Saravana Shanmugam
Principal, New Digital Infrastructure Fintech at Mastercard
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaravana Shanmugam is a principal software architect and fintech infrastructure leader based in the San Francisco Bay Area with approximately 24 years of hands-on experience delivering internet and intranet-scale software solutions. He currently leads New Digital Infrastructure & Fintech at Mastercard, guiding architecture and delivery for secure, scalable digital payment infrastructure. His breadth spans blockchain, server-side systems, desktop, big data, cross-platform mobile, IoT and wearables, with a strong emphasis on security and networked architectures. An active open-source contributor, he has worked on Hyperledger Besu, implementing PKI, keystore/truststore, CRL loading, P2P TLS features, and test automation to harden enterprise Ethereum ecosystems. He combines deep enterprise engineering with strategic leadership, having previously built architectures at Mastercard Labs and Truaxis, and holds an MS in Software Systems from BITS Pilani and a BE in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBE, Computer Science and Engineering, BE, Computer Science and Engineering at Bharathidasan UniversityAET Matric Higher Secondary School
Hindi, Tamil
Github Skills (11)
javas10
mtls10
tls1210
tls1310
ethereum10
java10
blockchain10
p2p10
libtls10
testing9
pki9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger/besu
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/besu
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 7 commits, 15 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Saravana contributed to the Hyperledger Besu project by implementing and testing features related to the PKI module, specifically involving keystore and truststore functionalities. They added support for loading CRL files and expanded the test suite to cover both hardware and software keystore implementations. Furthermore, the user worked on P2P TLS support, adding command-line options and acceptance tests related to this functionality. They also addressed issues in the P2P layer and TLS context to avoid double encryption, indicating their involvement in network communication and security aspects of the project.
besuhyperledgerlicensedethereump2p
perusworld/node-ifttt-service-starter
Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
Node.js IFTTT Service Starter
Contributions:21 PRs, 22 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 6 months
iftttnode-jsnodejstypescriptifttt-service
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