HI! I'm Gokulnath Murugesan

Software Engineer/Architect

About Me

I'm Gokulnath Murugesan, originally from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and currently residing in Centreville, Virginia, USA. I'm a software developer/architect with 15+ years of experience in Software Engineering. My fascination for computers started at an early age, when I was introduced to Logo, my first programming language; since then I've been coding in various programming languages like Basic, C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript, and favorite of all, C#. I've architected/developed and led teams across the globe to deliver multitude of enterprise applications for government, healthcare and financial sectors.
I absolutely love what I do, and I’m lucky to be able to make a living at it. I strongly believe that software engineering to be one of the most creative professions, which could solve many of the world's problems and make our lives better.

You can find more about my career and side projects here.

Skills

Architecting
90%
C# .NET
85%
Angular/ReactJS
80%
Azure
70%
CI/CD
40%
PowerShell
35%
Docker
20%

Experience

16+ years experience in software development which includes architecting, designing and developing web, windows, smart client and mobile applications, and forming/managing teams.

July 2022 - Present

Senior Director, Software Engineering

Evolent Health

Senior Director, Software Engineering

Evolent Health

Architect. Form/manage teams off/on shore. Technologies: #Microservices #WebAPI #Azure #RabbitMQ #ReactJS #Elasticsearch

April 2020 - June 2022

Director, Software Engineering

Amount Small Business

Director, Software Engineering

Amount Small Business

Architect/lead web applications and services development. Technologies: #Microservices #WebAPI#Azure #EntityFramework #CIandCDSetup #MassTransit #AzureServiceBus #CosmosDb

September 2015 - April 2020

Lead Software Engineer/Architect

Evolent Health Inc.

Lead Software Engineer/Architect

Evolent Health Inc.

Architected/developed web applications and services. Technologies: #Microservices #WebAPI #MVC #Azure #IdentityProvider #SingleSignOn #SAML2 #OIDC #EntityFramework #Dapper #CIandCDSetup #VSTS #MassTransit #Redis #RabbitMQ

November 2010 - September 2015

Senior Software Engineer

FEI Systems

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Designed and developed web applications based on Domain Driven Design and Event Sourcing using MVC, Agatha, NEventStore, NHibernate and RavenDB.

April 2007 - November 2010

Software Engineer (Consultant)

US Department of HHS

Software Engineer (Consultant)

US Department of HHS

Designed and developed many ASP.NET and MVC applications using Microsoft Enterprise Application Blocks (Data, Cryptography), Infragistics Plugins, Oracle etc.,

May 2006 - March 2007

Software Engineer (Consultant)

Anthem

Software Engineer (Consultant)

Anthem

Developed smart-client applications using WinForms and Infragistics plugin. Worked on windows services and MSMQ based on SOA. Involved in tuning stored procedures.

January 2005 - December 2005

Web Designer/Developer, GTA

UAH

Web Designer/Developer, GTA

UAH

Designed and developed websites for the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department. Worked as a GTA.

education

2004 - 2005

Masters of Science

UAH

Masters of Science

UAH

Computer Science

2000 - 2004

Bachelor of Technology

SSNCE

Bachelor of Technology

SSNCE

B. Tech in Information Technology

pet projects

testimonial

An excellent site, depicting Thirukkural in a new manner. Good, crisp explanatory notes from different eminent literary personalities is very welcome and brings together different thought processes to the reader at one go. The search facility using transliteration is a highly thoughtful feature. I found it extremely useful to search out a Kural in a couple of seconds. கோகுல்நாத் முருகேசன் அவர்களது தமிழ்ப்பணிக்கு தலை வணங்குகிறேன்.

R.Subramaniam - Chennai

Thank you for sharing your translation so generously. A wonderful gift and a true act of selflessness, sharing the wealth of knowledge. Thiruvalluvar's legacy lives on! I was inspired as a young learner and now will be sharing this with adult learners as well!

Sumathi Devarajan - Portland, USA

தங்களின் கடின உழைப்புக்கு உங்களுக்கும் உங்களுக்கு உதவியர்களுக்கும் என் இனிய மனமார்ந்த வாழ்த்துக்களுடன் நன்றிகளையும் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன். நெடு நாட்களுக்கு பிறகு திருக்குறளை அதுவும் விளக்கத்துடன் பார்க்கும்பொழுது நான் பெருமகிழ்ச்சி அடைகிறேன்.

Meena Kumar

Hi Gokulnath, You did just a great job Its very nice to read with meaning in English as well! Thank you sooo much! Great Work Best Wishes for your future endeavor

Mani - Houston

I have been a very great fan of Thirkkural & Thiruvalluvar from my school days. But I lost touch with it after getting on to job. I was searching for one particular kural and I stumbled upon your site. I was indeed enthralled to see Thirukkural beautifully documented and I really appreciate your effort ! It is very easy to search and the Explanation & Translations are also fantastic. Keep up the good work.

Navin Vasanth - London

Contact

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