Harish Donepudi
Bangalore
Summary
Strategic and results-oriented hands-on Technical Director with 20+ years of experience driving engineering excellence and innovation in IT, SaaS, Network Management, Zero Trust Networking, AI Integration, and Cloud SaaS Platforms. Recognized for leading global, high-performing teams (30+ engineers) and delivering enterprise-grade solutions that improve scalability, reliability, and revenue growth. Adept at bridging business and technology, defining product vision, and executing with precision in startup and enterprise settings.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
Certificates
Work History
Technical Director
NetFoundry Inc.
06.2025 - 12.2025
- Introduced, implemented AI agents, RAG, Task/workflow automation LongGraph, LangSmith, Anthropic MCP SDK, MCP enabled JS SDK, Python SDK, Claude, improving communication security by 40% and improved observability/metrics.
- Championed OpenZiti integration, reducing customer onboarding time by 60% and increasing adoption by 35%.
- Contributed hands-on in backend (Java, spring) microservices and front-end (Angular), cutting issue resolution time by 20%.
- Hands-on experience developing network visualizations using D3.js
- Lead India R&D center of 15+ engineers, overseeing development, QA, CI/CD, and DevOps.
- Achieved 99.9% service uptime and streamlined release management.
- Startup culture: Innovation, creativity, fast-paced environment, entrepreneurial mindset.
Technical Director
Tata Communications Ltd.
10.2020 - 06.2025
- Headed Zero Trust Networking SaaS platform across multi-cloud (AWS, OCI, Azure), supporting global customer networks.
- Scaled team from 10 to 25+ professionals across Dev, QA, DevOps, and Product.
- Improved time-to-market by 30% and reduced production defects by 45%.
- Executed engineering OKRs, improving sprint velocity by 25% YoY.
- Implemented CI/CD, cutting deployment cycles from many hours to minutes.
- Designed integrations modules AD for Identity and Chargebee for customer billing.
- Hands-on experience developing network visualizations using D3.js
- Achieved 95% retention rate among senior technologists through mentoring and engagement.
Systems Expert Architect
HPE Labs
06.2017 - 07.2020
- Architected, developed feature for software-defined infrastructure management platform.
- Deployed Kubernetes-based infrastructure and Terraform pipelines, reducing provisioning time by 70% for a new initiative go microservices product.
- Mentored 10+ engineers, product microservice transformations, reduced SLA breaches by 35%.
- Contributed hands-on in backend (Java, spring) and front-end (Angular), cutting issue resolution time by 20%.
Sr Software Engineer, Technical Leader
Cisco Systems
09.2009 - 05.2017
- Led network management systems (SaaS) development team.
- Led/Directed 12 engineers delivering provisioning and SNMP fault management modules.
- Implemented Kafka microservices improving throughput by 50% and scalability by 3x.
- Designed, developed release management (JBPM workflow) application increased the flexibility, adaptability by 40%. Enhanced existing event driven data pipeline Oracle trigger, PLSQL.
- Cut regression defects by 30-40% via automation and modernized architecture.
Java Architect
Insight Solutions
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Earlier Roles
Manager, Development
Ness Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2008
- Earlier Roles
Software Engineer/Tech Lead
V2Soft India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2005 - 01.2007
- Earlier Roles
Software Engineer
bdpsconsulting ltd.
01.2000 - 01.2005
- Earlier Roles
Education
M.S. - Information Technology
Karnataka Open University
01.2002
B.Tech - Oils
Nagarjuna University
01.1996
B.Sc - MPC
Nagarjuna University
01.1993
Skills
Engineering Leadership & People Management (Managers, Architects, Developers, QA, DevOps)
Product Strategy, Roadmap Definition, and Delivery Governance
Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure, OCI), DevOps (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes)
Hands-on experience with Java/J2EE, Spring, Microservices & UI (d3js, Angular, typescript, HTML, CSS) and python
AI Integration (Open AI, Anthropic, MCP SDK, Claude, Ollama, RAG), Generaive AI
Zero Trust Network Design, SaaS & Microservices Architecture
Agile Delivery, Metrics-Driven Performance (OKRs, KPIs, Velocity, Defect Density)
Continuous Improvement, Quality, and Cross-Functional Collaboration
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect (2018).
Timeline
Technical Director
NetFoundry Inc.
06.2025 - 12.2025
Technical Director
Tata Communications Ltd.
10.2020 - 06.2025
Systems Expert Architect
HPE Labs
06.2017 - 07.2020
Sr Software Engineer, Technical Leader
Cisco Systems
09.2009 - 05.2017
Java Architect
Insight Solutions
01.2008 - 01.2009
Manager, Development
Ness Technologies
01.2007 - 01.2008
Software Engineer/Tech Lead
V2Soft India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2005 - 01.2007
Software Engineer
bdpsconsulting ltd.
01.2000 - 01.2005
B.Tech - Oils
Nagarjuna University
B.Sc - MPC
Nagarjuna University
M.S. - Information Technology
Karnataka Open University