About

Shantharam Nekkar is a senior software engineering leader with over 27 years of experience in building strong development teams and delivering customer-oriented solutions. Currently working as a Technical Support Engineer at Rational Software, he has a reputation for driving complex enterprise-wide initiatives and improving software development processes to meet business needs. Shantharam is an expert in software development tools, project management, customer focus, agile development, software configuration management, development processes, engineering productivity, global development, and build systems. He has a proven track record of success in software tool development, software build and release operations, continuous integration, automated testing, intellectual property protection, source code management, and software product life cycle management. In the past, Shantharam has worked as a Technical Lead/Software Engineer and Manager/Technical Lead at Cisco, where he was responsible for software integration and workflow automation, software configuration, and engineering productivity tools. He has also worked as a software engineer in ClearCase administration, providing a reliable and scalable development environment. Shantharam holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also holds a PUC degree in Science from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi, Karnataka, India. Shantharam's tech stack includes expertise in DevOps, software engineering, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), testing, integration, infrastructure, Bamboo, Jenkins, and more. He has relevant experience of over 27 years in the field of software engineering, making him a valuable asset to any organization.