Prakash Kulkarni

• Lead global strategy for enterprise data management, delivering scalable Data Lakehouse architectures and analytics-ready platforms across mission-critical environments.
• Drive AI-driven automation initiatives that transform complex operational and financial datasets into trusted enterprise assets enabling advanced business intelligence.
• Establish and enforce Enterprise Architecture Standards and data governance frameworks, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and compliance across core business systems.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with technology, analytics, and business stakeholders to align system capabilities with corporate growth and operational scalability.
• Architect and manage secure, high-availability platforms supporting multi-terabyte enterprise environments and regulatory reporting workloads.
• Champion adoption of cloud-based integration ecosystems and modern architectures, enabling scalable data pipelines and AI/ML initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and regulatory standards through implementation of enterprise controls and audit-ready processes.
• Lead and mentor multi-disciplinary teams of engineers and architects, fostering high-performance teams aligned to enterprise strategy and innovation.

• Directed enterprise IT modernization roadmap, integrating cloud, cybersecurity, and compliance frameworks aligned to NIST and STIG standards.
• Established and directed a firm-wide Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) program, implementing SLOs/SLAs and automated incident playbooks that reduced MTTR by ~40%.
• Owned and executed FinOps governance strategy, implementing executive cost dashboards that achieved a sustained 15-20% reduction in cloud/SaaS expenditures, optimizing budgets (>$ 10 M).
• Architected and operationalized enterprise CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as practices, improving software release quality by 25% for secure cloud services.
• Managed strategic SaaS and enterprise software vendor portfolios, negotiated multi-year SLAs and rigorously enforcing operational KPIs.
• Led and mentored a multi-disciplinary team of platform engineers and operations staff, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities for scalable infrastructure.
• Talent Mentorship: Led and mentored a multi-disciplinary team of 15+ platform engineers, fostering professional development and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities for scalable AI infrastructure.
• Cloud-Native Adoption: Spearheaded the transition of legacy workloads to containerized environments (Kubernetes/Docker), enhancing scalability and resource utilization for data-intensive analytics.

• Security Hardening: Directed continuous security hardening (STIG/IAVA) for enterprise Oracle platforms, and underlying infrastructure, maintaining a zero CAT I vulnerability posture and DoD and CMMC compliance.
• Secure Data Storage: Engineered and implemented Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and secure RAC configurations to protect sensitive financial data within the enterprise footprint.
• Monitoring & Analytics: Designed and deployed a centralized monitoring and proactive alerting framework (Splunk, AppDynamics) that enhanced system stability and cut critical service outages by ~35%.
• DR/BCP Strategy: Led the corporate Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BCP) strategy for multi-terabyte ERP workloads, successfully executing full-scale failover tests validating stringent RTO/RPO.
• Data Infrastructure Ownership: Led the lifecycle for high-availability Oracle enterprise platforms within a DoD cloud environment, ensuring data integrity and operational resilience.
• High-Availability Platforms: Led a technical team responsible for operating and securing high-availability Oracle enterprise platforms within a DoD cloud, ensuring 99.99% uptime for mission-critical systems.
• Collaborated with senior federal officials to align technical delivery with mission-critical operational requirements in security-sensitive environments.

Oversaw all technical operations for a major Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) ERP program, ensuring system integrity, security, and performance for a large user base.
 Managed critical patch cycles, TDE encryption, and secure system configurations on RHEL and Windows Server environments, maintaining 100% compliance with zero CAT I vulnerabilities.
 Improved ERP operational efficiency by automating key administrative tasks using Shell/Python, which significantly reduced manual errors and optimized maintenance windows.
 Provided technical leadership for system administration, database management, and secure data integration foundational to enterprise operations.

"Key Technical Achievement: Pentagon Cloud Migration
Architected the migration of legacy on-premise Oracle databases to a secure DoD cloud
environment. This project required meticulous planning of data flows, security protocols, and
performance tuning to ensure that the mission-critical financial systems remained operational
throughout the transition. The successful migration resulted in a 25% reduction in infrastructure overhead and significantly improved data accessibility for analytics.”

Managed all IT operations for a multi-terabyte Oracle ERP cloud environment hosted on Verizon Terremark, supporting mission-critical business functions.
 Championed early DevOps principles by introducing automated build/deploy pipelines that standardized 3 integration patterns and accelerated developer velocity.
 Oversaw the management of internal Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases, ensuring data integrity and availability.
 Managed a complex ecosystem of integrated tools, including Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) and Informatica, to ensure seamless data flow and optimal system performance.