Venkateswara Rao B

Venkateswara Rao B has a diverse work experience, with their most recent position as a Staff Data Engineer at Lookout since August 2021. Prior to that, they worked at McAfee as a Senior Cloud Software Engineer from July 2019 to August 2021. Before joining McAfee, they served as a Senior Data Engineer at TheDataTeam, where they worked on ingesting and processing large volumes of data on AWS Cloud using technologies like Kafka, Spark, Hive, Python, and Java. Venkateswara Rao held this role from October 2018 to July 2019.

Earlier in their career, Venkateswara worked as a Technical Lead at TurningPoint Software Solutions from July 2016 to October 2018 and as a Tech Lead - Big Data at HEdX Pvt Ltd from June 2015 to June 2016. Prior to that, they served as a Technology Consultant at HP Enterprise Services from December 2010 to June 2015. Before moving into industry roles, they worked as a Senior Lecturer at The Oxford College of Engineering, teaching courses in the CSE Department including Web Programming, Software Engineering, Web 2.0 and RIA, and Java and J2EE from August 2009 to May 2010. Venkateswara began their career as a Software Engineer at IBM, where they worked from February 2007 to May 2009.

Venkateswara Rao B completed their education in the field of Information Technology. Venkateswara Rao first obtained a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, from 2000 to 2004. Following that, they pursued a Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Information Technology from ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, from 2004 to 2006.

In addition to their formal education, Venkateswara Rao B has earned several certifications to expand their knowledge and skills. These certifications include:

- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer from Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), obtained in September 2022.

- Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow Fundamentals from Astronomer, obtained in February 2022.

- Databricks Certified Spark 3.0 Developer - Scala from Databricks, obtained in June 2021.

- Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) from Scrum Alliance, obtained in February 2019.

- GOETHE-ZERTIFIKAT A1 START DEUTSCH 1 from Goethe-Institut e.V., obtained in February 2018.

- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization from Coursera, obtained in September 2017.

- Neural Networks and Deep Learning from Coursera, obtained in September 2017.

- Structuring Machine Learning Projects from Coursera, obtained in September 2017.

- Cloudera Certified Spark and Hadoop Developer (CCA175) from Cloudera, obtained in July 2017.

- Hortonworks Certified Apache Spark Developer from Hortonworks, obtained in June 2017.

- Sun Certified Java 5.0 Programmer from Sun Microsystems, obtained in February 2008.

These certifications demonstrate Venkateswara Rao B's continuous commitment to professional development and their expertise in various areas of technology.