Giri Alwar is an accomplished technology leader with a successful history of leading complex technology implementations. His expertise spans web, mobile, and backend API services, microservices design and development, cloud implementations, and solution architecture. With a Master of Science in Computer Science from Michigan Technological University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Madras, Giri brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. He is passionate about building scalable and resilient end-to-end solutions while putting best practices and team mentoring at the forefront of his work. Giri's clients include General Motors, Johnson & Johnson Vision, Southwest Airlines, car2go, AT&T, and Papa Johns, among others. He excels in communication, collaboration, and project management while motivating team members to reach their full potential. His technical expertise includes microservices/SOA, Spring Boot/MVC, Spring Cloud, PCF/AWS, REST/SOAP, OAuth2, Java/SQL, Maven/ANT, Git, Agile/Scrum, Tomcat, Oracle/SQL Server, Junit/Mockito, UML/Design Patterns, Alfresco/WordPress/AEM. Giri is a U.S. citizen and is currently the Director and US Practice Lead at Apex Systems (formerly Intersys Consulting).