Karan Alang

Karan Alang has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Karan is currently working as a Software Engineer at Versa Networks since October 2021. Prior to that, from 2018 to 2021, they worked at Apple. At Apple, they were involved in projects such as automated system development for payroll reconciliation, iTunes analytics, and building real-time data pipelines for datacenter data. Karan also worked as a Senior Technology Architect at Infosys Technologies Ltd from 2010 to 2021. Before that, they worked at Apple Inc as a Solution Architect and as a Big Data Architect/Lead. Karan started their career as a Solution Architect at i2 Technologies India Pvt. Ltd in 2001.

Karan Alang has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management with a focus on Marketing/Marketing Management from the Institute of Management Development and Research in Pune. Karan also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Andhra University. Additionally, Karan completed high school at Timpany School.

In terms of certifications, Karan obtained several certifications from different institutions. Karan acquired the Kubernetes Certified Application Developer (CKAD) with Tests certification from Udemy in November 2021. In April 2019, they obtained The Complete Python 3 Course: Go from Beginner to Advanced certification, also from Udemy. In July 2018, Karan received the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 2018 certification from Udemy. Karan also obtained the Dockers for DevOps and Developers certification from Udemy in May 2018.

Furthermore, Karan has acquired several certifications related to big data and data analysis. Karan completed the Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark course from Coursera in May 2017. In December 2016, they earned the Using HBase for Real-time Access to your Big Data certification from IBM. Karan also has certifications in Big Data Basics: Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, & Spark from Udemy (August 2016), BigData Analysis with Spark from UC Berkeley (August 2016), and Introduction to Apache Spark from UC Berkeley (July 2016). Additionally, Karan completed the Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python - Hands On! course from Udemy in April 2016.

Additionally, Karan has certifications in various other fields. Karan obtained the M101J: MongoDB for Java Developers certification from MongoDB, Inc. in July 2013. In September 2016, they acquired the Scala101 certification from IBM. Karan also completed the Simplifying Data Pipelines with Apache Kafka certification from IBM in September 2016.

Moreover, Karan has completed the Data Structures: Measuring and Optimizing Performance course from the University of California, San Diego on Coursera in November 2015. In July 2015, they obtained the R Programming certification from Johns Hopkins University on Coursera.