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Bhaskar Vemireddy

Cary,North Carolina

Summary

Dynamic AI Strategy & Innovation Lead at Pearson Education Inc, driving enterprise technology strategies that enhanced engineering productivity by over 30%. Expert in microservices and cloud solutions, I foster cross-functional collaboration and innovation, delivering scalable platforms that support millions of learners while ensuring compliance and security in regulated environments.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AI Strategy & Innovation Lead

Pearson Education Inc
Durham, NC
12.2022 - Current

• Defined and executed enterprise technology strategy for Al-driven digital platforms supporting millions of learners, aligning engineering execution with business outcomes.

• Led cross-functional engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver scalable, cloud-native solutions, reducing manual effort by 40% and accelerating product launches by 25%.

• Architected and deployed microservice-based Al platforms integrating REST APIs, event pipelines, and observability frameworks to ensure resilience and performance.

• Championed agentic automation frameworks (CrewAl, AutoGen) to orchestrate complex workflows across content creation, and analytics—improving delivery velocity by 6X.

• Established Al governance, security, and compliance standards, ensuring responsible Al adoption in regulated education environments.

• Led AWS-based modernization initiatives (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, Bedrock), improving system reliability while reducing infrastructure costs by 30 %.

• Delivered executive-level roadmaps and ROI analysis, directly influencing funding decisions and enabling 3 new revenue-generating products within 12 months.

• Led enterprise engineering teams of engineers delivering largescale digital platforms for content authoring, delivery, analytics, and learner engagement, supporting millions of global users.

• Directed end-to-end system architecture across Java-based microservices, REST APIs, and data pipelines. ensuring high availability and performance for platforms handling high-volume concurrent traffic,

• Served as Al Coding Ambassador, driving enterprise adoption of modern developer tools including GitHub Copilot and Cursor Al, increasing engineering productivity by 30%+ while improving code quality and delivery velocity.

• Architected and deployed Al-powered image generation and accessibility-compliant content pipelines, integrating generative Al services into production platforms and reducing manual content processing effort by 40%.

• Partnered closely with Product Management and Operations leaders to align roadmaps, manage cross-functional dependencies, and achieve 95%+ on-time delivery across complex initiatives.

Software Development Manager / BI Architect / ETL Specialist

AT&T
Middletown, NJ
06.2006 - 04.2019
  • Analyzed and mitigated threats across a wide range of government IT systems, reducing security breaches by 22%.
  • Led large, distributed engineering teams delivering mission-critical systems across billing, network inventory, reporting, and SLA management.
  • Delivered and modernized 65+ enterprise applications and developed 21+ new APIs, meeting stringent security, compliance, and availability requirements.
  • Played a key role in BSS-adjacent transformations, supporting customer data platforms, operational analytics, and enterprise reporting.
  • Championed Agile adoption across end-to-end workflows, from presales to production operations.
  • Architected enterprise data platforms and ETL pipelines supporting 128+ system integrations, enabling real-time insights for executives.
  • Recognized with AT&T Excellence Award for delivering a $2M enterprise reporting initiative.
  • Coordinated with technical teams to ensure compliance with industry standards, achieving a full compliance rate.
  • Successfully implemented endpoint security measures that fortified organization-wide systems against malware attacks.

Skills

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • REST APIs
  • Python
  • Microservices
  • Event-Driven Systems
  • API Gateways
  • Splunk
  • ELK Stack
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • AWS Bedrock
  • CrewAI
  • AutoGen
  • MongoDB
  • SQL
  • ETO Analytics Platforms

Certification

  • Generative AI with Diffusion Models, NVIDIA, 2024
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon, 2022 - 2025
  • Agile Bronze Certification, 2021

Timeline

AI Strategy & Innovation Lead

Pearson Education Inc
12.2022 - Current

Software Development Manager / BI Architect / ETL Specialist

AT&T
06.2006 - 04.2019
Bhaskar Vemireddy