Krishna Kumarakalva

About Krishna Kumarakalva

Seasoned technology executive and enterprise architect with 25+ years of experience leading large-scale digital transformation, data platform modernization, and engineering organizations across Fortune 100 and high-growth companies. Recognized for shaping long-term technology roadmaps, modernizing legacy platforms, and delivering mission-critical solutions in marketing technology, telecom, healthcare, and financial services.Currently leading the technical strategy and modernization of IBM’s Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) within the CIO office — driving platform evolution, business alignment, operational excellence, and future-ready transformation at enterprise scale.Previously served as Vice President of Marketing Technology at Data Axle, owning the product roadmap, engineering, and client delivery for a $70M+ analytics PaaS serving global enterprise brands. Led a global team of 100+ while modernizing cloud, big data, ML, and API architectures, and steering multi-year enterprise relationships with Fortune 500 clients.Built a strong foundation in earlier leadership roles at Mobile Messenger, Verisign, UpToDate, and XIUS, where I delivered major data center migrations, modernized large-scale OLTP and EDW systems, engineered high-availability architectures, and led multiple cross-functional engineering teams. Known for repeatedly transforming legacy applications into scalable, cloud-enabled platforms and driving measurable improvements in performance, cost, and customer experience.I bring a blend of strategic vision and hands-on technical leadership, with a consistent track record of building high-performing teams, elevating engineering maturity, and enabling organizations to compete through data, automation, and modern cloud technologies.

Experience

1. Enterprise Architect

   IBM

   Oct 2020 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Accountable for shaping and executing the technical roadmap for the IBM Marketing Automation Platform (MAP) within the CIO office, ensuring efficient business-as-usual operations, ongoing platform development, and comprehensive modernization efforts. Focused on driving transformation initiatives, strategic planning, and optimizing the platform to meet evolving business needs and technology standards, with full responsibility for continuous improvement and future readiness

Skills

• Cloudera
• Agile Methodologies
• Integration
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Unica Campaign
• Saas
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Software Project Management
• Database Marketing
• Sql
• Linux
• Soa
• Amazon Redshift
• Databases
• Data Warehousing
• Hadoop
• Mysql
• Unix
• Enterprise Architecture