About

Ronak Patel is an experienced software engineer with over 6 years of experience in agile product development for cloud-native and OCP-native web-based products and managed services. Currently working at IBM, he is a Software Engineer for Cloud Pak for Integration in the Cloud and Cognitive Software division. Ronak's expertise lies in hybrid integration solutions, specifically in providing AI-powered automation and a closed-loop lifecycle across multiple styles of enterprise integration. With IBM Cloud Pak for Integration, he has helped companies speed up integration development by 300%, reduce costs by more than 33%, and maintain enhanced security, governance, and availability. In his previous role at IBM, Ronak worked as a Software Engineer for Flexible Analytics in Watson Health. He utilized various IBM Cloud services like IBM Kubernetes Service, IBM Cloud Object Storage, IBM Analytic Engine, IBM IAM, and App ID to enable and deploy Flexible Analytics to IBM Public Cloud. He also utilized Agile and Lean software development methodologies to provide value to customers with minimal waste while maximizing the incorporation of customer feedback into the development process. Ronak has also worked as a Technical Partner Engineering Intern at Red Hat, where he was responsible for cross-technical marketing of management solutions that span virtualization, OS, and middleware. His responsibilities included evaluating technical submissions of new partners, creating presentations and other collateral, and producing and delivering marketing programs. Ronak holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. He has experience working with technologies such as Integration, AI, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Java, Ruby, and Research Scientist. Overall, Ronak is a skilled software engineer with a strong background in hybrid integration solutions and cloud-native product development. He is passionate about utilizing his expertise to help companies streamline their integration processes and reduce costs while maintaining enhanced security and governance.