2022 Golden Bridge Awards Judges
Akanksha Gupta
Engineering Leader | Amazon | Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States Seasoned Software Engineering Manager with experience around managing full stack teams and building teams ground up.Strong skills in leadership, agile development, problem solving, interview coaching skills. I love coding especially Automation. Hit me up for a quick chat about coding/career/life/hobbies.
Keep readingVladislav Gukasov
“I had the pleasure of serving as a judge for the Information Technology World Awards. Reviewing and scoring nominations from around the globe was an inspiring and rewarding experience, showcasing the brilliant minds and innovations shaping our future.” Senior Software Engineer – Ex-Founder | B2Broker | Tbilisi, Georgia Senior software engineer specialized in building scalable…
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Co-founder and CEO | ParallelDots | Gurgaon, Haryana, India Angam is the co-founder and CEO of ParallelDots, a retail tech startup with expertise in computer vision. He is a graduate of IIT Kharagpur and worked as a management consultant prior to his entrepreneurial journey. Under his leadership, ParallelDots has emerged as a leader in the…
Keep readingParul Bharadwaj
“I am Parul Bharadwaj. I have worked as Senior Technical Program Manager at well recognized organizations such as Amazon, DoorDash. I have judged multiple Globee awards in 2022 such as Globee Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards, Globee Disruptor Awards, Globee IT World Awards, Globe Golden Bridge Awards, Globee Sales, Marketing, Customer Success Awards etc.. I…
Keep readingMykola Prokopenko
DevOps Engineer | DataArt | Ukraine I’m a DevOps engineer with over 6 years of experience working very closely with a variety of cloud services and technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) helping development teams with building IT infrastructures. I’m able to design, architect, and build an infrastructure from scratch or transform existing infrastructure into…
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Program Manager | SWIFT Inc. | Manassas, Virginia, United States IT leader with 20+ years of experience spanning several facets of delivering mission critical IT solutions – delivery management, project and program management, team management, managing operations of zero down-time services, product management and customer engagement. I have experience across US, Europe and India working…
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Operations Manager, Supply Chain | Pangaea Holdings, Inc. | Newberry, Florida, United States Anand is a seasoned Industrial Engineer from the University of Florida. He is currently working as Supply Chain Operations Manager for Pangaea Holdings and possesses extensive experience in managing global operations for Manufacturing and E-Commerce businesses. He is skilled in Data Analytics,…
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Senior iOS Developer | Godel Technologies Europe | Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland Mobile software developer with over 4 years of iOS apps creating experience. Additionally, more than 2 years of background in Android and Java development. Specializes in accelerating the creation of UI and application modules.
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Senior Manager – Strategy and Business Development | Siemens Digital Industries | Melville, New York, United States 18 + years of experience in digital industries with extensive experience on the following:Identifying new business opportunities for emerging technologies (AI&IoT) in engineering designs that can help customers save money, reduce the turnaround time, improve efficiency and enhance…
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Solution Delivery Lead Analyst – Oracle Cloud Financials | Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation | Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States Finance and Supply chain IT Leader with 20 years of Implementation experience in Manufacturing, Telecommunication, retail, and Power sector industries globally. Successfully deployed brand new ERP systems (On-premises and Cloud) for many clients in last 20 years…
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Co-Founder & CTO | Adversa AI | Tel Aviv, Israel Eugene Neelou is a Startup CTO and Product Leader. Currently, Eugene Neelou is a Chief Technology Officer at Adversa AI, an Israeli company on a mission to protect AI systems from cyber threats. As a world-class cybersecurity expert, Eugene has presented his research at dozens…
Keep readingKetan Singh
“Judging the nominees’ submissions from all across the world was a fantastic experience. Choosing from a pool of creative and thorough proposals received this year was a difficult challenge. I was pleased to find that the pace of innovation due to Covid-19 has not slowed, and I expect that this trend will continue in the…
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Senior Product Manager | Adobe | Mountain View, California, United States I am a Product Manager with masters in computer science and Business Administration. I started my career in software engineering by building product features and then fascinated by ML/AI technologies and moved into Data science and Analytics where I have gained experience in learning…
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Frontend Team – Tech lead | Yandex LLC | Moscow, Moscow City, Russia Worked a lot on UI/UX/DX. I recruited a team of 6 people and made effective work possible. Scaled the warehouse management system application from small to enterprise.
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Project Director | Modular Construction Limited | Auckland, New Zealand Dr. Penneru has obtained a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Auckland, New Zealand in 2007. Dr. Penneru demonstrated success in leading teams, developing and executing strategic plans, and driving growth in a variety of industries. Passionate about social impact and using business…
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Senior Lead Analyst – Data Science | Infosys Limited | Richardson, Texas, United States Hariteja Bodepudi is working as senior Lead Analyst-Data science for Infosys Limited leading a team of high skilled and passionate data science team . He solves the business problems by building the AI/ML models with cutting edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence…
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Fullstack JS engineer React – Angular – Node.js | AllstarsIT | Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine FullStack JS developer (React, Angular, Node.js) with 7 years of experience. Also front-end teacher | mentor | coach | author of front-end courses at different online/offline schools. 7 YoE as a software engineer (JavaScript).Last 3 years as FullStack JS developer…
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Senior UX Designer – UX Researcher | EPAM | Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom My name is Pavel. I’m a Senior UX Designer with 8+ years in Tech and Experience Design. I launched and contributed to the growth of products in different domains that varied in size and scale: from startups to large enterprises,…
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Digital Design Lead | Yum! Brands | Tbilisi, Georgia 6+ years of success with high-profile tech companies including Yum! Brands (KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell) and Mail.ru Group. Business growth mindset combined with human-centered design open waysfor an efficient and low-cost solution to the product challenge.System- and data-based thinking defines approach: goal is to create…
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Senior Manager Data Engineering | Freedom Financial Network | San Mateo, California, United States Satya Vadapalli is a technology leader at Freedom Financial, leading a team of highly skilled and passionate Engineers. Satya and his team build cutting edge financial services applications utilizing micro-services, cloud, big data technologies and dev-ops. These applications drive state of…
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CEO | Hexact, Inc. | Middletown, Delaware, United States Stepan Aslanyan is a serial entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience and multiple successful exits in different geographical markets. After a successful exit, Stepan then founded Hexact in 2019 where he is serving as CEO of Hexact, with a mission to empower anyone with the true…
Keep readingMiguelangel Rivas Vargas
CEO | Exito Corporacion Colombiana SAS | Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia As a Founder for MundiLuz Exito Corp, Miguelangel Rivas has experience in electronic commerce industry and stabilizing cost structures while monitoring inflation rates. He is a lighting entrepreneur and has received important awards because his outstanding achievements. With his company has launched many disruptive lighting…
Keep readingRahul Vavaldas
“I am Rahul Vavaldas, and I currently work for Science Interactive Group as a Supply Chain Manager. I spent quality time judging for 2022 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards. I would like to say that I have seen a tremendous effort put by every single entry in showcasing their nomination. I enjoyed learning great…
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Chief Information Officer | VK | Moscow, Russia Pavel is a software engineer, CTO, engineering manager with over 17 years of professional experience. Over the years, he helped build products used by millions of users at startups and big technology companies.
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Project Wastewater Engineer | Arcadis US, Inc. | Richmond, Texas, United States Sehul Patel is an Environmental/Wastewater Engineer with over 13 years of experience in water-wastewater engineering field. He has received a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Lamar University. He is a registered professional engineer with the State of Texas and National Council of…
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Vice President – Director Of Engineering | U.S. Bank | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Poonam Garg is a technologist seasoned leader, working as Director of Engineer – Vice President at U.S. Bank. Poonam has spearheaded cultural transformation around DevOps at U.S. Bank through an agile and collaborative approach to digital transformation and software development. Poonam…
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Co-founder & CEO | Metricsbird | San Francisco, California, United States In 2002, I was restless seeing how technology was changing the world around us. I started my first business in my hostel room back in 2002. If someone had to buy a branded computer, they had to pay the premium price. So me and…
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Co-founder | Introbot | Palo Alto, California, United States I’m working on Introbot – a BOT that makes INTROs. It’s a WhatsApp chatbot that understands your professional interests and accordingly introduces you to relevant people. We’ve raised preseed and are working with ~100 startup communities with 3500 founders, investors, and talent between whom we make…
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Software Architect | ABC Solutions | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia 10+ years of experience in full software development life cycle including architecture, design, prototyping, implementation, and maintenance. Mostly using Java and Python. Skilled in building of scalable systems and microservices. Have experience in data analysis and data science, R&D department management and project management.
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Senior Data Scientist | Abbott Laboratories | Lake Forest, Illinois, United States Menghan Ding has been a senior data scientist at Abbott since 2019, working in the Software R&D division under the Core Diagnostics business. Prior to Abbott, she worked as a data scientist at AIG and accumulated more than 5 years of experience in…
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Assistant General Manager | Amazon | Memphis, Tennessee, United States Rajesh Chennattu Sasidharan Nair is an Indian Navy veteran who led complex, dynamic, and challenging maritime operations and managed starting phase of construction of a warship leading to commissioning into Navy and commanding the ship for over two years to enhance maritime capabilities. He also…
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VP, Software Engineering | Canoo | Buena Park, California, United States Currently the VP of Software Engineering at Canoo, I am responsible for all software development on the Canoo Vehicle, backend, frontend and mobile development. Prior to Canoo, I was the Senior Manager, Vehicle Software for Faraday Future and worked on Software Infrastructure and Body…
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General Manager, Development | ExxonMobil | Houston, Texas, United States I have been with ExxonMobil for over 19 years. I joined ExxonMobil in June 2003. I spent my early career years (~5 years) as a Reservoir Engineer based in Houston working deepwater oil and gas fields (early production stage). The following years were spent working…
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Head of Special Projects | Goat Capital | Greater Sydney Area, Australia I was born in New Zealand and brought up in Shanghai (bi-lingual), where I attended one of China’s best international schools and achieved 44/45 on the world’s most renowned high school diploma program (IBDP), as well as winning International competitions. I was then…
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Senior Software Engineer | WelcomeLend | Ukraine I am a developer from Ukraine. I have a huge experience to develop web applications. About 12 years. Usually, I use javascript, ReactJS on the frontend, and NodeJS on the backend. Also, I worked with blockchain technology a lot.I worked with microservices, serverless solutions, (AWS lambda), and blockchain…
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Lead Product Manager | Google Inc. | New York, New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Akshat Sharma is the Lead Product Manager for Google Classroom, a product used by over 150 million teachers and students globally. Akshat has led various efforts at Google across several different products over the past 6 years. Akshat serves…
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Software Engineer | Layermark | Tbilisi, Georgia 6+ years of experience in building enterprise web applications (mostly using Java and Angular). In my previous company, I launched the Athlete Readiness product from scratch and successfully integrated it into multiple Saint Petersburg sports schools. Currently, I’m a software engineer in the Arcadia team.
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Senior iOS Engineer | BestDoctor | IBatumi, Georgia I am an experienced software developer (15+ years – 4 years as an iOS developer, 5 years at .NET, 3 years at GIS/Maps, 2 years at SQL, and 2+ years as Team Lead), and currently, I am working at BestDoctor as Senior iOS Engineer. I teach iOS…
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Software Engineer | Perforce | Prague Metropolitan Area, Czech Republic Well-organized, highly motivated task solver experienced in many frameworks, with comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of web development. Desperate to explore new features and ways in development to deliver products as what business needs.
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VP of ML & Research | Corrily | San Francisco, California, United States I’m leading a team to bump US Enterprise SaaS companies revenue from 10 to 40% using smart price optimization algorithms. Our company, Corrily Inc is YC backed fast-growing SaaS with such clients, as SkillShare & IFTTT. I’ve founded the WhatsApp bot platform,…
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Senior Flutter Developer | Holland & Barrett | Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil Mikhail is an over-talented specialist with deep knowledge of Frontend, Backend, and Mobile (Flutter) development. He has about a dozen projects in his piggy bank, many of which are used by millions of people a day. Mikhail is the creator of four popular…
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Database Application Developer | Tengizchevroil | Atyrau, Kazakhstan Hands-on experience in various IT fields. Starting from the Internet of Things and Robotics and ending with Azure cloud technologies. Expert with deep knowledge of SharePoint, Power Apps, Power Automate, JavaScript development; data Integration tools such as SSIS and Azure Data Factory and Modern Data Foundation tools…
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Software Engineer – Python Developer | DataArt | Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia I’m a Software Engineer with 11+ years of experience in software development including diving into an existing codebase and from scratch. Currently, I’m a Python Developer at DataArt.
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Senior Data Scientist – Deep Learning Engineer | Grid Dynamics | San Ramon, California, United States ● Data Scientist with 5+ years of professional experience in Machine Learning and Software Engineering.● Experienced with building advanced machine learning solutions for enterprise projects across different industries such as e-commerce, telecom and retail.● Expert in recommender systems, information…
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Senior Java Software Engineer | Ultimeta | Moscow, Moscow City, Russia • 10+ years of experience in software development with Java, Kotlin, and Spring.• Development of Java enterprise applications for the past eight years.• Designed and built systems from scratch using monoliths and microservices architecture.• Strong understanding of business logic and workflows of trading sites…
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Computer Vision and Machine Learning, Software Engineer | National Taipei University | Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan With more than 5 years of experience in mobile app development, I worked on Android and iOS projects. Over the past years, I have helped many companies create mobile solutions using best practices and programming patterns.I went…
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Senior Android Developer – Team lead | Sberbank | Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia With more than 5 years of experience in mobile app development, I worked on Android and iOS projects. Over the past years, I have helped many companies create mobile solutions using best practices and programming patterns.I went from programmer to head of mobile…
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Senior Full Stack .Net Developer | GisAuto LLC | Novosibirsk Region, Russian Federation I have a lot of experience in US hackathons like MLH and DevPost as a judge. I am also an expert and judge of many Russian hackathons.
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Product Manager | Google | Mountain View, California, United States I work as a Product Manager at Google. I’ve been with Google for 8+ years. I’ve worked on products including Android Messages, RCS (Rich Communication Services), Phone number based identity & security, Chrome OS and Payments. Prior to Google, I’ve worked on areas including Marketing…
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Chief Information Security Officer | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Boston, Massachusetts, United States A top performing and competent Information Security Leader with more than 20 years of experience in all phases of information security. Proven track record of handling strategic projects and global engagement management, with an ability to recognize business objectives, foresee the solutions,…
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Frontend Developer | Akfa Group | Toshkent, Uzbekistan An experienced Frontend Developer.
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Cloud Solutions Architect | CTDev | Minsk, Belarus I am a Solutions Architect with 8+ years of experience helping enterprise companies achieve their Cloud-Native goals, improve the Software Development process, and migrate to Public&Private cloud. I am certified as a Solutions Architect Expert and Kubernetes Administrator.
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Senior Product Manager | Instacart | Mountain View, California, United States Rishi has experience leading Product Teams at multiple organizations including Instacart, Facebook and Expedia spanning Ads, Consumer Technology, Travel Technology. At Instacart and Facebook, Rishi enabled millions of businesses to advertise their products effectively, while growing revenues rapidly through ad tech product development. At…
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Principal Engineer | Verizon | New York, New York City Metropolitan Area, United States Harish Srigiriraju is a Principal Engineer at Verizon. He has expertise in leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning to improve software products. He has led several cross-functional projects to draw insights on user behavior and develop new features with help of…
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Software Engineer – Senior Frontend Developer | Grid Dynamics | Moscow, Moscow City, Russia ● Software Engineer with 5 years of experience.● Experience in leading a team of developers● Participation in the recruitment of new employees through technical interviews● Greatest strengths: good communication, responsibility, team player
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Senior Software Engineer | Tinkoff Bank | San Diego, California, United States My name is Vyacheslav, I work in the most technologically advanced Russian bank – Tinkoff. My department deals with antifraud and protecting client security. I have a lot of experience in building backend web services in Java, Kotlin using the most current practices.…
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Member Of Technical Staff, Systems Architecture 5G – NFV – IoT – LTE | T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Redmond, Washington, United States Suresh Thanneeru is a Wireless System Architect with over 14 years of experience in the Telecommunication industry. Subject matter expert in Product Management, Systems Architecture, and software development. He led numerous industry/organization first…
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Product Manager | Instagram | San Francisco, California, United States Tanay Jaipuria is a Product lead at Instagram where he works on Creator Monetization. Prior to that, he built ad products at Facebook and was a consultant at McKinsey. He also writes a weekly newsletter on the business of technology and has written for publications…
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Sr Digital Accessibility SME | Holland America Group | Santa Clarita, California, United States A Digital Accessibility Subject Matter Expert and Program Manager with overall Information Technology experience from the past 14 years and contributing towards Digital Accessibility career for 12 years. Established my career roles as Digital Accessibility Compliance Advocate, Evangelist and Mentor for…
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Tech Lead | Sberbank | Bryansk, Russia My name is Viacheslav Shago. I’m a Senior Software Engineer/TechLead with more than 15 years experience. I have a lot of experience in development – from game development to fintech. I’m obsessed with programming and technology and am willing to share my knowledge. I also already have experience…
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Principal Lead Software Engineer | Cynet Security | Kharkiv, Ukraine Vitalii is a Principal Lead Software Engineer with .NET Full-Stack skills and extensive cross-industry experience within corporate software, business automation and startups development. He is experienced at applying microservice architecture for complicated distributed business systems utilising team talents efficiently. He is capable of being a…
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Senior Vice President, USA | Indivior Inc. | Richmond, Virginia, United States Vishal Kalia is an SVP, US Commercial at Indivior Inc. A visionary business leader with demonstrated tactical skills that conceptualized and executed the strategy that transforms the company’s profile. Originated big and bold ideas using an entrepreneurial approach to turnaround stagnant brands, launch…
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Software developer – Front end developer – Angular developer | Rain Financial | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I am a software developer with over 5 years of experience. I have experience in such fields as e-commerce, cyber security, fintech. Also participated in several hackathons as a judge. Besides that, I contribute to the tech…
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Lead DevOps Automation Engineer | simplinic GmbH | St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia Helps build effective relationships between development and system administration; advise developers, and come up with the best solutions and practices together. Currently working at Simplinic GmbH as Lead DevOps Engineer. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), teaches at Otus, writes courses for SkillFactory.…
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Software Engineer | Intel Technology Poland Sp. z o.o. | Gdańsk, Pomorskie, Poland I have been working in IT for more than 20 years in different fields from firmware development to internet services.Nowadays I work for Intel as a Software Engineer. I develop Linux drivers for the state-of-the-art network equipment.
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