Sanket Thodge is an entrepreneur by profession based out of Pune, India. He started his journey in the service industry, but soon incorporated startup with the name Pi R Square Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd. With expertise in Hadoop Developer, he explored Cloud, IoT, Machine Learning, and Blockchain. He has also applied for a patent in IoT and has worked with numerous startups and multinationals in providing consultancy, architecture building, development, and corporate training across the globe.
Rajeev Goel has over 24 years of experience as a software architect in project management, software development, and presales. He has worked on various cloud computing and big data technologies. He received his BE (electronics) from Shivaji University. He is currently a freelance trainer and consultant. His previous experience includes big names in the IT industry and clients in construction, telecoms, manufacturing/automobile, finance, and the public sector.
Dr. M Varaprasad Rao is a professor in the department of computer science at the CMR technical campus. He has a teaching experience of over 16 years, both in academia and industry. He is involved in teaching courses at both UG and PG levels, including curriculum development. His research interests include data mining, security, cloud, and analytics. He was a BoS member. He has contributed 25 papers, 4 book chapters to IGI Global, and has 3 patents. He is a lifetime member of CSI, ISTE, and IAEng.
Rakesh Porwad has 7.4 years of overall IT Experience, of which 3.5 years of experience is in Hadoop, spark, and cloud technology and the rest of experience in Java technology. He is currently working with Capgemini as a Spark developer. He has completed BE in electronics and telecommunication streams in 2010. He has been a winner of the project competition organized at IIT Bombay TechFest. He has participated in International conferences. He is also a winner of Google Cloud Platform Hackthon organized intercompany.
Saket Karnik, a name with rigorous 19 years dedication to technology is now known in the enterprise circle for dependable Microsoft Azure deep-dive sessions. With Microsoft certifications such as MCT, MCTS, and MCP, his training and consulting expertise ranges from Azure to Oracle frameworks. He has also authored the Azure IoT curriculum for Microsoft Campus Connect Program, Hyderabad. He will soon be delivering his 555th corporate session for yet another batch of enthusiastic laterals.
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