Rajiv Cooray is a well-rounded technologist with extensive software architecture and hands-on development experience in three continents, including North America, Europe, and Asia. His industry expertise ranges from hospitality/hotel and travel tech to e-commerce, contact center technology, ad tech, and fintech. He is an expert in architecting and developing complex, high-volume, multi-tier, distributed systems using best-of-breed technology that balance cost and benefits. His development skills encompass Java, Groovy, Scala, BigData & NoSQL, Unix, web & mobile app dev, and e-commerce systems. He is a seasoned leader and mentor proficient in managing on-shore and offshore teams, espousing governance and standards and establishing best practices. His industry stints include working as an Enterprise Architect at Restoration Hardware and Travelport, Director, Futures and Innovation-Hospitality and Digital at Travelport, Vice President - Application Development - Data Fabric at Equifax, and Development Manager at InterContinental Hotels Group. Rajiv's academic background includes studying at St Joseph's College in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and obtaining a Professional Certificate in Compute Information Systems from the University of California, Berkeley.