About

Ajay Elango is a highly experienced and accomplished Vice President of R&D with over 11 years of professional work experience building desktop, web, and mobile applications. He is passionate about Software Engineering, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, and Artificial Intelligence. Ajay has offered graduate admission in Computer Engineering at prestigious universities such as Georgia Tech (Atlanta), Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), Cornell University (Ithaca), University of Southern California (Los Angeles), University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder), Arizona State University (Tempe), and University of Illinois Chicago (Chicago). He graduated with a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta). Ajay has worked as a Software Engineer at world-class corporations such as Acko (Bangalore), MathWorks (Massachusetts), Cadence Design Systems (Massachusetts), National Instruments (Texas), Infosys (Bangalore), and Defence Research and Development Organisation (Bangalore). He has received Certifications from renowned universities and organizations such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge), Stanford University (California), University of Washington (Seattle), University of California San Diego (California), Google, and LinkedIn. He has won corporate awards and received client appreciations for outstanding performance and significant individual contribution. Ajay is a Gold medalist in Algorithms, Data Structures, C++, and Java in HackerRank. He is passionate about designing, developing, debugging, and testing large-scale software projects. He has significantly contributed towards all the stages of the software development process, including Requirements Analysis, Functional & Architecture Design, Implementation, and Integration. Ajay is experienced in mentoring and managing new and experienced professionals on software development for enterprise applications. He has strong expertise in Object-Oriented Design (OOD), UML modeling, and design patterns. Currently, Ajay works as a Senior Software Engineer at Acko, where he has analyzed requirements, designed, implemented, and integrated Zomato delivery partners' insurance within the infrastructure of Acko, thereby helping Acko generate multiple crores of revenue and profits annually. He has implemented robust health claim systems for Zomato and Religare and additional features for Amazon, redBus, Abhibus, Rapido, Practo, Happay, UrbanClap, DriveU, Lendingkart, and Gocars. Ajay has mentored junior engineers and freshers and resolved ambiguities in their respective projects. He has actively involved in the hiring process and interviewed over 120 candidates who applied for Intern