I am the director of BRITE Professional Services, an adjunct professor at Western Sydney University, Australia, and former editor in chief for IEEE Computer Society’s IT Professional magazine. I am also a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium in USA, former Senior Research Fellow of the US National Research Council at NASA Ames Research Center in California, a corporate trainer, a researcher, and an author.

For more than 40 years in industry and academia, I have led successfully several innovative IT projects, provided leadership in research and development, and offered consultancy to business. My expertise and interests span a range of areas and includes AI, cloud computing, Internet of Things, green IT, IT applications, intelligent automation, IT for Emerging Regions, Healthcare IT, smart systems and technology and society. During my career, I have developed and delivered multilevel certification and training programs on the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, and Green IT and have given several invited seminar and keynotes on a range of topics at professional meetings and conferences around the world.

I am a former Editor of IEEE Computer magazine and have edited its “Cloud Cover” department. Currently, I am an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing and serve on the editorial boards of Journal of Banking and Finance Technology and Web Engineering, and editorial advisory board of IEEE IT Professional magazine and IEEE The Institute.  I have served on various review and advisory committees and editorial boards, including IEEE CS Computing Now Advisory Board, Digital Library Committee and Magazines Operations Committee.  I am also the co-chair of COMPSAC Symposium on IT in Practice (ITiP) series since 2016 and COMPSAC AIML (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning) Workshop series since 2018. I’m the founding Chair of the newly formed IT in Practice IEEE CS Special Technical Community (STC). I have served in various senior positions including Director of Research and Head of Computing Department at Southern Cross University and the University of Western Sydney, both in Australia, Director and Professor of Graduate Management Program at Multimedia University in Malaysia, and Deputy Division Head and Project Engineer at the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, India.  I have held visiting positions at the City University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong and Concordia University in Canada. I hold Doctorate (PhD), Master in Technology and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degrees.

I am a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, IETE, and IICA, a Golden Core Member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a Life Member of IEEE. In recognition of my “distinguished and valuable service, commitment to excellence, and wide-ranging significant contributions the Computer Society,” I have been awarded IEEE Computer Society’s the second-highest service award: Distinguished Service Certificate.