Purnima Kuchikulla

Purnima Kuchikulla is an accomplished technology professional with extensive experience in sales engineering and customer success across multiple leading companies. Currently serving as Senior Manager of Sales Engineering for Manufacturing at Snowflake since May 2023, Purnima previously held the position of Sr. Director of Customer Success at Privacera from January 2020 to June 2023. Prior roles include Principal Solutions Engineer at Cloudera, where notable presentations occurred at industry conferences, and Sr. Solutions Engineer at Hortonworks. Purnima's career began at IBM, with significant contributions to data architecture and system design over a 14-year tenure. Additional roles at companies like ADP, LegalZoom, 3Com, Universal Data Technology Inc., and United Space Alliance have further enriched Purnima's expertise in technology solutions. Purnima holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a Bachelor's in Science from the University of Gulbarga.