San Murugesan is Director of BRITE Professional Services, an Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney University, Australia, and a Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium (USA). His career spans senior roles in academia, industry, and government research, including service as a Senior Research Fellow at the US National Research Council at NASA Ames Research Center, California, and as Deputy Division Head and Project Engineer at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore. 

With over 40 years of experience, Murugesan has led numerous innovative IT initiatives and demonstrated sustained leadership in research and professional practice. He has edited or co-edited 12 books, including the widely cited Harnessing Green IT: Principles and Practices (Wiley–IEEE Computer Society, 2012) and the Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing (Wiley–IEEE, 2016). He has served as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Intelligent Systems and IT Professional, and as an editor of IEEE Computer. Murugesan is a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society, IETE, and IICA; a Golden Core Member and Distinguished Contributor (charter member) of the IEEE Computer Society; and a Life Member of IEEE. He is a Distinguished Visitor and a member of the Publications Committee of the IEEE Computer Society, and currently serves as Associate Chair of COMPSAC. More information is available at: www.tinyurl.com/san1bio.