Sidu Ponnappa
CEO & Co-Founder at realfast
Singapore, Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolSidu Ponnappa is a seasoned technology founder and executive with 18 years of experience building and scaling product and engineering organisations across India and Southeast Asia. As CEO and Co-Founder of realfast, he now focuses on AI-native IT services that deploy intelligent agents for faster business outcomes, backed by PeakXV and RTP Global. He previously scaled Gojek’s India engineering from zero to ~800 people, led multiple cross-functional leadership roles at GoTo Group, and founded C42 Engineering which was acquired by Gojek. A hands-on engineer and open-source contributor, Sidu has worked on notable Ruby projects (including CruiseControl.rb and core Array methods in Opal) demonstrating both UI/documentation chops and low-level language/compiler work. He is also an active angel investor and community builder—helping run major regional conferences like RubyConf India and mentoring many startups. That blend of operator-scale execution, deep Ruby-era engineering experience, and early AI productisation gives him rare fluency from code to boardroom.
18 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BE Computer Science, BE Computer Science at Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityISC Mathematics Physics Chemistry and Computer Science, ISC Mathematics Physics Chemistry and Computer Science at The Frank Anthony Public School
English, Hindi, Kannada, kodathak
Github Skills (12)
arraylist10
compiler10
javascript10
compiler-compiler10
rubyspec10
documentation10
ruby10
git9
bazaar8
ui-design8
nodejs4
browser3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
thoughtworks/cruisecontrol.rb
Jun 2009 - Jul 2009
CruiseControl for Ruby. Keep it simple.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits in 15 days
Contributions summary:Sidu primarily contributed to the documentation and UI of the CruiseControl.rb project. They updated the documentation to include links and information about the project, including a live demo, download links, and community resources. Furthermore, the user made changes related to integrating source code management tools like Bazaar and fixing broken links, demonstrating familiarity with the project's build and contribution processes. They also bumped up the version number.
keeprubycruisecontrolmrubysketchup
opal/opal
May 2015 - Jun 2015
Ruby ♥︎ JavaScript
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 14 PRs, 10 comments in 27 days
Contributions summary:Sidu primarily contributed to the Ruby implementation within the Opal project. They focused on enhancing the corelib of the Ruby to JavaScript compiler by implementing and refining Array methods, specifically `values_at`, `rotate`, `rotate!`, and `permutation`. Additionally, they addressed RubySpec test failures related to array functionalities, refactoring and updating specs. The work involved directly manipulating JavaScript code snippets and understanding Ruby's interaction with JavaScript.
jsv8-javascript-enginebrowserjavascriptruby
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