Vikas Prabhakar
Senior Director, Software Development at Oracle
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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SeniorVikas Prabhakar is a seasoned software leader with over two decades of engineering experience and eight years in senior leadership roles at Oracle, now serving as Senior Director of Software Development in Bengaluru. He has a strong background in building developer tools and IDE integrations, evidenced by contributions to the high-profile Apache NetBeans project where he implemented Java language features and improved parsing, formatting, and workflow hints. Prior to Oracle he spent nearly a decade at Adobe and earlier engineering roles at HP, giving him deep expertise across large enterprise product teams. Known for blending hands-on technical problem solving with strategic team leadership, he helps translate complex language and tooling changes into reliable, developer-friendly releases.
8 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
code-editor10
javas10
ide10
develop10
java10
testing9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
apache/netbeans
Oct 2017 - Sep 2019
Apache NetBeans
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 39 PRs, 76 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Vikas primarily contributed to the Apache NetBeans project by addressing issues related to Java source parsing and the handling of "var" type declarations. Their work involved modifying test cases, fixing compilation errors, and implementing features to support Java language features, particularly around variable type inference. The commits indicate involvement in areas such as file management, module file handling, and the integration of new language features within the IDE. The user's contributions also span hints and formatting, improving developer workflow within the NetBeans IDE.
netbeansnetbeans-platformidecode-editorjava
vikasprabhakar/incubator-netbeans
Oct 2017 - Jun 2019
Mirror of Apache Netbeans (Incubating)
Contributions:2 PRs, 116 pushes, 56 branches in 1 year 7 months
javaincubatingapachenetbeans
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