Dr. Shailesh Kumar Shivakumar is an inventor, author and Senior Architect specializing in digital technologies. He is an award-winning digital technology practitioner with skills in technology and practice management and has experience in the wide spectrum of digital technologies, including enterprise portals, content systems, enterprise search, and other open source technologies. He has over 18 years of industry experience and was the chief architect in building a digital platform, which won the “Best Web Support Site 2013” global award. He is a Guinness world record holder of participation for successfully developing a mobile application in a coding marathon. Shailesh holds a PhD in Computer Science from IGNOU, a central university of India and has completed the Executive Program in Business Management Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIMC). He is the sole author of seven technical books that are published by world’s top academic publishers. He also has published twelve technical white papers and has authored eight textbook chapters for undergraduate programs. Shailesh is the sole inventor of two inventions related to web security and personalization and holds two granted US patents.He also has two more patent applications. Shailesh is a frequent speaker at events such as IEEE conferences and Oracle JavaOne. He has published more than 10 papers in international journals and is a member of editorial board for two international journals.