Venkatesh Gopalakrishnan

Azure AD Join is the cloud-equivalent of Active Directory Domain Join in Windows. It provides SSO and device management capabilities from Microsoft Azure and Intune. I led a cross-functional team that defined the product, worked with stakeholders to acquire buy-in and funding, and ultimately launched this feature for Microsoft. I also worked closely with the first ten Fortune 500 companies to get the solution deployed at their companies.

Many Fortune 500 companies run Oracle applications like E-Business Suite, JDEdwards, or PeopleSoft in their on-premise data centers. I led the initiative to help all these customers migrate these applications to IaaS in the public cloud. Specifically, I drove the projects to automate the migration path for these customers so that they could achieve these migrations in a hands-free manner.

Okta is the leader in cloud directory and single sign-on solutions today. I ran a 1-year project to define the vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for Okta's Universal Directory product, Directory Integrations with Active Directory and LDAP servers, and Microsoft 365 integrations. The linked presentation showcases the highlights from that project.

A software startup was working to build Okta integration (SSO, provisioning) into their SaaS application because of customer demand. I was able to help them improve their design to work well with Okta and ensure they would be accepted into the Okta OIN catalog. This project required providing general architecture guidance, giving input on crucial design decisions (e.g., using OIDC vs. SAML), reviewing their architecture, and helping them validate their updated application against an Okta tenant.

Vericred is an abstraction API layer that allows insurtech platforms to quickly harvest medical, dental, and vision insurance quotes from multiple insurance carriers. My client required a product evaluation of Vericred's quoting API service. I worked with my client to understand the project requirements and expectations and evaluated the API based on business and technical fundamentals. I was able to suggest several pros and cons as well as identifying the key use cases that the client could leverage using this API. The entire package was returned to the client in the form of detailed documentation, user stories, suggestions for improvement, and a sample application.