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Karthik Gundlapalli

Azure AI Development Lead
Hyderabad

Summary

Microsoft Certified AI-102: Azure AI Engineer Associate | 9Y+ | Honeywell | Innovation Mindset | 3 Patents

As an Azure AI development lead, passion drives integration of AI into enterprise software through cloud computing. Excelling in guiding teams through AI development lifecycle, leveraging Azure's capabilities for innovative solutions. Strategic vision fosters transformative outcomes, empowering businesses with actionable insights and streamlined processes.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certificates
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Advanced Software Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions
05.2022 - Current
  • Team lead and Technical Product Owner for Honeywell Smart Talk powered by Microsoft Azure Cognitive AI capabilities - NLP, Text translation, Speech translation and transcription, Content moderation.
  • Stake holder management across offering, leadership, HUE, DevOps, Development, Testing and Delivery of Honeywell Smart Talk and Honeywell Cloud Connect Gateway solutions.
  • $110K cost savings towards software download optimization across Cloud, Gateway & Edge.
  • $25K productivity savings towards NPI optimization of Honeywell Mobile and Industrial printers.
  • Lead focal for Honeywell Ideation workshop 2022 ( 30+ invention disclosures ) and HCE Hackathon 2023 and Global Sustainability Challenge 2023.

Advanced Software Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions
10.2020 - 04.2022
  • Design and development of Micro-Services based reliable and secure gateway solutions (Windows and Android) for IOT edge (Honeywell Mobile & Industrial - Printers & Scanners) to Cloud (via Azure IOTHUB).
  • Design and development of License Enforcement and REST API (C#, .Net) for provisioning Honeywell Mobile and Industrial printers to third party MDM (SOTI) via Honeywell Cloud Connect Gateway (HCC).
  • Key contributor towards $2.75M revenue opportunity for Wi-Fi certificates provisioning of mobile printers (RP2) through third party MDM (SOTI).
  • Key contributor towards $20M revenue opportunity (Veteran Affairs, USA), for redesign of Honeywell Cloud Connect Gateway architecture in Agile fashion.
  • Lead focal for Honeywell Innovation Hackathon - 2021 (30+ invention disclosures).

Senior Software Engineer

Honeywell Technology Solutions
03.2015 - 09.2020
  • Development of SDKs (C#, .Net, Android) - Honeywell scanning SDK (BT & Wi-Fi), BLE DEX SDK (Android) & DEX Tool Kit SDK (Windows).
  • Key contributer towards sale of #3.5K Honeywell 8680i scanners, for 50% firmware flash time optimization in 8680i Android BT SDK.
  • $350K cost savings per year, for migration of 128 cross-team projects from on-premise to Microsoft Azure Cloud.
  • Focal for cross team innovation 2020 (35+ invention disclosures) and communications (Honeywell newsletter).

Education

Master of Engineering - Embedded And Real Time Systems

Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Coimbatore, India
06.2011 - 04.2013

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Narasaraopeta Engineering College
Guntur, India
04.2006 - 06.2010

Skills

Azure Cognitive services Azure ML Azure OpenAI Gen AI LLMs Azure AI Search Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Natural Language Processing (NLP) Speech Translation and Transcription System Design Python TensorFlow C# Microsoft NET

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Accomplishments

3 Patents with USPTO.
• Prestigious Honeywell Platinum Award ($2.5K) for rapid prototyping of AI powered Smart Label Verifier.
• Prestigious Honeywell Innovation Seed Fund Award ($2.5K) for rapid prototyping of Advanced Li-Fi Provisioning and Honeywell Growth Fund Award for rapid prototyping of Indigenous WLAN Roaming Test Bed.

• Prestigious Honeywell Silver Award for "Think Big… Then Make It Happen" for the release of Honeywell Cloud Connect with Zero Security Risks.

Certification

AI-102: Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate

PROJECTS

Honeywell Smart Talk

  • AI powered, Comprehensive and Secure, Customizable and Scalable, Enterprise Communication Solution.
  • Responsibilities: Technical Product Owner and Team Lead
  • Customers: Bpost, Canada Post, DHL, Maersk
  • Technology exposure: Microsoft Azure AI cognitive services - NLP, Text translation, Speech translation and transcription, Content moderation


Honeywell Cloud Connect

  • IOT enabled gateway solution connecting Honeywell EDGE devices (Scanners, Printers, RFID readers) to Honeywell Operational Intelligence
  • Responsibilities: Lead Developer, Scrum Master
  • Customers: SOTI, Menards, Jenonimo Martins, Tesco, REWE
  • Technology exposure: C#, .Net Framework, MySQL, MQTT, Installshield


Honeywell Software Development Kits

  • Honeywell SCAN, PRINT and RFID SDKs exposing OEM APIs to customers and third-party integrators.
  • Responsibilities: Developer, API performance analysis and tuning
  • Customers: UPS, FedEx, Flipkart
  • Technology exposure: C#, .Net, Android, Installshield

PROJECTS

Honeywell Smart Talk

  • AI powered, Comprehensive and Secure, Customizable and Scalable, Enterprise Communication Solution.
  • Responsibilities: Technical Product Owner and Team Lead
  • Customers: Bpost, Canada Post, DHL, Maersk
  • Technology exposure: Microsoft Azure AI cognitive services - NLP, Text translation, Speech translation and transcription, Content moderation


Honeywell Cloud Connect

  • IOT enabled gateway solution connecting Honeywell EDGE devices (Scanners, Printers, RFID readers) to Honeywell Operational Intelligence
  • Responsibilities: Lead Developer, Scrum Master
  • Customers: SOTI, Menards, Jenonimo Martins, Tesco, REWE
  • Technology exposure: C#, .Net Framework, MySQL, MQTT, Installshield


Honeywell Software Development Kits

  • Honeywell SCAN, PRINT and RFID SDKs exposing OEM APIs to customers and third-party integrators.
  • Responsibilities: Developer, API performance analysis and tuning
  • Customers: UPS, FedEx, Flipkart
  • Technology exposure: C#, .Net, Android, Installshield
Karthik GundlapalliAzure AI Development Lead