Vajjhula Venkatram
Head of Engineering, Global Internet Observability @ AWS | Edge CDN | SME Agentic AI | Live video streaming
- Role
- Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vajjhula Venkatram
Engineering Executive transforming rigid infrastructure into self-healing, profitable systems.Currently, as Head of Global Internet Connectivity & Observability Engineering at AWS, I champion a data-driven \"Build and Operate\" philosophy managing an 8-figure budget. My focus is utilizing Agentic AI and advanced signal processing to automate operations. Recently, my team delivered $2M+ in annualized savings via automated FinOps strategies while reducing operational toil by 35%.Previously at Akamai, I served as Principal Lead Product Architect, orchestrating strategy for high-availability CDN and Media streaming products. I led a multi-disciplinary org to support $100M+ ARR, delivering mission-critical scale for global events like the Olympics.My leadership foundation was built scaling startups (Modulus Video, Emuzed) through successful acquisitions by Motorola and Flextronics. I specialize in bridging the gap between engineering execution and business outcomes—driving product roadmaps from prototype to revenue and cutting capital costs by 30% through hardware-software optimization.Core Competencies: Leadership: Engineering Strategy | P&L & Budget Mgmt | M&A & Due Diligence | Building High-Performance Teams Domain: Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)| CDN & Edge Compute | Observability | High-Scale Media Delivery Innovation: Agentic AI & GenAI | Serverless | Automated Remediation | WebRTC/SSAI | Video streaming systems
Experience
Software Development Manager
Apr 2022 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Education
National Institute of Technology Warangal
Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
MTech, Electronics design , Video compression
1996 — 1998
Skills
- Vod
- H.264
- Debugging
- Hls
- System Architecture
- Transcoding
- Saas
- Live Video Streaming
- Mpeg-4
- Streaming Media
- Encoding
- Mpeg2
- C++
- Mapreduce
- Set Top Box
- Video Analytics
- Linux Kernel
- Dvb
- Video Advertising
- Multimedia
- Device Drivers
- Algorithms
- Nosql
- Python
- Agile Methodologies
- Ssl
- Abr
- Product Management
- Perl
- Embedded Systems
- Javascript
- Ios Development
- Php
- Dash
- Embedded Linux
- Online Video Strategy
- Digital Signal Processors
- Mpeg
- Iptv
- Cloud Computing
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