Siddharta Govindaraj

Current

Founder at Silver Stripe Software Pvt. Ltd.
Organizer at Proto.in

Past

Systems Developer at Innvo Systems Pte Ltd
Intern at Innvo Systems Pte Ltd

Education

IIIT, Bangalore
University of Madras

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Industry

Computer Software

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Siddharta Govindaraj’s Summary

My primary interest is in improving the way software is delivered. I take great interest in agile software development methodologies. I am also interested in the social aspects of software development and how it relates to the technical aspects. I started a company, Silver Stripe Software Pvt Ltd, to work further in the area of software delivery.

I've been a developer, tester and project manager (sometimes all at the same time!) in a variety of projects. Have worked in C mostly, with a little bit of Java and Perl at various points. I currently work with Python and Javascript.

I jointly led and managed a team to develop a mobile browser from scratch. The browser was developed in C by a team of 10 developers.

On a personal level, I am interested in expanding the startup and tech ecosystem in India. I've been an organizer in two unconferences, with two more coming up this year. I have a passion for self-organisation and decentralised systems :)

I'm also one of the organizers of Proto.in, a bi-annual event that showcases startup companies to an audience of venture capitalists, technologists and media.

Siddharta Govindaraj’s Specialties:

• Python, Django, AJAX, web design, design patterns
• Agile software development (scrum, extreme programming, feature driven development, crystal clear)
• Basic knowledge of usability, UI and interaction design

Siddharta Govindaraj’s Experience

Founder

Silver Stripe Software Pvt. Ltd.

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years)

I'm the founder of Silver Stripe Software. I wrote a product, Silver Catalyst, for helping distributed agile teams perform collaborative iteration and release planning.
Organizer

Proto.in

(Non-Profit; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

December 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Was a part of the team that organized Proto.in, an event where startups get to showcase their products to an audience of technologists, venture capitalists, industry specialists and the media.
Systems Developer

Innvo Systems Pte Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

December 2002 — November 2006 (4 years)

• Jointly lead and managed a team to develop a web browser for mobile phones. The browser has been successfully ported for multiple customers on different platforms.

• Implemented the browser from scratch in C by a team of 10 developers. Although written in C, the project implements many ideas from OO design and design patterns.

• Designed algorithms for the layout of a web page on the screen and for rendering complex pages on a small screen.

• Introduced agile project methodologies to the company and implemented the Crystal Clear methodology.

• Implemented a test automation framework in Python. The framework allows the browser to be tested using test scripts written in Python

• Designed and implemented an MVC front end for a J2EE application to locate mobile callers on a map.

• Designed and implemented a J2ME application to view multimedia files on the mobile phone. The application uses MIDP 2.0, JSR 75 and JSR 135 APIs
Intern

Innvo Systems Pte Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — November 2002 (6 months)

I spent six months as an intern at Innvo Systems on behalf of the National University of Singapore. I worked on migrating an embedded system deployment tool from Perl to Python.

Siddharta Govindaraj’s Education

IIIT, Bangalore

PGDIT, Information Technology, 2001 — 2002

• Awarded Gold medal for Best Allround Performance in my batch of 126 students
• Awarded Huawei scholarship
University of Madras

BE, Electronics and Communication, 1997 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

• Student member of the IEEE