Rishabh Sharma is currently working as a chief technology officer (CTO) at JOB Forward, Singapore (http://job-fw.sg/). JOB Forward was the first social recruiting platform in Singapore. Prior to working for JOB Forward, he worked for Wipro Technologies, Bangalore, as a solution delivery analyst. He was involved in the research projects of cloud computing, proof of concepts (PoC), infrastructure automation , big data solutions, and various giant customer projects related to cloud infrastructure and application migration.
He completed his master's thesis from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, in cloud computing and has in-depth knowledge of distributed systems and cloud computing research issues of the industry. In a short span of time, he has worked on various technologies and tools, such as Java/J2EE, SAP(ABAP), AWS, OpenStack, DevOps, big data, and Hadoop.
He has authored four technical textbooks until now. He recently launched Cloud Computing: fundamentals, industry approach and trends, Wiley India publication, which is a comprehensive book on cloud computing and covers academic syllabi of all Indian universities. Before this, he has authored Advance Computing Technology for Gujarat Technical University (GTU) and Software Quality Engineering and Mobile Computing for Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU). He has also authored many research papers in international journals and IEEE on a variety of issues related to cloud computing.
He is also an open source enthusiast and writes for the Open Source For You (OSFY) magazine. His other interests are mimicry, fun, horoscope reading, traveling, meditation, spirituality, and yoga. You can get in touch with him at er.rishabh.sharma@gmail.com.