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Sreenivas Mandalam

Sreenivas Mandalam

Bangalore

Summary

Technology leader with extensive experience in digital transformation, focusing on cloud migration and AI integration. Demonstrated success in building high-performing teams and ensuring security compliance while delivering innovative SaaS solutions. Expertise in aligning technical vision with corporate strategy to drive substantial business growth.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

DIRECTOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

ANTS APPLIED DATA SCIENCE PVT LTD.
04.2016 - Current
  • Facilitated startups' digital transformation through cloud migration, AI/ML integration, and big data analytics.
  • Developed AI-driven systems such as generative AI chat solutions and personalized e-commerce recommender engines.
  • Leveraged agentic AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to optimize workflows and enhance business performance.
  • Directed design and implementation of IoT platform for solar power aggregators, ensuring scalability.
  • Aligned technical vision with corporate strategy to deliver innovative, reliable solutions.
  • Built high-performing teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and a culture of agility.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate technology and business strategies, driving revenue growth.
  • Communicated complex technology strategies to executives and stakeholders for informed decision-making.

VP OF ENGINEERING (DEV, QA AND DEVOPS)

DBSYNC INC
11.2021 - 02.2024
  • Engineering Leadership & Strategic Vision: Led the Engineering, QA, and DevOps teams in the integration and replication platform space, delivering innovative SaaS and on-demand services.
  • Empowered customers seamlessly connect SaaS, cloud, and on-premise applications with Integration-as-a-Service solutions, eliminating complex software and appliance maintenance. Delivered scalable and cost-effective solutions that reduced traditional integration costs, addressing data challenges across industries.
  • Technical Delivery Excellence: Provided leadership in engineering execution with a focus on predictability, sustainability, and aligning development with the company's strategic goals. Delivered secure, high-performance systems, driving AI-powered automation and generative AI solutions to optimize workflows and enhance business outcomes.
  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Built and led high-performing, cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. Mentored team members to ensure consistent commitment to excellence while cultivating a startup mentality focused on agility and growth. Drove teams to deliver AI-driven solutions that met both customer needs and strategic objectives.
  • Security Leadership: As Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), successfully completed SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA security audits. Ensured integration of security best practices across all platforms to maintain compliance and safeguard company systems.

DIRECTOR PROJECTS AND DELIVERY

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
04.2014 - 03.2016
  • Managed offshore engagements for Apple Inc., Horizon Healthcare, and Scantron, leading teams of Associate Directors, Delivery Managers, and Senior Architects.
  • Oversaw resource mobilization, talent acquisition, and attrition management to foster product ownership culture.
  • Implemented incremental Proofs of Concept alongside Apple managers, identifying growth opportunities in Employee Systems, Big Data, and R&D initiatives.
  • Engaged senior architects to provide expertise in User Experience Design and frameworks like AngularJS and iOS Swift.
  • Recommended solutions addressing non-functional requirements such as Performance and Security while driving rapid prototyping.
  • Strengthened client engagement through RFP responses, roadmap discussions, and hackathons.
  • Delivered 30-60-90-day innovation plans focused on automation, analytics, and middleware enhancements.
  • Established engineering quality metrics and automated processes using tools like Splunk and Jenkins.

CHIEF ARCHITECT

MERITTRAC SERVICES PVT. LTD.
05.2011 - 12.2013
  • Led team in Architecture & Design, Development & Support, and Project Life Cycle management.
  • Managed all aspects of Project Life Cycle and Product Development Cycle functions.
  • Spearheaded review and enforcement of engineering best practices and open-source technologies during Architecture & Design phase.
  • Oversaw technical team building through hiring, training, and motivation, while developing platform architecture for products/services.
  • Delivered service desk, desktop, application support, voice/data communications, and datacenter facilities management across APAC region.
  • Planned regional technology refresh programs and negotiated commercial agreements.
  • Provided solution architecture guidance to internal project teams on Engineering and Process automation projects involving Remedy/Java.
  • Sustained strong business relationships with clients and vendors while facilitating cross-functional coordination.

ARCHITECT

YAHOO INDIA
Bangalore
08.2008 - 07.2010
  • Accountable to lead the development & delivery of various online tools/widgets for developers of e-Commerce facilities.
  • Managed products, quality and operations across geographies to ensure robust deployment, security, quality, interoperability and maximize reuse.
  • Responsible for overall product development, architecture, security, security audits, reliability, fault tolerance and open software development.
  • Involved in architectural/design changes & releases, development of standards/process/procedures related to application security, upgrade management, capacity planning, deployment, performance, monitoring, fault tolerance/failover, statistics and disaster recovery.
  • Established highly talented, effective and flexible team for overseas transition of projects, through guidance, mentoring and technical support.

Software Engineer

CISCO SYSTEMS
PARSIPPANY
05.2003 - 01.2007
  • Contributed to design and development of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) stack for call signaling, Edge Proxy server, and interface module for authentication, authorization, QOS, and charging

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Osmania University
Hyderabad, India
05-1989

Skills

  • Leadership and team development
  • AI and LLM expertise
  • Security compliance and DevOps
  • Cloud migration strategies
  • IoT design
  • SaaS implementation
  • Team management

Publications

  • Applications of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Determine the Maximum Utility of a Route - The Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics, Vol.8, No.1, 2000
  • Estimation of Parameters and the Interval of Confidence in Transportation Problems by Triangular Fuzzy Numbers over Internet Using Java Programming - 8th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR), July 1998
  • Transportation Problem - An Algebraic Approach via Matrices - International Conference on Algebra and its Applications, November 1997
  • Independent Node and Process Recovery in Message Passing Distributed Systems - 3rd International Conference on High Performance Computing, IEEE Computer Society, December 1996
  • A Model for Garbage Collection in Distributed Systems - Aizu International Symposium on Parallel Algorithm/Architecture Synthesis, IEEE Computer Society Press, March 1995
  • Recovery from Persistent Process Failures in Distributed Systems - Southern Regional Conference, Computer Society of India, June 1994
  • Recovery in Distributed Systems Using Message Logging and Checkpointing - Conference on Management of Data, COMAD92, December 1992
  • Implementation of Transaction Commit Protocol for a Distributed System - Indian Computing Congress, ICC91, December 1991

Other Engagements

  • UBS, New York, USA, Technical Consultant, 07/2007, 07/2008
  • Thomson FINANCIALS INC, New Jersey, USA, Asst. Vice President, 03/2007, 07/2007
  • Qualcomm, Campbell, CA, USA, Messaging Architect Consultant, 04/2002, 05/2003
  • Sylantro Systems, Campbell, CA, USA, Architect, 02/2000, 10/2001
  • Talarian Corporation, Mountain View, CA, USA, SSE, 08/1998, 01/2000
  • MCI Corporation, Colorado, USA, Technical Consultant, 11/1997, 08/1998
  • Lucent Technologies India, Pune, Member of Technical Staff, 05/1996, 10/1997
  • Network Programs Inc, India, Member of Technical Staff, 09/1995, 04/1996
  • Delhi Institute of Technology, India, Visiting Associate Professor, 07/1993, 01/1995

Professional Highlights

  • Accomplished Senior Technical Leader with over 20+ years of experience in driving all phases of the Project Life Cycle, from initiation through feasibility, transition, and delivery.
  • Proven success in building and scaling engineering teams, including growing a team from 175 to 300 professionals in just 2 years.
  • With over a decade of experience working with Fortune 100 companies such as Yahoo, Cisco, TIBCO, Thomson Financials, and Qualcomm.
  • Adept at team development, combining strong motivational leadership with technical expertise.

Timeline

VP OF ENGINEERING (DEV, QA AND DEVOPS)

DBSYNC INC
11.2021 - 02.2024

DIRECTOR TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

ANTS APPLIED DATA SCIENCE PVT LTD.
04.2016 - Current

DIRECTOR PROJECTS AND DELIVERY

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
04.2014 - 03.2016

CHIEF ARCHITECT

MERITTRAC SERVICES PVT. LTD.
05.2011 - 12.2013

ARCHITECT

YAHOO INDIA
08.2008 - 07.2010

Software Engineer

CISCO SYSTEMS
05.2003 - 01.2007

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Osmania University

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