Ravi Kankanala

I am a principal cloud and AI infrastructure leader with 16+ years of experience architecting scalable, secure, and cost-optimized data platforms across AWS and GCP. With a generalist mindset and a proven track record of execution, I specialize in unifying infrastructure, MLOps, and data science to enable high-performance computing and real-time analytics at petabyte scale. My career has been defined by repeatedly taking ideas from zero to one, products concept to launch, translating complexity into resilient, production-grade platforms. At Netskope, I shaped the cloud architecture and SRE strategy across four product lines, driving automation that cut incident volume, reduced on-call fatigue, and accelerated deployment velocity. In this role, I served as the right hand to senior engineering leadership influenced the company’s GCP adoption strategy, designed scalable cloud-native data infrastructure leveraging Kafka and ClickHouse, and delivered systems capable of processing terabytes of data per day. Previously at Bayer(Monsanto), architected Location360 from ground up creating a multi-cloud(AWS, GCP) platform that still processes billions of spatial records globally, supporting precision agriculture and climate modeling at multi-petabyte scale. At Xlabs, I headed the data engineering and analytics practice, leading large-scale transformation initiatives for global clients. In this role, I managed both first-line teams (direct reports) and second-line managers, balancing strategic direction with execution oversight. Earlier in my career at Ericsson, I tackled massive telecom data challenges, building reliable systems for high-volume network analytics. I catalyze innovation at the intersection of technology and people driving open-source collaboration and igniting systems that balance governance, cost efficiency, and scale. My experience spans SaaS security,