Akhil Kumar
Founder at Apra Labs
Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAkhil Kumar is a hands-on technical founder and product architect with over two decades of experience designing and delivering software across embedded systems, enterprise platforms, and cloud-native video solutions. He founded Apra Labs to commercialize deep expertise in IP video, biometrics, GPGPU and serverless architectures, and previously led engineering and architecture for high‑performance video platforms deployed in stadiums and enterprise settings. Equally comfortable in low-level assembly and modern 4GL/cloud stacks, he blends model-driven design, TDD, and Lean/Agile practices to move products from concept to production. Known for mentoring engineers and shaping product strategy, he also advises startups on product-market fit and technology direction. His background at IBM as an industry lead architect gave him strong governance and SOA experience that complements his startup instincts. Based in New Hampshire, he is technology-agnostic and focuses today on multimodal biometrics, deep learning and smart embedded camera systems.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
M.E. Electrical Communication Engineering, M.E. Electrical Communication Engineering at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)B.E. Electronics and Communication, B.E. Electronics and Communication at Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College (MMMEC)
japanese (conversational)
Github Skills (88)
image-processing10
windows10
software-protection10
cmake10
visual-studio10
cpp10
video-processing10
multiple-gpu10
audio10
artificial-intelligence10
copy-protection10
git-workflow10
onvif10
licensing10
agentic10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Apra-Labs/ApraPipes
Nov 2020 - Jan 2023
A pipeline framework for developing video and image processing application. Supports multiple GPUs and Machine Learning tooklits
Contributions:3 releases, 128 reviews, 144 commits in 2 years 2 months
image-processingmachine-learningmultiple-gpupipeline-frameworkartificial-intelligence
Apra-Labs/ONVIF-Device-Manager
Feb 2024 - Apr 2026
mirror of http://sourceforge.net/projects/onvifdm/
Contributions:3 releases, 3 reviews, 5 PRs in 2 years 2 months
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