Lakshmaiah Yedlapalli

Lakshmaiah (Lucky) Yedlapalli has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Lakshmaiah (Lucky) started their career as an Associate Consultant at TCS in 2000 and worked there until 2013. Lakshmaiah (Lucky) then joined Dell Networking R&D as a Senior Development Engineer from 2013 to 2015. Following that, they worked at Akamai Technologies as an Engineering Manager from 2015 to 2018. In 2019, they joined Facebook as a Manager of Global Network Operations, where they played a pivotal role in developing an Orchestration platform and ensuring the smooth functioning of vital infrastructure. Lucky is currently working as the Head of Software Delivery at Gelato, where they are involved in architecting an e-commerce SAAS platform on AWS, utilizing Kubernetes microservices, Continuous Delivery practices, and comprehensive observability.

Lakshmaiah (Lucky) Yedlapalli has completed the Berkeley Executive Program in Management at the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business. In addition, they hold a PG Diploma in Science with a specialization in Computing in Applied Cyber Security from Technological University Dublin. Lakshmaiah (Lucky) also has obtained certifications in various areas, including building a REST API using Python and deploying it to Microsoft Azure, IBM Blockchain Foundation for Developers, and completing the Leading Innovative Change Executive Education Program with UC Berkeley Haas School of Executive Education and ExecOnline, Inc. Lakshmaiah (Lucky) has also obtained a Six Sigma Green belt certification.