I have been working closely with Free and Open Source Software
in the area of Product Development, Project Management, IT
Infrastructure management, Community Development and Migrations to
Free and Open Source Software area.

I have worked as CTO in United Villages, Inc., as Head, Linux Technology and Development at MicroWorld Technologies, Inc. and has developed number of Security products at MicroWorld Technologies, a leading Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam and Content Security company. These products provides Anti-Virus and Anti-Spam capabilities to GNU/Linux Mail Servers, GNU/Linux Proxy servers and GNU/Linux Desktops and Servers.

I have provided consulting services for deploying Free and Open
Source software to many corporates, SMEs and ISPs. Consulting involves selecting and deploying right tools for right jobs and providing Mail server, Proxy server, Firewalls, File and Print Services, Intranet
Servers, Database servers to High Availability and High Performance
Clusters.

I have acquired my Masters Degree in Electronics from
Saurashtra University, Rajkot and Bachelers Degree from Sardar Patel
University from Vallabh Vidya Nagar.

I am active in the field of Information Technologies since 1989 and has worked in range of technologies from Hardware, Software and Networking. I have worked with range of operating systems from *nix, CP/M, DOS, MS Windows, Novell Netware and GNU/Linux.

I am actively working with GNU/Linux since 1996 and just loves the
system for it’s Openness and Simplicity.

I am also founder and active member of Linux Users’ Group of Mumbai, India.