Samaresh Panda
Sr. Director Of Engineering at Brightspot
Leesburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamaresh Panda is a seasoned engineering leader with over two decades of hands-on software and architecture experience and a decade in senior management roles, currently serving as Sr. Director of Engineering at Brightspot. He combines an MBA from SMU Cox with deep technical roots from early roles at Sun Microsystems to lead cross-functional teams in delivering enterprise SaaS and cloud-native products. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he spans the lifecycle from whiteboarding product vision to troubleshooting live systems, equally comfortable with Agile and traditional delivery. His specialties include AWS, open-source cloud tooling, enterprise architecture, and mentoring—helping organizations translate business needs into scalable engineering outcomes. Comfortable working across cultural boundaries, he brings a client-focused mindset and a track record of driving product delivery in media, consulting, and platform companies. An uncommon strength is his blend of executive-level strategy with developer empathy, enabling him to coach engineers while steering long-term technical roadmaps.
10 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business Administration and Management General at SMU Cox School of BusinessMCA Master in Computer Application, MCA Master in Computer Application at Utkal University
Hindi, Odia, Bengali
Github Skills (2)
service-layer8
ecosystem4
Github contributions (5)
samshub/data
May 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:39 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 6 months
coralproject/pillar
Dec 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:236 commits, 48 PRs, 171 pushes in 5 months
service-layercoralecosystem
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