Ajay Chankramath

Head of Platform Engineering, Thoughtworks North America

Ajay is the Head of the Platform Engineering team at Thoughtworks, one of the world's leading software consultancy firms closely associated with the movement for agile software development. He’s been a top contributor to a range of open source products over the past 25 years.

Ajay's current focus is on platform engineering, software delivery infrastructure, cloud cost optimization, and observability. Prior to Thoughtworks, he set up and led platform engineering teams at some of the largest software organizations in the world, in addition to some market leaders in FinTech and semiconductor industries. Ajay is a computer scientist by training with advanced degrees in business, data science, management, and leadership.

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