Priyanka Rotti

Priyanka Rotti

AI Strategy & Cloud Transformation Executive
San Jose, US.

About

Priyanka Rotti is a seasoned technology leader with over 15 years of experience driving AI transformation, cloud infrastructure, and strategic initiatives across global organizations. She excels in fostering high-impact partnerships, optimizing operations, and leading product development to deliver substantial business value. Leveraging deep technical expertise and executive communication, she consistently accelerates time-to-market for cutting-edge AI solutions, driving significant revenue growth and enhancing organizational capabilities.

Work

Tata Communications
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Corporate Strategy Director

San Jose, CA, US

Summary

As Corporate Strategy Director, Priyanka Rotti leads AI Transformation strategy, focusing on build/buy/partner decisions to create an ecosystem of strategic AI technology partners that accelerate time-to-market for AI products across BFSI, Airline, and Retail sectors.

Highlights

Spearheaded strategic partnership development with 8 high-growth AI-first startups, negotiating deals and executing agreements to augment internal products with AI features, driving a projected $250M in revenue over three years.

Orchestrated the end-to-end process for building a high-growth AI partnership ecosystem, successfully onboarding 8 partners within 6 months to enhance product offerings and market reach.

Enabled a Go-To-Market (GTM) channel for startup partners, facilitating acquisition of F500 customers across EMEA and APAC regions with a demonstrably low Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

Influenced senior leadership from 3 business units to partner with startups for rapid AI rollout, building compelling business cases and data-driven insights for build/partner decisions.

Directed cross-functional initiatives across engineering, product, data science, GTM, finance, compliance, and legal to establish a build/partner framework, fortifying a competitive moat for AI adoption.

Cisco Systems
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Senior Manager

San Jose, CA, US

Summary

As Senior Manager, Priyanka Rotti led a team of 20+ engineers, PMs, and analysts, overseeing the development and delivery of cloud-based software products and executing strategic initiatives to enhance employee engagement.

Highlights

Led a 20+ member team to develop and deploy cloud features (SRIOV, VXLAN, DCB QoS) on Microsoft Azure for Cisco hardware, generating $100M in annual revenue and integrating UCS systems into Intersight.

Optimized software development and release processes, improving delivery time by 30% and increasing efficiency by 30%, resulting in ~$100K in annual savings.

Directed a 3-day technical event with a $500K budget involving 20+ professionals across multiple departments, which resulted in a 15% increase in employee engagement.

Managed a key developer partnership with Microsoft Windows and Networking teams, leveraging the relationship to streamline development and certification processes.

Grew the global team by 3x across APJC, ANZ, EMEA, and AMER regions, establishing university outreach programs and leading workshops to foster industry-academia collaboration.

Cisco Systems
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Senior Software Engineer

San Jose, CA, US

Summary

As Senior Software Engineer, Priyanka Rotti contributed to a technical team focused on building, testing, and deploying cloud enablement software on Cisco hardware.

Highlights

Developed and delivered 8+ cutting-edge cloud enablement features for Microsoft Azure on Cisco hardware, boosting network performance by 40% and generating $80M in revenue.

Led the integration of a remote SaaS-based hardware management interface from Cadence Systems, reducing setup time by 60% and saving $100K per project.

Authored comprehensive technical documentation for performance enhancement features, which reduced configuration errors by 75% and were viewed/downloaded by over 1000 customers.

Microsoft
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Customer Success Engineer

Redmond, WA, US

Summary

As Customer Success Engineer, Priyanka Rotti was responsible for diagnosing and resolving complex datacenter-related technical issues for large enterprise customers.

Highlights

Spearheaded the diagnosis and resolution of datacenter-related technical issues for large enterprise customers, achieving a consistent 95% resolution rate.

Education

Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Master of Business Administration

Strategy & Finance

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA, United States of America

Master of Science

Computer Science

Visveswaraya Technological University
Belagavi, Karnataka, India

Bachelor of Engineering

Information Science

Skills

Technical Skills

AI Agents (n8n, lyzr), RAG, Data Pipelines & ETL, SQL/NoSQL, MS Excel, PowerPoint, GenAI Prompting, Network & Cloud Infrastructure.

Business Skills

Strategic Planning & Implementation, Business Strategy & KPI Design, Financial Modeling, Business Analytics (Tableau), Strategic Partnerships & GTM, Market & Competitive Analysis, Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination.

Leadership Skills

Operational Efficiency, Executive Communication, Strategic Decision-Making, Conflict Resolution & Negotiation, Performance Improvement & Metrics, Change Management & Innovation, Data-Driven Decisions.