Kiran Pawar
Lead Software Engineer — GPU Virtualization & OpenStack
Kiran is a cloud infrastructure and systems software engineer with 15+ years of experience in virtualization, OpenStack, Linux, and low-level systems development. He specialises in GPU virtualization, KVM/QEMU, OpenStack integrations, device drivers, and cloud infrastructure for demanding workloads.
Reliable cloud infrastructure starts with understanding what happens below the cloud layer.
About Kiran
Connecting low-level systems engineering with modern cloud infrastructure
Kiran is a cloud infrastructure and systems software engineer with more than 15 years of experience in virtualization, operating systems, and cloud technologies.
His expertise spans GPU virtualization, KVM/QEMU, OpenStack, Linux kernel and device driver development, embedded systems, and cloud orchestration. He has worked extensively with OpenStack services including Nova, Cinder, Manila, and Designate, as well as technologies for GPU passthrough, vGPU, vSGA, VIRTIO, and virtual desktop infrastructure.
At Cloudification, Kiran works on complex cloud infrastructure and virtualization challenges, combining deep systems-level knowledge with OpenStack and Kubernetes-based environments.
Approach
Kiran approaches cloud infrastructure from the lowest technical layers upward, looking at how hardware, hypervisors, operating systems, drivers, and cloud platforms interact as a complete system.
He focuses on solving performance and integration challenges where standard infrastructure approaches are not enough, particularly in virtualization, GPU workloads, and complex OpenStack environments.
Areas of expertise
GPU Virtualization · OpenStack · KVM/QEMU · Linux · Device Drivers · VIRTIO · Cloud Infrastructure · C · Python
Education
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Master of Science, Computer Technology / Computer Systems Technology
Specialisation in Embedded Systems
2013–2015
Pune Institute of Computer Technology
Bachelor of Engineering / BTech
Linux Kernel Programming, Bootloaders and Device Drivers
2006–2010
Interests
Low-level systems · GPU computing · Virtualization research · Operating systems · Distributed computing · Cloud architecture