Gunabalan.S - Technical Profile Summary

Role: Technical Architect | Engineering Leader | Full-Stack Expert
Current Focus: AI Security Platform Development (Vigilnz)
Location: Karaikal, India (Remote work - Office: Puducherry, Team: Global remote with Chennai presence)

Unique Value Proposition

Gunabalan is a rare combination of academic excellence, technical mastery, and proven leadership. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, 20+ years of teaching experience, and 10+ years in full-stack development, he brings a unique perspective to technology leadership.

Core Expertise

• Primary Technologies: Node.js, JavaScript ecosystem, PHP (Laravel), Java/Groovy
• High-Performance Systems: Rust (Actix Web), BullMQ, Kafka, Redpanda, RabbitMQ
• Agentic Security: Currently leading Vigilnz agentic security platform
• Databases: MongoDB, MySQL, Redis, Cassandra
• Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, Lightsail, S3), Docker, Nginx

Leadership & Product Experience

• Team Management: Successfully led 30 staff and 400+ students as Professor & Head of Department
• Product Leadership: Led Nurtem platform evolution and pitched/developed Vigilnz as next product
• Performance Optimization: Reduced monolithic app from 3GB to 100MB, solved billing bottlenecks at 10k+ users
• Training Excellence: Corporate trainer with experience training teams at major companies (Dassault System, Specminds)
• Early Netkathir Leadership: Part-time early employee (2015-2016) managing all technology decisions
• Framework Innovation: Built multitenant RAD PHP framework (2016) that powered all Netkathir projects for 6+ years.

Research & Innovation

• PhD in Mechanical Engineering: Developed new stronger aluminium alloy with 3 peer-reviewed publications
• Material Science: Controlled laboratories, designed/manufactured products, conducted comprehensive testing
• Research Profile: ResearchGate Profile

Current Projects

• Vigilnz Agentic Security Platform: Successfully delivered first security scanning MVP
• Security Scanner: 33% faster processing, 55% memory reduction, 95% security coverage
• Scalable Framework: Extended Nurtem framework to create BullMQ-based queue system for security scanning and analysis
• AI-Powered Development: Leading team using Cursor, Claude, and Lovable AI for development
• Nurtem Platform: Global education platform (India: nurtem.in, US: nurtem.com)
• Technology Evolution: Learning Rust, Actix Web, Kafka, Redpanda for high-performance systems

Career Objectives

• Immediate Goal: Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect role
• Long-term Vision: Open to co-founder opportunities in technology-focused startups
• Specialization: AI security, enterprise architecture, technical leadership

Key Strengths

• Can "bend the rules of software" - expert problem solver across any technology stack
• Proven ability to train and develop teams of any size and skill level
• Unique combination of technical depth, leadership experience, and continuous learning
• Experience with real-world scaling (10k+ users, performance optimization)
• Research methodology and analytical thinking from PhD background
• AI-powered development leadership using modern tools (Cursor, Claude, Lovable AI)
• Full-stack system expertise from hardware assembly to enterprise architecture
• Linux environment experience with Fedora OS and LDAP-based developer accounts
• Cross-team problem solving through internal "Solution for Challenges" forum

Professional Network

• Mentors: Maraimani Chakkaravarthy, Muthuselvam Ramadoss, Vasanth Govind, Srikanth Krishnamoorthy
• Research Supervisor: Dr. R. Elansezhian
• Current Company: Netkathir Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Contact Information

• Email: gunabalans@gmail.com | gunabalan.s@netkathir.com
• Phone: +91 9788223359
• Profiles: GitHub | GitLab | LinkedIn