Sreenivas Makam — CTO

Business focused, Engineering & Technology Leader, with 22 + years of experience spanning, software design & development, product ownership, solution architecture with some of most well reputed technology companies (Google, Cisco and Ericsson Datacom) and high growth Gaming, EdTech & Networking startups (KGeN, BYJU’s, Circadiant Systems, Cratos). 14+ years leading business & customer-focused tech teams, delivering complex technology solutions and successful product lines. Known as a thought leader, and a mentor that has led global mandates across USA, APAC & ME owning product patents and leading cross functional, diverse teams spanning B2B, B2C, gaming, EdTech, Telco/Networking and Private/Public cloud. Recognized for an innate ability to build a culture of high performance, customer centricity and innovation among engineering teams. Current Role - Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Founding team member at KGeN (Jan, 23 - present) At KGeN, built the technology organization from the ground up and scaled ARR from 0 to $50M+ across AI, gaming, loyalty, and e-commerce verticals. The KGeN community now spans India, Southeast Asia, and Brazil, enabling global distribution and engagement. Currently driving the development of a verified distribution protocol leveraging blockchain to power trusted ecosystems in AI and gaming. Career Snapshot ❖ Chief Technology Officer (CTO) - KGeN ❖ Senior Director of Engineering - BYJU's ❖ Customer Engineer - Application Modernization Practice Lead, GCP India - Google ❖ Partner Solution Architect – Google Cloud ❖ Senior Engineering Manager - Cisco Systems ❖ Technical Lead - Cisco Systems ❖ Start Up Experience, USA - (ACC, Cratos Network, Circadiant Systems) Select Highlights ❖ Cisco - Created Cisco Private Cloud (UCS) Networking charter for India and developed industry’s first MPLS-TP platform. ❖ Google Cloud - Setup Practice Charter for Application Modernization business in India. ❖ BYJU’s – Expanded Early Learning Business across North America & LATAM regions. Thought Leadership ❖ Author of the book titled “Mastering CoreOS”, published in 2016 as well as Technical reviewer for multiple books ❖ Docker Captain responsible for evangelizing Docker (2015-18) Patents ❖ Cisco – Sharing a single timestamp engine (Precision time protocol) across different networking protocols. (https://patents.google.com/patent/US8837473B2/en) ❖ Google Cloud - Selective Content Masking For Collaborative Computing (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US425304876&_cid=P12-LTWH9N-99938-7)

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader in EdTech, Gaming, and Cloud Computing.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 26 yrs 9 mos

Career Highlights

Built technology organization from scratch at KGeN.
Expanded BYJU's business across North America and LATAM.
Developed industry's first MPLS-TP platform at Cisco.

Work Experience

Kratos Gaming Network

CTO (3 yrs 3 mos)

BYJU'S

Senior Director Of Engineering (1 yr)

Google

Customer Engineer, Application Modernisation Practise Lead, GCP India (11 mos)

Customer Engineer, Application modernisation specialist (1 yr)

Partner Solution Architect (2 yrs)

Docker, Inc

Docker Captain (2 yrs 5 mos)

Cisco

Growth Path: Manager / Senior Engineering Manager (6 yrs 9 mos)

Technical Leader (1 yr 1 mo)

Software Engineer (3 yrs 7 mos)

Circadiant Systems

Technical Lead (3 yrs 8 mos)

Cratos Networks

Senior Embedded Software Engineer (2 yrs)

ACC(Ericsson)

Embedded Software Engineer (2 yrs)

Education

MS at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

B.E at College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai

Sreenivas Makam

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India26 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Built technology organization from scratch at KGeN.
Expanded BYJU's business across North America and LATAM.
Developed industry's first MPLS-TP platform at Cisco.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology leader in EdTech, Gaming, and Cloud Computing.

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Other Skills

Embedded SystemsEthernetDevice DriversEmbedded SoftwareRTOSCTCP/IPDebuggingSNMPProduct ManagementQoSHardwareNetwork VirtualizationOpendaylightOpenstack

About

Experience

26 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs

Average Tenure

3 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Kratos gaming network

CTO

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

❖ Successfully led the mandate to build the technology and architecture team from scratch and expanded the business to SEA, MiddleEast and Brazil regions.
❖ Recognized for strategic leadership in developing multiple revenue generating verticals like Gamer Engagement, Campaigns for Game studios and the Ecommerce portal. This resulted in achieving substantial growth in the revenue.
❖ Reporting to CEO and responsible for engaging with key stakeholders including technology partners and investors.

Byju's

Senior Director Of Engineering

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

❖ Led engineering for BYJU'S Early Learning Product lines.
❖ Responsible for Technology Vision and Roadmap, Execution and Delivery, Release Management, Quality Control and Team Success.
❖ Jointly responsible for Product Strategy, Customer Success and Business Expansion.

Google

3 roles

Customer Engineer, Application Modernisation Practise Lead, GCP India

Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 11 mos

❖ Led the Application Modernisation Solution Strategy, Execution and GTM which resulted in expanding India business by 3X over 1.5 years.
❖ Played a vital role as a solution specialist that included Application Architecture and Deployment, Container Technologies, Kubernetes, DevOps, and Serverless.
❖ Captured large digital-native and traditional customer deals across Retail, BFSI and Manufacturing sectors.

Customer Engineer, Application modernisation specialist

Dec 2019 – Dec 2020 · 1 yr

Partner Solution Architect

Nov 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs

❖ As Core Member of Google Cloud India team, Created GCP partner technical ecosystem, scaling partners from 3 to 15 within 1.5 years.
❖ Provided technical evangelisation and developer advocacy in the areas of Application modernisation, Data Analytics and ML technologies.

Docker, inc

Docker Captain

Oct 2015 – Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Evangelizing Docker technologies across the Technology community.

Cisco

3 roles

Growth Path: Manager / Senior Engineering Manager

Jan 2011 – Oct 2017 · 6 yrs 9 mos

❖ Led the mandate to set up Cisco’s Private Cloud (UCS) Networking charter for India. Successfully delivered a revenue increase 4x times. Reported to Director – Cloud Computing BU, USA
❖ Expanded the UCS Private Cloud team from 5 engineers to 35 engineers within a span of 1.5 years comprising Developers & Testers with core focus on Networking stack and Middleware layers for Private Cloud management.
❖ Successfully implemented Agile hiring practices, Mentored team members whilst establishing a dynamic culture among them.

Technical Leader

Promoted

Nov 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 1 mo

❖ Developed the industry's first MPLS-TP platform (CPT), which solved a unique challenge of handling both TDM(SONET) and Data with the smallest industry form factor.
❖ Responsible for leading software and data path architecture and filed multiple patents as part of this project.
❖ Successfully launched the CPT product from concept till Go to market within a year in collaboration with Product, Engineering and Marketing teams. Was recognized for the launch within Cisco leadership and in the industry.

Software Engineer

Mar 2006 – Oct 2009 · 3 yrs 7 mos

❖ Played a pivotal role in designing and coding L2 packet forwarding features for Metro Optical Switch and Routers.
❖ Accountable for Software Development and Deployment for major releases.