Ganesh Byragoni

Development Lead | Application Architect | Full stack Engineer

With over 27 years of experience, including 11.5 years at Cengage Group, I have led and contributed to transformative projects that modernized and streamlined critical applications. My expertise spans Spring Boot, React.js, AWS, and Agile methodologies, with a proven track record in application architecture and full-stack development. At Cengage, I spearheaded initiatives like the Global Student Dashboard, consolidating legacy systems into a scalable, AWS-hosted solution, while enhancing performance and reducing costs. My mission is to empower teams to deliver innovative, user-centric solutions that align with organizational goals. Through collaboration and leadership, I have driven the success of high-impact projects such as the MyCengage National Rollout, improving dashboard performance and ensuring seamless user experiences. I bring a focus on scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency to every project, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

Versatile Engineer with a strong track record in designing, developing, testing, and deploying complex software solutions.
Expertise in web application development, with the ability to collaborate seamlessly with end users, product managers, and technical teams to deliver scalable and efficient solutions.
A proactive problem-solver, mentor, and team player who thrives in fast-paced environments, continuously learning and adapting to new technologies.

Skills

Java | Javascript | HTML | SQL

Tomcat | Node.js | Nginx

AWS

Oracle | MySQL | MongoDB | Neo4J

Splunk | Dynatrace | AppNeta | OpsGenie

Git | CVS | SVN | Perforce

Education

1994 - 1996

Master of Business Administration

Marketing

Osmania University, Hyderabad - India

1991 - 1994

Bachelor of Science

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Osmania University, Hyderabad - India

Professional Experience

June 2013 - February 2025

Cengage Learning - MA

Application Architect | Technical Lead | Senior Full Stack Engineer

Extensive experience leading and contributing to high-impact projects at Cengage, including the Global Student Dashboard, Operational Data Store, Enterprise Metadata Service, Q4 Rendering, and Grading Service.

Accomplishments:

Global Student Dashboard Consolidation
- Led the modernization and consolidation of the legacy front-door and US Higher Ed applications into a unified global student dashboard, fully hosted on AWS.
- Implemented a React.js frontend with a Spring Boot Java backend, enhancing scalability and maintainability.
- Successfully decommissioned legacy dashboards, reducing operational costs.
MyCengage National Rollout
- Improved the stability and performance of the US Higher Ed dashboard, enabling a seamless national rollout from a limited beta release (10 institutions) to over 5,000 institutions.
Operationalizing School Data
- Designed and oversaw the integration of school data from Salesforce into the Cengage operational data store, ensuring accurate and reliable data flow for faculty, student management, account creation, and other key processes.
Cengage Unlimited Subscription Model
- Contributed to the design and development of the Cengage Unlimited experience, enhancing the student journey for those subscribed to the CU plan.

Led the Global Student Dashboard development team, providing architectural guidance, technical leadership, and production support.
Partnered with Business Analysts (BA), Enterprise Architects (EA), Engineering Managers (EM), DevOps, QA, UX, and Tier 1 Support for seamless project execution.
Contributed technical expertise in design discussions, increment planning, cross-functional collaboration, and leadership meetings.
Improved performance, scalability, and stability across multiple applications.
Acted as Scrum Master when needed, facilitating Agile ceremonies.
Enhanced code quality and security by leveraging industry-best tools and practices.
Developed modern web applications using AngularJS, ReactJS, and various frontend frameworks.
Built RESTful web services using Java, Spring Boot, and other backend technologies running on Tomcat.
Utilized log aggregation and monitoring tools like Splunk, Logstash, Dynatrace, Opsgenie, and AppNeta for system observability and alerting.

Environment and tools:

November 2003 - June 2013

British Telecom Conferencing - MA

Senior Software Engineer

Heavily involved in the user interface design and implementation of several internal and external customer-facing web applications.

Played a major role in getting PCI compliance for applications that take in and process credit cards. Contributed to the common secure Credit Card Gateway that follow OWASP top ten security guidelines.
Converted requirement documents from business analysts to technical design documents with both overview and detailed flow diagrams.
Worked with a marketing team for any web design changes related to branding and customer requirements.
Develop, Unit test and Integrate with APIs.
Develop JUnit test cases.
Build and deploy to test, staging and production servers.
Support production releases.
Troubleshoot and fix bugs coming out of QA and production.
Work with third party vendors for integration support.
Create and manage client installations for MeetMe Connect OCS application.

Environment and tools:

Additional experience

GeneralCologne Re - CT

Software Engineer

Designed, coded and tested various pieces of facworld and UFS applications using J2EE technologies and Struts framework.
Led a team of three in developing a prototype for ‘facworld2’ which became UFS later. Was responsible for getting the requirements from business analysts and working with the team on developing and presenting the prototype.

Prudential Insurance - FL

Member of the Development Team