# Rakesh Kapoor

> Rakesh Kapoor is a Birmingham, Alabama-based technology professional associated with SailPoint and a former University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty member. His documented work includes optics research, publicly accessible physics teaching notes and software tools for bulk operations in SailPoint identity products.

- **Role:** Technology professional; optics researcher; former physics faculty member
- **Organizations:** SailPoint, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Center for Advanced Technology, Indore, Indian Laser Association
- **Education:** University of Mumbai
- **Known for:** Coauthored the 1999 Optics Express paper on computing overlap efficiency in axially pumped solid-state lasers., Coauthored the 2000 Physical Review A paper on electromagnetically induced waveguides with G. S. Agarwal., Coauthored the 2000 Optics Letters paper on infrared-to-visible energy upconversion.

## Career timeline

- **1986-1989** — LinkedIn lists University of Mumbai education, with work conducted at Bhabha Atomic Research Center.
- **1987-1988** — LinkedIn lists volunteer service as general secretary of the Indian Laser Association.
- **1999** — Published optics work with a Center for Advanced Technology, Indore affiliation, including a coauthored overlap-efficiency method.
- **2000** — Coauthored papers on infrared-to-visible upconversion and electromagnetically induced waveguides.
- **—** — Served as faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, according to his personal website; dates not established.
- **2015** — LinkedIn lists a SailPoint organizational association beginning January 2015; the public excerpt does not establish a job start date or title.
- **2024** — SailPoint community discussions identify him as author of bulk identity-operation tools.

## Achievements

- Coauthored the 1999 Optics Express paper on computing overlap efficiency in axially pumped solid-state lasers.
- Coauthored the 2000 Physical Review A paper on electromagnetically induced waveguides with G. S. Agarwal.
- Coauthored the 2000 Optics Letters paper on infrared-to-visible energy upconversion.
- Published calculus-based physics teaching materials on his personal website.
- Credited as author of the IdentityNow Bulk Role/Access Profile Importer in diagnostic output posted to SailPoint’s developer community.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — A SailPoint community discussion posted diagnostic output crediting Kapoor as the original author of a bulk access-profile and role importer, with modifications credited to Christophe Chazeau.
- **2024-07** — A separate community discussion attributed a bulk access-request Ruby script to Kapoor and examined its API usage.

## Links

- Website: https://rakeshkapoor.us/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakesh-kapoor-584b7744

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Last updated: 2026-10-22