Biography:
Pratik Thantharate has over a decade of experience as a dedicated researcher and Principal Software Engineer specializing in Agile Software Development, Cybersecurity, and DevOps. He received a dual M.S. in computer science and Management Information Systems (MIS) from accredited US universities. He is currently a Principal Software Engineer at Paycor, focusing on designing and implementing robust frameworks. His research interests include Agile Software Development, Machine Learning, DevOps, Code-to-Cloud Security, Observability, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain.
He brings his expertise in continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, infrastructure as code, containerization, and microservices architecture to drive innovation in next-generation DevOps platforms, observability frameworks, and end-to-end code to cloud security. He is the author of 6 published peer-reviewed research papers and have had an opportunity to serve on the Technical Program Committee of more than 30 International Research and Industry Conferences. He aims to enable rapid and reliable software delivery through cutting-edge research in these areas.