Anand R.

Anand R. is an experienced technologist with over 8 years of experience in building B2B and B2C products for early-stage startups in various domains like AI, education, and digital media. He is a full-stack developer with expertise in UI development, having worked as a freelancer and ran few pivots/demos to prospective customers. Anand is a quick learner with the ability to architect a product, business, and marketing skills, and has the ability to debate market trends. He is a practitioner of lean principles and effectual entrepreneurship. Anand is also a volunteer at Headstart, an organization that aims to change the world through entrepreneurship by helping startups succeed.

Anand completed his Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science at GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT), GMR Nagar, Rajam, Srikakulam. He has also studied Entrepreneurial Studies at an undisclosed institution. Anand's technical specialties include web development, strong object-oriented and SDLC principles, client-side programming, JavaScript libraries and UI frameworks like Boostrap, ReactJS, Backbone, AngularJS, and FontAwesome. He is also proficient in Node.js, socket.io development, responsive web designing using Bootstrap framework, HTML5, CSS3, and animations, LESS, SCSS, Components/Plugins development, and MVC, MVP, Domain Driven, and restful architectures and design patterns. Anand also has experience in TDD, BDD, extreme programming, test automation using Qunit, NUnit, Rhino mocks, Watin, StoryQ, Selenium, Jasmine, Karma, and Microsoft technologies like C#, Asp.Net, .Net, WCF, WebApi, ADO.NET, NHibernate, Autofac, LINQ, SQL Database Design and Maintenance, DevOps (GIT, GRUNT), Code Refactoring, and Reviews, Team Leading and Building, and Agile-Scrum experience, and Technology Speaking.

Anand's expertise is in digital media, education, e-commerce, and video broadcast/live TV. His passion lies in technology, startups, entrepreneurship, adventures, and traveling. He is well known among the startup communities and activities such as Startup Weekend, Headstart, and was a winner of the Microsoft Ventures Hackathon.