About
About
MigrateForge migrates PHP applications to Java Spring Boot and proves the new system on recorded journeys before cutover.
Who is behind MigrateForge
MigrateForge is built and run by Karthick Palanisamy, from Coimbatore, India.
I’ve spent 18+ years working on enterprise systems from every layer. I started in server support at Wipro, spent almost six years in infrastructure, and then moved into business analysis and delivery. That path means I’ve seen the same system from the server room, from the requirements workshop and from the codebase.
In infrastructure, I migrated a multinational’s messaging platform in Chennai from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 on Windows Server 2008. The move spanned three locations, with failover designed in from the start.
A migration is judged by the day after cutover, not the day of.
Earlier still, in 2005, I implemented Active Directory at a browsing center and used group policy to stop users installing unknown software. The rule was enforced by the system, not by trust. That was my first lesson that behaviour worth protecting has to be enforced where it runs.
For nearly a decade at Texcoms Worldwide I’ve worked as Lead Business Analyst and Scrum Master across ERP, CRM and digital operations. I’ve run requirement workshops with users in India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, Egypt and Brazil.
I also build and ship full-stack systems end to end:
- GHRMS, a multi-entity HR and workforce platform on Spring Boot and Angular with a 200-table schema, built in about 577 logged hours over 80 days.
- A furniture retail ERP covering lead to quote to project to invoice, stock and payments.
- WA Blast Pro, a WhatsApp Business automation platform.
That background is why MigrateForge exists. Enterprise systems carry years of rules that live in the code and nowhere else. I’ve seen what happens when a rewrite quietly changes one of them, so MigrateForge was built to prove behaviour rather than assume it.
What this means for your migration
- Specs that stay implementable, because I write the code too
- Discovery that survives contact with users: process maps, UAT, adoption
- Delivery in scoped waves with evidence at each step, not a big-bang rewrite
- Cutover and failover planned up front, from migrations I’ve run myself
- Direct work with your stakeholders, in English, across time zones
MigrateForge’s benchmarks are my own WhatsApp Business platform and InvoicePlane, a public open-source application. Both are benchmarks rather than client projects. I’m taking on the first client engagements now, which is why early clients get direct founder involvement and pilot pricing.
Reach me at [email protected] or email to book a call.
Verified legacy modernisation — not an AI code converter.
MigrateForge is built for teams that need PHP applications on Java Spring Boot without guessing at cutover.
Write to [email protected].