Krish Surya

About Krish Surya

Customer-centric high-EQ leader and technologist with a demonstrated track record of envisioning and influencing a unified vision, and the partnership skills to move with velocity & agility. Demonstrated track record of forming, growing & transforming senior technical(Sr.PE/PE/TL) & leadership talent (Director level) into business value and organizational health of large (300+) worldwide workforces, leading mission-critical secure systems including Banking & Financial Software, Retail, eCommerce, Data & Analytics, IoT Device-to-Cloud capabilities, and most recently Data Center Cloud & AI Debug & Diagnostics SW and post-Silicon Systems & SW Validation innovations. Demonstrated leadership of complex mission-critical systems, Cloud, and AI initiatives spanning multiple product portfolios, partnerships, technologies & customer success, including customer and executive-level representation. Inclusion advocate since the early by hiring, retaining, and growing diverse workforces in practice as an active ally and member of Intel Disability Leadership Council (IDLC).Most recently, directing worldwide distributed teams on Xeon(r) Data Center Cloud and Customer System Reliability & Compute Integrity from Customer High Volume Manufacturing (HVM) to Data Center Fleets to Failure Analysis, part-level defect detection (DPM & Silent Data Corruption SDC/SDE) screening/stress innovations & pioneering methodology adopted by all major Cloud Hyperscalers incl. Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon AWS, Meta, China CSPs, US Server OEMs such as Dell, Lenovo, HPE, Supermicro, etc, and System Integrator(SI)/ODMs, for At Scale Diagnostics & Debug, RAS, Customer Enabling, At Scale SW/FW update capabilities, Product Development/Launch, and Data/Analytics/AI Insights. Envisioned, led, built, and grew lasting sticky relationships across the Data Center Customer eco-system as a lasting competitive advantage.All general management and senior director level experiences include total ownership and accountability for annual budgets, multi-year workforce capital outlay planning, worldwide workforces including full time employees, outsourcing and variable staff augmentation/contract work forces, relationship ownership with Product Strategy & Management, Business Development, Customer Development, Sales, Customer Services/Support, IT, Legal, Finance, Human Resources and other Corporate Operations functions.

Experience

1. Senior Director & Technologist, Data Center Fleet at Scale Debug & Diagnostics Customer Capabilities

   Intel

   Aug 2012 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   General management & Technology ownership of Cloud Software unit, including Customer Development, Product Management, Architecture & AI, Engineering, Customer Manufacturing, Technical Program Management, and Customer Enabling for Data Center Cloud & AI customers across all major CSP, OEM & SI/ODMs.• Demonstrated track record of strong technical & business leadership, translating multi-year vision into results by fostering innovation, articulating strategy, and advocacy for Xeon CPUs & Gaudi Accelerator/GPUs• Deep understanding of Data Center Cloud Customer business priorities, including experience building and deploying Data Center scale secure software for Si & Platform Reliability(DPM/SDE/SDC screening for improved AFR/AIR), Hardware Diagnostics, System/CPU Debug, BMC Telemetry, and HVM & Fleet Data Analytics/AI Insights• Built and scaled customer-focused organizations with a bias towards action, agile solutions, customer collaboration, and a “no barriers” mentality• Results overseeing multiple cross-functional initiatives simultaneously, driving transformational changes to achieve customer objectives• Own the delivery of services, ensuring customer commitments are met, and as a fearless internal advocate, anticipating customer pain. Responsible for executive communications.• Demonstrated success in portfolio management and large-scale, cross-functional program delivery from strategy to execution on mission-critical initiatives• Demonstrated ability to resiliently lead, evangelize, scale & motivate worldwide teams• Attracted, mentored, and grew technical leadership inclusively at Director, Senior Principal Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Architect, Product Manager & Senior TPMs.• Solutions delivered at Intel include SaaS services, Device-to-Cloud solutions, IoT Manageability, Big Data/Analytics, and Digital Commerce App Store• Exceptional track record as an inclusive leader, inventor, innovator, technologist & entrepreneurial change agent

Education

• Bharathiar University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science & Engineering

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Center for Advanced Computer Studies

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Executive Education, Customer-Focused Innovation

  2019 — 2019

• Stanford University

  Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford Strategic Decision and Risk Management Certificate Program-Introduction to Decision Quality

  2017 — 2017

• Stanford University

  Stanford Center for Professional Development, Stanford Advanced Project Management Certificate Program-Executing Complex Programs

  2015 — 2015

• Louisiana State University

  Master of Science - MS (1 semester), Computer Science

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sdlc
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategy
• B2b Ecommerce
• Business Intelligence
• Software Engineering
• Strategic Consulting
• Application Development
• Program Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Product Management
• Software Development
• Thought Leadership
• Team Management
• Retail
• Outsourcing
• Agile Methodologies
• Application Architecture
• Partner Management
• Software Consulting
• Supply Chain
• Software Project Management
• Financial Services
• Pmo
• Operations
• Innovation
• Product Development
• Vendor Management
• Business Solutions
• Integration
• Retail Banking
• Organizational Leadership
• Transition Management
• Portfolio Management
• Quality Assurance
• Budgets
• Governance
• Iot
• Web Services