Vasanta Illindala — CTO
Seasoned Technology leader with 23+ years of enriching experience in United States and India with a wealth of expertise and a strong Track record in building large-scale platforms and applications in Distributed Systems. o Demonstrated expertise in building systems for horizontal & vertical scaling with highest standards of performance and user trust. o Transformative Technology Leader driving innovation and fuelling growth though successful hackathon ideas evolving into extensive greenfield projects. o Accomplished Leader grooming talents, cultivating careers and scaling teams, with a track record of nurturing 70+ members and developing 6 in-house EMs. Empathetic advocate for team well-being and development o Promoter of cross pollination culture of ideas, perspectives and skills leading to creativity, collaboration and breakthrough results o Site Lead Instrumental in driving autonomy and empowerment through independent, cross-disciplinary Teams in the Technology domain. o Experienced in shaping organizational and Engineering vision for Strategic Success. o Instrumental in establishing effective site level Talent acquisition Strategies for Critical hiring and Diversity initiatives. o Strong champion of Diversity and Inclusion, driving a thriving, inclusive and equitable workplace culture. Conceptualized India wide D&I initiative uReturn (returnee-ship program) since its inception in the most scalable way, which was adopted globally. Conducted speed mentoring sessions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader in the SaaS industry with expertise in distributed systems and team management.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 25 yrs 4 mos
Skills
- Cloud Technologies
- Distributed Systems
- It Strategy
- Software Development
- Team Management
- System Integration
Career Highlights
- 23+ years of experience in technology leadership
- Expert in building scalable distributed systems
- Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion initiatives
Work Experience
Uber
Sr. Engineering Leader (4 yrs 10 mos)
Leader, Technical Program Management for Payments, Risk, Fintech & Customer Obsession orgs (2 yrs 7 mos)
MobileIron
Director of Engineering (5 yrs 5 mos)
Engineering Manager (2 yrs 4 mos)
Citrix Systems
Staff Engineer, Security and Acceleration Group (2 yrs 5 mos)
Juniper Networks
Sr Engineer & Sustenance Team Lead (2 yrs 6 mos)
Symantec
SQA Engineer, (2 yrs 9 mos)
Nortel Networks
Software Automation Engineer (2 yrs 5 mos)
Education
MS at Kansas State University
BTech at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University College of Engineering, Hyderabad
at Sri Vidya Higher Secondary School