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    "name": "Prasanna V Nagarajan",
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    "summary": "Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft with 16+ years of experience in building and scaling enterprise software solutions. Currently leading AI/ML initiatives in Industry Solutions Engineering, focusing on Generative AI applications and data platforms. Proven track record of leading engineering teams, developing distributed systems, and creating scalable solutions across multiple clients. Passionate contributor to open-source projects with expertise spanning full-stack development, cloud-native applications, and technical leadership.",
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      "name": "Microsoft Corporation",
      "location": "Bengaluru, Karnataka, India",
      "description": "Leading technology company focused on cloud computing, AI, and enterprise solutions",
      "position": "Principal Engineer",
      "startDate": "2022-06",
      "summary": "Leading AI/ML initiatives and data platform development in Industry Solutions Engineering. Progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Principal Engineer, focusing on Generative AI applications and scalable enterprise solutions.",
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        "Leading cross-functional teams to develop AI/ML solutions for enterprise clients using Azure AI services",
        "Architecting reusable patterns and accelerators for enterprise AI/ML solutions across multiple clients",
        "Driving technical strategy for Generative AI applications across multiple industry verticals",
        "Mentoring engineering teams and establishing best practices for AI/ML development, LLMOps and MLOps",
        "Contributed to open-source projects and internal tooling improvements"
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      "name": "Thoughtworks Technologies",
      "location": "Global (India, Germany, South Africa)",
      "description": "Global technology consultancy specializing in software design, delivery, and digital transformation",
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      "startDate": "2009-06",
      "endDate": "2022-06",
      "summary": "13-year journey progressing from Application Developer to Technical Principal across multiple countries. Led technical consulting engagements, international assignments, and large-scale software delivery projects.",
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        "Led technical consulting engagements and provided strategic guidance on software architecture",
        "Architected, designed, and developed large-scale distributed systems for enterprise clients",
        "Led pre-sales technical consulting and solution design activities for enterprise clients",
        "Built enterprise web applications using Java, Ruby on Rails, and modern web technologies",
        "Implemented and mentored teams on agile methodologies, TDD, and software engineering best practices across multiple clients",
        "Gained international experience across 3 countries with multi-year assignments in Germany (2 years) and South Africa (1 year)"
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      "institution": "Birla Institute of Technology and Science",
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      "endDate": "2013-06",
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        "Advanced Database Systems",
        "Distributed Systems"
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      "institution": "SSN College Of Engineering",
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      "endDate": "2009-06",
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        "Object-Oriented Programming",
        "Database Management Systems",
        "Computer Networks",
        "Software Engineering"
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      "name": "AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate",
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      "name": "AI/ML Technologies",
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        "ML/LLM Ops",
        "Generative AI"
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        "AWS",
        "Cloud-Native Solutions"
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        "JavaScript",
        "TypeScript",
        "Ruby",
        "Python",
        "SQL"
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        "Full-Stack Development",
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        "Design Patterns",
        "Test Driven Development"
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        "Hands-on Technical Leadership",
        "Pre-Sales Technical Consulting",
        "Team Mentoring"
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      "name": "Development Practices",
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        "DevOps",
        "CI/CD",
        "JUnit",
        "Code Reviews"
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      "language": "Tamil",
      "fluency": "Native Speaker"
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      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Professional"
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      "language": "Hindi",
      "fluency": "Limited Working"
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      "name": "Multi-Agent AI Platform for Banking",
      "description": "Designed cross-cloud platform orchestrating AI agents across Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, and Semantic Kernel for Australian bank's AI transformation",
      "highlights": [
        "Built AWS-hosted platform managing Azure-deployed agents with unified observability",
        "Developed extensible RPA framework with BPMN workflow integration",
        "Enabled coordination between pro-code, low-code, and no-code agent paradigms"
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        "Azure AI Foundry",
        "Semantic Kernel",
        "Cross-Cloud Architecture",
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        "Technical Lead"
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      "name": "Enterprise GenAI Gateway Pattern",
      "description": "Created comprehensive enterprise GenAI gateway pattern and tool-agnostic architecture using Azure APIM for AI governance and cost optimization",
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        "Published Microsoft Learn module and open-source accelerator",
        "Implemented intelligent throttling and dynamic model routing",
        "Enabled accurate PTU capacity planning through usage analytics"
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        "AI Governance",
        "Enterprise Architecture",
        "Cost Optimization"
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        "Pattern Designer"
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      "name": "MLOps Model Factory Pattern",
      "description": "Designed ML Model Factory pattern providing standardized pipeline templates for rapid model development, validated across retail and telecom sectors",
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        "Reduced ML project setup from weeks to hours through template scaffolding",
        "Open-sourced as Microsoft MLOps Model Factory Accelerator",
        "Successfully deployed multiple models to production across industries"
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        "CI/CD Pipelines",
        "Open Source"
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        "Platform Engineer"
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      "name": "Enterprise Retail Platform - POS Deployment",
      "description": "Led microservices platform deployment to 20,000+ POS machines with custom container orchestration and minimal downtime requirements",
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        "Designed custom orchestration system using Docker Compose-like DSL",
        "Achieved 10-minute maximum downtime across diverse retail environments",
        "Enabled 60+ developers across 5 teams to deploy 40+ services independently"
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        "Java",
        "Golang"
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      "name": "Automotive Sales Portal - Microfrontends",
      "description": "Pioneered microfrontends architecture for automotive sales platform enabling independent team development with dynamic browser composition",
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        "Led technical coordination across 40+ developers in 5 independent teams",
        "Developed browser-based dynamic composition system for unified UX",
        "Established thought leadership through conference presentations and publications"
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