Kirti Gani

Cloud Platform Product Development Program Director @IBM

Austin, TX, US

Leading a large WW development organization (175+) for Cloud Developer Tools providing key competitive capabilities across the overall Developer Experience including Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration for the Software Development Lifecycle, Build/Package Management for IBM, Push Notifications and Platform Site Reliability- Broader leadership responsibilities for Platform organization including leading 2021 budget planning for all PaaS for managing operating budget across Development, Product Management & Finance towards revenue plan and profitability targets- Focal for IBM Cloud PaaS (1600+ staff worldwide) Covid Pandemic business continuity handling, response with responsibilities on organizing plans for engagement and handling Employee & Service impacts- Integration Executive for Spanugo acquisition to accelerate Cloud Platform Security Compliance portfolio competitiveness in 2020. Fastest acquisition from due diligence to feature integration/availability also done fully virtual due to global pandemic highlighted in IBM 3Q 2020 earnings report- Led strategic project for improving subscription revenue stream with delivery of bundled cloud products in 2019 working across product management, sales and business unit senior executive leadership that led to increases in subscription deals closed- Security and Compliance leader across Cloud Platform to ensure successful audit certifications (ISO27K, SOC2, PCI, IBM Internal Corporate Audit) and organizing reporting structure to the GM level- Driving cross organization executive communications including Quarterly All-Hands meetings and emcee/panelist for Ask Me Anything sessions on technical topics impacting across the broader development/design/product management teams.

The University of Texas at Austin

B.A., Economics