Ashwin Shankarananda
SCARBOROUGH,ON
Summary
Technology leader with over 17 years of experience in Agile software development, DevOps, and Cloud Platform Engineering. Expertise in building scalable enterprise platforms that enhance delivery speed, reduce operational costs, and maintain compliance in regulated sectors. Skilled in aligning cross-functional teams to deliver secure and cost-effective cloud solutions while driving MLOps adoption for improved model management. Currently serving as Product Manager, focusing on product strategy and operational optimization to achieve significant business results.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Product Manager, Software Engineering Enablement
Hoffmann-La Roche Limited
07.2021 - Current
- Lead the Software Engineering Enablement product, delivering two multiregion cloud platforms on AWS/EKS that provide secure, scalable, and compliant infrastructure for Roche.
- Define roadmap and priorities with business and engineering stakeholders, ensuring platforms meet enterprise and R&D needs.
- Productized MLOps as a platform service, enabling standardized pipelines, model registries, feature management, and monitoring.
- Act as DevSecOps capability leader, driving best practices and governance across the enterprise.
- Improved platform adoption and reliability by introducing telemetry, drift detection, SLO monitoring, and automated rollback, cutting production incidents by 40%.
- Tech stack: AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), ArgoCD, GitOps, MLflow, Feature Store, CI/CD Pipelines, Security & Governance Tools.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Rogers Communications
09.2020 - 07.2021
- Partnered with data science teams to productionize ML models on AKS using containerized inference services.
- Implemented GitOps-driven model versioning and enabled blue/green + champion-challenger deployments for resilience.
- Added drift detection and retraining triggers, improving model accuracy and uptime by 30%.
- Hardened CI/CD pipelines for data & model artifacts, cutting rollback times across 100+ microservices from hours to minutes.
- Tech stack: Azure, AKS, Docker, GitOps, Telemetry, Drift Detection, Automated Retraining.
Manager, DevOps
Amadeus Labs
10.2018 - 09.2020
- Led DevSecOps adoption across multiple product teams, reducing release risk and vulnerabilities by 35%.
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment times from 2 hours to under 20 minutes.
- Trained and mentored engineering teams on Kubernetes and agile delivery, scaling DevOps maturity organization-wide.
Principal Consultant, DevOps
DevOn / Prowareness
07.2017 - 10.2018
- Guided enterprises through DevOps transformation, establishing platform engineering standards and automated quality gates.
- Partnered with leadership to align CI/CD adoption with product strategy, increasing release frequency by 3x.
Project Lead, DevOps & Release Engineering
Sears Holdings India
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Led DevOps and release engineering efforts for enterprise-scale retail systems, improving deployment reliability and predictability.
Release Lead
GE
01.2014 - 07.2016
- Managed release engineering pipelines across distributed teams, ensuring consistent delivery in highly regulated environments.
IT Analyst, Release Engineering
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2013 - 12.2014
- Oversaw release operations for client platforms, streamlining deployment workflows and governance reporting.
Technical Analyst
Infosys
01.2008 - 03.2013
- Developed and supported Finacle E-Banking products; led release engineering and configuration management for critical systems.
Education
Post Graduate Program - Business Analytics & Business Intelligence
Great Lakes Institute of Management
01.2019
Bachelor of Engineering -
Ramaiah Institute of Technology
01.2007
Skills
- Cloud infrastructure
- AWS architecture
- Kubernetes management
- MLOps implementation
- Agile methodologies
- Product lifecycle management
- Agile software development
- Product development
- Stakeholder alignment
- Go-to-market strategy
- User and UX research
- Product vision and strategy
- GitOps practices
- DevSecOps governance
- Team leadership
- CI/CD practices
Websites
Certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified SAFe 4 Program Consultant (SPC) & Agilist
- DASA DevOps Fundamentals
- ITIL v3 Foundation
- Certified Great Manager
Personal Information
Title: Product Manager | Platform & MLOps Engineering Leader
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Product Manager, Software Engineering Enablement
Hoffmann-La Roche Limited
07.2021 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Rogers Communications
09.2020 - 07.2021
Manager, DevOps
Amadeus Labs
10.2018 - 09.2020
Principal Consultant, DevOps
DevOn / Prowareness
07.2017 - 10.2018
Project Lead, DevOps & Release Engineering
Sears Holdings India
07.2016 - 07.2017
Release Lead
GE
01.2014 - 07.2016
IT Analyst, Release Engineering
Tata Consultancy Services
04.2013 - 12.2014
Technical Analyst
Infosys
01.2008 - 03.2013
Post Graduate Program - Business Analytics & Business Intelligence
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Bachelor of Engineering -
Ramaiah Institute of Technology
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