Rajesh Rajagopalan

Rajesh Rajagopalan has extensive work experience in various roles. Rajesh is currently an Official Member of the Forbes Technology Council since 2023. Prior to that, they co-founded PeerIslands in 2019 and served as the Co-Founder, President & CTO. Rajesh also held the position of Co-Founder and Managing Partner at PeerIslands. Before joining PeerIslands, Rajesh worked at Cognizant, starting in 2000. At Cognizant, they held several positions including Director, Delivery Head, Internet of Things, Associate Director, Account Manager, Project Manager, Project Lead, and Software Programmer. Rajesh'stenure at Cognizant spanned from 2000 to 2019.

Rajesh Rajagopalan's education history includes completing their Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, which lasted from 1996 to 2000. Prior to that, they studied Computer Science at Perks, Coimbatore for 11th and 12th grade from 1994 to 1996. Before their higher education, Rajesh attended India Mission Higher Secondary School, Basant Nagar for matriculation, although the specific dates are unknown.

Additionally, Rajesh has obtained several certifications throughout their career. Some notable certifications include Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate and Databricks Certified Associate Developer for Apache Spark 3.0 from Databricks, Confluent Fundamentals Accreditation from Confluent, Graph Developer - Associate from Apollo GraphQL, Certified Chaos Engineering Practitioner from Gremlin, MongoDB SI Architect Certification and MongoDB Certified Developer Professional from MongoDB, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate from HashiCorp, Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals from Microsoft, Professional Cloud Architect from Google Cloud, Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine from Coursera, Quantum Algorithms for Cybersecurity, Chemistry, and Optimization, Quantum Computing Fundamentals, and Introduction to Quantum Computing from MIT xPRO, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft, ITIL V3 Foundation from EXIN, Certified ScrumMaster from Scrum Alliance, and PMP from Project Management Institute. The years of obtaining these certifications range from 2005 to 2023, with the most recent certification acquired in February 2023.