Engineering Manager ∙ Java Practitioner ∙ Open Source Advocate
I’ve been building with Java for over 25 years from the early days of Java 1.1 to today’s modern, cloud-native ecosystems.
I started as a developer, grew into an architect, and now lead global software engineering teams while still writing code, mentoring, and contributing to open source.
I’m currently:
- 🧠 Portfolio & Engineering Manager at Capgemini, driving enterprise-scale digital transformation projects on the Adobe Experience Platform.
- 🎓 Ph.D. Student in Artificial Intelligence at Capitol Technology University.
- 🤝 IEEE Senior Member and RSA Fellow.
- 🧩 Inventor of JAQ Stack – an open-source, prebuilt Java + JavaScript + NoSQL rapid-app-dev stack.
- 🌐 Creator of Progress Java – a site to help developers learn modern Java.
| Project | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| The JAQ Stack | A prebuilt full stack (Java, JavaScript, NoSQL) for rapid web app development. | 🔗 Repo |
| Progress Java | A modern learning site for Java developers — simplified, practical, up-to-date. | 🌐 Website |
- Member of the OpenJDK Web Group, contributing to the redesign of openjdk.org.
- Contributor to Jakarta EE, Apache Sling, Helidon, and Adobe ACS Commons.
- Published author on Oracle Blogs, Atlassian Bitbucket, and DZone.
- Frequent speaker at UT Dallas, Seattle CodeCamp, and Commit Your Code.
- Enabling AI Development in Java With Project Valhalla
- Helidon with Swagger & OpenAPI (Oracle Blog, 2022)
- How Much Does Java Cost? (DZone, 2020)
- Deploying Angular Apps on Google VM (Atlassian, 2019)
- Building Small Language Models (SLMs) with Java + Mistral.
- Integrating Generative AI into AEM and Java ecosystems.
- Mentoring developers to think practically in Java.
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“Code. Teach. Share. Repeat.”
— Suren Konathala