Engineering the Future of Software
Feb 3–4, 2019: Training
Feb 4–6, 2019: Tutorials & Conference
New York, NY
Premanand Chandrasekaran

Premanand Chandrasekaran
Distinguished Engineer and Group Lead, Cards Platform, Barclays US

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Premanand (Prem) Chandrasekaran is a distinguished engineer and group lead for platform services at Barclays US. Previously, he was a principal consultant at ThoughtWorks. Over the last two decades, Prem has worked on a variety of software projects, spanning varied functional and technical domains. He’s passionate about the application of iterative methods to deliver software that enriches the lives of its end users and its maintainers alike. His interests also include technical architecture, refactoring, and performance tuning, among others. When not fiddling with his trusty laptop, he spends time with his son doing Lego Mindstorms and playing video games. He’s also obsessed with playing and analyzing the nuances of the game of cricket.

Sessions

3:50pm–4:40pm Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Distributed systems
Location: Grand Ballroom West
Secondary topics:  Anti-Pattern, Best Practice
Premanand Chandrasekaran (Barclays US)
Average rating: ****.
(4.58, 19 ratings)
A few years ago, Barclays embarked on a journey to migrate its legacy services with the objective of achieving a high level of scale, resilience, and reliability, mainly employing an ecosystem of focused, distributed services. Prem Chandrasekaran recounts some of the challenges faced during the transformation and sheds light on the things that worked well and those that didn't. Read more.