Rakesh is the President and CEO of Sans Pareil Technologies, Inc. Rakesh is also the President of CJUG. His primary skills are in server side Java development, with wide experience with the various J2EE technologies. Rakesh is heavily involved in open source development and is the owner of a few projects hosted on java.net. Rakesh is also an enthusiastic mobile application developer for Apple iPhone and Google Android. Rakesh has worked for clients such as Tribune Media Services, Convergys Corporation, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Illinois, and New York Life. He has handled reposibilities including software architecture, software design, software development, webservices development, data modelling (RDBMS, ODBMS and XML) and project management for various turnkey projects he was entrusted with by the companies he has worked for.

Primary Activities

• Rakesh has been a member of the Chicago Java User Group board since 2007. He was the President of the group for 2008/2009 and is currently acting as the web/host master for the group.
  • Echo2 presentation.
  • Object Databases presentation.
  • iPhone SDK presentation at CJUG and UniForum Chicago.
  • JCR presentation at CJUG.
  • JackRabbit configuration presentation at CJUG.
• Developer of the iPhone Sudoku game for Kamicom.
• Rakesh is the lead developer of the EchoPoint component library for Echo3 AJAX web application framework.
• Creator of SPT JCR Manager product.
• Creator of SPT Object Database (SPTODB) product.
• Creator of SPT Web Mail product.
• Creator of SPT Relational Database Web Tool (SPTRWT) product.

Rakesh is interested in all aspects of System and Software Architecture. He is a firm believer in the benefits of Iterative Development Methodology. He is familiar with the pros and cons of common design patterns, and is experienced at utlising the appropriate patterns for the job on hand.

Rakesh completed his Bachelor of Technology Mechanical Engineering degree from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram in 1992. He worked as a Design Engineer for two years in Thiruvananthapuram. He completed an MS Mechanical Engineering degree from Iowa State University in 1997 where he did all his research work using C++.

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