Amit Kumar Ray is a Senior Principal Architect at Palo Alto Networks with nearly 20 years of experience in software engineering and distributed systems across major technology companies including Amazon, Cisco, and Brocade, and currently He specializes in machine learning algorithms, artificial intelligence, and scalable cloud architectures, with expertise spanning computer networking, distributed systems, and database management. Amit holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a Master's in Data Analytics from Southern New Hampshire University, and has completed Applied Data Science Program by MIT Professional Education. He is an inventor with one granted patent and another patent pending, focusing on innovative solutions in networking and disaster recovery solutions.