Apoorva Kangodu Ganapathy

Apoorva Kangodu Ganapathy (born 21 August 1985) is a software engineer, technical author, an architect, and his articles is published in various international journals. He has nearly 15 years of IT Experience working in various technologies and languages. Ganapathy currently serves as the senior engineer for Adobe. Ganapathy is a highly regarded industry expert and holds multiple certificates. Throughout his career he has worked for several prolific companies such as AT&T, MindTree, Intel Corporation, Silicon Labs, and Publicis Sapient, assuming the roles of developer, technical lead, and architect. He specializes in AWS, Adobe Experience Manager, Oracle Commerce.
Apart from that, Ganapathy is a multi-award-winning chess player and has participated in numerous state and national competitions. He is also a renowned scholar and has released multiple articles on industry-specific topics.
==Early life and education==
Ganapathy was born on 21 August 1985 in Sagar, Karnataka State, India. He grew up in Bengaluru with his father Ganapathy Kangodu Thimmappa, his mother Madhura Kanugodu Ganapathy, and a sister, Saroja Kanugodu Ganapathy.
Ganapathy completed his primary education at East-West Publish School, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru, and then went to Seshadripuram Main College, from where he graduated high school with the PCMC combination.
In 2003, Ganapathy enrolled in the Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, where he pursued a Bachelor’s of Engineering Degree with a concentration in Computer Science. Soon after his graduation, Ganapathy did a Master’s of Science from Manipal University. 
==Career==
Ganapathy started his career in 2007 when he joined MindTree as a Module Lead. He worked for over four years at this firm based in Bangalore, India, during which he played an integral role in projects for major clients like AIG, Tech Target, Royal Mail.
In 2012, Ganapathy started working at Publicis Sapient as a Technical Lead. During his tenure of three years, he worked with Major clients such as Hyatt Hotels and MasterCard. In 2014, Ganapathy joined AT&T as a senior adobe AEM specialist, where he served for over a year.
In 2016, Ganapathy entered into a six-month contract with Silicon Labs, based in California, where he served as a technical lead. In the same year, he also served for a brief period of time at Intel Corporation and then joined Adobe as a senior engineer.
Ganapathy throughout his career has worked for multi-billion-dollar projects with various clients for their website building and core parts of frameworks. Apart from that he has also published multiple scholarly articles on various topics related to Content Management Systems, Virtual reality, and Augmented reality with CMS, Server Maintenance, Deep Learning Techniques, Artificial Intelligence, Cryptography, Cyber Security, Robotic Process Automation, and others.
==Selected publications==
* AI Fitness Checks, Maintenance and Monitoring on Systems Managing Content & Data: A Study on CMS World, 2015
* Speech Emotion Recognition Using Deep Learning Techniques, 2016
* Artificial Intelligence Price Emulator: A Study on Cryptocurrency, 2017
* Cascading Cache Layer in Content Management System, 2018
* Image Association to URLs across CMS Websites with Unique Watermark Signatures to Identify Who Owns the Camera, 2019
* Artificial Intelligence Driven Crypto Currencies, 2020
* Cryptography in Financial Markets: Potential Channels for Future Financial Stability, 2021
==Awards and recognition==
Ganapathy has participated in over 250 state and 25 national chess tournaments. He has also represented at various Inter College & Inter-University Chess Championships and has won over fifty awards in various age groups and open categories. During his tenure at MindTree, Ganapathy received the Outstanding Performer of the year award for three consecutive years.
==Certifications==
* Project Management Professional (PMP)® - April 2021 (Credential ID 3003720)
* AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional – May 2021 (Credential ID PPX8NB8D1FRE1HC9)
* TOGAF® Certification Program – May 2021 (Credential ID 153047)
* Adobe Certified Expert - Adobe Experience Manager Component Developer 6.0 (Credential ID ADB358031)
* Oracle SCJP 1.5 Certified Developer
==Personal life==
Ganapathy belongs to a family of keen chess enthusiasts. He started playing chess around the age of 5 and has, since then, participated in multiple state and national chess tournaments. 
As on today, Ganapathy resides in the US with his wife Megha Hegde, Son Aryan Hegde and Daughter Adhira Hegde.
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
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Category:1985 births
Category:Authors
Category:Indian software engineers
Category:Manipal University alumni