Tejaswini Kaujalgi
Austin
Summary
Engineering and technology leader with 18+ years of experience driving innovation, solving complex business challenges, and leading high-performing teams. Skilled in building and scaling organizations with a growth mindset, including hiring, performance management, and mentorship. Proven expertise in managing end-to-end technical programs across compute (CPU/GPU), storage, security, virtualization, and cloud. Experienced in cross-functional collaboration with global leadership to deliver strategic outcomes. Published author of technical articles, coauthor of IBM Redbooks, and contributor to intellectual property.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Manager, Software Development
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
11.2020 - Current
- Managed 12-member team in Virtual Machines Data Plane org, accountable for delivering essential features and spearheading efficiency initiatives that bolster OCI’s Compute business.
- Championed efficiency initiatives such as Memory Overcommit, improving memory utilization by 20% and delivering 52 PB in savings, equivalent to $683M in annualized cost saving for internal customers.
- Drove customer adoption and revenue growth by engaging with high-profile customers including TikTok and Uber, enabling their onboarding to OCI and contributing to a 40% increase in VM revenue.
- Set strategic direction for VM operability and security initiatives, including Live Migration, Confidential Compute, and GPU enablement, ensuring alignment with customer needs and OCI’s long-term roadmap.
- Drive organizational effectiveness through hiring, mentoring, and developing engineering leaders and talent, fostering a high-performance culture of accountability, ownership, and innovation.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders in hardware, architecture, and product management worldwide, collaborating with global teams across India, Mexico, and the U.S. to influence priorities and deliver outcomes.
Sr. Technical Project Manager
Optum Technology (UnitedHealth Group)
06.2016 - 11.2020
- Led global teams across the US, India, and the Philippines delivering large-scale infrastructure automation across network, security, storage, monitoring, and compute.
- Managed and grew a 10+ member team, driving recruiting, performance management, and talent development.
- Partnered with engineering and business leadership to define priorities, shape long-term roadmaps, and deliver on enterprise automation goals.
- Directed program communication and governance, reporting risks and outcomes to executive leadership.
- Earlier, as Team Lead, oversaw an 8-member team managing Unix server lifecycle and building automation to streamline operations.
Release Manager
IBM India
01.2013 - 05.2016
- Directed end-to-end release management for AIX OS and Power Systems hardware, overseeing planning, risk mitigation, and milestone delivery.
- Managed a team of 8+ engineers, leading hiring, performance reviews, and talent development.
System Software Engineer
IBM India
08.2007 - 01.2013
- Led system test efforts for PowerVM virtualization, validating features like partitions, VIO Server, VLAN, vSCSI, NPIV, Live Partition Mobility, and High Availability.
- Automated test cases, enhanced coverage based on customer-reported issues, and simulated complex client environments (Boeing, DHSS, AT&T, Cognizant) to ensure enterprise-grade reliability.
- Delivered global customer and partner trainings on Virtualization and PowerHA, strengthening adoption and technical readiness.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering and Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering
VTU
Belgaum, Karnataka, India01.2007
Master of Science - AI and ML ( Currently enrolled )
University of Austin
Austin, TXSkills
- Leadership: Engineering management, global team leadership, strategic planning, talent development, executive communication
- Cloud and Virtualization: QEMU, KVM, PowerVM, VM features, confidential compute, GPU enablement, InfiniBand/ROCE, Storage, Networking
- Infrastructure and automation: Infrastructure automation, lifecycle management (Unix/Linux), test automation, performance testing
- Business impact: customer onboarding , cost optimization, risk management, program delivery
Patents Publications Thought Leadership
- IP Disclosure (IN820100829), Method of routing LDAP application request to LDAP server based on its type, PUBLISH, IBM
- Co-Author, IBM Redbooks, Power Systems Enterprise Servers with PowerVM Virtualization and RAS, 2011, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247965.html?Open, IBM CSM to IBM Systems Director Transformation Guide, 2012, http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248002.html?Open
- Author, IBM DeveloperWorks Articles, Introduction to PowerHA, https://developer.ibm.com/articles/au-powerhaintro/, Configuring Oracle RAC on AIX, http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/tutorials/auaix-configuration-of-oracle-rac/, Securing Live Partition Mobility with IPsec, https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/auaix-secure-lpm-ipsec/
Timeline
Sr Manager, Software Development
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
11.2020 - Current
Sr. Technical Project Manager
Optum Technology (UnitedHealth Group)
06.2016 - 11.2020
Release Manager
IBM India
01.2013 - 05.2016
System Software Engineer
IBM India
08.2007 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Engineering and Technology - Electronics and Communication Engineering
VTU
Master of Science - AI and ML ( Currently enrolled )
University of Austin
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