Bio: Sudhir Ponnapalli is a seasoned Technical Architect and DevOps Leader with extensive experience in Corporate and Investment Banking, cloud integration, and enterprise systems delivery. He has driven large-scale transformations at leading institutions including Walgreens, Citibank, and Fidelity Investments. Skilled in Azure, AWS, and GCP platforms, Sudhir excels in CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, and API management. His expertise spans performance tuning, compliance, and secure cloud-native deployments. A member of IEEE, ACM, and Sigma Xi, he is recognized for his technical mentorship, cross-functional leadership, and ability to design resilient, scalable, and innovative technology solutions.