Keerthanaa K
India
Summary
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Top SchoolKeerthanaa K is a founding CTO and software engineer with eight years of experience building cloud-native systems, data pipelines, and high-performance analytics across AWS, GCP, and Azure. She has driven measurable performance gains—such as a 12× faster pricing query response at VMware—and built reporting and sustainability products that turn complex operational datasets into actionable insights. Technically fluent in Java, Go, Spark, Kubernetes, GraphQL and container-focused internals (contributions to VMware’s Photon OS), she blends backend engineering with security and scalability improvements. A sustainability advocate and community builder, she launched GreenOps to measure cloud carbon footprints and revitalized the Global Shapers Coimbatore Hub into an active changemaker network. Keerthanaa combines hands-on product delivery with a founder’s mindset, recently stepping into founding CTO and Climatebase fellow roles to scale impact-oriented technology. Outside work she rescues animals and teaches sustainability, reflecting a practical commitment to conscious living.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.Tech, CSE, B.Tech, CSE at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Github Skills (12)
c1710
c1110
linux-kernel10
security10
package-management9
bash9
shell8
script8
sh8
system-security8
scripting8
apparmor8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vmware/photon
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Minimal Linux container host
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 394 commits, 9 comments in 4 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Keerthanaa primarily contributed to the Photon OS minimal Linux container host, addressing security vulnerabilities and improving system functionality. Their work included fixing security flaws in the Binutils package, improving the guest OS customization process, and adding support for the AppArmor security module. They also updated the tdnf package manager and addressed bugs, as well as fixed various security vulnerabilities.
containershostlinuxdockercontainer-linux
vmware/photon-checksum-generator
Feb 2020 - Mar 2021
Photon hmac sha checksum generator
Contributions:3 releases, 1 review, 7 PRs in 1 year 1 month
pythonshaphotonintegritycrypto
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