Sankhesh Jhaveri
Principal Engineer at Kitware Inc.
New York, United States
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Top SchoolSankhesh Jhaveri is a Principal Engineer with 14 years of experience blending biomedical engineering, medical imaging, and production-grade software development at Kitware and beyond. He designs and ships visualization and computer vision features—spanning VTK/ParaView pipelines, CMake Qt GUI updates, and photogrammetry tools—demonstrating deep full-stack fluency in C/C++, Qt, Linux, and image-processing toolkits. His background in biomedical research and FDA/510(k) protocol work gives him rare domain expertise in translating clinical requirements into robust, regulatory-aware products. Notable open-source contributions include adding new VTK geometry sources and enhancing ParaView sampling behavior, reflecting both algorithmic rigor and attention to rendering pipelines. Colleagues rely on him to bridge prototype research code and maintainable production systems, often refactoring MATLAB prototypes into performant C++ components. Based in New York, he combines academic rigor from Drexel with practical device and hospital engineering experience to solve complex imaging and visualization problems.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, M.S. Biomedical Engineering at Drexel UniversitySecondary School Certificate, Secondary School Certificate at Our Lady of Remedy High School, University of MumbaiHigher Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary School Certificate at Mithibai College of Arts Chauhan Institute of Science and A.J. College of Commerce and EconomicsB. E. Biomedical Engineering, B. E. Biomedical Engineering at Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering
Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, English
Github Skills (22)
algorithms10
javascript10
c-language10
visualization10
3d-graphics10
qt10
cmake10
vtk-js10
front-end-development10
3d10
vtk10
cprogramming-language10
visualizations10
photogrammetry9
multiplatform9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
Kitware/ParaView
Sep 2011 - May 2022
VTK-based Data Analysis and Visualization Application
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:253 commits in 10 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Sankhesh primarily focused on fixing bugs within the `vtkPVGlyphFilter.cxx` file, which is part of the ParaViewCore module. Their contributions involved resolving issues related to the calculation of points in random sampling mode, along with adjustments in the code related to the calculation of the `BlockMaxNumPts`. They also addressed a bug in masking and random glyphing of datasets by fixing the incorrect selection of points to be rendered.
data-analysisvisualization-applicationdata-visualizationopen-sciencescientific-visualization
Kitware/TeleSculptor
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019
TeleSculptor: Aerial Photogrammetry Application powered by KWIVER
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:146 commits, 2 comments in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Sankhesh implemented a speed slider for controlling slideshow delays, modifying the GUI and associated logic in the `MainWindow.cxx` and `MainWindow.h` files. They fixed unused variable and sign comparison warnings, demonstrating attention to code quality. Additionally, they contributed to the UI, and helped to integrate the camera and ruler functionalities. Further, they added features to track progress for tools like `TrackFeaturesTool` and other associated tool classes.
kitwarephotogrammetryc-plus-plusimage-processingaerial-imagery
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