Priyanka Rotti

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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

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

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