Jul 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Worked as a Principal Machine Learning Advocate with the Global Developer Experience Team focusing on Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock.
• Delivered 100+ international conference keynotes, driving engagement across tech communities.
• Directed AWS Developer Community expansion in India, growing to 50K+ members across different states.
• Developed strategic content and advocacy efforts to enhance AWS visibility and user engagement worldwide.
• Built data analysis platform and interactive dashboard for analyzing AWS services data.
• Contributed Python code samples for Amazon Bedrock, RAG, and Vector database.

Jan 2022 – Jul 2022 · 6 mos

• Worked as a lead developer advocate for Amazon EFS focusing on EFS integration with serverless and machine learning use cases
• Developed EFS Developer Zone on AWS GitHub for serverless, container, and machine learning use cases.

Jul 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Worked with the Global Developer Relations Team, focusing on core services, serverless and machine learning.
• Hosted 120+ third party conference and meetups in last 2 years focusing on various technology stack around Serverless, Machine Learning and Data Analysis.
• Presented at Tier 1 AWS events like re:Invent, AWS Innovate, AWS Modern Application Development, Amazon AI Innovate, AWS DevDay, etc. Hosted “AWS on Air” show at re:Invent.
• Developed developer focused content around Machine Learning and Serverless.
• Scaled the number of AWS User Group from 17 to 28 within two year in the region(India/SL/Bangladesh)

May 2017 – Jan 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Lead the Performance QA, Quality Engineering efforts for Toshiba NVMe over Fabric(KumoScale) Engineering solution
• Mentor new hire and train the team with the technology and product
• Developed performance regression testing suite and reporting dashboard
• Developed automated test suit for REST API
• Performance benchmarking for various data center application (stand-alone and container based)
• Performing POC and Demos on NVMeoF solution and Docker/Kubernetes
• Participating as a speaker at various conferences like Flash Memory Summit, PyCon, SNIA, OpenSource for you, etc.
• Develop technical content wiki, white-papers and solution briefs

Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Worked with the Performance Engineering and Technical Marketing Group (Emulex Business Unit) focusing on FC HBA performance
• characterization, PoC and benchmarking with various Flash Storage Systems.
• Industry Performance Benchmarking – TPC-H, TPC-C and SPECsfs
• Performance characterization of various workload for 8Gb, 16Gb and 32Gb FC cards
• Benchmarking for FC card’s QoS(Quality of Service)
• Writing blogs/technical performance brief papers for Engineering, Support and Product Marketing
• Performance Benchmarking for SQL Server 2016 database with FC HBAs
• Performance Benchmarking for Storage Migration(HyperV, ESX, and Citrix) over FC for the Gen6 32Gbps HBA adapters
• Benchmarking/PoC for various flash arrays from different vendors, like, Dell, EMC, Violin, XtremIO, Kaminario, Pure, Nimble, etc.

Feb 2015 – Jan 2016 · 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Worked with the Performance Products Group (PPG) focusing on validation and verification of various NetApp products.
• Validating Service Processor security aspects for encryption(FIPS Qualification)
• Performance Analysis for various workload, OLTP, DSS, etc.
• Performance Regression test design
• Work with the Information Engineering team for field documents

Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Worked for EMC Private Cloud workforce with VPLEX Engineering.
• System testing for features, failure, DR for VPLEX
• Design, development and writing of system test case for core features and regression.
• Customer Demos showcasing HA and Continuous Availability with VPLEX
• Drive scoping of overall test effort for various new functionalities in a release and assist functional team leads for test scoping in their individual areas
• Provide technical whiteboard sessions to engineering team on critical functionalities in the product
• Adhere to SCRUM process during the product development phase
• Focusing on IO Performance Regression efforts for VPLEX for different releases
• Regression bisection and performance defect triage
• Benchmark and performance characterization of different VPLEX configurations

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• Worked with the Storage Lab Services, India System and Technology Lab (ISTL) which comes under the umbrella of India Software Lab (ISL), IBM
• Designing and testing of various IBM System Virtualization Storage solution for arrays, like SVC and V7000.
• Designing of complex SAN environment for various clients and providing them training on various IBM System Storage products, upcoming technologies, certifications, etc.
• Designing and testing of Disaster Recovery Solution with various Replication Technologies
• Bandwidth Calculation Tool Development of Disaster Recovery solutions
• Performance Assessment of Storage Environment and Storage Health Check Assessment
• Multiple projects handled for System and Technology Group (STG), GTS (including SO), GBS ranging from architecture, assessments, performance engineering, Offering development, Technical Project Management and customized STG trainings.
• Collaborate with all Services teams (GTS, GBS, SWG Lab Services and our IBM Business Partners) in the optimal deployment of IBM® STG solutions
• Conducting training on upcoming technologies, IBM System Storage, IBM Certifications, etc. to different clients and business partners.
• Define and develop Document of Understand(DoU) and Scope of Work(SoW) before the start of any engagement

May 2008 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Worked for HITACHI Data Systems (HDS) with the Global Solution Strategy and Development Team as a Performance Consultant
• Benchmark raw/application performance testing on HDS Modular Storage
• Author of 20+ HDS performance best practice and white paper (ESRP-Exchange 2007/2010) for HDS Sales.
• Trained Microsoft Exchange Rangers and designed 10+ Exchange Storage Solutions.
• Received Hitachi Data Systems Hat’s Off Award in April’2010.
• Fulltime SNIA Corporate Member(Vendor Large Voting Membership)