About

Rajashekhar Arasanal is a highly experienced software engineer and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the field. Currently pursuing a PhD in Entrepreneurship at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, Rajashekhar has a Master of Computer Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the USA. Rajashekhar has worked as a Software Development Manager at Amazon.com, where he was responsible for developing critical systems, infrastructure, and services needed to launch Alexa internationally. He has also worked as a Member Technical Staff at NetApp Inc. where he developed Linux tools and utilities for checking the health of storage on the operating system when connected to NetApp storage controllers. Rajashekhar has extensive experience as a people manager, having managed performance and deliverables for teams of software development and QA engineers for over 2 years. He has also worked in engineering leadership roles for over 3 years, including as a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer. Rajashekhar has 2 US patent grants in Cloud computing and has published 1 international research paper on Hadoop. He has research experience in Cloud computing technologies and Data Storage, including Hadoop, Eucalyptus, and Openstack. Rajashekhar is proficient in several programming languages, including Java, and has expertise in test, QA, SDET, software engineering, and research science. He is also skilled in Selenium, integration, and UI. Rajashekhar has a wide-ranging educational background that includes an Executive General Management Program from IIM Bangalore, a Master of Computer Science degree, and a BE degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He is also experienced in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology, having completed his 11th and 12th grades at BHS First Grade College. With over 12 years of relevant experience, Rajashekhar is a highly skilled and knowledgeable professional who is passionate about entrepreneurship and software engineering.