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Janardhan Husthimme
Bengaluru
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Tony Robbins
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Technology Executive with 22+ years of global engineering leadership delivering large-scale cloud, AI/ML, SRE, and platform modernization initiatives. Proven record in leading 160+ engineers, managing $50M+ portfolios, and executing multi-year digital transformation roadmaps across healthcare, retail, travel, and digital enterprises. Expertise in hybrid/multi-cloud architecture, FinOps, modernization strategy, and high-performance team leadership. Skilled at building resilient, intelligent, cost-efficient platforms that accelerate enterprise growth.
Senior executive with proven track record in driving growth and operational excellence. Adept at strategic planning, project management, and leveraging data to inform decisions. Strong focus on fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing business needs. Highly skilled in leadership, communication, and delivering impactful results.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
4
4
Academic Credentials
Work History
Sr Director Engineering / Founder
Almapuro
10.2024 - Current
- Led end-to-end company setup covering registration, compliance, architecture, and operations.
- Designed an AI cloud-based hydroponics system integrating multi-sensor IoT, edge ML, and automation—improving crop yield by 30% and reducing water use by 25%.
- Built a cloud-native Farm Management Platform (Kubernetes, Kafka) delivering 99.5% uptime and real-time analytics for multi-site operations.
- Implemented predictive AI/ML and computer-vision pipelines for nutrient optimization, microclimate control, and disease detection (90%+ accuracy; 70% reduction in manual checks).
- Built multi-region private cloud and centralized observability platforms.
- Led hybrid/multi-cloud migrations (AWS, Azure, OpenStack) and legacy modernization.
- Delivered real-time analytics and decision-intelligence platforms for faster decisions.
- Achieved 25% yield and 20% water savings via AI/IoT precision farming.
- Managed $60M P&L aligning engineering investments with business KPIs.
- Established Almapuro Agri Pvt. Ltd., leading legal, compliance, and org setup.
- Diversity & culture programs
- Innovation councils
- Mentorship, talent development
- Cross-functional leadership
- Establishing CoE
Prof. Development
Career Development
05.2024 - 10.2024
- Leveraged a planned career break for strategic renewal, advanced learning, and capability building to prepare for the next phase of technology and business leadership., and Completed AI in Leadership from ISB
Director of Engineering
Optum (UHG)
01.2022 - 05.2024
- Led a 160+ global engineering organization delivering cloud, SRE, data, and patient-care modernisation across a $40M+ portfolio with 97% on-time delivery.
- Accelerated hybrid-cloud modernization (AWS, Azure, GCP) using cloud-native architectures, AKS, and Terraform—reducing provisioning from days to minutes.
- Established DevOps+SRE practices improving deployment velocity 40% and reducing MTTR 25%.
- Reduced cloud run rate ~30% through engineering efficiency and FinOps optimisation.
- Deployed GitHub Copilot to 500+ users, improving developer productivity by ~28% and supporting 99.9% platform uptime.
Global Director IT & Security
MIQ Digital
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Led India Site and Global IT Operations (cloud, engineering IT, DevOps/SRE) achieving 99.99% availability.
- Strengthened enterprise security posture by implementing CIS Controls and driving ISO 27001/SOC 2 readiness.
- Ensured HIPAA/GDPR compliance and embedded security-by-design into IaC and CI/CD processes.
Director of Engineering
Amadeus
11.2019 - 10.2021
- Directed a 70+ global engineering organization managing an $18M portfolio delivering cloud, platform, and modernization programs.
- Executed hybrid-cloud migration (Legacy on-prem to Multi-Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP/Openstack) and cloud-native adoption (AKS, Terraform, Ansible) reducing provisioning from days to minutes.
- Drove FinOps initiatives decreasing cloud run-rate to ~30%.
- Enhanced DevOps/SRE capabilities improving deployment velocity by 40% and reduced MTTR 25% while maintaining 99.9% uptime.
Senior Manager-2 Systems Eng.
Walmart
07.2013 - 11.2019
- Led global cloud, storage, SRE, and platform engineering teams delivering large-scale automation, hybrid-cloud modernization, and cost optimization.
- Built and scaled a CEPH-based private cloud (STaaS), modernizing 300+ workloads on OpenStack and reducing TCO by 35% while improving delivery velocity 60%.
- Implemented Splunk/Kafka LogSearch and standardized telemetry, improving incident detection and MTTR 25%.
- Directed datacenter decommissioning, open-source licensing optimization (~20% savings), and Cloud FinOps programs.
Manager Operations
EMC2 (Dell)
04.2006 - 07.2013
Sr. Systems Engineer
Hewlett-Packard
10.2004 - 04.2006
Technical Expert
Dell India
06.2002 - 10.2004
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - I & E
01.2001
1997
AI in Leadership - undefined
01.2024
iLead - undefined
01.2019
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, VMware, Hybrid/Multi
- DevOps & SRE: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, CI/CD, AIOps
- Key performance indicators
- Culture transformation
- Collaborative leadership
- Team management
- Policy development
- Organizational development
- Strategic planning
- Decision-making
- Budget management
- People management
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, Nagios, PagerDuty
- Containerization: Kubernetes (K8s, AKS), Docker, OpenShift
- Infra & Datacenter: SDDC, SAN/NAS, CEPH, Cisco UCS, Dell, HP, SDN
- AI/ML: Generative AI, NLP, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Computer Vision
- Data & Analytics: Kafka, Snowflake, MongoDB, Oracle, MySQL, BI/Analytics
- Methodologies: Agile (SAFe), Scrum, ITSM, PMBOK, SDLC
- Business strategy
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Financial planning
- Regulatory compliance
- Change management
- Vendor relationship management
- Performance management
- Conflict resolution
- Coaching and mentoring
- Leadership development
- Rules and regulations
- Contract negotiation
- Financial management
- Hiring and retention
- Business administration
- Strategies and goals
- Project management
- Process improvement
- Policy implementation
- Data analytics
- Team building and motivation
- Stakeholder relations
- Administrative oversight
- Core values management
- Team building
- Innovation management
- Verbal and written communication
- Contract and vendor management
- Operations management
- Legal and regulatory compliance
- Program management
- Crisis management
- Business planning
- Negotiation
- Issues resolution
- Information technology management
- Project coordination
- Business development
- Talent acquisition
- Task delegation
- Company guidelines
- Content development
- Problem-solving
- Multitasking and organization
- Relationship building
- Stakeholder engagement
- Risk management
- Market analysis
- Intellectual property management
Accomplishments
- Delivered on-prem private cloud builds, hybrid-cloud migrations, and tech modernisation roadmaps for Fortune 10 and global enterprises.
- Led and scaled 160+ engineers across US/EU/APAC delivering cloud, DevOps, SRE, data, and AI/ML initiatives.
- Accelerated release cycles by 40% through DevOps, SRE, and IaC transformation.
- Achieved $4M annual cloud savings via FinOps, modernization, and automation.
- Ensured 99.99% uptime through multi-region resilience, observability, DR/BCP, and SRE practices.
- Rolled out GitHub Copilot enterprise-wide, improving developer productivity by ~28%.
- Implemented AI solutions (voice-to-text, chatbots, copilots) to enhance efficiency and customer experience
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
- EMC Proven Storage Technologist
- Project Management (PMP)
- SAFe POPM (5.1) 2021
- ITILv3
Timeline
Sr Director Engineering / Founder - Almapuro
10.2024 - Current
Prof. Development - Career Development
05.2024 - 10.2024
Director of Engineering - Optum (UHG)
01.2022 - 05.2024
Global Director IT & Security - MIQ Digital
10.2021 - 01.2022
Director of Engineering - Amadeus
11.2019 - 10.2021
Senior Manager-2 Systems Eng. - Walmart
07.2013 - 11.2019
Manager Operations - EMC2 (Dell)
04.2006 - 07.2013
Sr. Systems Engineer - Hewlett-Packard
10.2004 - 04.2006
Technical Expert - Dell India
06.2002 - 10.2004
ISB - AI in Leadership,
IIMB Bangalore - iLead,
Inst. Tech - Bachelor of Engineering, I & E
Value Proposition
- Leadership
- Technology strategy, digital transformation, and enterprise architecture
- Hybrid/multi-cloud leadership across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OpenStack
- AI/ML integration, automation, AIOps, and intelligent analytics
- DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, and 99.99% reliability delivery
- P&L ownership, budgeting, cost optimization, and Cloud FinOps
- Global engineering leadership (160+ FTEs), org design, and capability scaling
- Security, compliance, resilience engineering, and risk governance
- Program governance, execution excellence, OKRs, and KPI-driven delivery
- Executive stakeholder engagement and CXO partnership
- Entrepreneurship: Opportunity sensing, zero-to-one innovation, rapid experimentation & ownership mindset
Work Availability
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Competencies
- Engineering & Product Leadership
- Engineering technical Strategy, Roadmap & Execution
- Product & Platform Strategy
- Operating Model & Org Design
- Org Transformation, Scaling & Talent Strategy
- Engineering Excellence, Architecture Governance & Delivery Governance
- KPI Frameworks, Reporting & Performance Management
- Cloud, Platform & AI
- Cloud & Platform Modernization
- DevOps, SRE, AIOps & Automation
- FinOps & Cost Optimization Strategy
- AI/ML Integration & Intelligent Automation
- Risk, Security & Compliance Governance
- Platform reliability
- Execution, Delivery & Stakeholder Management
- Delivery Excellence & Program Governance
- Stakeholder Management & Executive Engagement
- Vendor & Partner Management
- Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Governance
Affiliations
- OpenStack
- Open Compute
- SNIA
- CNCF