2025

Innovative Engineering Excellence

Entrant

Sai Prasad veluru

Category

Information Technology - Information Technology (IT)

Client's Name

Country / Region

United States

Sai Prasad Veluru is a highly skilled software engineer with extensive experience in designing and developing scalable software solutions across top-tier technology companies such as Apple, Visa, Yatra, and Comviva. Currently employed at Apple since 2018, Sai has been a pivotal member of the Apple Maps data team, leading complex projects that have significantly improved system efficiencies. Notably, his work on the IVU project resulted in an 80% reduction in end-to-end publish time using Kafka streaming and enhanced batch processing. His development of the spectrum check engine decreased false publish tickets by 90%, improving rapid processing times, and his contributions to the NGP team involved building an LLM-based copilot integrated with Kubernetes and Slack to reduce incidents by over 80%.

Sai’s previous roles have also demonstrated his technical prowess and innovative mindset. At Visa, he developed a monitoring and analytics platform, integrating with payment product pipelines and creating backend services for visualizations. His work at Yatra involved building inventory management modules, REST APIs for hotel booking, and backend features for integrated flight-hotel bookings. At Comviva, he led the development of the Omega reporting platform and launched Zerch, a local eCommerce platform widely adopted by vendors.

With a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York, Buffalo, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Hyderabad, Sai has a strong academic foundation in algorithms, databases, machine learning, and distributed systems. His technical skill set spans multiple programming languages (Java, Scala, Golang, Python), frameworks (Spring, Node.js, Django), databases (Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB), and infrastructure tools (Kubernetes, AWS).

Sai’s achievements include winning Apple WOC 2022 for the enhanced reviews project, the Yatra Hackathon 2015 for a VR-based hotel demo app, and securing top ranks in competitive exams like IITJEE and AIEEE. His proven track record, technical expertise, and innovative contributions make him an exemplary candidate in any organizational, departmental, or team setting.

 
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International Award for Innovation in Software Quality
Information Technology

Entrant

Gopinath Kathiresan

Category

Information Technology - Technical Professional of the Year

Country / Region

United States

 
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Achieving 100% Resolution SLA
Customer Experience

Entrant

Hooked On Code

Category

Customer Experience - Information Technology (IT)

Country / Region

United States

 
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Beyond Open
PR & Communications

Entrant

Foundation For The Carolinas

Category

PR & Communications - Best PR-led Integrated Communications

Country / Region

United States

 
2025
Scaling Innovation: From Data Lakes to LLMs—Redefining Enterprise IT at Scale
Information Technology

Entrant

Vivek Prasanna Prabu

Category

Information Technology - Information Technology (IT)

Country / Region

United States