Summary
Prakash R is a hands-on engineering leader and Head of Digital Engineering with roughly two decades of technology experience and 11 years in senior leadership roles, currently based in Coimbatore. He combines daily coding discipline with strategic direction across cloud (Azure/AWS), microservices, .NET/JEE, Eclipse/RCP and big data to modernize platforms and drive performance and cost optimizations. As an Eclipse committer and early IBM Eclipse Labs hire, he brings deep tooling and IDE expertise that he has applied to DSLs, rule engines and developer-focused products. His background spans founding startups, leading product modernizations at enterprises like BNY Mellon, Arista and Ancestry, and delivering multi-million dollar operational savings through pragmatic architecture. Colleague-facing strengths include quick learning, clear multi-technology thinking and an appetite for rebuilding systems from first principles.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc, Electronics, B.Sc, Electronics at PSG College of Arts and Science
MCA, Computer, MCA, Computer at PSG College of Technology