Krishna Prabhu

About Krishna Prabhu

Director @ IBM with years of Systems software experienceWhat have I to offer :• Track record of driving product deliveries and achieving successful business results.• Thought leadership in planning, strategizing, managing crisis & risk for both new and established products.• Flair for new technology and process adoption to challenge status-quo.• Pragmatic leadership and hands-on contributions to build high performance and motivated teams.• Adept at building stakeholder rapport and confidence with excellent communication practices.• Demonstrated leadership in driving initiatives beyond the direct sphere of influence, across the organization.• Charismatic and fun-loving personality to resonate and engage with every individualResponsibilities:• Build and lead teams with top notch engineers to own, drive & deliver critical parts of our product/solution.• Mentor & grow / hire Engineering Managers to lead up these individual units.• Set up the organization & processes to enable timely delivery of projects with high quality.• Set up best practices for development and champion their adoption.• Oversee Architecture & design of technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.• Perform well in uncertainties and collaborate and work with unclear interfaces to other teams in rapidly evolving organizations.• Create clear career paths for team members and help them grow with regular & deep mentoring.• Perform regular performance evaluation and share and seek feedback on a regular basis• Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills coupled with demonstrated leadership within large teamsProject & People Management:• Product delivery with quality & within schedule, scope, and budget• Planning through estimation, risk assessment, and quality improvements• Handling multi-disciplinary as well as multi-geographic project groups• Hiring top talent from academia & industry• Maintaining technical talent pool & diversity quotient• Shaping career through regular assessment, evaluation, and feedback• Recognizing & rewarding by creating right opportunities at the right timeFamiliar Technology Areas:• AI & Hybrid Cloud enablement• Architecting Networking Stack Offload• Developing Communication Protocols for High Performance Clusters – VIA, MPI, AM• Server/CPU Virtualization – On-Demand data center infrastructure resource provisioning• Developing Network Device Drivers• Design & Optimization of Parallel Algorithms• Systems performance engineering, tuning/optimization• Assembling & Troubleshooting PC Systems & peripherals

Experience

1. Director, Power Systems Performance

   IBM

   Jan 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  MS, Software Systems

  2004 — 2006

• Goa Engineering College - Government of Goa

  B.E, Computer Engineering

  1996 — 1999

• Goa Board Of Technical Examinations

  Diploma, Computer Engineering

  1992 — 1995

Skills

• Utility Computing
• Cloud Computing
• Pre-Sales
• Aix
• Solaris
• Virtualization
• Hp
• Management
• Software Development
• Solution Architecture
• Linux
• Shell Scripting
• High Availability
• Operating Systems
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Unix
• C
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Clearcase
• San
• Storage
• Cluster
• Storage Area Networks