Srikanth Maru is a distinguished Data Engineering and Architecture Leader with over 17 years of experience transforming data platforms across Fortune 500 enterprises and innovative startups. Currently serving as Senior Manager of Data Engineering & Principal Architect at Cricut Inc., he leads the migration from legacy systems to modern cloud-based platforms that enable advanced AI/ML use cases while managing a team of five data engineers focused on enhancing customer engagement.
His career spans leadership roles at cutting-edge companies including Aeva Inc., where he built data platforms from scratch to support FMCW LiDAR hardware manufacturing, and Samsung Electronics America, where he served as Director of ML Architecture, designing e-commerce data solutions that drove significant revenue growth and developing proprietary forecasting algorithms that reduced stockouts by 20%.
At T-Mobile, Srikanth pioneered custom Hadoop-based ingestion frameworks before commercial data orchestration tools became mainstream, while his tenure at Tata Consultancy Services saw him leading Big Data Centers of Excellence and delivering technical education across global markets including the UK, Australia, and Malaysia.
Srikanth's technical expertise encompasses cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka), and modern data tools (Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow). He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Anna University, India, and is recognized as an early adopter of open-source data frameworks.
His notable achievements include contributing to Walmart's Customer Knowledge Platform serving 200+ million profiles, scaling data platforms for 100+ million customers, and mentoring numerous engineers throughout his career. Srikanth's combination of technical depth, leadership acumen, and international perspective makes him a sought-after architect for enterprise data transformation initiatives.