Bharat Akkinepalli is a seasoned technology leader and current CTO with 11+ years of experience building cloud-native platforms, big data solutions, and developer-focused engineering practices from Hyderabad. He blends hands-on full-stack development—contributing to prominent open-source healthcare EMR project Bahmni across both backend OpenMRS modules and Angular/React frontends—with strategic leadership in scaling technical teams and capability-building. At ThoughtWorks he steered product architecture for Bahmni; earlier roles at Infosys centered on Hadoop, Spark and NoSQL proof-of-concepts for large enterprises. Bharat is a pragmatic problem-solver who favors simple, auditable solutions to complex business needs and frequently speaks on Kubernetes, DevOps and security. He is an active OSS advocate and contributor, with practical experience improving clinical data flows and internationalized UIs in mission-critical health software.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BE, Computer Science, BE, Computer Science at Osmania University
Core OpenMRS modules for Bahmni (including ERP & ELIS Atom Feed Clients)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:48 commits, 1 PR, 60 pushes in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Bharat primarily contributed to backend code within the Bahmni core modules, specifically focusing on the OpenMRS modules. Their work involved implementing and modifying drug information publishing features, addressing drug import merge issues, and resolving drug-related import problems. They modified code related to lab concepts, including RadiologyTest, and the changes suggest a focus on the data models and data flow within the system. The user also created unit tests to ensure the functionality is as expected.
Bahmni EMR Frontend code for Clinicians and staff members, written in Angular.JS and React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:82 commits, 8 PRs, 74 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Bharat focused on front-end development, specifically within the context of the Bahmni EMR frontend. They implemented UI enhancements by adding and removing UI elements within the registration and visit screens. The commits show modifications to controllers, directives and views, indicating a focus on user interface and user experience. Their work also included incorporating internationalization support, improving the user interface for a better experience.
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