Krishna Kurnala

Krishna Kurnala has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over two decades. Krishna currently holds the position of CEO at FAST search since April 2022. Prior to that, they founded Stellar IT Solutions in 2019, where they served as the President. At Stellar IT Solutions, their responsibilities included founding the company, hiring the initial team, and providing technical and thought leadership for various managed services and implementation projects.

Before their role at Stellar IT Solutions, Krishna worked at Google as a DevOps Architect and Partner Delivery Manager from April 2018 to May 2019. In this role, they built deep relationships with customers, driving adoption and best practices for Google Cloud services.

In 2017, Krishna was a Cloud Security Architect at Kohl's, where they implemented security tools for their cloud infrastructure and mentored a team of cloud security engineers. Prior to Kohl's, they worked as an Engineering Manager at Digital Turbine from 2015 to 2017, managing a central DevOps and IT team responsible for infrastructure management and orchestration in the AWS cloud.

Krishna's earlier experience includes roles as an Infrastructure Specialist and DevOps Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from 2014 to 2015, and as a Senior DevOps Lead at Macy's from 2011 to 2014. Krishna also served as a Senior Build and Release Lead at Model N from 2008 to 2011.

Krishna's career began as a DevOps Consultant working with several companies from 2001 to 2008. Overall, they have demonstrated expertise in areas such as cloud computing, infrastructure management, security, and DevOps practices.

Krishna Kurnala holds a Master's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Santa Clara University. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering from Anna University. Furthermore, Krishna Kurnala has no recorded educational background from Sri Venkateswara Bala Kuteer.

In addition to their formal education, Krishna Kurnala has obtained several certifications. They became a Jenkins Engineer through the Jenkins project in September 2016. Subsequently, they achieved the Terraform Associate certification from HashiCorp in June 2020. Krishna Kurnala also holds certifications from Amazon Web Services, including AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate. They have also completed the Docker Deep Dive course from LinuxAcademy.com. Moreover, Krishna Kurnala has pursued the Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect certification from Google Cloud Platform Certified. Specific dates of completion are not available for their certification accomplishments.