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John Krupavaram Pole Bhakthavatsalam

Technology Consultant · Systems Integration Engineer & Lead Full-stack Developer

I design, integrate, and ship enterprise systems with Java, Spring Boot, MuleSoft, Angular, and .NET, and I build with AI every day. I also teach developers to build with autonomous AI agents.

System Integration Java + Spring Boot MuleSoft Angular .NET
AI toolkit Gemini Claude Google Antigravity Kiro ChatGPT Codex Gemma
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Today · Room 318 DevFest Troy '26 · GDG Hudson

Stitching the Future of Coding: Autonomous AI Agents & Spec-Driven Development with Google Antigravity, Gemma, and Gemini

Saturday, Oct 24, 20263:30 – 4:15 PM · Room 318Darrin Communications Center, RPI

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Technology Consultant IEEE Senior Member Vice Chair, IEEE Computer Society Google Cloud Gen AI Leader

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Technology Consultant.

Integration + full-stack lead.

Gemini · Claude · Kiro · Codex.

IEEE Computer Society Vice Chair.

Speaking at DevFest Troy 2026.

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Albany Upstate New York

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About

Integrating the systems behind public services.

I am John Krupavaram Pole Bhakthavatsalam, a Technology Consultant working as a Systems Integration Engineer and Lead Full-stack Developer, with more than a decade of experience delivering enterprise software.

I connect services, APIs, and applications across Java/Spring Boot, Angular, .NET, and MuleSoft for large platforms where reliability, security, and scale matter most.

I build with AI every day using Gemini, Claude, Google Antigravity, Kiro, and ChatGPT Codex, and I teach agentic, spec-driven development at GDG Hudson events, DevFest Troy, and campus coding jams. I also serve in IEEE Schenectady Section leadership and hold an M.S. in Computer Science from Kent State University.

Profile Highlights

  • Current Role: Technology Consultant - Systems Integration Engineer & Lead Full-stack Developer
  • AI Toolkit: Gemini, Claude, Google Antigravity, Kiro, ChatGPT Codex, and Gemma
  • Health Exchange Impact: Contributed to Notice generation workflows supporting 100,000+ notices per month and stable delivery outcomes using MuleSoft integrations
  • Volunteer Leadership: Organizer, GDG Hudson; Vice Chair, IEEE Computer Society and Secretary, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Schenectady Section (2026)
  • Professional Membership: Senior Member, IEEE
  • Speaking: DevFest Troy '26 speaker (GDG Hudson) and AI Coding Jam lead at Siena College
  • Certification: Google Cloud Generative AI Leader
  • Location: Albany Upstate New York - open to technical meetup conversations

Technical Skills

Java (8/11/17/21) Spring Boot .NET Microservices Angular 19 React TypeScript Tailwind CSS MuleSoft Anypoint Platform Drools AWS Docker Kubernetes SQL System Integration Agentic AI Gemini Claude Google Antigravity Kiro ChatGPT Codex Gemma Spec-Driven Development

Experience

Built in production, at public scale.

Jul 2023 - Present

Systems Integration Engineer & Lead Full-stack Developer

Technology Consultant · Public-Sector Eligibility Platform

Albany, NY

  • •Lead systems integration and full-stack delivery for a large public-sector platform that helps people apply for and enroll in health and human services programs.
  • •Connect services, APIs, and web applications built with Java/Spring Boot, Angular, .NET, and MuleSoft, with a focus on reliability, security, and scale.
  • •Partner with architects, analysts, and delivery teams from requirements through production releases.
Nov 2015 - Jun 2023

Senior Java / Full-stack Developer

GDIT · State Health Insurance Exchange

Albany, NY

  • •Built and maintained eligibility, enrollment, notice, and back-office portal workflows for a state health insurance exchange.
  • •Supported high-volume notice generation (100,000+ per month) and compliance-driven communications using MuleSoft integrations.
  • •Handled production support and cross-functional delivery for enterprise systems.
Apr 2014 - Nov 2015

Java / J2EE Developer

Wells Fargo

Minneapolis, MN

  • •Maintained high-volume Treasury Internet Solutions systems within SLA limits.
  • •Built secure DAO layers with Spring JDBC and DB2 under banking security standards.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

Master of Science (Computer Science)

Kent State University

Kent, OH

  • •Graduated with a Master of Science in Computer Science.
  • •Focused on advanced algorithms and database systems.

Selected Work

Project highlights.

Selected projects and business outcomes from consulting engagements and personal engineering work.

Internal Project

Eligibility Platform Modernization

Technology Consulting · Public Sector

Full-stack modernization and systems integration for a large health and human services eligibility and enrollment platform.

Impact: More reliable releases, cleaner system-to-system integrations, and better self-service experiences for residents.

AngularJavaSpring Boot.NETMuleSoft
Internal Project

Health Exchange Notice Generation & Integrations

GDIT · State Health Insurance Exchange

Built eligibility and enrollment integrations and improved notice and back-office portal flows.

Impact: Supported 100,000+ monthly notices, strengthened compliance-driven communications, and reduced manual interface failures.

JavaMuleSoftEligibilityEnrollmentNotice Generation
Internal Project

Online Self-Service Enrollment

Technology Consulting · Public Sector

Contributed to a resident-facing online enrollment experience for a family support program.

Impact: Improved digital access and reduced onboarding friction for families.

Enrollment ExperienceWorkflow AutomationAngular
GitHub

PromptShift

Personal Project

Built PromptShift to organize reusable prompt engineering patterns and practical AI workflow acceleration for software teams.

Impact: Improved consistency and speed of AI-assisted development by structuring prompts into repeatable templates.

Prompt EngineeringAI WorkflowsDeveloper Productivity

LinkedIn

Latest public activity

A small live-facing window into talks, community work, and recent professional updates.

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NY IT Leadership Forum 2026

Reflections from the NY IT Leadership Forum and public-sector modernization conversations.

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LinkedIn activity

HVTechFest 2026 at RPI

Hackathon mentoring, open public data, and building with the regional tech community.

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GDG Hudson talk

Agentic Engineering with Google Antigravity

Angular, Java, and AI-assisted engineering workflows shared with the GDG Hudson community.

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Speaking & Community

Teaching developers to build with agents.

Talks, coding jams, and IEEE service across the Capital Region and Hudson Valley.

Today · Room 318DevFest Troy '26 · Presented by GDG Hudson

Stitching the Future of Coding: Autonomous AI Agents & Spec-Driven Development with Google Antigravity, Gemma, and Gemini

Coding with AI is moving past ad-hoc prompts. This session shows how to build software like a senior architect: write clear specs, let agents run self-correcting Plan → Execute → Verify loops, and pair local Gemma models with cloud Gemini for zero-cost, production-grade workflows.

  • 01

    Spec-Driven Development

    Markdown specs in .agents/ that guide agents to clean code on the first try.

  • 02

    Autonomous Agentic Loops

    Plan → Execute → Verify cycles that run tests in sandboxed agy CLI sessions and fix their own errors.

  • 03

    Gemma + Gemini

    Local open models for fast offline work, cloud Gemini for complex reasoning.

  • 04

    Live Toolchain Demo

    Orchestrating the Antigravity IDE and agy subagents for hackathons and capstones.

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Recent community work

Jam LeadGDG Hudson · Siena College · 2026

AI Coding Jam at Siena College

Glow-Up codelab + agentic coding with Google Antigravity

Led students through the Glow-Up image-generation codelab, then moved into agentic coding with the Antigravity IDE and agent manager, covering spec- and skill-driven development.

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RPI Talk Session
SpeakerRensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Campus

RPI Talk Session

Software engineering in the AI era

A speaking session with Rensselaer students on building production software and growing as an engineer alongside AI tools.

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Let's build something great.

Open to enterprise modernization, platform engineering, and Full-stack leadership opportunities. Based in the Albany Upstate New York area and available for technical meetups.

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