Venu Chilukuri

Venu Chilukuri has a diverse and extensive work experience. Venu currently holds the position of Director of Engineering at FastSpring, a role they assumed in August 2022. Prior to this, they served as a Senior Engineering Manager at the same company from November 2020 to July 2022. Before their roles in management, Venu worked as an Engineering Manager from April 2019 to November 2020, and as a Senior Software Engineer from June 2015 to April 2019.

Prior to their time at FastSpring, Venu worked at several other companies, including DIRECTV, where they held the role of Lead Software Engineer from September 2014 to June 2015. At DIRECTV, they led the development of the DirecTV Intelligent Voice Assistant (DIVA) for mobile devices and set-top boxes, overseeing an offshore team in Vietnam.

From July 2011 to September 2014, Venu worked as a Lead Software Engineer at California ISO, making significant contributions to the design, implementation, code reviews, testing, and production support of various projects. Before that, they served as a Senior Software Engineer at Deloitte Consulting from April 2010 to July 2011, where they developed components of projects using J2EE design patterns and the Struts MVC framework.

Earlier in their career, Venu worked as a Senior Software Engineer at 4CS Inc from September 2008 to March 2010, where they collaborated with clients to define business requirements and developed fully tested application programs. Venu also gained experience as a Senior Software Engineer at Edward Jones from February 2007 to August 2008, where they implemented a web-based Advisory Solutions application and designed data flow and user interfaces using Struts.

Venu's career began at Oxford International, where they worked as a Software Engineer from August 2006 to January 2007. During this time, they developed a communication and Data Exchange project for manufacturing clients using EJB 2.0 standards. Prior to entering the industry, Venu worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Texas from September 2004 to April 2006.

Overall, Venu Chilukuri's work experience showcases their progression from software engineer to leadership positions, with a strong focus on engineering management, software development, and project implementation.

Venu Chilukuri pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington from 2004 to 2006. In addition to this formal education, Venu has obtained several certifications throughout their career. These include the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in February 2022, the FastSpring Leadership - Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for Leaders and Managers certification from LinkedIn, obtained in July 2020, the Change Management certification from eCornell, obtained in June 2020, and the Leadership Essentials certification, also from eCornell, obtained in December 2018.