
Avinash Reddy Sankati
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Developer
Cincinnati, OH, United States
Toptal member since July 25, 2023
Avinash is a highly skilled professional who specializes in the dynamic realm of Progress 4GL and AI. With a master's degree in artificial intelligence and a proven track record of success, Avinash brings a versatile skill set to every project, leveraging his expertise in cloud platforms. His impressive achievements highlight his ability to deliver tangible outcomes, including optimizing processes and driving substantial revenue growth.
Portfolio
Experience
- OpenEdge - 8 years
- Progress 4GL - 8 years
- OpenEdge ABL - 4 years
- Mortgages - 3 years
- Modernization - 3 years
- Cloud - 2 years
- Python - 2 years
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Progress 4GL, SQL, BlazeMeter, Progress Compilation Tools (PCT), Deep Learning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Consumer Lending, HTML
The most amazing...
...discovery project I've led identified areas for optimization and enhancements, resulting in an improved architecture and around $2 million in revenue.
Work Experience
Technical Lead
JKT
- Initiated and led a discovery project that resulted in an improved understanding of architecture, code organization, and data structures. I identified areas for optimization and potential enhancements, which led to around $2 million in revenue.
- Conducted comprehensive analysis of existing applications, resulting in a clear understanding of their architecture, operations, and integrations, improving the delivery quality of the team by 80%.
- Proposed a Progress 4GL upgrade and a plan for the app server to migrate to Progress Application Server for OpenEdge (PASOE), reducing analysis efforts by 90% and acquiring two migration projects, which led to around $5 million in revenue.
- Created a testing strategy and a modernization roadmap for 2022, ensuring a smooth transition.
- Built risk mitigation strategies during application component upgrades, minimizing potential disruptions and ensuring seamless operation considering all the 42 API integrations in scope.
Software Engineer – Senior Analyst
Wells Fargo
- Researched and developed core application components using PASOE to process auto loans.
- Modernized the application that integrates with .NET microservices reducing decision time from 40 to 12 seconds.
- Created a generic web handler service to handle JSON requests from microservices for HTTP methods, which helped reduce code redundancy by 70% and increased load performance by 37%.
- Implemented a security model at the Progress meta schema level, defining user domains to restrict database access based on respective domains. This resulted in achieving a perfect score of 100 points in security testing.
- Introduced domain-driven design (DDD) to modernize core business functionalities as microservices using PASOE, which reduced development efforts by 50%.
Senior Associate – Technology
Synechron
- Analyzed and implemented the migration of legacy Cron jobs to Autosys, reducing maintenance efforts by 70%.
- Configured, optimized, and categorized existing Cron jobs while enhancing error-logging capabilities.
- Assisted in debugging production issues with minimal effort, reducing costs by 90%.
Developer
Aptean
- Implemented autoscaling for Progress application screens, enhancing user experience.
- Introduced a certificate flow, attracting new clients and increasing revenue by around $1 million.
- Integrated a certificate management system for purchase orders.
Developer
Altisource
- Reduced processing time of ARM loans from one hour to 10 minutes using multithreading.
- Developed user screens and a rule engine for escrow functionalities and job processing.
- Resolved production issues with flexible work timings.
Experience
Interactive Web Application in Azure Cloud
Education
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Gitam University - Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft
Azure Data Fundamentals
Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Pandas
Tools
OpenEdge, Postman, Microsoft Power BI, Autosys, MATLAB, Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge, Apache Airflow, Spark SQL
Languages
Progress 4GL, SQL, OpenEdge ABL, Python, HTML, XML, YAML, C
Platforms
Unix, Azure, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure Synapse, Dedicated SQL Pool (formerly SQL DW)
Frameworks
Ant Design, Apache Spark
Paradigms
Microservices, Object-oriented Programming (OOP)
Storage
JSON, RDBMS, Azure SQL, Azure Blobs, MySQL
Other
AppServer, Data Visualization, BlazeMeter, Mortgages, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Consumer Lending, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Engineering, Data, Cloud, Data Architecture, Data Flows, Modernization, Upgrades, Progress Compilation Tools (PCT), Scripting, Engineering, Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Analytics
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