Krishnakanth Govindaraju

About Krishnakanth Govindaraju

With a strong focus on AI innovation and close collaboration with C-suite leadership, I am excited to take on the role of Head of AI & Cloud Product Development at Tata Communications, where I will be leading the development of Tata Vayu, India’s first purpose-built hyperscaler. This platform will harness the power of Cloud and AI to drive scalable, transformative solutions for enterprises globally.Previously, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating closely with C-suite leadership and product managers to drive AI innovations at Freshworks, powering billions of tokens monthly. I also led large-scale distributed systems in Semantic & Lexical Search and Observability offerings. At Oracle, I contributed to developing the OCI Database-as-a-Service offering, further honing my expertise in scalable cloud-native systems.Passionate about engineering excellence, I am committed to building high-performing, employee-first teams that follow the ethos of family—where trust, care, and innovation thrive together.

Experience

1. Head of Product & Engineering Development- Tata Vayu Cloud

   Tata Communications

   Jan 2026 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  B.E (Hons) Computer Science , and M.Sc (Hons) Economics

  2004 — 2009

• UCLA Anderson School of Management

  MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2020 — 2021

Skills

• Distributed Systems
• C
• Xml
• React Native
• Jsp
• Oracle
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Javascript
• Software Development
• Python
• Javaserver Pages (Jsp)
• Unix
• Sql
• Linux
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Architecture
• React.js
• Object Oriented Perl
• Pl/Sql
• Program Management
• Junit
• Data Structures
• Shell Scripting
• Java
• Agile Methodologies
• Mobile Applications