Venkata Kothapalli is an experienced technology professional with a career spanning over two decades in infrastructure architecture and engineering. Currently serving as Platform Technical Director at Electronic Arts since October 2012, Venkata also has held roles including Principal Solutions Architect and Online Integration Architect. Prior to this, Venkata worked at American Airlines from May 2006 to October 2012 as Principal Infrastructure Architect, focusing on infrastructure solutions for Flight & Crew Operations, as well as serving as Sr. Infrastructure Engineer/Architect. Venkata's earlier experience includes positions at Hotels.com/Expedia as Sr. Systems Engineer, Verizon as Tech Lead - Implementation Services, and Rational Software as Sr. Backup & Systems Administrator. Venkata holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Andhra University and completed high school education at NSMPS.