Sriram Gonella — VP of Engineering
Delivery Director & Head of Engineering with 20+ years building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations. Currently open to Delivery Head, Director of Engineering, VP Delivery, Head of Engineering, and Senior Delivery Director roles in Bangalore (open to relocate). I've led engineering organizations of 80-120 engineers across multiple squads, delivering cloud-native platforms, web applications, and APIs for Fortune 500 clients in Retail, CPG, Supply Chain, and Telecom. My teams have built platforms serving 12M+ users processing $1B+ in transactions. What I bring to engineering leadership: Engineering Scale: Led multi-squad engineering orgs (80-120 engineers) across onsite-offshore models. Full P&L ownership for $10M+ portfolios. Improved delivery margins by 15%. Platform & Cloud: Drove platform modernization to microservices on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Experience with React, Node.js, Kubernetes, serverless architectures, and API-first design. AI/ML Integration: Championed GenAI adoption (OpenAI, TensorFlow, HuggingFace, AWS Bedrock) across engineering teams. Built AI-powered product features and developer productivity tools. Delivery Excellence: Improved on-time delivery from 60% to 90%. Reduced production incidents by 25%. Established CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and observability frameworks. Culture & Talent: Built engineering cultures of trust, innovation, and continuous improvement. Established CoEs, upskilling programs, and technical leadership pipelines. CSPO, ITIL V3, Azure AI certified. Recognized with Best Team of the Year (2019) and Best Project of the Year (2022, 2024). IIM Kozhikode (Senior Management Program) | B.Tech, JNTU Open to: Delivery Head, Director of Engineering, VP Delivery, Head of Engineering, Senior Delivery Manager, Engineering Director, Program Director roles. Let's connect: sriramgonella99@gmail.com | +91 7411767597
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Telecom expert with strong leadership in AI/ML and cloud-native solutions.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 20 yrs 2 mos
Skills
- Ai/ml Integration
- Platform & Cloud
- Delivery Excellence
- Project Management
- Agile Methodologies
- Digital Transformation
- Mobile Application Development
- Client Delivery
- Software Development
- Business Analysis
- Product Development
Career Highlights
- Led engineering organizations of 80-120 engineers.
- Improved on-time delivery from 60% to 90%.
- Championed GenAI adoption across engineering teams.
Work Experience
QuantumLayer Platform
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Mindsprint
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Lionbridge
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EC Software
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Encapsulate systems
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Mavenir
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Mindteck
Senior Analyst (10 mos)
Siemens Technology India
Associate Consultant (2 yrs 4 mos)
Education
Senior Management Programme at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Bachelor's Degree at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University