Soma Sekhar Gidugu
Vice President Of Engineering and Architect at Learnbeyond, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Nov, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft
Experience
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Learnbeyond, Inc.
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Vice President Of Engineering and Architect
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Mar 2016 - Present
Successfully established and built software engineering and Development Company providing solutions to a variety of companies’ business and operational needs. Led complex software development for a broad range of functions primarily Learning Management Systems, e-Learning, and collaboration systems.Responsible for the idea, design, architecture, business development and funding of an innovative and patent pending “Facility based Learning and Content Management System”. Bringing the product to market and implementing solutions based on the product for a number of commercial clients and educational institutes such as schools, colleges and universities in different states of United States as well as in other countries. Also responsible for raising the necessary investment in multiple rounds, to bring the product to life and marketing across the United States, India and the Middle East.
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Cofounder & CTO
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Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
Mindware Global Labs is a Technology Incubator company that is focused on delivering mobile solutions in selected industries, and “gadgets” (like wearable mobile devices) that empower users with the convenience and natural user interface on their mobile devices linked with SaaS applications in the cloud. Mindware Global Labs has established a “Mobile Innovation Lab” housed in Bangalore, India, to deliver mobile solutions through the creation and incubation of startup technology companies. Mindware Global Labs provide the link between technology innovation from IITs, IIMs and other premier colleges in India with commercialization through start-up companies established in the US. Soma has cofounded this along with some of the top commercialization professionals to• Create a Global Technology Incubator to integrate commercialization in the USA with technology development in the US and India• Establish leading University resources from India and US to develop and commercialize mobile technologies• Setup US-based start-up companies to commercialize the selected technologies
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Vice President Of Engineering and Chief Architect
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Mar 2014 - Mar 2016
Responsible for the idea and the intellectual property behind this browser based no code application development framework MeghaVault. MeghaVault helps transform the way IT departments build and deploy custom applications by offering a faster, more cost-effective and risk averse alternative to traditional application development. MeghaVault streamlines all stages of the application development process – from requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and delivery – all can now be performed using a Browser as the canvas or assembling environment. This Cloud-based web application (Thin Client) interface provides the necessary platform to assist organizations by integrating/developing individual business application processes so that applications talk to each other. Applications use a unique service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach -- and an easy- to-use assembly environment with user-friendly interface enhancing the user experience. The platform also provides the ability to generate a web service and a reusable assembly files within the context of multiple business processes, providing the best solution integration with other applications.
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Vice President of Operations
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Jan 2006 - Dec 2013
Developed Application prototypes working with Boeing Corporation, RiverGlass and Palentir for Large scale national security solutions. Responsible for the technical architecture, development and implementation of different products related to Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, eLearning, IETM Viewers, CBT Designers, and Collaboration tools utilizing teams from across the globe. Architected “Intelligent Command” for security and critical infrastructure protection. A Command & Control platform (System of Systems) that monitors disparate information sources, coordinates the gathered data and applies logic to multi-source intelligence collection utilizing a number of database systems including Master Data Management systems in order to automate and manage sense and response activities among various organizations, systems and activities in real-time that include banks, Motor Vehicle Directorates/RTAs, and other Government systems and agencies.
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Vice President of Engineering
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Jan 2001 - Dec 2005
Responsible for the design, architecture, and business development of the flagship product called the Instaknow Active Collaboration Engine and a number of other products in the Instaknow Suite. Managed different teams across the globe consisting of senior software engineers, senior analysts, programmers, and testing engineers, for developing the overall Instaknow Suite of products such as InstaHTML, InstaWinMan, and InstaScheduler and implementing solutions for the end clients utilizing this suite of products. Responsible for the management of these project teams globally and delivering solutions to a number of clients that include some of the Fortune 500 companies.Delivered custom applications using this Active Collaboration Engine to a number of clients:• Booz Allen Hamilton - Integrated Program Management Dashboard with financial information;• Dynamic and PDSI - Container Tracking, Asset Tracking and Fuel Surcharge Calculator;• Dun and Bradstreet - Automation of Web Search and Report generation;• US NAVY - Executive Dashboards and Reports;• Choice Point - Web Search Automation for background checks;• Rockwell Collins - Integrated Program Management Dashboard;• Marsh & McLennan – Updating Vehicle Insurance Information into AS400 from excel files;• Lehman Brothers - Generation of Excel Reports using office automation;• Champion Mortgage – Automation of reading property appraisal information from “pdf” files to database;• WorldCom - Executive Dashboards; • US Army - Executive Dashboards;• “Paperlink” - - Executive Dashboards;• Ferraro - - Executive Dashboards;• CACI - Executive Dashboards
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Software Engineer
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Jan 1985 - Dec 1996
Responsible for the design and implementation of pool history tracking system for the Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) System. Responsible for the design, coding, testing and implementation of the Government Clearances System (GCS), an on-line system for trading and settlement of US Government Securities Responsible for the design and implementation of pool history tracking system for the Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) System. Responsible for the design, coding, testing and implementation of the Government Clearances System (GCS), an on-line system for trading and settlement of US Government Securities
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Education
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1979 - 1984
University of Hyderabad
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1976 - 1979
Andhra University
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