Goutham Ravi
Sammamish, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolGoutham Ravi is a software engineer with 11 years of experience and a Master’s in Computer Science from Clemson University, combining production back-end work with a strong open-source ethos. He has contributed to high-profile cloud storage software such as OpenStack Cinder, improving NetApp Data ONTAP support, provisioning features, and storage pool management. Based in Sammamish, WA, he moves quickly between new technologies and team roles, pairing hands-on coding with leadership, public speaking, and mentorship. A dedicated educator, he teaches K–12 and undergraduates and is exploring distance education to grow programming talent in India. He champions human-centered, sustainable computing and applies green-computing principles to projects that aim for long-term impact.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at PES UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Master of Science (MS) at Clemson UniversityIndian School Certificate, Indian School Certificate at Little Flower Public School
Github Skills (10)
cinder10
testing10
unit-testing10
python10
unit-test10
back-end-development10
block-storage10
replication9
iscsi4
nfs4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
openstack/cinder
Jun 2015 - Nov 2021
OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder). Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits in 6 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Goutham's commits primarily focused on enhancing the NetApp Data ONTAP backend support for the Cinder block storage service. They implemented features for configuring space reservation, including thick and thin provisioning, and updated existing test cases to validate the new functionality. The commits also included refactoring for the use of a PyPI client library and addressing issues related to storage pool management and reporting of replication capabilities. Finally, the user addressed an issue with delayed snapshot deletion.
block-storageopenstack
gouthampacha/manila
Sep 2018 - Aug 2025
Shared filesystem management project for OpenStack.
Contributions:1 PR, 29 pushes, 11 branches in 7 years
project-managementfilesystemopenstack
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