Shashidhar Bomma — CEO
EXECUTIVE PROFILE Senior technology and platform leader with 25+ years of experience building, scaling, and governing enterprise-grade cloud data platforms. Proven record of leading multi-year platform transformations, defining lifecycle and EoL governance for managed database services, and scaling high-performing global engineering organizations. Trusted partner to Product, PMT, Finance, and Executive leadership for GA readiness, profitability, risk reduction, and customer outcomes across IBM Cloud. EXECUTIVE IMPACT • Platform Governance & Lifecycle Strategy: Owned database version lifecycle and EoL strategy across Elasticsearch and MongoDB balancing rapid supplier release cadences with enterprise customer upgrade commitments. • Risk & Compliance Leadership: Established quarterly EoL governance, 12‐month customer notification standards, and controls to minimize support of vendor‐unsupported versions, strengthening security posture and operational predictability. • Large-Scale Re-platforming: Worked with executive sponsor for IBM Cloud Data Services migration from Classic to VPC, aligning architecture, cost models, and customer migration strategy. • Business Growth & Profitability: Drove platform adoption and expansion resulting in billable growth across strategic enterprise accounts while delivering cost optimization aligned to cloud profitability goals. • Organizational Scale: Built and scaled India Cloud Data Services organization from 3 to 40+ engineers, creating a durable leadership pipeline supporting GA delivery and long-term roadmap execution.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Services expert with a strong focus on database management and engineering leadership.
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Experience: 28 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Cloud Computing
- Database Management
- Architecture Design
- Governance Strategy
- Flash Storage
- Storage Management
- Operating Systems
Career Highlights
- Led multi-year platform transformations at IBM Cloud.
- Scaled engineering teams from 3 to 40+ engineers.
- Drove significant growth in enterprise platform adoption.
Work Experience
IBM
Cloud Data Platform for Data Services Manager (10 yrs 5 mos)
HARMAN International
Engineering Technical Development Manager (2 yrs 6 mos)
NetApp
Engineering Technical Development Manager (3 yrs 6 mos)
SanDisk
Software Engineer (1 yr 4 mos)
IBM
Advisory Software Engineer (4 yrs 11 mos)
Software Engineer (2 yrs 11 mos)
IBM Canada
Software Engineer (1 yr 9 mos)
IBM India Private Limited
Software Engineer (10 mos)
Education
at National Institute of Technology Calicut