Ajay Chankramath

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I’m a computer scientist with advanced training and degrees in software development, engineering management, data science, and business administration.

I am currently the CTO and Managing Director at Brillio, focusing on Solutions, Platforms and Products across all the industry verticals. I’m also the co-author of the upcoming book on Platform Engineering, published by Manning, available through the MEAP program starting October 2024.


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In reality, my contributions to the industry over the past 30+ years span everything required to run the business, including pre-sales, sales, marketing, solutions, partnerships, thought leadership, and team building, all through the lens of an entrepreneur, which I believe is the key to running businesses of any size these days.

Before Brillio, I used to head the Platform Engineering team at Thoughtworks, based out of North America. The experience I have garnered as a polymath across various roles – global people leader in technology, solutions, system architect, and hands-on developer. I started my career as a hardware designer and C/C++ developer. I then transitioned to Java/Javascript, architecting distributed systems within the Xilinx (now AMD) ecosystems and leading several teams involved in global software development and delivery. Subsequently, I ventured into the Financial Services Lifecycle management by owning and building some flagship product lines at Broadridge. Further forays into SaaS and cloud domains happened during my journey at Oracle, where I headed the Global Software Development and Delivery for marketing cloud products. I have actively contributed to the open-source community, leaving my humble marks on various projects since the 1990s and continuing to this day.

I have applied technology to improve business across several vertical markets: Banking, Financial Services, Healthcare, the Public Sector, Non-Profits, higher education, Technology Services, Automotive, and Consumer products.

Current Areas of Interest

  • Building effective organizations through innovation and empathy
  • Applying platform thinking in a domain-centric manner
  • Improving Developer Productivity
  • Platform Engineering - Developer Experience through Platform Engineering
  • Impact of Generative AI on Platform Engineering
  • Cloud Cost Optimization and FinOps
  • Observability and Site Reliability Engineering

I write and speak regularly on topics related to my interests. Many of my recent works are summarized here.