Syamla Bandla is a seasoned professional in production engineering and cloud operations, currently serving as Senior Director of Production Engineering at Meta since May 2018. Syamla also holds advisory roles at Eclipz.io, Inc., CloudNOW, Org, AutonomIQ, and AppOrbit, and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council. Previous leadership positions include Vice President of Global Cloud Operations & DevOps at Qualys and Vice President of Global Cloud Platform Services at RMS, where responsibilities included overseeing cloud engineering and operations teams. Syamla began a career in cloud engineering at Dell and was integral to network infrastructure management at Fidelity Investments. Educational credentials include a pending Master's degree in Information Technology from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication from Nagarjuna University.