Mridul Malayanil

About Mridul Malayanil

If you’re a global enterprise, airline, or service provider, you’re likely navigating three big challenges: scaling connectivity, modernizing platforms, and unlocking AI-driven efficiency. That’s where I focus.For 25+ years, I’ve helped organizations reimagine how technology powers operations. From Oracle-to-AlloyDB migrations and AI-enabled contact centers, to aviation connectivity marketplaces and global satellite alliances, my work blends business strategy with deep technology execution.At Hughes/Echostar, I’ve led programs that delivered measurable impact:30%+ efficiency gains through cloud-native microservices.$200K+ monthly savings via AI, analytics, and process automation.300K+ new subscribers through innovative VoIP and mobile solutions.Seamless in-flight connectivity with per-flight and contracted bandwidth models.But technology is only part of the story. My role is to enable C-suites, partners, and teams to achieve outcomes:For airlines: reliable, flexible connectivity models that scale with demand.For enterprises: modernized OSS/BSS platforms that cut cost and complexity.For teams: an “AI & Innovation Hub” culture that accelerates delivery and resilience.I am a great collaborator with experience in building models and processes for aligning work across large teams, experience building relationships needed to cut through obstacles and quickly resolve problems I believe the future of connectivity will be shaped at the intersection of satellite, cloud, and AI—and I’m committed to helping leaders get there faster, smarter, and sustainably.

Experience

1. Vice President Sr Scientist -technology & Architecture Business Systems

   Hughes

   Apr 2025 — Present · Germantown, MD, US

   In my role as Vice President/Sr. Scientist at Hughes, I drove the corporate technology vision by aligning the CIO/CTO\'s strategic vision with the company\'s business goals. I oversaw the operations and management of Cloud and multi-cloud initiatives, participated in industry forums for technology trends, and developed novel solutions to address critical business challenges in the BSS domain.Leading a Cloud Transformation initiative for past 7 years, migrating core e-commerce platforms to GCP/GCVE to ensure global scalability and resilience.• Defined and governed a multi-region, highly available GCP architecture supporting millions of transactions per hour.• Drove Cloud FinOps strategies, resulting in a 20% reduction in annual GCP spend while increasing service performance.• Defined architecture for containerized+serverless infrastructure using services like GKE and CloudRun built for Auto Scaling using multiple strategies• Defined multi-year technology strategy to support revenue growth. • Devised technical solutions to handle flash sales, concurrency management, bot mitigation and dynamic pricing changes at sales• Partnering with CTO/COO to articulate engineering vision for world using CPAAS to include SIP+AI Agentic tools for improving customer experience from sales to care•Developed and maintained a technology roadmap for BSS innovation, aligning with the company\'s strategic goals• Fostered an engineering culture of continuous learning and innovation, particularly around automation technologies• Made strategic build vs buy decisions and fostered partnerships with industry leaders like Google, Microsoft, and AWS• Reduced the annual cloud spend by $3M (18%) through strategic re-architecture and negotiation of hyperscaler contracts and best practices leading to cost optimizations• Led global team to build mobile apps that catered to Made strategic build vs buy decisions and fostered partnerships with industry leaders like Google, Microsoft, and AWS

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Specialized Marketing Management

• St. Xavier's College

  B.Sc., Maths (Hons)

  1990 — 1992

• St. Xavier's School Ranchi

  10th

  1978 — 1988

• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

  B.E, Computer Science

  1992 — 1996