Ajay Mannepalli

Ajay Mannepalli has a diverse work experience spanning multiple roles and industries. Ajay currently holds the position of Director, IT Architecture & Strategy at ERCOT since January 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Principal, IT Architecture and Strategy at ERCOT from July 2021 to January 2022.

Before joining ERCOT, Ajay spent a significant portion of their career at California ISO. Ajay held the role of Senior Advisor - Integration from January 2020 to July 2021. Prior to that, they served as an Applications Integrator Lead from January 2015 to December 2019 and as a Sr Applications Engineer from February 2009 to December 2014.

Ajay began their professional journey at DHAP Digital in 2006 as a Sr Systems Administrator before moving on to Tower Records in 2000, where they also worked as a Sr Systems Administrator until November 2006.

Ajay Mannepalli attended Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, although the start and end years of their education are not provided. Ajay obtained several certifications including "Management of Technology: Roadmapping & Development" and "Management of Technology: Strategy & Portfolio Analysis" from MIT Professional Education in July 2023. Ajay also earned a "Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka" certification from Confluent in December 2020, and an "AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate" certification from Amazon Web Services in November 2019. Additionally, Ajay is listed as having completed the "TOGAF® Certification Program" from The Open Group, although specific details about the obtained month and year are not provided.