Years of Software Engineering experience
Suresh Grandhisiri
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Hyderabad,TS
Summary
Suresh Grandhisiri is a results-oriented engineering leader with 28+ years of strong experience in Platform and product engineering across SaaS/Cloud, AI, On-premise, and mobile apps across business domains such as Service Management, Networking, APM. Suresh led global product engineering teams (of size 200+) to deliver excellence in software products and innovation, leveraging deep technical expertise and architecture skills to enhance market reach and foster agile development environments. Suresh had a proven track record in leading, delivering, and achieving multi-million dollar revenues, optimizing team efficiency, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Overview
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Work History
Senior Director, Software Engineering
F5
01.2020 - Current
- Led the global product engineering of the Next Generation BIG-IP Platform, enhancing product offerings for both Enterprise and Service Provider market segments with a focus on Multi-cloud and Analytics, increasing the platform’s adoption and market reach.
- Spearheaded the design and development of BIG-IP Next, revolutionizing the upgrade process from hours to under 15min and application migration, resulting in positive feedback from customers and analysts and a 20% increase in customer adoption rates.
- Led the global product teams, overseeing the delivery of BIG-IP (serving 18,000+ customers), SaaS Platform, and Cloud Services, contributing to substantial customer base growth and product reliability.
- Led the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies into product development, resulting in a 25% improvement in software performance and a 20% increase in team productivity.
- Led the control plane for AI capabilities on DPUs for performance, security, and scalability, and in enabling Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for real-time integration of AI models.
Chief Technology Officer
Fractal Enterprises LLP
05.2019 - 12.2019
- Pioneered the development of a Natural Language-based Low-code solutions development platform (PaaS and IaaS), facilitating rapid product development and deployment, enhancing the company’s competitive edge in the market.
- Spearheaded the digital transformation initiative, by automating the development tools, processes, and CI/CD pipelines, which led to a 25% increase in process efficiency.
- Led the development and implementation of a distributed architecture, resulting in a 25% increase in system efficiency and a 20% reduction in operational costs.
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 04.2019
- Driven the initiative to transition Eloqua from SQL Server to Oracle, minimized the license cost savings by $1.5M; increase in database scalability and management by 10%, benefiting over 6000 customers.
- Led the scaling of Eloqua Forms Engine from handling 25K to 2M form submissions per hour, boosting the platform’s performance by >200%.
- Managed CRM integration improvements, scaling contact synchronization capacity from 10K to 3M contacts per hour, driving efficient customer data management, and boosting marketing campaigns’ effectiveness.
- Increased the customer satisfaction score by 10% through Sandbox Replication improvements, reducing customer escalations from 4/week to zero in less than 6 months, demonstrating a commitment to service excellence.
- Built from zero and led the global product team of 150+ employees, led the delivery of high priority projects on time and under budget by implementing Agile methodologies and continuous improvement.
Director, Software Engineering
CA Technologies
06.2006 - 08.2015
- Led the CA Service Desk, Cloud Service Management SaaS platform design & development, introduced agile practices and delivered incremental releases which further helped in early customer adoption.
- Driven the CA Asset Management & Discovery and Config Management for Cloud Service Management product, recognized as “Being strategic” by Gartner, highlighting innovation and strategic value to the enterprise.
- Launched the Social collaboration Product – CA Open Space, leading the effort from conception to market release, fostering enhanced collaborative capabilities within the enterprise.
- Created Mobile Apps framework and mobile apps for SM and CSM products, expanding the product’s reach and functionality on mobile platforms increases customer adoption by 30% for end user scenarios.
- Managed Wily Introscope Agents, and Powerpacks for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) that placed the product’s market leadership in APM solutions.
- Led the execution of product strategies, leading to a 20% increase in the efficiency of the software development lifecycle and a 30% increase in product time-to-market.
Technical Manager
Ness Technologies
06.2005 - 05.2006
- Led a cross-functional team of 25 engineers to deliver a new product feature that generated in a 30% increase in user engagement, achieving deployment three weeks ahead of schedule by adopting Agile methodologies.
- Led a diverse team of 25 members and completed a $200K cost-saving initiative by implementing open-source technologies and tools, increasing overall productivity by 20%.
- Led the design and implementation of strategies that resulted in a 10% reduction in project completion time and a savings of $50K annually.
Project Manager
Infosys
01.2005 - 05.2005
- Collaborated with external vendors to ensure successful integration of third-party solutions.
- Led the delivery of complex software project with strict adherence to deadlines and quality benchmarks, resulted in 95% of tasks completed on time and a 30% improvement in customer-reported satisfaction.
Technical Manager
Ness Technologies
07.2004 - 12.2004
- Led the redesign of the Portal software user experience and new product capabilities resulting in new customer adoption.
- Led the team of software engineers and achieved a 10% improvement in project delivery time.
- Collaborated with team members to identify and resolve product issues, resulting in a 25% reduction in downtime.
- Managed the successful deployment of a new portal software in production across 15 customers, achieving 20% of customer adoption targets in the first three months post-launch.
Senior Software Engineer
Seranova India Pvt Ltd
01.2001 - 06.2001
- Designed and coded the API layer that enabled data integration with external systems.
- Improved the application performance by refactoring code, improving database queries, and leveraging caching.
- Implemented unit tests and automated testing to increase code coverage by 25%.
Software Engineer
ProCommerce Technologies India Pvt Ltd
06.2000 - 12.2000
- Designed and developed a scalable web application that handled 50 concurrent users with minimal downtime.
- Implemented the unit test automation - increased code coverage to 30%, reducing the number of quality issues by 15%.
- Refactored and tuned the code and database queries for critical features, enhancing the query performance by 20%.
Software Engineer
Siva Systems
05.1997 - 06.2000
- Developed and maintained software in using Java, Oracle, and JavaScript.
- Improved database performance by 20% through query optimization and indexing.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering
Nagarjuna University
Post Graduation - Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
University of Texas
Austin, TX08.2020
Executive Global Business Management - undefined
Indian Institute of Management
11.2011
Skills
Java, Go
AI, ML, LLMs, RAG, ML Ops, AI Agents, MCP
Docker, Kubernetes, DevOps
Cloud Computing, SaaS Platform and Services
AWS
Observability, Telemetry, Microservices
Distributed Systems design
Collaborative Leadership
Verbal and written communication
Team Building and Motivation
Culture Transformation
Team building abilities
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Telugu
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Senior Director, Software Engineering
F5
01.2020 - Current
Chief Technology Officer
Fractal Enterprises LLP
05.2019 - 12.2019
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2015 - 04.2019
Director, Software Engineering
CA Technologies
06.2006 - 08.2015
Technical Manager
Ness Technologies
06.2005 - 05.2006
Project Manager
Infosys
01.2005 - 05.2005
Technical Manager
Ness Technologies
07.2004 - 12.2004
Senior Software Engineer
Seranova India Pvt Ltd
01.2001 - 06.2001
Software Engineer
ProCommerce Technologies India Pvt Ltd
06.2000 - 12.2000
Software Engineer
Siva Systems
05.1997 - 06.2000
Post Graduation - Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
University of Texas
Executive Global Business Management - undefined
Indian Institute of Management
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering
Nagarjuna University