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, RSA Fellow, SigmaXi 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.
• 🌐 Creator of Open Java User Group – an open community for Java developers around the world.

• Fast Company - Executive Board Member
• ARM Ambassador

• 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.

• WeAreDevelopers Tech Talk, Sep 2026 https://surenk.com/talk/wearedevelopers-tech-talk-sep-2026/
• SAS Viya with Java, Apr 2026 https://surenk.com/talk/sas-innovate-apr-2026/
• Jakarta Tech Talk, Feb 2026 - https://youtu.be/3Gvp49jCQ3M?si=7z7DU2IopX6agDDm
• Commit your Code Conf, Sep 2025 - https://www.youtube.com/live/en2DcyDUYB4?si=8xuZqLgDkHIYyMUO&t=19104
• For more https://surenk.com/talks/

My Tech blog TechInPieces.com

Published Articles - Google Scholar Profile

• The Nexus of Generative AI, AEM, and Java: Enabling Content Velocity and Dynamic Personalization of Smart Context-Aware Content for Modern Financial Services
• The Velocity Mandate: A Framework for Accelerating Hyper- Personalized Content in Financial Services with Generative AI, AEM, and Java
• Architecting Smart, Context-Aware Content Personalization in Finance: A Java and Adobe Experience Manager Framework Driven by Generative AI for Enhanced Velocity
• Generative AI in Software Architecture and Design: A New Paradigm for Intelligent Systems Engineering

• 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