Vetted Cloud-Native Architecture Professionals

Thomas Douaihy

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive CIO/CDO/CTO specializing in digital transformation, data/AI, and cloud modernization

Florida/Missouri34y exp

“Operations/process improvement leader with executive experience at Nestlé Purina, applying Lean/value stream mapping to improve IT service response times and user satisfaction. Led the integration of Merrick Pet Food into Purina, addressing scaling constraints by redesigning outdated processes. Also served as a technology mentor to the Purina executive team/CEO to improve decision-making on technology investments.”

“Technology leader from Franklin Templeton who modernized wealth management tech by launching client-facing digital web/mobile experiences via a phased data-warehouse-to-real-time strategy, while aligning internal CRM visibility for front office teams. Scaled an engineering org from 15 to ~250 (15 teams) and drove a shift from waterfall to Agile with microservices/micro-frontends and Jira-based transparency to improve delivery velocity.”

Padmaja Tyada

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive engineering leader specializing in cloud, AI, and FinTech platforms

San Jose, CA25y exp

“Engineering leader with experience scaling teams from 25 to 60+ and delivering both enterprise platform modernization and AI-native product innovation. At Experian, he led an AWS transformation of a high-volume credit platform serving 250M+ consumers, achieving 10x performance gains and 30% cost reduction; at Channel Core, he built AI-powered creator tools using OpenAI and RAG that improved adoption and personalized outreach outcomes.”

“Senior engineering/technology leader who has defined and delivered a multi-year roadmap to modernize platforms and embed AI, leading global teams through cloud-native and microservices migrations on AWS/Azure. Demonstrated measurable outcomes including 99.99% uptime, 40% fewer incidents, 25% faster delivery, 5x scalability, and $30M in new business opportunities, while scaling a 100+ person distributed org with strong OKR-driven execution and mentorship culture.”

Nicholas Ogura

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Executive Platform & Security Engineering leader specializing in multi-cloud Kubernetes and FinTech

San Diego County, USA18y exp

“Startup-focused infrastructure/security leader who stepped into head of engineering and re-platformed an entire product end-to-end in 3 months to meet launch. In crypto/fintech, recognized the market-data system as an ETL/data product and rebuilt it as a separable, securely accessible platform—prompting inbound interest within a week—while advocating an open-source-first observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana/Loki) to avoid vendor lock-in.”

michael avrahamov

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI-first SaaS and cloud platforms

San Francisco Bay Area, CA22y exp

“Senior engineering executive who operated as an org-level CTO at both ServiceNow and Oracle, leading global teams up to 150 engineers and driving cloud-native, multi-tenant platform architecture. Particularly strong in observability, streaming systems, and security, with experience delivering large-scale systems ingesting data from millions of agents while building high-performing, high-DORA engineering organizations.”

“Fintech product builder focused on AI-native opportunities; recently helped their company operationalize LLMs in customer service and bank ops by creating systems to continuously improve prompts and evaluations. Also drove growth by identifying hooks in a major American retailer distribution channel and integrating into the retailer’s payment flows to become a key part of the user funnel.”

Gowtham Sai Reddy Maddireddy

Screened

Mid Software Engineer specializing in AI platforms and backend systems

USA3y exp

“Built and shipped AI-powered enterprise search and workflow automation features end to end across React/TypeScript, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and OpenAI/LangChain. Demonstrates practical production experience with RAG, FAISS, monitoring, and human-in-the-loop safeguards, with reported gains of 35% faster response times and 50% higher automation efficiency.”

Arijit Das

Screened

Executive engineering leader specializing in AI, cloud, and FinTech transformation

Dallas, TX20y exp

“Fintech operator at Upstart with hands-on experience in lending underwriting and verification automations, now developing a fully automated HELOC product aimed at reducing funding timelines from 30-45 days to 5 days. Brings strong market conviction in the HELOC space and has already spoken with fintech investors interested in a white-label solution for banks and credit unions.”

RAMAKRISHNA JULURI

Screened

Executive Technology Leader (SVP/VP/CTO) specializing in cloud-native platforms and AI modernization

Seattle, WA28y exp

“Engineering leader with experience across MSCI (Index business), Microsoft Teams (callings/meetings), and MSN Weather. Has led business-aligned roadmaps, scaled orgs (including an ~80-person Teams org during COVID demand surge), and delivered Azure-based, multi-region architectures achieving ~2000 RPS and 99.9% availability with improved RTO/RPO.”