Manjunath Paramashivaiah is a Principal Architect at Ultimate Software, Inc. He has over 17 years' professional experience in consulting, technology management, and research. Mr. Paramashivaiah's research interests include business intelligence, Big Data, real-time data sources, identity management, and strategy. He has been recognized with several industry certifications, including Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Mr. Paramashivaiah has a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Karnataka University (India) and a master's degree in management from Texas A&M. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in business administration at Grenoble Ecole de Management (France). He can be reached at manjuap at gmail dot com.