Bhanu Kolli is a Principal Software Engineer and Cloud Architect with over 14 years of experience transforming cloud operations at scale. Currently at Aktana Inc, he has spearheaded full-stack AWS migrations, achieved a 93% reduction in unused cloud resources saving $200K annually, and led globally distributed DevOps teams to 90% on-time delivery rates.
His expertise spans the complete DevOps ecosystem, from architecting CI/CD pipelines that reduce onboarding time from days to minutes, to implementing AI-powered observability solutions that improve incident detection by 60%. At StubHub, he designed multi-cloud environments maintaining 99.99% uptime while reducing deployment time by 70% and increasing release velocity by 300%.
Bhanu specializes in AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible. He's passionate about integrating AI and machine learning into DevOps practices to create self-healing, predictive systems that transform reactive operations into proactive, intelligent platforms. His work directly impacts business outcomes through improved reliability, reduced costs, and accelerated innovation cycles.
Based in San Francisco, Bhanu mentors teams on modern DevOps practices including GitOps, security automation, and observability-driven development, helping organizations achieve operational excellence at enterprise scale.