About

Saran Thiyagarajan is a highly experienced product development and management professional with over 18 years of experience in using open-source technologies. Currently, he is working as an Observability expert at SAP Ariba, where he is responsible for enhancing and supporting ongoing projects. Saran has built a highly performing and engaging team and worked across multiple geo-locations, maintaining strong collaboration to solve critical issues. Saran has a solid understanding of various programming languages such as Perl, Python, Groovy (Jenkins), Unix, and Clearcase. He also has knowledge of Hashicorp tools like Nomad, Consul, Vault, Vagrant, and more. Saran has extensive experience in SCM tools like Clearcase, Git, Perforce, and CI tools like Jenkins (Groovy). He has strong domain knowledge in storage, cloud, networking, and banking. Saran has worked on AWS and Google Cloud Platform and has a good understanding of Hadoop and Pig Programming. He is a volunteer open-source contributor in Parrot (Perl 6) and an organizer in the Indian Perl Mongers Group. He is also the founder of the NGO, Wake our Lake, which aims to solve water crisis problems across the globe. Saran is a corporate trainer in Perl, Unix basics, and cloud computing basics, and he provides free training on open-source skills for the unemployed to get jobs. Saran's technical expertise includes DevOps, Perl, Python, Groovy, Unix, MySQL, Oracle, PERL/TK, ClearCase, Perforce, SVN, YACC, C, cloud computing, Hadoop, Pig, Jenkins, Nomad, Consul, Vault, Docker, and more. He is a sports coach at Decathlon on weekends and a corporate trainer in Perl/Unix. Saran is a technical Perl mentor at pgcinfotech.com and an advisor at HuntnBadge. With relevant experience of over 20.28 years, Saran is a highly skilled and knowledgeable professional who is passionate about open-source technologies and committed to making a difference in the world.