My goal is to deliver business value by bringing the benefits of technology to transform business. Technology has been an integral part of my career as I have worked in many sectors including Nuclear engineering, Aerospace, Aviation, Manufacturing, Database Marketing, Contact Center, Healthcare, Financial Services, Professional Services and Technology Consulting. I take pride in keeping abreast of the emerging technologies and leverage it to architect the right solution to solve business problems. Over the past 17 years at Microsoft, I have worked with Fortune 500 companies, system integrators and partners conducting Envisioning Briefings, Architecture Design Sessions and Proof of Concepts covering a variety of solutions and technologies like Collaboration, Web / Mobile Application Development, DevOps , Data & Analytics, I believe in the Einstein philosophy – “Once you stop learning, you start Dying”. Learning is my passion and I am an Adjunct Professor at two Universities in Chicago where I teach Application Development, Data Warehousing and Analytics. Recently I have been working on several engagements that requires expertise in Blockchain, Cloud Enablement, Cloud cost management & Cost optimization, IoT, Analytics on the Edge, Databricks, Hadoop, Spark, Machine Learning Algorithms, Kubernetes Service, NoSQL / Graph databases, Angular SPA, React-Native, Mobile Development, GraphQL, Application Monitoring and DevOps. I frequently speak at conferences on these topics.