Profile:

Ashok has over two decades of experience in the software, automation and computer industry.
Ashok is an IBM Certified IT Architect and with the IBM India Software Labs, Bangalore since 2002. In his current role as Chief SOA Architect, Ashok leads the SOA Leadership Center in the lab.
Ashok has been involved in architecting solutions for diverse industries – Insurance, Banking, Telecom, Retail and Life Sciences involving IBM and industry middleware products, integration technologies, SOA, virtualization and grid computing.
Ashok is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology, a Senior member of IEEE Computer Society and a member of ACM. Ashok Co-chairs the Technical Experts Council, India (South).
Ashok is a graduate of IISc Bangalore and masters from IIT Kanpur.
Ashok actively engages in technology evangelism, competency building and Lab Advocacy programs involving customers, business partners and educational institutions.