MURALI KRISHNA D

CTO

Cupertino, California, United States25 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

20+ years in engineering leadership roles.
Expert in cloud-based data platforms and AI solutions.
Proven track record in building high-performance teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and AI expert with a focus on digital transformation in enterprise environments.

Contact

mkrishdude@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ComputingAi And MlLeadershipDigital TransformationData PlatformsBig Data

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkAIAgile MethodologiesArchitectureArchitecturesBuilding great engineering teamsBusiness IntelligenceCloud DevelopmentData ScienceData ServicesData Warehouse ArchitectureDatabasesDesign PatternsDevOpsDistributed Systems

About

I am an Engineering Director at Apple, where I lead the Site and Head of Engineering for the Artificial Intelligence & Data Platforms(Data Platforms, Data Services, Data Apps, Insights, AI and ML) team. I have over 20 years of experience in building high-performance teams, modernizing data platforms, and delivering cloud-based solutions for various domains and industries. My mission is to enable business transformation and innovation through cutting-edge technology, data science, and machine learning. I am passionate about building role model engineering teams that can operate at both start-up and enterprise scale, and deliver world-class customer experience. I have completed the Chief Technology Officer Program at Haas School of Business, where I enriched my learning’s in technology strategy and leadership, large scale transformation and driving innovation. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT FOR SALES/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES/BUSINESS RELATED ENQUIRIES. ONLY HIRING/CAREER PROGRESSION related requests/queries.

Experience

Apple

2 roles

Engineering Director

Promoted

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Planet scale platforms leveraging Cloud, Data and AI (including Generative and Agentic AI)

Generative AICloud ComputingAI and ML

Engineering Director

Aug 2020 – Nov 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Site Lead & Head of Engineering - GBI
Building high-performance teams
Modernization of Data platforms
Building Petabyte scale cloud data platforms - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Real-time, batch, and predictive insights(Data Science and ML)
Engineering for scalability and performance (Petabytes)

StrategyManagementLeadershipDigital TransformationData ScienceMachine Learning

Gap inc.

Global Engineering Leader

Mar 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

Driving digital transformation using Cloud, Big Data and AI.
Cloud/PaaS/SaaS Implementations(Azure and OCI), Workday SaaS
E-Commerce/Online (Europe, UK, Japan and Emerging/Growth Markets)
Salesforce Commerce Cloud/Service Cloud, Oracle RMS/OMS/WMS SaaS
Big Data, Data Lakes, DW, ML & AI
Platforms modernization, Microservices
Engineering teams transformation to DevOps.
Hiring and growing engineering teams

StrategyManagementDigital TransformationBig DataAICloud Computing

Microsoft

3 roles

Senior Director of Software Engineering

Promoted

Mar 2014 – Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Proven Engineering Leader, with track record of building multiple high performing engineering teams with great culture. Building modern big data (Azure Data Lake and Open source) and integration platforms (micro services) to provide key insights and advanced analytics(ML & AI models) to multibillion dollar businesses. Leading a team of 200+ software engineers , architects, managers and SRE's(Service Reliability Engineers) and enabling DevOps to provide world class customer experience and innovation. Believe in building great culture of teams which can operate like start up as well as enterprise scale to delight the customer.

StrategyManagementDigital TransformationCloud ComputingBig Data