Shyam Prakash

About Shyam Prakash

Seasoned technology executive, investor, and advisor with 20+ years of leadership in cloud, AI, enterprise architecture, and large‑scale digital transformation. I’m often asked to step into complex, high‑stakes environments—where complexity, legacy technology, delivery issues, and constraints collide—and create calm, clear strategy, and disciplined execution. Proven track record of building and scaling high‑impact engineering teams, driving cloud adoption, and delivering multi‑billion‑dollar transformation programs that improve efficiency, resilience, security, and cost. Currently lead engineering, strategy, and transformation at Zayo Group, a PE‑backed digital infrastructure provider, overseeing architecture, software development, and operations. Focused on modernizing a legacy landscape into a capability‑based, product‑centric stack, integrating major acquisitions, and embedding AI and automation across the enterprise.Previously founded and led an AI‑driven cloud management venture that delivered significant improvements in cloud cost, security, and automation. Earlier at T‑Mobile, served as Vice President, Transformation, Engineering & Quality, managing large budgets and global teams and executing $500M+ transformation programs to revamp cloud infrastructure, software delivery, and enterprise architecture.Active angel investor and advisor, mentoring emerging tech startups and supporting innovation in AI, cloud, and enterprise SaaS. Passionate about building high‑performance teams, modern platforms, and operating models that turn technology into a durable engine for growth and value creation.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President of Transformation & Engineering

   Zayo Group

   Jan 2025 — Present · US

   Leading enterprise‑wide technology strategy and execution for a PE‑backed digital infrastructure company with a clear value‑creation and exit mandate.• Rebuilding a reactive, siloed IT function into a capability‑based, product‑centric organization with clear ownership, governance, and outcome metrics.• Leading IT for a major acquisition (Crown): diligence, Day‑1 readiness, TSA strategy/exit, and integration to a clean target stack.• Driving a staged stabilize–modernize–accelerate program across Finance, CRM/Salesforce, Order Management/ServiceNow, Billing, ITSM, cloud/datacenters, and EUC.• Standing up an AI & Automation Center of Excellence and embedding automation across IT and business workflows to unlock productivity and margin.

Education

• University of Washington

  Master of Business Administration

• Lamar University

  Master's Degree, Computer Science

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor's Degree, Naval Architecture and Ship Technology