Praveen Lakondru
About Praveen Lakondru
Praveen Lakondru is a Senior Software Developer at Kforce Inc, where he has worked since 2019. He has a background in Mechanical Engineering and extensive experience in OLAP systems, ETL processes, and data warehousing.
Work at Kforce
Praveen Lakondru has been employed at Kforce Inc as a Senior Software Developer since 2019. In this role, he focuses on software development and contributes to various projects within the organization. His responsibilities include designing and implementing systems that support business intelligence and decision-making processes.
Previous Experience
Prior to his current position, Praveen Lakondru worked at several notable companies. He served as a System Engineer at IBM for one year in Bengaluru, India. He also held the position of Lead BI Engineer at Target for eight years, where he gained significant experience in business intelligence. Additionally, he worked as a Software Engineer at Excel Global Solutions, Inc. and Realsoft Technologies, LLC, accumulating a total of over six years of experience in software engineering.
Education and Expertise
Praveen Lakondru earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, completing his studies from 2001 to 2005. He possesses expertise in designing and implementing OLAP systems, crucial for decision support and business intelligence. His technical skills include performance tuning of ETL/ELT jobs and a comprehensive understanding of data warehousing concepts such as Star Schema and Snowflake Schema.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
Praveen Lakondru has a strong background in creating technical artifacts for application maintenance and support. He is experienced in scheduling jobs using Control-M and Autosys, and he has a profound knowledge of Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) stages in ETL processes. He acts as the Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for all technical issues related to coding, design, testing, migration, and implementation.