Ritika Kashyap

CTO

United States18 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in microservices and cloud architecture.
  • Led training for over 150 participants in blockchain technology.
  • Transformed product vision at Pearson through innovative architecture.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Blockchain expert with a strong focus on microservices architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Microservices ArchitectureCloud InfrastructureBlockchain TechnologyProduct ManagementTechnical ArchitectureCloud ComputingDatabase ManagementPerformance Optimization

Other Skills

CassandraEthereumKafkaNoSQLRCS protocolREST-based web servicesSolidityarchitecture tradeoff analysisconfiguration managementdistributed NoSQLevent-driven message brokersglobal product visionin-memory data gridmachine learningmicroservices

About

Over the past 15 years, I have accumulated rich experience in technical architecture and software development, committed to driving innovation and optimizing system design. As the Chief Architect of Synchronoss Technologies, I designed a distributed, highly available and independently scalable microservice platform architecture, focusing on simplifying cloud infrastructure and configuration management, while using machine learning to drive the future development of products. In my current role, I lead an end-to-end messaging market that helps enterprises seamlessly access and provide customer services through the RCS protocol. I enhance the platform architecture in multi-region elastic deployment, making full use of distributed NoSQL and message streaming data platforms (especially Cassandra and Kafka). During my career, I have also served as the Chief Architect at Pearson, defining the global product vision and ensuring close collaboration between product and engineering teams. I led the team to transform from REST-based web services to microservices architecture and promoted cloud computing and mobile-first solutions. I am very passionate about blockchain technology and have provided on-site training for more than 150 participants on Solidity development and Ethereum smart contracts, including NFT minting and its application scenarios. I always believe that the power of technology can change lives, and I look forward to sharing experiences and exchanging ideas with like-minded professionals to drive the industry forward.

Experience

Synchronoss technologies

Chief Architect

Jan 2020Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

  • Design a distributed, highly available, and independently scalable microservices-based platform architecture that includes simplified cloud infrastructure, configuration management, and deployment while applying machine learning to innovate future product enhancements.
  • Develop a messaging marketplace that provides a streamlined carrier experience for onboarding businesses looking to leverage RCS protocols to reach and provide customer service to mobile users.
  • Enhanced platform architecture for multi-region resilient deployments leveraging distributed NoSql and message streaming data platforms, specifically Cassandra and Kafka.
  • Led over 150 people in a live smart contract training on the fundamentals of Solidity development for Ethereum blockchain smart contracts, including NFT minting and use cases.
microservices architecturecloud infrastructureconfiguration managementmachine learningNoSQLCassandra+2

Pearson

3 roles

Chief Architect, Homework Applications

Promoted

Jan 2015Jan 2018 · 3 yrs

  • Defined the global product vision and aligned the product and engineering teams to ensure on-time roadmap delivery.
  • Evaluate technology/design approaches using architecture tradeoff analysis methodology (ATAM)
  • Lead creation of reference implementations to drive understanding and alignment across teams
global product visionarchitecture tradeoff analysisreference implementationsproduct managementtechnical architecture

Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Jan 2008Jan 2015 · 7 yrs

  • Served as a Platform Architecture Committee member reporting to the CTO to define the company’s technical direction.
  • Led the shift to REST-based web services, event-driven message brokers, Microservices, NoSQL, open-source technologies, virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile-first solutions and experiences.
REST-based web servicesevent-driven message brokersmicroservicesNoSQLopen-source technologiesvirtualization+3

Manager of Applications Development/ DBA

Jan 2006Jan 2008 · 2 yrs

  • Lashed the hardware budget by launching a performance improvement program that reduced frontend CPU usage by 30% and eliminated the need for new hardware additions for an entire year.
  • Enhanced horizontal scalability and achieved cost savings of millions of dollars by implementing a distributed, in-memory NoSQL key/value data grid with Scaleout StateServer.
performance improvementdistributed NoSQLin-memory data griddatabase managementperformance optimization

Education

University of Pennsylvania

Master — Software system design and development

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