Tushar Sharma is currently a Technical Expert in the Software Architecture and Development group at the Research and Technology Center, Siemens Technology and Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India. His work at Siemens involves researching and providing consultation on topics related to software design, refactoring, testability, design patterns, and change impact analysis. He has a Masters degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), Chennai, India, where he specialized in design patterns and refactoring. Tushar conducts several internal training sessions on topics related to software design and refactoring. He has been actively pursuing his research interests that resulted in several patents, research papers, and tools related to software design and refactoring. He is also the co-author of the book “Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 7 Programmer Exams 1Z0-804 and 1Z0-805" published by Apress in 2013. Additionally, he is the Local Publicity Chair for IEEE SES (Software Expert Summit) 2014.
