Gopal Vanamamalai

Gopal Vanamamalai is an experienced technology professional with a strong background in storage, backup, and database management. Currently serving as the Lead for Storage/Backup/Compute engineering and operations at Santander Consumer USA since June 2018, Gopal previously held the role of Data Resiliency/Protection Practice Lead at Hitachi Data Systems from April 2007 to May 2018, where responsibilities included driving technical practices and collaborating on customer-centric solutions across global teams. Gopal's earlier experience includes managerial positions at AEGON, overseeing enterprise storage and backup operations, and significant technical leadership as a Principal DBA/Engineer at Fujitsu Network Communications, focusing on database services and NOC monitoring for telecom providers. Gopal holds a BS in Computer Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, completed in 1989.