Petabytes, Pis, and everything in between
Hi, I’mDheepakI architect global platforms by day, and build future-forward tech by night.
I build stacks — the infrastructure kind, and the kind that keep me up at night. I design cloud architectures that keep some of the world's biggest platforms running, then come home and build my own. This domain is my professional anchor: a space where I publish architectural deep dives, document my continuous learning curve, and showcase live experiments ranging from self-hosted clusters and autonomous AI agents to mentoring world-class youth robotics teams.
Impact at Scale
19MApple TV subscribers entitledF1TV U.S. launch
180+Countries servedFormula 1 OTT platform
$3.4MAnnual revenue enabledLumen & Edgio migrations
150+Platforms migrated at petabyte scalePost-acquisition consolidation
7M+IPTV subscribers launchedMaxisTV, Malaysia
40%Peak cost reduction deliveredMuleSoft to AWS EKS
Platforms I have architected, migrated, or kept running
Professional Experience
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CSG Systems Inc.Jul 2025 – Present
CSG Systems Inc.Jul 2025 – PresentArchitect
Customer advisory, AWS architecture, 24x7 operations, AI enablement
Customers:
- Serve as customer-facing technical lead for CSG's largest customers, including Comcast, Charter, Disney, Camping World, and Bell Media, advising on AWS architecture, integrations, and operational readiness.
- Craft and execute cloud-adoption strategies using EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFront, and EKS to keep distributed applications scalable and operationally healthy.
- Drive discussions with senior stakeholders on architecture trade-offs, support needs, and risk, partnering with engineering and service teams through resolution.
- Drive generative AI enablement and cloud modernization so customer platforms adopt LLM-assisted workflows without disrupting production.
- Lead a company-wide AI adoption cohort on Cursor, Glean, and MCP, fast-tracking employees on practical AI workflows.
↳ Formula 1 / F1TV — U.S. Apple TV Launch
- Led architecture for the U.S. Apple TV launch and syndication of F1TV Premium, including Ping Identity integration authenticating and entitling nearly 19 million U.S. Apple TV subscribers.
- Designed a zero-downtime, 24x7-ready architecture absorbing massive live-streaming load during F1 race weekends.
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Akamai Technologies Inc.Jul 2023 – Jul 2025
Akamai Technologies Inc.Jul 2023 – Jul 2025Senior Solutions Architect
Customer-facing technical advisory, operational support, enterprise customers
Customers:
- Act as principal technical advisor for major customers including Sony, Amazon, and DirecTV, translating business and operational needs into scalable cloud, CDN, and edge architectures.
- Lead technical discovery sessions and strategy workshops with cross-functional and senior stakeholders to align roadmaps, support models, and risk with platform capabilities.
- Led a cloud observability proof of concept using TrafficPeak on Akamai Connected Cloud, helping secure a $130K monthly recurring adoption opportunity.
- Advised on an API optimization solution using Akamai Edge Compute and EdgeWorkers, improving API response times by 30% and origin offload by 40%.
- Led petabyte-scale cloud data migration for 150+ Lumen and Edgio customers following acquisition, enabling $3.4M in annual operational revenue.
#9f2a6c4CSG Systems Inc.Jul 2018 – Jul 2023
CSG Systems Inc.Jul 2018 – Jul 2023Solutions Architect
Ascendon digital monetization, OTT/IPTV, AWS architecture
Customers:
- Led architecture and end-to-end implementation of Formula 1's OTT live streaming service (F1TV) — a 24x7 global platform for billing, subscriptions, and revenue recognition.
- Developed custom AWS services integrating Ascendon REST APIs, supporting millions of viewers across 180+ countries.
- Engineered payment integration middleware enabling Vodafone, Telmex, and Claro telecom billing plus Roku and Amazon in-app purchasing — a 35% revenue increase across integrated platforms.
- AWS SME across EC2, S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, Kinesis, EventBridge, CloudWatch, EKS, and SQS — 35% lower operating costs vs. the legacy middleware platform.
↳ MaxisTV — Malaysia IPTV Platform
- Architected and delivered MaxisTV, an IPTV platform for Malaysia's largest telecom provider serving 7M+ subscribers.
- Spearheaded a zero-downtime migration from MuleSoft to AWS EKS microservices, cutting operating costs by 40%.
#3d8e015CSG Systems Inc.Jan 2013 – Jul 2018
CSG Systems Inc.Jan 2013 – Jul 2018Senior Technical Consultant
Ascendon integrations and customer implementations
Customers:
- Architected Ascendon integration for Comcast Xfinity On Campus, enabling SSO for 150+ universities as technical lead from advisory through AWS serverless implementation.
- Supported architecture, design, and delivery of digital monetization solutions for Comcast Xfinity Store, MediaMarktSaturn, and Bell Media.
- Supported secure migration of consumer PII and payment information to Ascendon while maintaining compliance and platform stability.
Software Developer Intern
VoIP application development
- Built Whistle Phone VoIP modules and Ruby on Rails REST APIs for iOS and Android, including voicemail, SMS, conference calling, and push notifications via APNS and Firebase.
Programmer Analyst
Ad analytics project, Chennai, India
- Served as a Cognizant consultant supporting PayPal ad analytics, bridging project managers and development teams to align technical delivery with business goals.
Coach, FIRST LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League Challenge, UNEARTHED season
- Coached the Winning Wizards robotics team to the Illinois State Championship and the FIRST LEGO League World Championship in Houston, advancing from 35,000+ teams across 77 countries.
- Led the team through qualifier, sectional, and state championships; the team finished 3rd in the U.S. and 23rd globally on the robot field.
Impact Showcases
Flagship architectures, streaming platforms, and real-time multiplayer systems.
