Lavan Nallainathan

Director Cloud & Ai @Microsoft

Senior Manager Digital Application Innovation | Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 Prior roles (2018–2024): Senior Technical Specialist (II); Senior Cloud Solution Architect (I/II); PM, AKS Product Group (Secondment); Cloud Solution Architect.Scaled AI-assisted engineering adoption across 60+ countries for a Tier‑1 global bank (reference available), embedding secure-by-default patterns and measurable improvements in release cadence and developer productivity. • Designed and led CopilotWith, an AI-assisted engineering modernisation engagement integrating GitHub Copilot and Azure to enable secure, enterprise-scale adoption. • Delivered 80% increase in developer velocity and 35% reduction in release lead times by introducing modern engineering practices and AI-native toolchains across regulated customers. • Defined the UK strategy for legacy application retirement and integration modernisation, accelerating secure code transformation and reducing long-term platform and security risk aligned to Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative. • Partnered with C-suite stakeholders to align technology execution with commercial outcomes (scalability, compliance, ROI) and built leadership density through coaching, repeatable delivery motions, and partner enablement.