Akshay Kulkarni

Akshay Kulkarni is a network security developer with a comprehensive professional background in automated software testing, big data analysis, and astrophysical simulations. With 2 years of experience at Microsoft, he focused on testing cloud services and analyzing big data. Additionally, he has 7 years of research experience at prestigious institutions like Harvard and Cornell where he specialized in designing and running astrophysical simulations and handling large datasets.

Akshay possesses a diverse skill set that includes programming, system administration, automated software testing, object-oriented programming, and scientific programming. He has a proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and bring them to successful completion. Particularly interested in tackling complex challenges that leverage his expertise in automated testing, high-performance computing, big data analysis, and scientific research.

His specialties encompass a wide range of areas such as big data analysis, cloud services, automated testing, software design, scientific research, high-performance computing, parallel programming, debugging, and scientific visualization. Additionally, Akshay excels in stereoscopic (3D) visualization, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), system administration, troubleshooting, academic writing, and data analysis with large datasets. Possessing analytical and critical thinking skills, he is adept at multitasking and excels in teamwork environments.

Akshay is fluent in various programming languages including C, C++, C#, SQL, Python, Perl, Bash, Fortran, LaTeX, HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. His academic journey includes pursuing Engineering Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, a B.Tech., and an M.S. in Astrophysics from Cornell University, as well as a Ph.D. in Astrophysics at Cornell University. He has held roles such as Software Engineer and Software Development Engineer in Test at Microsoft, Visiting Scientist at Cornell University, and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Furthermore, he has contributed as a Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at Cornell University, showing his commitment to both academia and industry.