Kamal Kumar Sharma — CTO

👨‍💻 Enterprise Architect & Principal Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable, cloud-native platforms across Media, IoT, SaaS, and Telecom domains. Currently leading engineering at Network18, where I architect backend systems supporting 50M+ daily users across brands like News18, CNBC-TV18, MoneyControl, Firstpost, and Forbes India. 🔑 Key Achievements @ Network18 🚀 Led Azure → GCP migration, achieving 50% cost savings and enhanced scalability 🎥 Designed a centralised low-latency video pipeline, reducing buffering by 40% 🤖 Launched NW18 Copilot – internal GPT/LLM platform → editorial productivity ↑ 30% ⚡ Built Kafka + Debezium pipelines with <1s latency for real-time election & stocks feeds 📊 Implemented a CDP + AI-based personalization engine → engagement ↑ 20%+ 📡 Standardized DevOps with Jenkins, ArgoCD, Prometheus → deployment cycle ↓ 60% 🔷 Earlier Roles 🔧 Sr. Technical Architect – Kent CamEye (2018–2023) Built AI-powered IoT platforms for live video (WebRTC, HLS), GPS tracking, and face recognition Led development of CamAttendance (enterprise-grade face recognition attendance system) Designed hybrid cloud + edge architecture for Smart HomeCam Delivered 2G GPS tracker system with real-time alerts, geofencing, crash detection Architected a multi-tenant SaaS DMS for distributor → customer tracking 📱 Team Lead – Samsung R&D (2012–2016) Led development of RCS, IMS, and messaging stacks for Samsung Android devices globally Built 1:1 and group chat, file transfer, and custom dual-SIM UI for telecom carriers Delivered operator-specific customizations for AT&T, Vodafone, Orange, Jio, and others Optimized protocol stacks to reduce registration time and increase feature compliance 🛠️ Core Skills Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure Backend: Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch Streaming & Messaging: Kafka, Debezium, RabbitMQ, Kinesis, SQS, WebRTC DevOps & Observability: Kubernetes, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Prometheus, New Relic AI/ML: GPT (LLMs), Pinecone, Real-time personalization, Recommendation Systems Frontend/Mobile: React.js, Next.js, Android (Java/Kotlin) CDN: Cloudflare, CloudFront, Akamai Execution: Agile, Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, Vendor Management

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud-Native Architect with expertise in Media and IoT solutions.

Location: Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Experience: 14 yrs 7 mos