Li-On Alkalay
Vice President, SRE at DraftKings Inc.
- Role
- VP, Sre at DraftKings Inc.
- Location
- Sharon, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Li-On Alkalay
Dynamic and results-driven technology executive with over 20 years of progressive leadership in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), infrastructure operations, and global IT strategy. Proven track record in transforming underperforming teams into high-functioning global units, optimizing multi-million-dollar budgets, and driving strategic initiatives that align with business objectives. Expert in resilience engineering, cost optimization, and performance management, with a strong focus on operational excellence and cross-functional collaboration.
Experience
VP, Sre
Apr 2020 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Strategic Leadership & Transformation: Led the global SREorganization (US & EMEA), overseeing 100+ Managers and teammembers across diverse geographies, including Site reliabilityengineers, Network, Datacenter, and DB engineersDrove the transformation from fragmented operations to a unified,high-performing global teamManage at scale: Owning and leading 30+ datacenters, 10+ complexcloud environments (GCP, AWS)Operational Excellence: Implemented standardized KPIs, operationalframeworks, and PDLC practices enhancing efficiency, predictability,and performanceResilience Engineering: Designed and executed a multi-site disasterrecovery (DR) strategy, enhancing infrastructure resilienceFinancial Stewardship: Managed an annual budget exceeding $70million, achieving substantial cost savings through vendornegotiations and resource optimizationPerformance & Talent Management: Revamped performancemanagement processes, fostering leadership development andstrengthening the management pipelineOrchestrated the strategic deployment of reliability initiatives acrossa global tech landscape, elevating system uptime by 30% andcutting mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 50%, during high-demandsportsbook events
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