Keshava Gavigowda
An Entrepreneur, Senior Full Stack and Automation Engineer & Tech Lead
20+ years building scalable platforms, leading engineering teams, and delivering digital transformation across enterprise and startup environments.
What I Bring to the Table
A unique combination of technical expertise, leadership experience, and cutting-edge AI capabilities.
Full Stack Expert
20+ years crafting robust, scalable web applications using modern technologies.
- React & TypeScript
- Node.js & Go
- Cloud Infrastructure
Technical Leadership
Led cross-functional teams delivering enterprise platforms for global organisations.
- Team Mentorship
- Architecture Design
- Agile Delivery
AI & Automation
Building intelligent systems with LLM integration, RAG architectures, and agentic workflows.
- LLM Integration
- RAG Systems
- Agentic Workflows
Career at a Glance
Two decades of building, leading, and delivering successful software solutions.
What People Say
Feedback from colleagues and clients I've had the pleasure of working with.
“I had the privilege of working closely with Keshava over the last year at Vitrifi, where he played a pivotal role as our Lead Consultant and Product Strategy advisor. From day one, it was evident that Keshava brought far more than technical knowledge — he provided strategic clarity. His ability to align market needs, customer expectations and engineering execution was invaluable to our delivery momentum. Working with him genuinely accelerated my own learning curve. He combines deep architectural expertise with an incredibly pragmatic approach to delivery — structuring tasks around business value while ensuring technical integrity. Beyond his technical competencies, what stands out is his leadership style — direct, accountable, and customer-centred. It was genuinely a rewarding experience collaborating with Keshava.”
Trusted By Industry Leaders
Partnered with leading organisations across healthcare, banking, energy, and retail sectors to deliver transformative solutions.
About Me
Passionate about building great products and empowering teams
I believe in building technology that makes a real difference. With over 20 years of experience across UK & Europe, I've helped companies transform their ideas into scalable, production-ready platforms.
My approach combines deep technical expertise with a focus on practical outcomes. Whether it's architecting cloud-native systems, leading engineering teams, or integrating AI capabilities, I'm driven by the impact we can create together.
My Specializations
Full Stack Expert
Building modern web applications with React, TypeScript, Node.js, and Go
Technical Leader
Leading engineering teams and driving architecture decisions
AI Automation
Integrating LLMs, RAG systems, and agentic workflows
Certifications
Education
B.S. Electronics
Bangalore University
Bangalore, India
Skills & Technologies
68+ technologies mastered across the full software development lifecycle
Frontend
Modern UI frameworks and web technologies
Backend
Server-side languages, frameworks & databases
BPM & Integration
Business process management & enterprise integration
AI/ML
AI integration, LLMs & automation
Cloud & DevOps
Cloud platforms, infrastructure & deployment
Featured Projects
Transformative solutions delivered across Telecom, Healthcare, Banking, Energy, and Retail industries
AI Automation Platform
Architected and developed an enterprise AI automation platform leveraging LLMs for intelligent document processing, customer service automation, and workflow optimisation. Implemented RAG systems with vector databases for context-aware responses and agentic workflows for autonomous task execution.
Key outcomes:
- •Reduced document processing time by 80% using AI-powered extraction
- •Implemented RAG system achieving 95% accuracy on domain-specific queries
Telecom SaaS Automation Platform
Led the architecture and development of a cloud-native Telecom SaaS platform enabling service providers to manage customer subscriptions, billing, and service delivery. Built with a microservices architecture using event-driven patterns for real-time processing and scalability.
Key outcomes:
- •Reduced service provisioning time from hours to minutes
- •Achieved 99.9% platform uptime with zero-downtime deployments
Developer Experience Portal
Designed and implemented a comprehensive Developer Experience Portal to streamline internal development workflows. The platform provides API documentation, reusable component libraries, and self-service tools for development teams across the organization.
Key outcomes:
- •Reduced developer onboarding time by 60%
- •Established standardized API design patterns across 50+ teams
Healthcare Platform
Architected a comprehensive healthcare platform integrating patient management, clinical workflows, and data analytics. The platform adheres to HL7 FHIR standards for healthcare data interoperability, enabling seamless data exchange between healthcare providers.
Key outcomes:
- •Integrated data from 15+ healthcare providers into unified platform
- •Achieved HL7 FHIR R4 compliance for healthcare interoperability
E-Commerce Platform
Led technology delivery for a major e-commerce platform serving customers across Europe. Implemented scalable order management, payment processing, and fulfillment systems with a focus on high availability during peak shopping periods.
Key outcomes:
- •Supported 10x traffic spikes during holiday seasons
- •Achieved 99.95% uptime during critical shopping periods
Online Customer Portal & API Service
Developed customer-facing portal enabling 2.5M+ registered customers to login and manage their accounts, contracts, move requests, meter readings, billing, payments, and communications. Involved design, migration, and development of frontend web application, database modelling, API services, middleware integrations, and single sign-on.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled self-service for 2.5M+ energy customers
- •Reduced customer service call volume by 40%
Smart Metering Aggregation & Analytics
Developed a data and analytics platform to capture, aggregate, and store smart meter readings to enable predictive usage analysis and estimations for more than 2.5 million customers. Involved proof of concept, product evaluation and selection, data design, replication, integration, interfacing, scripting, scheduling, automation, and reporting.
Key outcomes:
- •Processed smart meter data for 2.5M+ customers
- •Enabled predictive usage analysis and billing estimations
Asset Optimisation & Trading Integration
Developed integrations applying Enterprise Integration Patterns and event-driven architecture to enable real-time market information downloads and exchange of trade documents such as quotes and agreements with trade partners. Created Kubernetes cluster blueprint and implemented CI/CD pipeline for containerised applications.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled real-time market data exchange with trade partners
- •Implemented high-availability trading document processing
Gift Card Portal & Integration
Architected, designed, developed, and integrated a complete gift card issue, processing, and management system through integration with 3rd party service provider. Enabled the company to issue gift cards and e-vouchers and capture payments through various channels including Member, Telesales, e-Commerce, and other external channels.
Key outcomes:
- •Launched multi-channel gift card and e-voucher system
- •Integrated with 3rd party payment service providers
Online Store Management Portal
Designed and developed customer-focused multi-delivery and payment processing engine, asynchronous event-driven business process execution module, custom single-sign-on solution, content/document management system, customer loyalty and marketing campaigns module, and business consumer self-service capabilities.
Key outcomes:
- •Improved customer service quality through order/payment tracking
- •Reduced response times via asynchronous event processing
Platform Infrastructure & Rollout
Designed, capacity planned, installed, and configured application infrastructure to migrate and host the member online store management system onto a fully virtualised Linux platform. Implemented Oracle 11g Fusion Middleware Cluster, Oracle 11g RAC on 2-node cluster, Oracle backup automation using RMAN, and Oracle Disaster Recovery site using Data Guard.
Key outcomes:
- •Achieved zero-downtime migration to virtualised platform
- •Implemented 2-node Oracle RAC for high availability
Courier Integration & Automation Framework
Developed Courier Integration framework supporting multiple courier providers with web services for automation, 3rd party order upload and confirmation, FTP integration for routing information, Java barcode library integration for reports, bulk label remote printing automation, and 3rd party desktop integrator for data transformation.
Key outcomes:
- •Integrated multiple courier providers into unified framework
- •Automated order delivery tracking with customer notifications
Member Settlement & Oracle Financials Integration
Designed and implemented member settlement engine - a complex order processing engine applying various business rules to split values into receivable and payable sides, consolidate, and upload as invoices to Oracle Financials AR and AP modules. Included member statement packs generation and printing automation system.
Key outcomes:
- •Automated monthly invoice generation for Oracle Financials
- •Reduced admin and operational costs significantly
Online Payment & PCI Compliance Integration
Developed agent-less automated payment framework integrated with 3rd party Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system for PCI compliance. Integrated business processes on Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) including international order push/pull and online payment processing engines with Worldpay and HSBC.
Key outcomes:
- •Achieved PCI compliance for remote telesales order capturing
- •Enabled automated payment processing during peak periods
Customer Delivery Notification Framework
Developed and integrated order delivery confirmation and customer event notification framework using Text (SMS) and email messaging services, web services, and business process integrations. Included online customer order tracking web service enabling customers to query order status online.
Key outcomes:
- •Increased customer service quality and brand value
- •Enabled real-time SMS and email delivery notifications
Spend and Save Loyalty System
Involved in analysis, design, development, and migration of Spend and Save Customer Loyalty application system - a large migration project from Ingres terminal-based application to Java and Oracle based Internet application. Achieved significant performance improvements through various optimisation techniques.
Key outcomes:
- •Successfully migrated legacy terminal app to web-based system
- •Achieved significant performance improvements
Telesales & Customer Care Portal Migration
Designed and migrated Telesales Portal and Customer Care module from legacy Member platform to new platform architecture. Created custom single-sign-on solution integrating with 3rd party service provider for seamless user authentication across platforms.
Key outcomes:
- •Successfully migrated Telesales and Customer Care to modern platform
- •Implemented single sign-on for seamless user experience
Mobile Order Download & Automation
Developed Mobile Order Download and Automation module enabling members to download orders to handheld mobile terminals via Java mobile application. Integrated with stock system for real-time stock availability, delivery information capture, and auto-confirmation back to head office systems.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled mobile order download to handheld terminals
- •Integrated real-time stock availability checking
Flexible Delivery & Pricing Engine
Designed, developed, and integrated flexible e-commerce delivery and pricing module. Enabled dynamic price derivation based on product, order type, delivery preferences, destination locations, and complex user-specific discounts configured by the business.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled dynamic pricing based on multiple business factors
- •Implemented configurable discount and pricing rules
Customer Reminders Portal
Designed, developed, and integrated online customer reminders module enabling customers to configure and schedule events with anniversary reminder notifications sent via Email and SMS. Improved customer engagement and repeat order rates.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled customer self-service reminder configuration
- •Automated anniversary and event notifications via Email/SMS
Address Validation Web Service
Developed address capture and validation engine as a web service by integrating with Royal Mail PAF data. Provided validation, prediction, and address population services for both online web application and member portal access.
Key outcomes:
- •Integrated Royal Mail PAF for accurate address validation
- •Reduced delivery failures due to incorrect addresses
Member Portal Migration & Development
Led large migration project of Member Portal from legacy system to modern Java/Oracle based Internet application. Implemented n-tier application architecture with optimised performance, user interface redesign, and comprehensive functional testing.
Key outcomes:
- •Successfully migrated from legacy system to modern web platform
- •Implemented n-tier architecture for scalability
Enterprise Web Services & Integration
Developed web services for order information, delivery information, and member details enabling integration with 3rd party desktop applications and websites. Provided endpoints for order placement, tracking, and cross-channel member experiences.
Key outcomes:
- •Enabled 3rd party integration via web services
- •Provided order and delivery information endpoints
Business Process & Workflow Optimisation
Designed, developed, and deployed custom business workflow engine using Oracle AQ for background task queue management and Quartz for timer-based event triggers. Achieved 8-10 times performance improvement over legacy workflow engine reducing from 8-10 hours to under 1 hour processing time.
Key outcomes:
- •Achieved 8-10x performance improvement in batch processing
- •Reduced processing time from 8-10 hours to under 1 hour
Member Online Portal Platform
Designed and implemented high-availability Interflora Member Online Portal infrastructure. Deployed to 2000+ UK florist members accessing Interflora's core system for orders, message exchange, and administration. Implemented Sun and Oracle-based infrastructure with Veritas clustering for 24x7 availability.
Key outcomes:
- •Deployed portal serving 2000+ UK florist members
- •Achieved 24x7 high availability with Veritas clustering
IT Maxima Limited
14+ years delivering consulting and product-led solutions
IT Maxima Limited is a UK-based technology consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, enterprise architecture, and modern software development. With over 14 years of experience, we deliver end-to-end solutions for complex business challenges across UK & Europe.
Service Offerings
Architecture
Enterprise & solution architecture for complex systems
Full-Stack Development
End-to-end application development with modern stacks
Cloud Migration
Seamless migration to AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms
AI Integration
Embedding AI/ML capabilities into existing systems
Industries Served
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