Suresh Byagathvalli
Cumming,GA
Summary
Suresh Byagathvalli is a dynamic Principal Global Portfolio Program Manager with over 20 years of experience in strategic planning, portfolio management, and large-scale business transformation, primarily within Fortune 50 companies like Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Philips, Home Depot, and Equifax. His expertise is centered on driving significant financial and operational efficiencies through the application of AI-driven automation, process improvements, and robust cloud infrastructure management. Mr. Byagathvalli is adept at leading complex technology and organizational integrations, reporting program outcomes directly to C-level executives (VP and SVP), and possesses strong competencies in strategic planning, financial analysis, software engineering, data and analytics, and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure).
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Portfolio Program Manager (Sr.Manager)
Amazon Web Services
09.2022 - Current
- Worldwide portfolio program management responsibility with a budget of $200 million in the planning, building, and rollout of corporate infrastructure services for Amazonians across three regions (AMER and APAC). Leading a team of Program Managers, Vendor Managers, Technical Infrastructure Program Managers, and partnering with internal teams (Product & Development, Engineering, Global Corporate Procurement Technology, Global On-Premise, Corporate Finance, Technical Sourcing Infrastructure (Sourcing), Amazon Logistics, Amazon Security), as well as external 3P vendors (worldwide), in the management, procurement, shipping, and delivery of large-scale programs worldwide.
- Spearheaded an AI-driven, real-time stock automation initiative at Amazon, resolving a $25M inventory management issue. Within six months, I reduced excess inventory from $14M to $0, delivering over 600% ROI and driving substantial operational efficiency across global vendor fulfillment centers.
- Pioneered the first AI-powered conversational chatbots within Amazon’s IT Services organization, transforming how 2,000+ employees accessed and utilized enterprise knowledge. Integrated insights from both unstructured (SharePoint, OneDrive) and structured (dashboards, datasets, flat files) data sources, enabling a single, intelligent interface for information discovery. Reduced average information by at least 50%, driving thousands of hours in annual productivity savings, and efficiency by reducing search and resolution time across all IT domains.
- Transformed management of Amazon’s $68M Global OnPrem budget by introducing AI-driven taxonomy classification and automation to replace manual Excel-based tracking that had no classification. Enabled senior executives and business leaders to gain real-time, granular visibility into global IT spend across initiatives such as corporate hardware provisioning, asset replacements, and laptop distribution. This transformation reduced wasteful expenditure, improved forecasting accuracy, and drove significant cost optimization across worldwide operations.
- Introduced roadmap planning, WBR (Weekly Business Review, Monthly Business Review, and Quarterly Business Review) across the organization.
- Across AMER, EMER, and APAC, improved service delivery increased from 65% to 95% through a combination of offshoring and insourcing initiatives. CSAT increased by 1.5 points.
- Led a cross-functional initiative between Corporate Finance and Accounting to architect and deploy a real-time analytics platform, enabling dynamic visibility into forecast vs. Actual performance through key KPIs and metrics. This strategic solution replaced legacy Excel macro-based reporting, significantly enhancing executive decision-making capabilities.
- Strategized, designed, and architected an ML solution to extract purchase order items from .pdf files using the AWS Rekognition service. This led to building a HAM (Hardware Asset Management) solution in ServiceNow to track hardware assets from third-party vendors.
Director, Strategic Program Initiatives
Cardlytics
01.2021 - 08.2022
- My team consisting of TPMs and PMs is responsible for managing the Vision and Execution of initiatives from start to finish. TPM and PM work across cross-functional teams consisting of Product, Bank Implementation, Data Science, Engineering, Customer Success, Legal, User Research, Security, and IT Infrastructure and Operations. The team is also responsible for building the roadmap (with the Product team) and sharing the roadmap with the stakeholders.
- Directed a team of Technical and Product Managers overseeing the end-to-end delivery of enterprise transformation programs across data, infrastructure, and integration domains.
- Led the buildout of a next-generation data platform leveraging AWS Outpost, Kafka, Vertica, and Spark to enable ML/AI-driven insights for customer retention, churn reduction, and pricing optimization—resulting in multi-million-dollar revenue growth.
- Spearheaded a mission-critical Disaster Recovery implementation for a top-tier banking client, ensuring flawless AWS and on-prem failover within stringent SLAs.
- Orchestrated post-acquisition technology integration across Cardlytics, Dosh, and Bridg—unifying platforms, consolidating 10–15 vendor ecosystems, and achieving significant cost optimization and process re-engineering.
- Partnered with EY and Deloitte to remediate SOC audit findings, strengthening IT controls and enterprise compliance posture.
- Led Cardlytics’ largest Data Center transformation initiative—migrating from legacy infrastructure to AI-enabled Cisco networking platforms—enhancing performance, scalability, and customer experience.
- Regularly reported program outcomes and transformation progress to the CEO and executive leadership, ensuring strategic alignment and transparency.
Senior Product Manager – Security Business Transformation
Equifax
02.2017 - 01.2021
- In Collaboration with the Security Organization (Product Security, Security Architecture, Cyber Ops., Data Protection and Data Privacy, TVM, and Compliance), leading the initiative in transforming our infrastructure to meet the needs of our customers as well as satisfying the regulatory requirements.
- Oversaw Patch-to-Currency program, ensuring all assets are updated with the latest kernels and mandated security patches; implemented a real-time dashboard for monitoring compliance and remediation.
- Directed Global Threat & Vulnerability Management, automating patch deployment across on-premises and cloud environments, achieving full SLA adherence and reducing organizational risk.
- Established risk and compliance tracking across all infrastructure domains—database, storage, network, compute, and middleware—with metrics reported weekly to the CIO and executive leadership.
- Transformed security operations from reactive processes to a proactive, data-driven, and automated framework, enabling real-time insights and faster decision-making.
- Delivered strategic oversight while driving tactical execution, strengthening organizational security posture, and operational efficiency.
Senior Manager
Various Companies
Atlanta, Georgia
01.2003 - 02.2017
- Led cross-functional teams to develop and implement strategic initiatives.
- Managed project timelines and ensured alignment with organizational goals.
- Oversaw budget planning and resource allocation for various projects.
- Evaluated operational processes for efficiency improvements and cost savings.
- Collaborated with external vendors to negotiate contracts that met company requirements while minimizing costs.
- Conducted regular performance appraisals for direct reports to provide feedback on their work performance.
- Created detailed reports on project progress for senior management review.
Education
M.S - Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, TXB.S - Chemical Engineering
Bangalore University
Skills
- Generative AI and artificial intelligence
- AI-driven automation
- Portfolio management and optimization
- Cloud infrastructure management
- Strategic planning and analysis
- Data analytics and insights
- Financial analysis and reporting
- Business transformation strategies
- Procurement and supply chain management
- Product development lifecycle
Key Leadership Success
- At Amazon, for the entire IT Services organization (2000+ Amazonians), designed, developed and rolled out conversational platform chatbots (AI) powered by Amazon Quick Suite with integration across SharePoint and OneDrive as KB (for unstructured data), topics on top of Quick Sight (for structured data)
- At Amazon, built from ground up business intelligence dashboard powered by KPIs that enabled delivery performance to go from 70 to 95% across 3 Regions (AMER, EMEA, APAC)
- At Amazon, enhanced decision making with a single source of truth for PLM and catalog data; reduces risk of non-compliance due to outdated assets
- At Amazon, improved cost transparency and achieved measurable cost reductions by enabling strategic sourcing and smarter spend management based on taxonomy classification
- At Amazon, built AI-powered real-time inventory automation that drove $14M in cost savings within six months, delivering over 600% ROI and eliminating a chronic inventory problem
- At Amazon, established center of excellence for process improvements with GenAI and Flow automation embedded into every mechanism
Certification
• MCAD • Microsoft Data Science • Pragmatic Marketing Certified Product Manager • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certified
Technical Competency
Artificial Intelligence & Data - Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI-driven automation, Machine Learning (ML), Enterprise Data Warehousing, Data Modeling, Data & Analytics, AWS Rekognition, Amazon Quick Suite, Tableau, Power BI.
Cloud Infrastructure - Cloud Infrastructure Management, AWS Outpost, Kafka, Vertica, Spark, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certified.
Databases - SQL Server, Oracle 9i, Postgre, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Data,
Services, SQL Server Analysis Services.
Software Management & Tools - ServiceNow, Confluence, Rally, JIRA, Asana, Microsoft Project, Aha!
Certifications - MCAD, Microsoft Data Science, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certified, Pragmatic Marketing Certified Product Manager.
Timeline
Principal Portfolio Program Manager (Sr.Manager)
Amazon Web Services
09.2022 - Current
Director, Strategic Program Initiatives
Cardlytics
01.2021 - 08.2022
Senior Product Manager – Security Business Transformation
Equifax
02.2017 - 01.2021
Senior Manager
Various Companies
01.2003 - 02.2017
M.S - Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
B.S - Chemical Engineering
Bangalore University