and developed solutions to help organization win strategic deals. Developed technology capability and demonstrated by rolling out production ready applications. While working for Cognizant, represented Cognizant with collaborative research with leading research institute Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-4PI) in India. Skills: DevOps, Cloud, Automation, CI/CD Practices, Full stack development (Python3, JavaScript, Java, JEE), Containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Scripting languages (Python, Ruby), Data modelling and migrations, Agile practices, Client handling, Cross functional team management. Area of Interests: Cloud, Containers, DevOps, Automation, AI