Saravana Shanmugam
Principal, New Digital Infrastructure & Fintech at Mastercard
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSaravana Shanmugam is a solutions-oriented Principal in New Digital Infrastructure & Fintech based in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing roughly 25 years of hands-on software experience and 13 years in senior roles at Mastercard. He leads blockchain and digital currency initiatives, blending enterprise architecture, R&D, and product-focused engineering to move prototypes into production. His background spans building scalable recommendation and rewards platforms, single sign-on and security frameworks, and fintech integrations across Mastercard Labs and Truaxis. An active contributor to Hyperledger Besu, he has improved PKI, keystore/truststore handling, CRL support and P2P TLS—demonstrating deep expertise in blockchain client security and network protocols. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex cryptography and distributed-systems challenges into pragmatic, testable solutions. He holds an MS in Software Systems from BITS Pilani and a BE in Computer Science, combining strong academic foundations with extensive industry delivery.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBE, Computer Science and Engineering, BE, Computer Science and Engineering at Bharathidasan UniversityAET Matric Higher Secondary School
Hindi, Tamil
Github Skills (11)
mtls10
javas10
tls1210
tls1310
ethereum10
java10
blockchain10
p2p10
libtls10
testing9
pki9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
hyperledger/besu
Jan 2021 - Nov 2021
An enterprise-grade Java-based, Apache 2.0 licensed Ethereum client https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/besu
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 7 commits, 15 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:Saravana contributed to the Hyperledger Besu project by implementing and testing features related to the PKI module, specifically involving keystore and truststore functionalities. They added support for loading CRL files and expanded the test suite to cover both hardware and software keystore implementations. Furthermore, the user worked on P2P TLS support, adding command-line options and acceptance tests related to this functionality. They also addressed issues in the P2P layer and TLS context to avoid double encryption, indicating their involvement in network communication and security aspects of the project.
besuhyperledgerlicensedethereump2p
perusworld/node-ifttt-service-starter
Sep 2019 - Mar 2023
Node.js IFTTT Service Starter
Contributions:21 PRs, 22 pushes, 13 branches in 3 years 6 months
iftttnode-jsnodejstypescriptifttt-service
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