Bibhu Ashish Panda

About Bibhu Ashish Panda

With 22+ years of experience across cloud transformation, IT consulting, BFSI modernization, and leadership mentoring, I operate at the intersection of technology strategy, business value creation, and people enablement.I currently lead high-performance teams delivering mission-critical cloud initiatives — spanning Kubernetes, Istio, EKS, and containerization — for some of the world\'s largest banking and financial services institutions. My approach combines technical depth with business alignment, ensuring solutions that are scalable, secure, and impactful.What sets me apart is my ability to think and act strategically across domains — not just executing change, but shaping it. Whether it’s:Simplifying AI and prompt engineering for business usersGuiding cross-functional teams through cloud-native transformationsAnalyzing macro trends for an investment community I co-lead— I bring clarity, structure, and vision to complexity.Beyond technology, I am deeply passionate about mentoring and coaching. I have trained technologists, ex-bankers, and sales professionals on emerging technologies and leadership thinking. I also conduct hands-on sessions on AI, prompt engineering, and strategic communication, helping professionals future-proof their careers. What I BringStrategic leadership across Cloud, AI, BFSI, and ConsultingTeam building and mentorship with empathy and clarityBusiness–technology alignment at scaleStorytelling that bridges technology, value, and visionThoughtful investment and macroeconomic analysis Exploring Opportunities To:Take on CXO roles in organizations driving digital reinventionPartner on strategic advisory or AI/cloud transformation venturesCollaborate on thought leadership, podcasts, or executive educationLet’s connect if you’re building something bold — in cloud, consulting, AI, or leadership enablement.

Experience

1. Principal Consultant

   Infosys

   Sep 2021 — Present

   Led cloud-native infrastructure deployments for Finacle banking solutions across AWS and GCP, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant environments for multiple global banking clients.Designed and implemented multi-tenant Kubernetes architectures leveraging VPC isolation, namespace segregation, and Istio service mesh for secure east-west traffic and advanced routing.Established enterprise-grade landing zones with standardized network, identity, and security baselines aligned to RBI and global banking compliance frameworks.Architected high-availability clusters with multi-AZ failover, autoscaling (HPA/VPA), and disaster recovery strategies achieving RPO ≤ 15 mins and RTO ≤ 60 mins.Implemented advanced security controls including IAM/RBAC, mTLS, KMS encryption, network policies, and secrets rotation for zero-trust environments.Drove observability and SRE practices using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for real-time monitoring of golden signals (latency, traffic, errors, saturation).Optimized cloud costs through FinOps practices, including rightsizing, reserved instances, and automated non-prod shutdowns, reducing infra spend by up to XX%.Enabled GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD/Flux) with policy enforcement, canary deployments, and automated rollback for risk-controlled releases.Managed connectivity for banking clients via secure VPN/Direct Connect, private endpoints, and API gateways ensuring low-latency and compliant integrations.Delivered audit-ready governance with documented runbooks, change logs, and compliance evidence for regulatory and client audits.Partnered with senior technology leaders to define cloud strategy, performance baselines, and multi-bank hosting models for Finacle modules (Core, CDH, OE Payments, Trade Finance).

Education

• Sainik School Bhubaneswar

  Intermediate

  1989 — 1996

• National Institute of Technology Rourkela

  Bachelore of Engineering, Chemical Enginnering

  1998 — 2002

• IIT Delihi

  Certification in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

  2014 — 2014

• PMI

  PMP, Project Management

  2013

• Http://Www.scrumstudy.com/

  Scrum Fundamental Certified, Agile methodologies

  2014

• ICFAI,Dehradun

  MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2011

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

  Other, Certificate of Business Excellence, Executive Education

  2016 — 2017