💻 Senior Engineering Leader | Innovative E-Commerce Systems Architect | Technology Leader in Retail Technology Innovation
🏆 LinkedIn Top Voice in Software Design, Engineering Management & Systems Design
🎤 Global Speaker & Judge – IEEE, HackMIT, HackHarvard, HackPrinceton, CalHacks, NASA Space Apps Challenge
📚 Researcher & Author – Published in IEEE, SCOPUS-indexed journals, DZone, Medium, LeadDev, and ResearchGate
🌍 Mentor – ADPList Top 1% Mentor, PennApps Mentor, 1000+ Mentorship Minutes, Forbes Tech Council Contributor
- 🏅 Walmart Impact Award (2024) – Created Customer Remediations Platform for stuck orders
- 🏅 Walmart Excellence Awards – 4-time winner (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- 🏅 PayPal Golden Envelope Award (2013) – Saved $10M by preventing regulatory fine
- 🏅 Globee Awards 2025 – Technology Innovator of the Year (Silver), Engineering Excellence Professional of the Year (Bronze)
- 🏅 Claro Awards 2024 – Gold Award in Technology
- 🏅 SCRS Distinguished Fellow (2025)
- 🏅 Raptor Fellow (2025)
- 🏅 SAS Eminent Fellow Member (2025)
- 🎤 Fremont Youth Commission – Resume & Interview Skills Workshop (2024)
- 🎓 Judge & Mentor at HackMIT, HackHarvard, HackPrinceton, CalHacks, PennApps
- 🌍 NASA Space Apps Challenge 2025 – Mentor & Judge
- 📑 Technical Program Committee Reviewer – IEEE WISPNET, ICST (Naples), PEDS (Malaysia), DMC, ACROSET, and more
- Secure API Gateway Architecture for AI-Driven Microservices: A Unified ML-Based Approach – IEEE
- High-Throughput Event-Driven Architectures for E-Commerce Fulfillment at Global Scale – Under Review
- PaaS Solutions for Scalable Social Media Engagement and Brand Loyalty Programs – IJRASET
- Efficient Deployment and Updating of Features in Load-Balanced Elastic Distributed Systems – IJCTT
- Unified Cloud Governance with Knowledge Graphs – IJGIS
- Pattern Play: Advanced API Integration for Cutting-Edge Applications – IJRASET
⭐️ From Karan Kumar Ratra