Vasu Kudinoor

Vasu Kudinoor is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in developing and monetizing streaming ad products and advanced cloud computing solutions. At Amazon from June 2020 to September 2023, Vasu served as Head of Engineering for Advertising in Live Events, leading a team to build innovative products that enhance viewer engagement and monetize publisher inventory. Previous roles include Senior Manager of Software Development and Head of Engineering for Streaming Ads Monetization, where Vasu successfully launched streaming ad products and drove significant revenue growth. At VMware, Vasu led a Cloud Operations team focused on site reliability engineering, and as Director of Software Engineering at DataDirect Networks, Vasu introduced cutting-edge high-performance computing products. Experience also includes managing engineering teams at Seagate Technology and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, contributing to various storage technologies. Vasu holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Texas Tech University and a Master of Technology in Structural Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology.